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  1. What is your typical day like?

    thumperRN replied to jaylynn67's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :smiley_ab :smackingf :barf01: Yup, that pretty much summed up my

  2. RN but not sure it's for you

    thumperRN replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Operating Room

    There is a gal I work with that works every 3rd Tuesday each month. The rest of the time she homeschools her 4 boys at home (whoa!). She is an awesome nurse, and doesn't have to sacrifice a lot of...

  3. Difficult to please patients and families

    thumperRN replied to McGyverRN's topic in General Nursing

    The unfortunate thing of it all is that the situation is not likely to get any

  4. Nurse to patient ratios

    thumperRN replied to mark hamel's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I hope and pray that it goes through!!! I have at bare minimum 10 pt's a day and most of the time it's more like 12. I'm going job hunting when my contract ends if this nonsense keeps up. I am...

  5. Anyone have too much paperwork???

    thumperRN replied to johnson0424's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe that's what it is - duplicate charting. I just think that there is WAY TOO MUCH emphasis put on all this charting that the pt's don't get the care they are supposed to have. My gosh, an...

  6. DNR Consent Form??

    thumperRN replied to bonesrn's topic in General Nursing

    When a pt arrives at our hospital, we determine if they have a living will or not. If they don't, a care manager comes and speaks to them about obtaining one and also about code status. At that...

  7. hmm don't really know whats going on

    thumperRN replied to LisaRn21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It all comes with experience. You might get tired of hearing that, but chances are, in another year or so, you will hear someone saying, "I don't think I'm ever gonna make it through - I feel so lost...

  8. Difficult to please patients and families

    thumperRN replied to McGyverRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right!! Boy, we are gonna make the best patients, aren't we Mcgyver?! That's not always true - nurses can sometimes make very bad pts (lol). I guess it just goes to show that sometimes...

  9. Difficult to please patients and families

    thumperRN replied to McGyverRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ain't it the truth!! Families do that constantly!! Especially the ones who care for the person in their home. They treat the hospital like a babysitting service so they can go on vacation for a...

  10. What do patients say that irks you?

    thumperRN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What do patients do that irk you? Sometimes the mere fact that some of them are still breathing (you know the ones I mean)

  11. Difficult to please patients and families

    thumperRN replied to McGyverRN's topic in General Nursing

    Precisely!! There was a retired nurse that came to visit a pt of mine one time, and she said almost exactly what you just said. She said that she couldn't believe some the behaviors that pt's and...

  12. Difficult to please patients and families

    thumperRN replied to McGyverRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes!!! I see this all the time!! I have tried to get more proactive instead of just taking it!! If patients think they can walk all over me, they are wrong. I let them know from the start that I...

  13. Wanted to share my wonderful moment

    thumperRN replied to AmyB's topic in General Nursing

    Human contact can be as effective as any medicine on the planet. We often get residents from nursing and vets homes at our hospital. Some of them have no family - no one to visit them. Since MRSA...

  14. Husbands not happy about nursing school- potential jealousy?

    thumperRN replied to buddiage's topic in General Students

    Several years ago right after I got married, I lost my job at a business that went under. Because of that I was able to get a grant to get me through school. My husband was VERY supportive of my...

  15. Um, more than I wanted to know...

    thumperRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Boy, I LOOOOVE my mom, but since I've become a nurse I am suddenly inundated with stories of her hemorroids and irritable bowel. I'm not trying to be snooty, but OMIGOD, MOTHER!!!!! I also seem to...

  16. hmm don't really know whats going on

    thumperRN replied to LisaRn21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ask some co-workers that have been nurses while how they juggle charting, daily tasks, orders, etc. You may be able to pull a little away from each of them on developing a routine of your own. It...

  17. Anyone take LPN program just to make it easier to become RN?

    thumperRN replied to cindy0624's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Ditto for me! I applied to both programs when I went to school and got into LPN before the RN and have to say that I am SOOOO glad. I learned so much as an LPN that better prepared me for the...

  18. Anyone have too much paperwork???

    thumperRN replied to johnson0424's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Who is all that paperwork for anyway?? Who sits up at night reading it? Yeah, yeah, I know - what if we were to go to court?? All I's dotted and T's crossed right? But at who's expense?? I've...

  19. Safe Pt Ratios for Med Surg

    thumperRN replied to MedSurgeMess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yeah, sometimes I don't know how we do it either . Sometimes, I have an aide, but that still is 12 pt's to bath, turn, change, walk, vitals, etc. Sometimes I do get lucky and get an LPN and aide....

  20. Need some with a drug dosage thnks!

    thumperRN posted a topic in Pediatric

    My daughter is having tubes put in her ears tomorrow am and the Doc will be giving her oral versed with tylenol. I'm not a peds nurse, and I can't find my drug book anywhere - she is 7 yrs old and...

  21. need help with question

    thumperRN replied to KARAH's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I ABSOLUTLEY think they need to be expanded. The nursing school that I graduated from has a waiting list that is TREMENDOUS!! Sometimes it makes me wonder if there is a shortage of nurses or a...

  22. Safe Pt Ratios for Med Surg

    thumperRN replied to MedSurgeMess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have jsut had a mass exodus on our floor in the past couple of months because of the short staffing that goes on. And all the LPNs who have moved on have not been replaced - there are many RN's...

  23. I can taste that

    thumperRN replied to monkeyman1000's topic in MICU, SICU

    I started IV Levaquin on a pt who had nover had it before and he said that he got a metallic taste in his mouth. Also during cardiac caths, when the dye is injected people often get a metallic taste...

  24. Very worried, (very long)

    thumperRN replied to DSplendid's topic in Emergency

    HOORAY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    thumperRN replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Couple of months ago, I had been out withsome friends, I was imitating some lovely dance moves a guy was doing at a club we went to (imagine a tall, gangly guy, all arms, legs, and feet) trying to...