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  1. Hurt Feelings

    jo272wv replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Travel

    Would not have hurt my feelings, I consider myself temp until the hospital or floor can get fully staffed with in house nurses. I kind of look at all experiences as part of the fun and learning of...

  2. What was the best assignment you had?

    jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

    It seems this message board is very diverse in its members experiences, for me I am half way thru my first assignment in Charleston South Carolina. It seems there are a lot of newbies as well as...

  3. Back in the saddle !! ER TRAVEL NURSE !!

    jo272wv replied to dmkm2001's topic in Travel

    I know this will sound like a broken record but here it goes anyways. Don't worry. I am on my first assignment and have found out that all the worry was not needed. I love the hospital I am in, I love...

  4. Alaska

    jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

    Hi all, I am currently on my first travel assignment in Charleston South Carolina and loving every minute of it. I hope to extend my contract for another 3 months and waiting for them to ask. When I...

  5. What would you do?

    jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

    I am a travel nurse, first assignment, a situation arose last night and I want your comments. hx: the floor I work on, is a 6 bed med/surg unit recently opened and 75 % staffed with travel nurses,...

  6. what to do with all the licenses

    jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

    I am on my first assignment and since the state of WV is not a compact state and that is where my original license is from I will need to get a new license for every state I work in. My question is,...

  7. MUSC - can anybody help me???

    jo272wv replied to stuphalie's topic in Travel

    :up:Hi, I am currently at MUSC for my first travel assignment, It took about a week for a interview but it is a med/surg unit. This hospital is great to work as a traveler in. They use a lot of...

  8. Did I get TOO much in loans?

    jo272wv replied to thyme39's topic in General Nursing

    I dont know if that is to much because I do not know your financial needs. But I will give you my situation and you may be able to compare. I started in a 4yr BSN program when I was 43, I made 24,000...

  9. If a family member calls on your pt, do you give them info?

    jo272wv replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital were I work will not give out or will not permit nurses to give out any information over the phone unless the paitent put that said person on a give information to list that is placed in...

  10. Undermining Authority

    jo272wv replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    reminds me of a few nights ago, I was to administer soap suds enema till clear to a pt. The first one did not produce anything but brown liquid return, I was giving the second and and the charge nurse...

  11. How would you have handled this?

    jo272wv replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    This is not uncommon, the lpn may have not been at the hospital when the Dr. spoke with the pt. You handled this correctly, the only thing different I may have done was to call the education dept and...

  12. How long did it take you to get into nursing school?

    jo272wv replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    since I did not go back to college until I was 40, I did a year of remedial classes. I then applied to nursing school the following January. I received a letter of rejection in April but was told to...

  13. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    jo272wv replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    We had a code blue in progress and the pt in the next bed over ask us to move the code pt to another room because he could not get to sleep. Later he called billing and told them he should have one...

  14. Phenergan IV changes in policy

    jo272wv replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    The surgincal dept at my hospital has already done away with IV phenergan and switched to zofran. Family practice and internal medicine are a little slower at changing. Zofran seems to achieve the...

  15. Mandatory Overtime

    jo272wv replied to cmjdlj's topic in General Nursing

    I may be wrong but I thought the federal gov. banned mandatory overtime for nurses. I know that it is not a practice in my hospital or any other hospital in my area. Of course when the hospital calls...

  16. Nursing Students in Home Health...who would of thought?

    jo272wv replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    The class that covered HH when I was in the BSN program was called community nursing. We did 8 weeks of home health and 8 weeks of community. I did an assisted living for community and hospice for...

  17. How do you cope?

    jo272wv replied to littleoldme's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is the time for learning, learning all the ins in outs so to speak. Speak with your instructor and ask to be told when this situation arises so you can observe the process. If it...

  18. Would you prepour meds for nursing assistant to admin later??

    jo272wv replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    no, no, no...... The only worker other than a lpn or rn able to pass medication in a long term facility (depends on state) that I know of is a AMAP (assistive medication administation personel). They...

  19. My first code

    jo272wv replied to christvs's topic in General Nursing

    I too have only been in one code blue situation, I took the documentation part of it also. I watched all the code blue team doing what they were best at doing and wondering how they learned it. I...

  20. Can students be helpful, or are they just in the way?

    jo272wv replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    I do not think students are ever in the way. A helping hand is always good to have. Nurses need to always remember their own clinical experiences first. Who was the best nurse you worked with and how...

  21. Being called into work on your days off

    jo272wv replied to happymedium's topic in General Nursing

    On a positive note, my hospital usually post a seperate sheet from the schedule that list hours available for overtime that any nurse can sign up for. The only problem with signing is that if census...

  22. Does anybody utilize admission nurses?

    jo272wv replied to KatWright's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital uses admission nurses from 7am to 8pm, it is great, the floor nurse only has to reassess for documentation and fill out the unit paperwork such as plans of care, med sheets, ect. After 8pm...

  23. What would you change if you could?

    jo272wv replied to SarahLerie's topic in General Nursing

    I would get rid of costomer satisfaction as the number one goal and go back to the thought of doing things that need to be done for the good of the paitent. To much concern about pt complaints to...

  24. How do you get through a loss?

    jo272wv replied to Lil1Flip's topic in General Nursing

    I had my first death a about 5 months age.. all I can say is Time, Time, and more Time... At first I thought about it all the time, What could I have done different. I still think of it once in awhile...

  25. Rounds - hourly or q 2 hours?

    jo272wv replied to pbrown921's topic in General Nursing

    My unit just went hourly rounds 7a to 10p than q2 10p to 7a. At first I thought damn where am I going to find the time, but after researching, the evidence based practice, I am convinced it is a good...