busyernurse

busyernurse BSN, RN

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  1. Any input on rehab facilities??

    busyernurse posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    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...

  2. Losing a baby

    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...

  3. RN job in jeopardy please help

    busyernurse replied to fe3's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  4. Any input on rehab facilities??

    busyernurse replied to busyernurse's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    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...

  5. Just need a hug.. Anyone else??

    busyernurse replied to healer27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  6. What do you have in there??

    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...

  7. Tips for new nurses to protect license

    busyernurse replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  8. Need questions for ANCC

    busyernurse replied to Loukocyte's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  9. what would you do

    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...

  10. Sticking a patient twice?

    busyernurse replied to ghost's topic in Emergency

    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...

  11. PLEASE HELP!!! I NEED HELP FROM ER/ICU nurses and doctors for my THESIS PROJECT!!!

    busyernurse replied to id_ocad's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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...

  12. Need questions for ANCC

    busyernurse replied to Loukocyte's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  13. Need questions for ANCC

    busyernurse replied to Loukocyte's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, Iwouldn't want to take it again, so the hubby and I will make sure we keep our CEs up to renew when it's time!

  14. Need questions for ANCC

    busyernurse replied to Loukocyte's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  15. Getting wisdom teeth removed, need advice from a CRNA

    busyernurse replied to BethBSN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    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,...

  16. Admitted I should step-down...your advice?

    busyernurse replied to supernova004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Reply to supernova004 - I feel your pain. Although I have been a nurse for 15 years, recently I took a job in a new facility. Of course, this facility had gone to computer based charting, including...

  17. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    busyernurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Tweety -- I have not had the best of weeks, my husband who is also a nurse have been kind of stressed. I have to tell you your story about infusing the Percocet via cebtral line takes the...

  18. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    busyernurse replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lori -- YOU GO GIRL!!!! I am impressed, and so very happy for and your family! That is great news about your new job! It sounds like the job was made for you and I just know you will do well. I...

  19. At what point do you call in sick?

    busyernurse replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't resist posting when I saw this thread!! I have been a nurse for 15 years and I know that most facilities have their own "sick policies", I worked at a hospital where I got suspended for...

  20. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    busyernurse replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Lori -- I just got in and logged in, hoping for some good news for you. I am SO sorry to hear how your meeting turned out. I was saddened to see that your director wasn't any more...

  21. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    busyernurse replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Lori --- I forgot to mention that earlier in my post about the consultation. The attorney that I have been speaking with has not charged us anything so far and I've spoken with 5 or 6 times so...

  22. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    busyernurse replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Lori - I have been following your posts since you oeiginal conflict at work. It is a horrible situation to be put in, and this was so humiliating for you. I freaked out this AM when I read...

  23. Prayer for my son

    busyernurse replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    We will keep you and your family in our prayers. My husband and I two boys, 14 and 8. Since we are both RNs, we know the worry of possibilities when you find something on assessment. We pray for...

  24. Were you rejected the first time you applied to a RN program , but eventually became.

    busyernurse replied to RNsoon!'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And I thought I was the lone ranger in that! In the early 1990s, I applied to one of our local colleges for a 4 year nursing degree. I had a good GPA, letters of reference, everything that so that...

  25. A nurse ate me as her young and I'm still paying for it

    busyernurse replied to RNnewgrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey RNnewgrad -- just wanted to say keep the faith that all nurses will treat you like that! I would make sure that you have a witness if you stay at that facility and do have to deaL with that...