weekend warrior

weekend warrior BSN, RN

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  1. Please be nice to medical students

    weekend warrior replied to cantor2537's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say, in general when I used to work in the ER with the revolving door of med students and interns, it drove me nuts at times. Many were great and had a good experience there, but in general...

  2. YES, I do need a note! (long RANT!!)

    weekend warrior replied to papergirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I havent' seen the original post you are talking about, but they probably meant people that ask for a note when that person does not need to be there. We had people do that all the time in the ER....

  3. Ever have one of your patients threaten to sue? Scared!

    weekend warrior replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you have to go through this. Unfortunately there will be other patients that threaten to sue the hospital. I haven't been directly involved in something like this, but just make sure your...

  4. What happened to Nurses Week?

    weekend warrior replied to happyfeet's topic in General Nursing

    It is Nurses Week too at our hospital, haven't seen much going on though. The annual Nursing Award, free breakfast ( if you are working that shift ) and of course the brown bag lunches with lectures...

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

    weekend warrior replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Before I transferred up to the PICU, I worked in the ER ( also in the pediatric hospital , some of the ridiculous things were Woman ( who uses us like her personal physician ) brought in her twins by...

  6. Problems with PICU nurses

    weekend warrior replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I have never heard this specifically about PICU nurses. Of course I've heard about nurses in general and their access to drugs being a problem with those that have addictions

  7. Some questions about your job

    weekend warrior replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    A. What is your title (RN. LPN etc) RN B. What setting do you work in (hospital, drs office) hospital C. If hospital, typeof ward pediatric ICU D. How long have you been doing it? RN for 12+ years,...

  8. Birth control same time everyday?

    weekend warrior replied to Newbie Nurse SMP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I believe with the BCP, ( especially them being so low dose these days compared to the original BCPs back years ago ) there is a 4 hr window inwhich the therapeutic level of the drug is maintained by...

  9. Lack of daycare or neglect?

    weekend warrior replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Cases like this are disgusting. I too think it's a matter of neglect. I realize some people do not have the means for daycare and have to work, but how the hell do they think that locking them up in a...

  10. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    weekend warrior replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    It's nurses week???? I heard something about that in our hospital weekly flyer . That was about it. I'd take even a free pen, which I think they should be

  11. Lap tops and Phones..This is too much

    weekend warrior replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! It sounds like you guys in the US have alot more money than we do! When I worked in the ER, we tried using phones but it was for nurse to nurse communication ( mostly triage to charge if we...

  12. Short-staffed Nursing

    weekend warrior replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in an ER dept that for a while ( months ) it was common to have only 3-4 nurses scheduled in a shift.. we called in alot of overtime, had alot of relief nurses, never got breaks, had...

  13. Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    weekend warrior replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    1. how many beds do you have? 32 2. how many nurses play into the total mix? 160-180 ( icu 1:1 nursing ) 3. how many different shifts do you have (we have 5) same 4. does senority play a factor in...