jannrn replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing
Wow, some of your comments surprise me! I love seeing to my pt needs, even getting them some hot tea, showing them the menu for room service, bringing them the morning paper and hot coffee..... and...
on the subject of breath, I have smelled the worst chemical smell (that gives me a headache) from pts recently back from surgery. can anyone in OR elaborate on what exactly that is from? A certain...
We are not allowed to give phenergan IV where I work, but PO or PR. Works great though! At another facility I gave a long-term antepartum pt. (81 days) IV Phenergan every 4 hours durning her stay...
I think the nurse the original poster was referring to would be great in a plastic surgery setting. This is only from what a fellow nurse who left being a nurse in a well-baby nursery to go to a...
Kate, your situation sounds so much like mine!! we moved to a new state for a new job for DH, it is very busy for him, he has even had to travel a couple times making it difficult to find child care...
I don't know about anyone else, but I like Holiday pay, and it is fun to make the unit festive (in spirit) and I also don't mind a convenient excuse to not cook a holiday meal!! makes me sound greedy...
Here's another answer: Don't decide! See if you can get hired onto the float pool of a large hospital. That may be kind of challenging without experience though. I graduated in '92 and there were...
When I was 16, I took a two-week class at a nursing home and then went on to work there for the summer. Maybe that was an exception. It is possible also to find a situation that pays for you if you...
Just want to ask what other policies are. At my hospital it was changed to wash 2 min. with scrub brush before starting work, antibacterial foam (placed all over unit and inside each pt room) before...
At the hospital, we don't do much, and the hosp usually has a special dinner for each shift, and each year at one hosp they gave out specially made ornaments that were really nice. they were like...
I work in a small community hospital, there are 4 regular night shift staff and 3 of us want 12 hour shifts, there are similar numbers of regular staff on other shifts plus some that rotate and are...
I have a question. I have 3 boys and my oldest is 12 which means he is at the age he could come to work with me on one of those "take your son/daughter to work" days. My husband did it when he...
Another route could be to get into the float pool of a hospital, and then they may be able to train you to float to that area. Usually they train you enough to take postpartum pt, sometimes the...
What a difficult situation! I am not single but not long ago my dh had to go to China for a business trip and left me hanging wondering what to do. We had a babysitter recommended to us so we used...
I am a 3rd gen SDA and never have been taught that hell is somewhere we go... SDA's do not believe in hell. People also need to be cared for any day of the week, I do however want to have my...
Formula reps are smart! They know people trust nurses and respect thier knowledge, and if the reps can get the loyalty of the nurses by giving them free stuff, they have some really great free...
I am really surprised no one has mentioned the Mirena IUD more... I have had mine for 5 years and am set to have it replaced. I couldn't stomach the thought of heavier bleeding and cramps with the...