pecantreechipmunk

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1. heparin or lovenox 24 hours before surgery?

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi allnurses I just came up with a question about pre-op blood thinner. Generally if I have a patient going to surgery in 24 hours. I asked patients if they want it or not so I can put it as patient declined. My question is is it gener...

2. introvert research nurse

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in Research

   Hi nurses! I am an introvert and I found that bedside nursing is not for me. Dealing with people is not something that I am not best at. I want to try something that does not require much human interactions. I have thought about becomi...

3. Anxiety over making mistakes?

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi Allnurses It might be just me, but I recently feel so anxious over making a mistake. I wI recently felt so anxious over the job that I am doing. I am not a multitasker and I am quite forgetful when I receive too much information. ...

4. I have a question about COVID Vaccine

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in COVID

   Hi, Allnurses I have already got vaccinated and was wondering whether I am still contagious. I know COVID vaccine protects you from coronavirus and I also know that you can still get COVID even though you are vaccinated, but the degree of s...

5. Questions about getting fired?

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am not fired yet, but I feel unsafe at my work place. I work on med-surg. We have 6 patients per nurse and charge has 6 patients, too. 1 CNA for entire unit (36 patients) Half of our nurses are LVNs. This staffing ratio was not ...

6. what is your RN-pt and CNA-pt ratio?

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I have been felt like my hospital has been very short staff since COVID. I just wanted to know how other hospitals are handling it. Let me go first. Med-Surg RN:1 to 6 (charge nurse gets 6 patients as well) CNA:1 to 36

7. Nurses make more than median salary, so you should be grateful for what you earn?

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I have been reading a lot of comments saying that nurses make more than the median salary, so you should be grateful for what you earn or you earn more than the average of the population. To be honest with this opinion, I disagree. The ...

8. Nurses are underpaid

   pecantreechipmunk posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi, I have been a BSN RN for 2 years and my base hourly pay is 26/hr. I have done a ton of research about other jobs with a college degree programmer, accountant, psychologist, business major jobs, etc... The main focus was how much they ma...