jschut

jschut BSN, RN

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  1. Right To Refuse...help!!!

    I would imagine so, but I have never worked in a prison. But I would just say to document, document,
  2. Feel incompetent

    PLease don't feel incompetent. You aren't. And you will get faster with time. Fax an FYI about the peg tube, try diluting the formula with some water before administering, then flush with clear water....
  3. I'm In!!!!

    YEA! What awesome news!
  4. Very upset.

    May God bless you (and He has today... with strength...) and keep you. You are gonna be an AWESOME nurse!
  5. WWYD RE: Issues with another nurse?

    You're welcome.
  6. Blood flow thru the heart link help pls.

    Daytonite, How wonderful you are...
  7. How long to complete an admission

    In our facility it depends on IF you have enough help on the floor so you can get busy... Usually, if the day is going well, about 1.5 hrs. If you are short staffed or things start going haywire (as...
  8. I am about to quit nursing completely

    Not all nursing homes are like that... Hang in there and keep your chin up! You'll find something
  9. anyone??????

    Yep. I did it with 5 children at home and working weekends. It is doable. Now, I didn't say easy.... I said
  10. Do you wear rings on your fingers to work?

    Yep, I wear my wedding band, and on my other hand, I wear a ring that my wonderful husband had made for me to simulate the one my Momma had given me when I was 16 and lost (like a
  11. WWYD RE: Issues with another nurse?

    Yep. That's what I'd do. and I would also chart that "oncoming nurse informed of
  12. 3 nurses laid off

    Wow. Our DON has said that she needs to cut nursing hours, but of course she says it's because census is low.... But we have as many people as we did
  13. Any advice for this young CNA

    You can almost surely get hired in at a long term care facility, and believe me, we can always use good
  14. how to deal with a know-it-all?

    Ahhh.. just let him keep going on and on and on.... let it go in one ear and out the other. It gets easier
  15. Group projects are the worst! Some folks will NEVER want to do their share and the rest are stuck with the rest. Bad stuff, group
  16. For the nightshifters.

    3- 12's for
  17. Was anyone an alternate

    I just got the phone call yesterday for my ASN program that starts in March.... I didn't think it would happen either, but it did. Hang in there!
  18. I'm drowning

    Get all your information you need at your fingertips. Use a flow sheet for your patients. Now, you have that done... take a breath.... now take another.... You are NOT drowning... you are learning....
  19. Just accepted!!!

    Congrats to you! I'll use this info too, as I was just accepted to the ASN program and will start in
  20. Reading EKGs

    EKG's.....
  21. Courtesies to families

    Wow. I never would have thought that a BP could get someone in so much
  22. Can you trust your co-workers??

    There are a couple I trust, but for the most part.... nope! Caught a couple of "administration" in lies.... just can't deal with
  23. What do you wish students knew?

    Don't act nonchalant and like you already know everything we are trying to teach you. An opinion is great, but when I am offering a piece of my knowledge. please don't make me feel like an idiot by...
  24. Holiday Schedule

    Make a sign up sheet in 4 hour blocks. Have staff sign up for the hours they want. This has been the best way I have
  25. My NCLEX Story

    God bless and keep us