PeachTea7

PeachTea7 has 6 years experience and specializes in Medical Surgical.

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1. Quiet Unit

   PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

   David, thank you for your insightful post! Sounds like you used to work in a very similar Unit like mine. Yes, I am using my time to do exactly what you mentioned: provide quality care to my patients, I have time to chat with them, ask them health...

2. Quiet Unit

   PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much! I was thinking of pursuing a higher degree in nursing such as a masters degree in nursing or NP. However, I am a little reserved about my future plans at work and wouldn't want people (my coworker) knowing my future education...

3. Quiet Unit

   PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

   I have completed the cross-training education/training for the ED and PACU. Since I was a Med-Surg nurse, I did not needed to complete any training when I float there. The hospital itself does not require or has a need for nurses with certain or s...

4. Quiet Unit

   PeachTea7 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi Everyone, For the past 3 years, I have worked in busy Med-Surg and COVID Units as a new grad nurse. Currently, I am working in a small rural CCU Unit of 5 beds closer to home. Most of the patients' acuity is low, and the ratio of patient:nur...

5. Quiet Unit

   PeachTea7 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi Everyone, For the past 3 years, I have worked in busy Med-Surg and COVID Units as a new grad nurse. Currently, I am working in a small rural CCU Unit of 5 beds closer to home. Most of the patients' acuity is low, and the ratio of patient:nur...

6. Per Diem / OT / Side Hustle

   PeachTea7 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello everyone, My current schedule has dramatically change from 4 days of 8 hr shifts to 3 - 12 hr shifts. I have noticed that with 3 - 12 hr shifts, I have a couple of more days to rest in between shifts and I am very happy about it. It’s n...

7. Critical Care Unit

   PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

   JBMmom, Thank you so much for your excellent input and advice! I am hoping to learn as much as I can and if the unit is closed due to low census. Help around in another unit. I was thinking of applying to another Hospital for a per diem posit...

8. Good vs Bad Handoff Report

   PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your input from the ED. You definitely made me laugh because you write and respond like most ED nurses would. I have to be honest… we picked on those quick reports because of our preceptors. I still consider myself a somehow n...

9. Critical Care Unit

   PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much! You definitely seem to have a very clear idea of the dynamics of an ICU unit in a critical access hospital. Everything you said was absolutely right! For the most part, I am concern that the unit can sometimes be “closed” or pat...

10. Critical Care Unit

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone, I will soon start working 12 hour shifts in a small Critical Care Unit in a small tiny (critical access hospital). I have no prior experience in critical care so this is a big change for me. 1. What tips do you have for 12...

11. Good vs Bad Handoff Report

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!

12. Experience needed to be a good clinical instructor

    PeachTea7 replied to MorganRNBSN's topic in Job Hunt

    Hey MorganRNBSN! As a fairly new nurse with almost 4 years of Med-Surg experience. I can tell you that experience is everything in nursing! I have a lot of respect for those seasoned nurses because they usually have “been there, done t...

13. Good vs Bad Handoff Report

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much JBMmom, I really try hard not to ask stupid questions at all. I usually stick to only asking basic questions: pain? Last BM, skin issues? IV? Did this patient walked? I can’t tell you enough how that small piece of quick ...

14. Good vs Bad Handoff Report

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Emergent! I haven’t asked other nurses yet. but sometimes* when the charge nurses hears the hand off report that I get. She usually tells me: log into the computer and make sure that the night nurses completed the Labs/orders. Sometimes, ...

15. Good vs Bad Handoff Report

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much Davey Do! As a young nurse, I don’t think I have the right to tell other nurses how to adequately do their job or being professional… I don’t want to be the one telling others how to work and have principles. I find that people...