ratchetrn

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1. Nursing with a Criminal Background

   ratchetrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   :welcome: First let me start by saying I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this but looked like the most appropriate spot. I am an RN, my boyfriend is a new grad RN, who graduated in May...

2. needing some advice

   ratchetrn replied to mikeLPN2RN's topic in Travel

   Well lets see...I was an LPN for 10 years. I have been an RN for 6 years. Everywhere I have worked has given me 1/2 credit. So, in other words, I have 10 years LPN experience for which I get 5...

3. renting a room to a traveler...

   ratchetrn replied to LanaBanana's topic in Travel

   I am a traveler and rent a room from another traveler, I basically pay $200.00 per month. I work 3 night shofts per week. I sleep and shower there 2 days per week, possibly 3 depending if I work an...

4. Where do I go next? Shands hosp, short term in AZ, Pitt co, NC???

   ratchetrn replied to Beneficence's topic in Travel

   I live and work and travel in NC, I haven't heard much good about Pitt, however I work in E.D. the hospital I am currantly working in I was warned against and am overall not having a bad

5. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

   ratchetrn replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

   Here's morbid one!! MFC= measure for coffin In anearby county the local EMS call in their "BS" patients with a "Brava

6. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

   ratchetrn replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

   here's some rude ones I don't remember seeing on here yet! A "F.O.O.S.H." injury is a fall on out stretched hand T.U.B.E.-totally unessesary breast exam D.B. as in "did anybody kow we have a D.B. in...

7. What Gets to You??

   ratchetrn replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

   I've always been the sympathetic vommiter too! It's the combo for me:the retching, gagging, slimy, stench of it all! :barf01: But the newest stench that has gotten to me lately is that homeless,...

8. Do most hospitals have rotating shifts?

   ratchetrn replied to Cenla Sherry's topic in Emergency

   We do whatever shift we are hired for. LOL! I'd love to see some of these people that have been on days forever try to stay awake past 11pm! They make fun of me when I help out on 11 AM to 11 PM...

9. Er Salary

   ratchetrn replied to nursern20's topic in Emergency

   In the hospital I work the start pay for new grads is $17.50 an hour, there is no "unit" differential or increased hourly rate for certifications, BSN'S and ADN's make the same...and I'm pretty sure...

10. REST BREAKS for Nurses in The ER

    ratchetrn replied to AngelGirl's topic in Emergency

    I ran into that same dilema, in the most recent staff meeting at my PRN job the director announced that meal breaks were a privledge not a requirement and he didn't want to see "no meal" written in...

11. Tele or med-tele holds in the ER...

    ratchetrn replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    We haven't had to do the admission assessments in out ED, yet! We do what we can, we mostly hand chart meds instead of using MARS!!! We do the advanced directive paper work on all admissions...

12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    ratchetrn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    "I was sitting in the PTA meeting and my hand suddenly turned blue for no obvious reason"The pt had unilateral "blueish" color to her left hand, pt denied any pain, tingling, numbness, had good...

13. Funny patient names by nurses

    ratchetrn replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    I had a 20 something female last week who was Precious

14. lumbar punctures on infants?

    ratchetrn replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    I think that ER docs shouldn't do lumbar punctures on little babies, I think if it were my kid...under fluroscopy or forget it, for that matter if it were me under fluro or forget

15. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    ratchetrn replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    we put the bags down sometimes but it really sucks when they live and you gotta take the bag out from underneath them before they go