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  1. petty ? about med student

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was working the other day, at the desk- couldn't leave, and a med student came up and asked me to 'get the nurse b/c so-and-so pt. needs to go to the bathroom'. The whole unit was tremendously busy,...

  2. Very Sad and Confused RN. Dont know what to do!

    hollyberry678 replied to RNBSNMe's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you feel kind of lost right now because you're in limbo...but I will bet that as soon as you get a new position, you will start to feel better. Maybe write a list of what you like and dont like...

  3. Is this wrong? Death and Dying

    hollyberry678 replied to Karynica, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly don't think it was wrong, that is the subject matter, it is a human thing, and you shared your experiences, which brought the subject matter to a human level. Perhaps someone complained...

  4. Need ideas on 2nd job

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I have a .8 hospital job. I would like to work more/pick up, but additional shifts are not always available. I would like to get an on-call job of some kind. One thing I am worried about is...

  5. "Nurses eating their young" Can anyone give specific examples of this?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have heard this phrase, but want a better understanding of it, what examples can anyone

  6. "Nurses eating their young" Can anyone give specific examples of this?

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you like to confine this discussion to that sticky? I had a specific

  7. Need some advice

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I semi-recently graduated, started a job last September as RN where I used to be an aide for 3 years, on an intense, huge step-down unit. I do love love love the actual work, and am...

  8. Staff Boundaries?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am a relatively new grad working on an intense floor, some critical patients. I transitioned to this role from working at the desk and as an aide. Yesterday I had 3 pts: one who needed aalot...

  9. Staff Boundaries?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    double post-

  10. When do you know it's time to move on?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad, got a job at the station I was an aide on, a very busy BIG unit (which was a plus for me) high acuity patients (another plus- experience) opportunity to learn a lot. I have been on my...

  11. Dr mad at me/I am upset, dont know hat to think

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am a relatively new grad, and work on a stressful station here many shifts people often stay late 1/2-2 hours after the shift is done to finish charting (no time during shift- is this usual?)...

  12. I've Had it! *Long*

    hollyberry678 replied to MedicalLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, do you and I work on the same unit? I feel the same way you do, save for your next choice of jobs...I want to stay in med-surg, but dont know what direction to take...but I do know I dont want...

  13. You're too sensitive...

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone ever get this told to them? what does this really

  14. How do you handle co-workers who...

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    have been there a lot longer than you (in the RN position), who complain about the unit, who think they are the only ones that do things right (complain about eveyone/thing else), think they are...

  15. How do you handle co-workers who...

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    What a really thoughtful reply, thank you. thanks for the time and energy it took to respond tome. I needed to hear that. Being new is so hard, being on this madhouse of a unit is so hard, without...

  16. Pt 'fall', unit changing, other staff, ect

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, needed opinions on this situation: A patient on the night shift asked for her commode to be close to the bed, "incase I need it quickly, I know the call lights arent always answered fast". Pt had...

  17. Reviews.....Ugh

    hollyberry678 replied to peds_cna's topic in General Nursing

    I would write a letter, a follow up to the review and thanks for your time, blah,blah, that you take your job very seriously, and are concerned and confused about the comments as you see yourself as a...

  18. Pt 'fall', unit changing, other staff, ect

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    I ended up being upset at the next evening's RN, who emailed the mgr, ect without talking to me first about it, so that maybe I could have followed up on it...And she was in the patient's room with...

  19. puching out 'no break'

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on an EXTREMELY busy unit, many people quit/high turnover/but big unit. Anyway, I am new, too, but never get a lunch break. Maybe can get 10 minutes in. If I took a lunch break, I wouldnt get...

  20. nursing notes

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a fairly new grad...I struggle with nursing notes. I tend to write a 'status' report DIAP) which includes a general overview-- and sometimes long, rather than a simple focus note. Also, I have...

  21. How do you nicely handle a patient who is 'needy'?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wants to talk all night, wants polident adhesive at 4 am, wants her son's phone number at 6:30 am, wants you to fix her hair at 3:30 am, moves around all day at home but the minute she is in the...

  22. How do you nicely handle a patient who is 'needy'?

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    WOW, great comment.

  23. nursing notes

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    I had to think about that for a moment. CYA...in what sense, and

  24. nursing notes

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    anyone?

  25. Not being informed of when a patient of yours went to a procedure

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad. My patient went to a procedure while I was in another patients room. I wasn't paged. I came to the desk after discovering he was gone, and the charge nurse said, 'oh, I knew he left',...