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Just curious as to how others are handling this scenario.... I work on a very busy tele unit in a large teaching hospital. My guess is it's a typical tele unit, high turnover rates b/c of higher levels of acuity with higher patient ratios than ICU. M...

Thanks for the replies. I've gotten several good ideas that I'm going to bring up to the nurse manager. I didn't want to make it seem like I was the only one on the floor working b/c that certainly wasn't the case. All of the other nurses were busy, ...

In my school district run K4 school we follow DHEC childcare rules which states to exclude from school when the student has white or yellow discharge. If the eyes are red, with clear drainage we don't exclude as long as there is no fever.

You didn't have an xray available to you and based on your assessment I would have come to the same conclusion with no other signs of a fracture. I agree that sometimes you have to adjust your attitude on a case by case basis to cut down on the manip...

I work as a school nurse in a school district K4 program so I have only 4-5 year olds. A little girl came into the health room after falling on the playground and skinning her knee. When she walked in I said "what happened". She replied," I hurt my l...

Hi. I tried to post this question earlier but my computer froze up midpost so I aplogize if you've already seen half of a question from me earlier. Anyway, I was given an order today for Prolixin Dec 150 mg IM. I have only administered this drug onc...

I'm sure it's different from facility to facility and I've only been doing this for a month so I'm sure I'm not the best person to be giving you advice but here's what I like so far about my change to correctional nursing. My favorite part of this jo...

Some nurses might find themselves in situations where they've given into inmate manipulation for something small and then basically been blackmailed into continuing the behavior. I once heard of a nurse who was bringing cigarettes in for money. Once ...

Hi. I originally had this very long post in the new grad ob thread but only got 1 response (thanks nursemelani) so thought I'd put it on it's own thread. Any advice appreicated: I've been a RN for just at a year now and have been working nights on ...

Thanks for the suggestions. I brushed up on all of these points over the weekend so I feel much better. I'm just worried about the interview being successful. It's hard to feel confident when you're in foreign territory (for me anyway) and I'm not go...

I've been working nights on telemetry med/surg floor since graduating from nurisng school in 4/05. I have an interivew on Monday with a Pediatric Physician's office and I do not feel prepared at all. I suspect that I may have to interview with the do...

This month marks my 1 year anniv. as an RN and when I graduated, I came to my tele/med/surg floor along with several other new grads. Most of us went through the same program and were taught the same way. I've seen several people change their practic...

I graduated a year ago and in my nursing class of 31, with the exception of 4, all were going into nursing as a second career. Most were in their 30's and we had several in their 40's. We've all gotten jobs, no problem. Good Luck!

I remember lying on the ledge between the back seat and the rear glass. My brother & I would also play "bridge" - we'd have our heads on the back seat and our feet on the headrest of the front seats, suspending ourselves over the backseat. I can ...

I know this thread is a couple of months old, but I noticed no one had responded for Greenville so I will in case you're still interested. Greenville currently does not offer sign on bonuses. They used to but decided to put the money into wage increa...

Thanks for the advice. I called the NM and let her know that I was interested so the ball's rolling. Our hospital does not have LDRP. We have LDR, then pt is transferred to Mom/Baby. We have a high risk OB floor and then we have gyn surgery in anothe...

It's probably both. I went off of orientation in July and I was terrified my first night alone. Luckily for me I had supportive staff at night as well and they didn't mind my constantly asking questions. If I remember correctly, it took me several we...

She wasn't just referring to raising her voice at me, also with others being impatient, demanding, etc. It's not necessarily allowed (if you're referring to agency policies) but it happens everyday. Stressfull environment, stressfull situations = str...

I think the idea behind most nurses saying they worry when a student/ new grad and isn't " nervous, scared, afraid, or overwhelmed" is based on someone coming out of school thinking that they have graduated, passed NCLEX and now know everything. If ...

Real world nursing difficult and very high pressure. While no one deserves to be "persecuted" as you wrote, it would not benefit you to go through nursing school being handled "with kid gloves" as someone else called it. You're going to have to learn...

Boy does this thread bring back memories! I had one like this. I too had to give meds down NG tube (for the 1st time) and the day before we started she warned that we'd BETTER have everything we needed ready to go before she walked into the room. I h...

Code Stat- codes Code Pink - infant abduction Code Orange - Fire Code Black - power outage Code Alert - implementation of mass casualty plan Code 99-bomb threat Code 100- Violent situation, security and all available male nursing respond

Once you decide on a shoe to buy, you might want to throw your old pair in a bag and take them in with you until you get the new pair broke in. I learned the hard way when 3 hours into a 12 hour shift I could hardly walk in a new pair of shoes. I had...

I've been a nurse for about the same time and I can relate to your feelings. I try REALLY hard not to pass anything on. One night when I managed to get everything done I've had a nurse comment on the fact that I'm a very conscientious new grad, yet l...

Not my patient, but I've heard of ABCDE (pronounced ab-se-dee). I went to school with a girl named Summer who's stepfather's last name was Somer (pronounced Summer). She ended up legally taking his last name and after that she was never just called b...