2018nurseandbeyond

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1. I still feel insecure with myself as a nurse after 2 years

   2018nurseandbeyond posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Hello all. A mixture of a vent and just self-reflection. I have been a sub-acute rehab nurse for a year for my first ever year of nursing and then transition to med-surgical nursing (orthopedic-tele specialty). So while I feel like I've g...

2. Whats the difference between an I.V going interstitial, being infiltrated, or having phlebitis?

   2018nurseandbeyond replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

   two most common one is infiltrations/phlebitis phlebitis - itis - redness. patient will complain of soreness at the site, it'll be red and warm and hurt if you try to flush it. best to take it out before it gets worse as ivs are a potential source of...

3. Working on a Covid unit- should I see family?

   2018nurseandbeyond replied to scrubs521's topic in COVID

   When I worked on the units, I would make time to wash my hand at regular intervals thoroughly. I would make time to regularly dis-infect my medication cart over and over in the case of accidental cross-contamination. Hopefully, it's better for you; w...

4. Working on a Covid unit- should I see family?

   2018nurseandbeyond replied to scrubs521's topic in COVID

   Absolutely. I worked on the pandemic when it hit my state bad. I self-isolated, kept 6 feet apart and wore a mask covering around them. Separated my eating utensils from the group and kept my toothbrush somewhere else. The PPE we wore at my hospital ...

5. tips on going to med-surg from rehab nursing

   2018nurseandbeyond posted a topic in Med-Surg

   hi all, ive moved to a med-surg unit. I've been a rehab nurse for one year, and I want to know what kind of things to expect in difference between rehab and med-surg. I am pretty insecure about myself and especially since a lot of nursing co-horts th...

6. More issues

   2018nurseandbeyond posted a topic in General Nursing

   How would you feel if your unit manager tells other co-workers that you are doing things wrong so they tell YOU when you come up to said unit manager multiple times to ask how one is doing, but they continue to say your performance is fine? I feel li...

7. Rant: Feeling like the worst nurse ever

   2018nurseandbeyond replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in General Nursing

   thank you again for your support everyone, im rereading the comments because again today SUCKED. i came in feeling strong but left like a sad, sad pitiful pup. god. got yelled at for leaving a psych consult not filed, i was working on auditing 5 new ...

8. Rant: Feeling like the worst nurse ever

   2018nurseandbeyond replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in General Nursing

   thank you guys i cant believe the amount of support i feel from this... its been paralyzing me for my weekend off!! ive been so stressed that im "weird," "paranoid" "anxious" and "lazy"...means so much

9. Rant: Feeling like the worst nurse ever

   2018nurseandbeyond posted a topic in General Nursing

   Worst day ever, I felt like I was getting into it with all my staff members. CNAs getting upset with me when I delegated to them. Following advice to -tell- not -ask- with patient concerns ... I mean I'm misses-unfair etc etc. Especially with their s...

10. Advised by supervisor and unit manager to write up co-worker. new charge nurse mobbed as ***-stirrer now???

    2018nurseandbeyond posted a topic in Relations

    About a week ago, a patient NEARLY fell after the aide who was supposed to watch them walked off the unit without letting me or the other nurse know. I only realized they were about to fall when I was standing at the nurse's station and saw them ha...

11. Supervisor and aide against me? I had to write statements

    2018nurseandbeyond replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in Relations

    @JKL04 thank you

12. Supervisor and aide against me? I had to write statements

    2018nurseandbeyond replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in Relations

    @jkl33 I am friends with the aide who needed to come back on break. I said, " Oh you seem upset by this let me text her so you can take your full break." It was an innocent statement. The aide is known to be mentally not right but everytime I tried t...

13. Supervisor and aide against me? I had to write statements

    2018nurseandbeyond posted a topic in Relations

    Charge Nurse, brand new and 20's. I've been breaking up assignments with one aide rotating with a higher amount of patients and it goes through in that way. So one day Aide 1 gets more and the other gets one less patient, and another day Aide 2 does....

14. sad that my nursing mentor is quitting and said horrible things

    2018nurseandbeyond posted a topic in General Nursing

    older i nurse confided to as my mentor leaving unit for different job. said that i was the reason she got introuble for some things, claiming i "said things/accused her/wrote her up". devastated, as during that situation i 100% backed her up and reaf...

15. Will one year of subacute rehab help me get a med-surg position?

    2018nurseandbeyond replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in General Nursing

    thank you so much for helping me out @rn&run