Wsmith16

Wsmith16 ADN, BSN

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  1. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    Wsmith16 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You brought up a great point. About the potential of transmitting the virus to non Covid pts. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in NY lost a lot of lives due to placing covid positive pts...

  2. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    Wsmith16 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hospitals providing Nurses with adequate PPE should be non negotiable. No way should a nurse work with covid patients without the proper PPE. This should not even be up for debate. Hospitals...

  3. Are Big City Hospitals Really Getting Hit With COVID-19 Pts?

    Wsmith16 replied to EPS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OP, it is real and scary. Hospitals in NY are slammed with Covid 19 patients, nurses and doctors, healthcare staff are getting sick. It's not a joke. I really wish it were. Just be thankful that your...

  4. What nursing skills will I never learn if I start my RN career in home health?

    Wsmith16 replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Home Health

    If possible it is always best to start off in the hospital however I train/supervise new grads at our HH agency and what Ive learned is if you have a good foundation from a good nursing program you...

  5. Not cut out for home health?

    Wsmith16 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Home Health

    I highly encourage you to take the oasis class. When I use to review Oasis, I took the two day course to better understand. I learned that the questions are not black and white, and if you read it as...

  6. Charting in the home

    Wsmith16 replied to jennispen's topic in Home Health

    Documenting in a patient's home is always ideal however this must be done in a case by case basis, some patients simply do not want you in their home for an hour plus and at times feel like its an...

  7. 16 months....still NO JOB

    Wsmith16 replied to skny's topic in New York Nursing

    Go upstate they are the only place hiring. Only prob is u will make les then $40,000 a yr. If u can do afford it

  8. Dorothea Hopfer nursing school

    Wsmith16 posted a topic in New York Nursing

    I just got accepetd to this school. Just wondering if anyone here has been to this school and what you've heard about it. Or if you know of anyone that has graduated from this school and what they...

  9. personal cell phone and the internet and impact on staff moral

    Wsmith16 replied to 24 yrs and counting's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen a nurse not giving a pt proper care becasue she received a call from home or logged on the internet for a few seconds. So my statement still stands it does not bother me if a fellow...

  10. personal cell phone and the internet and impact on staff moral

    Wsmith16 replied to 24 yrs and counting's topic in General Nursing

    If it doesn't harm the pt then what business is it to anyone if a coworker uses their cellphone or the internet on down time. I mean really

  11. So what is the deal with nursing.....

    Wsmith16 replied to spacemom1's topic in General Nursing

    Please take sound of MUsic's reply very seriously. I left a good paying job with sick leave, vacation days, a job where coworkesr respected each other to be a nurse. The healthcare system sucks...

  12. Do you think the job market for nurses will improve by the time you graduate?

    Wsmith16 replied to AtACrossRoads's topic in General Students

    I really don't think it's gonna pick up. IN NY another hospital has closed heard over 500 nurses are out of jobs. Future may be in homecare. But that doesn't mean you won't get a job it's just really...

  13. What to choose? Nursing school vs. Radiology school

    Wsmith16 replied to kree3's topic in Nursing Career

    Run to radiology. You will experience less stress, less drama with family, none of the "nurses eat their young" syndrome, and will receive more respect from pts and staff. Nursing is not all its...

  14. New Grad going into Hospice

    Wsmith16 replied to NurseMarla's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Franky, I never understood the rationle of "you need atleast two yrs experience in a hospital to work in hospice or home health". Especially when you are dealing wit one pt at a time and in home...

  15. help! want to quit....how long do i have to stay to avoid looking bad?

    Wsmith16 replied to limonada's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get another job before you quit. Bedside nursing isnt for everyone. Good

  16. Scheduled to work called out due to snow--can I be fired?

    Wsmith16 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was scheduled to go to work today. I live about 40 miles away from work got in my car and found visibility to be very bad and did not feel safe driving--train not an option. I called out and was...

  17. Scheduled to work called out due to snow--can I be fired?

    Wsmith16 replied to Wsmith16's topic in General Nursing

    I checked my union book it says that when serious weather arrives and we are not able to make it we can take a vacation day or personal day. Thus I don't understand why they told me they "would take...

  18. Still possible to get into a nursing program?

    Wsmith16 replied to chn27's topic in New York Nursing

    You basically have to go for it and try if you really want

  19. does night shift make you fat?

    Wsmith16 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    i work 7pm to 7:30am. i eat in the morning whatever i want and before i go to work. after 7pm i don't eat again, i will drink water and if i have the munchies then i have a yogurt or some crackers....

  20. does night shift make you fat?

    Wsmith16 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I actually lost weight. By not eating anything once my shift starts. Just drink water and the weight started to come

  21. Am I crazy because I love med surg???

    Wsmith16 replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I dislike med-surg because I can have 10 to11 patents a night. What is there to like about

  22. Snow- at what point do you call out?

    Wsmith16 replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    The "nursing way of thinking-patient is number #1, patient's family #2, Nursing administration #3, nurses #4. We lways put ourselves dead last. It's

  23. I think I regret choosing nursing

    Wsmith16 replied to nsFAMU's topic in General Nursing

    Post, after post, after post. Everyone seems to be complaining about the same thing. You are not alone in your sentiments-- after 6 mths I am looking for a way out of bedside nursing. Life is too...

  24. NG tube help..not very familiar with NGs

    Wsmith16 replied to ChiSmile6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You should search within this site. Here is alink I found a few wks ag:

  25. Medical Surgical Floor from Hell

    Wsmith16 replied to NaomieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the other poster don't say anythingto manageent they know alread and frankly don't careas long as their are bodies to do the