PeachTea7

PeachTea7 BSN

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  1. Psych Nursing Job - Contemplating NP Masters

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi Everyone, Does anyone have any experience on Inpatient Psych Nursing? I am considering gaining experience in Psychiatry as I am contemplating doing my masters NP in Mental Health. I...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. Quiet Unit

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    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...

  7. Per Diem / OT / Side Hustle

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. Good vs Bad Handoff Report

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a registered nurse for over 4 years now in Med-Surg. I have given and received hand off report countless of times at this point in my nursing career. The other day, I was just...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. Good vs Bad Handoff Report

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!

  14. Experience needed to be a good clinical instructor

    PeachTea7 replied to MorganRNBSN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

  18. Does being addressed as "Nurse" annoy anyone?

    PeachTea7 replied to DoubleblessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    It annoys me but I don’t let it get to me at all. The only times that this has happened is with just a few patients so over the years… it’s not bad at all. The main reason why it annoys me...

  19. Metoprolol IVP vs IVPB

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in Patient Medications

    You are absolutely right! It is technically a medication error because I am administering the medication at a slower rate, but I tried to follow the policies for IV therapy on my floor. It strictly...

  20. Metoprolol IVP vs IVPB

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hello everyone, I work in a small rural hospital (critical access hospital) in Med-Surg. Last night, I received a patient from the ED with stated complain of left chest pain. FYI: the...

  21. Metoprolol IVP vs IVPB

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you so so much! You are absolutely right! After the Physician was notified by the CCRN nurse that The Metoprolol was started IVPB due to the policies of the Med-Surg floor, he immediately...

  22. Metoprolol IVP vs IVPB

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in Patient Medications

    Hello everyone, I work in a small rural hospital (critical access hospital) in Med-Surg. Last night, I received a patient from the ED with stated complain of left chest pain. FYI: the...

  23. Low Census and Job dissatisfaction

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    I think she was trying to steal a patient from someone. I had the admission patient and there was another pt who was CMO in the entire unit. She interrupted my dinner and ask if I wanted to just give...

  24. Low Census and Job dissatisfaction

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all nurses, After working in a COVID unit for practically 8 months in a floor without unit coordinators and CNAs (sometimes we have one CNA in a 30 bed floor) I decided to leave after...

  25. Low Census and Job dissatisfaction

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your input and recommendation. I am definitely consiering getting a per Diem position just in case if I am call off for the