busyernurse replied to NicuNightRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Hey -- I read your post, and you have been on mind tonight. I am so very sorry for your loss. Sometimes it seems like it is those "surprises" that we miss the most, it seems like. I know from...
On the narcotic count, I don't think you do a count every shift. I think the actual count is done every week, and the charge nurse does a discrepency printout every shift or every day. Seems like we...
ItsyBitsySpider -- thank you so much for the reply. I sure do appreciate it! I know nothing about those places in N.O. and have started to feel a little panicked. Your posting helps a lot! Thanks...
Hey everyone -- To healer27, you read my mind!! The past few weeks have been really crappy, to say the least. Due to stress levels, I have been in the ER for the doc to adjust my bp meds, been...
busyernurse replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in General Nursing
I am one of those type A nurses who carry everything but the kitchen sink. Nothing out of the ordinary, but not long ago, I was working on a floor at a busy medical unit and I came in for report and...
Reply to willdgate -- hey, hope this helps some. I finished LPN school in 1991, and graduated RN in 1996. I worked as a medical records clerk, ward clerk, and CNA prior to graduation from nsg...
Naomi -- Just wanted to check on you, and see how everything was going, since you are having you wait so long on your results of your ANCC test!! Keep busy when you can, and try not to stress too...
I am a nurse entering into the RNP in La. I have been researching the list of state board approved tx facilities was hoping someone may have any thoughts that may help in my decision making. I have...
busyernurse replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency
I hate that you were done that way, but just like some other posters said, it's their loss. Speaking from an ER nurse and also med surg ch. nurse, I would have done the exact same thing. I don't...
As my experiences as an RN in the ER, we usually make every attempt to save a stick and draw blood while inserting the IV. Saves work for the nurse, and pain to the pt. When I stick, I go ahead and...
TazziRN -- you took the words right out of my moutj! I have worked in just about every specialty in the hospital, and I could not agree more. My favorite unit has alays been the ER, It doesn't...
Naomi - it sure would be nice if they could let you know your score within a timely manner, to save on the frustration, etc. It was bad enough waiting on board results! When I took my test, I was...
Hey Naomi - I sure am sorry that I didn't see your post until tonight, because my husband and both took ours w/ in the last few years and passed, THANK GOD!! So, we will keep you in our thoughts and...
BethBSN --Hate to hear that you will have to go through that! I did not long before I finished nsg school, and I was terrufued, and most of it was fear of the unknown. Also some of the earlier posts,...