caregiverology

caregiverology has 2 years experience.

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1. New Nurse - Any recap on comfortable shoes??

   caregiverology replied to Newnursejm's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have two suggestions. I have bought a couple of reebok flex shoes and I absolutely love them. They are extremely lightweight and fairly cheap at $50-60. The other pair I would recommend is one from the asics brand. There are many types for many dif...

2. New graduate and so nervous

   caregiverology replied to Jesnic88's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is an ongoing learning experience. You are always learning new things. The moment you feel like you know everything there is to know is the moment you will fail. Just know that you will make mistakes, but learn from them. Like meanmaryjean sa...

3. TBtest

   caregiverology replied to SkyHigh907's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely nothing to worry about. I've gotten the tb test for many years now and it does that every time. No bleb just means they went a little too deep into the skin but it should still read fine in the end. Funny story, I actually fainted the firs...

4. Needle stick Injury but Unused Needle

   caregiverology replied to Ladyazn08's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, some of the replies on this thread seem unnecessarily harsh. New nurses are often paranoid about everything, at least I know I was. I've had accidental needlesticks myself and everything turned out fine. Haven't had one in a long time, fingers c...

5. Working in MedSurg with ONLY RNs...

   caregiverology replied to newgradnurse2018's topic in General Nursing

   The unit I work on typically has nurses caring for 4-5 patients on dayshift and 6 on nightshift. However, we do have 2 CNAs with 9 patients each on days and nights. Even with this workload, things can get overwhelming quick. There was another unit in...