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  1. I'm i expecting too much from my preceptors, please help?

    thisnurse replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

    hi monica...i think you are right on track. your preceptor who is going to india will be back and he will be someone you can rely on for help. 12 weeks orientation is pretty generous. youve already...

  2. I'm i expecting too much from my preceptors, please help?

    thisnurse replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

    monica, you are NOT going to be a perfect nurse when you finish orientation. you won't know everything like we wish we could when we finish. most times the hospitals give you an inadequate...

  3. I'm i expecting too much from my preceptors, please help?

    thisnurse replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

    monica i was not being critical of you at all. at least that was not my intent. sounds to me like you would be a great orientee. some of ours dont like being told what to do. it makes them very...

  4. I'm i expecting too much from my preceptors, please help?

    thisnurse replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

    monica, some of us forget what it was like when we started. You will find that when you are working the 7 am to 7pm shift, you tend to get cranky around that time because you need to finish so much...

  5. Medication error questions for nurses.

    thisnurse replied to mo_mo8's topic in General Nursing

    boy if i learned nothing else, i sure learned to spell out

  6. Medication error questions for nurses.

    thisnurse replied to mo_mo8's topic in General Nursing

    ill help ya cos when i had to do this interview thing someone helped me. 44 years old........nurse for 5 years 1.Mainly we learned how to avoid them by using the 5 rights. 2.I think medication...

  7. Please help with Time management techniques

    thisnurse replied to cornelia's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    good link, thank you very much. im always looking for hints to improve my time management. ive never worked in LTC other than in clinicals but i know those nurses work very hard. thats why im always...

  8. Refusing an assignment

    thisnurse replied to essarge's topic in General Nursing

    karen..you know you are such an asset to this board. your links and info are always so informative and they help us "grow" professionally. thanks so much

  9. Refusing an assignment

    thisnurse replied to essarge's topic in General Nursing

    i have not refused an assignment but i have refused a patient. just as you said...i had 12, would have made it 13. no way could i handle that. i was really struggling with 12. the charge nurse that...

  10. Refusing an assignment

    thisnurse replied to essarge's topic in General Nursing

    this is something that really ticks me off. you KNOW what you can and can not handle. you KNOW your limit. so administration forces you into a situation that you KNOW is unsafe not only for the pts...

  11. Unhappy family members

    thisnurse replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    we had the best one tonite...a family member called one of the nurses and said... you tell me about my husband and if you dont then i am going to CALL THE DOCTOR!!! lmao we voted for calling the...

  12. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    thisnurse replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    i wish i had known about that dx. i would have used it for

  13. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    thisnurse replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    that nsg diagnosis is retarded. if you used it for a care plan what would the interventions be? i like the cattle prod idea, not just for energy fields but as one of our basic tools. id prob end up...

  14. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    thisnurse replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    you know nicole bout half or more of the nurses reading this are thinking we are crazy and shaking their heads. i think there might be something to it and im going to check it out..i believe in hocus...

  15. NANDA: Energy Field Disturbance Diagnosis

    thisnurse replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    thank you all :) ive never heard of any of this. of course my first reaction is skeptical but i am going to check this out. of course we give and take energy. some of it makes sense. nicola, you say...

  16. Help! Ventilators

    thisnurse replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    had a vented pt when i did my icu rotation. i knew all those settings tho only respiratory was to touch the vent. dont remember any of them now not having had to use them. im getting the icu book...

  17. Lunch breaks

    thisnurse replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    wow....you guys get lunches? no way.....what kind of high falutin nursing job do you have? i take frequent smoke breaks. i dont take a lunch. i eat at the station. that way someone only has to cover...

  18. Can anyone give me pointers?

    thisnurse replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    i am oh so happy i dont have to deal with these sticks (now watch ill go in to work and find a new procedure memo in my

  19. Can anyone give me pointers?

    thisnurse replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    i cant help you either sorry to say. ive never even seen a nurse draw abg's, let alone do it myself. i think its great that youre learning but im wondering why... i suck at taking blood and starting...