whipping girl in 07

whipping girl in 07 RN

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  1. Do you wear your nursing pin at work

    whipping girl in 07 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not direct patient care anymore, so I wear pins on the lapel of my lab coat, which does go home to get washed periodically. If I had to take it on and take it off daily, I'd never bother. I...

  2. Allergic to vancomyacin

    whipping girl in 07 replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    Similar experience with amoxicillin. It was the second time I'd ever taken it, and I started breaking out with hives on the 7th day. The next day, progressively worse till I couldn't breathe! Made...

  3. When you finally stop caring opportunities come knocking on your door..what a world!

    whipping girl in 07 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!!

  4. I am doing a research project on why nurses become nurses

    whipping girl in 07 replied to dmckague's topic in General Nursing

    * why did you choose nursing as a career? my mom was a nurse (an lpn) and it just seemed like the thing to do. i was a candy striper one summer and i really liked the hospital environment. i started...

  5. Hygiene--HELP PLEASE

    whipping girl in 07 replied to ANurseWannaB's topic in General Nursing

    Has his hygiene always been a little on the sloppy side, and now it's worse, or was it impeccable before and now he's just a total slob? Maybe you could get him to take a shower with you? Maybe that...

  6. Ladies, Can you wear your hair down at work?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    It kind of depends on what I'm doing. Direct patient care...in a clip or bun, occasionally in a ponytail, but I don't care to have it flopping over my shoulder when I'm doing something. But it's not...

  7. Can you have two specialties? As in, ER and psych?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to CourtneyD's topic in General Nursing

    I worked part-time at two different hospitals, one as a critical care float, the other in surgical ICU. I got tired of the critical care float job but there wasn't a particular unit at that hospital...

  8. Why can't I sleep?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to Mary C's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking the point maybe is "anesthesia" is probably not appropriate for getting to sleep during the day unless you're having surgery... Or you're Michael Jackson...(groan) After about three years...

  9. Favorites...

    whipping girl in 07 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know, where I used to work, everyone wanted to be a charge nurse until they actually had to be in charge! There were days we'd fight over who had to be in charge. There were a few who liked it...

  10. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in several restaurants as a waitress before and a little during nursing school. If you adjust for inflation, I made as much or more at an upscale restaurant waiting tables than I do now as a...

  11. Leaving ICU to Where?????

    whipping girl in 07 replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I went from ICU to nutrition support, so did the other two nurses on my team. Some of my friends went to cath lab, surgery, PACU, cardiac rehab, hospice... A few went to graduate school to become...

  12. Why/how do meds work?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to K os's topic in General Nursing

    It took me years to understand the things I need to understand to do my job. There are still many things I do not understand and so I'm learning every day. You will never know it all, but you will...

  13. hospital policy on Facebook, cellphones= suspension

    whipping girl in 07 replied to ChristinaEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen some of my friends who've updated their Facebook or Myspace from their phone when they were at work. I even had a student last year who was doing her rotation with our service and I saw her...

  14. New here! And WDYD, when a acquaintance asks for you to give admin their med

    whipping girl in 07 replied to lovingit's topic in General Nursing

    I give my friend her Depo-Provera shot every three months because it's IM and it would probably be hard to hit that muscle yourself. I guess I could have some liability but I've never really thought...

  15. staffing by accuity....looking for other opinions

    whipping girl in 07 replied to sandy123's topic in General Nursing

    When I first moved to my current state and went to work in as an ICU float at my current hospital, we had to fill out an "acuity" form on the front of our flowsheet at the beginning of the shift. It...

  16. Tap water

    whipping girl in 07 replied to WhiteLily's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we use sterile water for TF flushes to decrease the risk of infection. I'm not sure if it was my institution, but several years ago patients got Legionella from tap water and we changed...

  17. disappointed in myself

    whipping girl in 07 replied to treysdaddy08's topic in General Nursing

    I started my path to become a nurse in September 1992. I graduated from nursing school with a BSN in December 2001. I was accepted but got cold feet, so I sat out a year and reapplied. I failed...

  18. LPNs working unsupervised in nursing homes

    whipping girl in 07 replied to mdfrey2010's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the SBONs rules, which may vary from state to state. You just have to check with the board. It may be legal, but it doesn't necessarily make it

  19. True? --> "RN's Can Work 3Days/Wk And Make A Good Salary!"

    whipping girl in 07 replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights as a new grad and although I was offered a day shift position about halfway through my orientation I declined it because I didn't want to take a pay cut and I enjoyed the pace. Most...

  20. writting the BON

    whipping girl in 07 replied to farie_faye's topic in General Nursing

    You should probably contact the board and ask them what to do. I would think you would send it directly to them as they might trust the content more, but you'd probably want to show it to her or at...

  21. What nursing school in Springfield would you recommend?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to LCGrace's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked with graduates from all those programs (well, not sure about OTC, I don't know how long they've had an RN program) and they all seemed well prepared. Good luck to

  22. Where do most LVN's/LPN's work?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to Jimmydaves's topic in General Nursing

    We have a few LPNs that work at my hospital on the med-surg floors, but none in the ICUs. I worked with an LPN in the first ICU I worked at, but he was going to school to become an RN so our boss let...

  23. New Job found, but would you stay???

    whipping girl in 07 replied to bunnie004's topic in General Nursing

    ITA with other posters. As far as the blood pressure med goes, you may have some parameters for holding it, such as "hold for SBP If the nurses are nice and helpful, STAY THERE!! Read some nurses...

  24. How often do you get sick?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to metal_m0nk's topic in General Nursing

    I get the flu every 7 years, whether I took a flu shot or not. I'm not kidding, I got it when I was 7 (1st grade), 14 (8th grade), 21, 28 and 35. I figure I'm not due again for awhile. I generally...

  25. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    whipping girl in 07 replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    I would leave. I already make more than that and with 3 kids and being the only one working, we are barely making ends meet. We are starting our own business so hopefully our financial situation...