littleroxy79

littleroxy79 has 3 years experience and specializes in telemetry, cardiac intermediate care,.

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1. Need Advice Regarding an Incompetent Nurse

   littleroxy79 replied to littleroxy79's topic in General Nursing

   yea, i'll try

2. Do you like team nursing?

   littleroxy79 replied to RN1263's topic in Medical-Surgical

   team nursing does suck, but i don't think it's all that bad. maybe i'm just used to it. we don't tape report anymore but use kardex's. we also get the vitals and give them to the LPN and she gives all...

3. Need Advice Regarding an Incompetent Nurse

   littleroxy79 replied to littleroxy79's topic in General Nursing

   sometimes i think it's ADD or she's crazy. she just laughs randomly at nothing. i think sometimes she does things or says things just for someone to say something so she can get defensive. she is the...

4. Need Advice Regarding an Incompetent Nurse

   littleroxy79 replied to littleroxy79's topic in General Nursing

   she has been reprimanded by the head of critical care, but i don't know what the outcome has been because she's still here. she made a comment to us that she has a stack of paperwork on her. i just...

5. Med Surge and Telemetry

   littleroxy79 replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

   that's how it is on our floor sometimes. but we have to be mostly selective because our unit is a swing unit for telemetry and intermediate care. in our intermediate care we get all of the critical...

6. Do you like team nursing?

   littleroxy79 replied to RN1263's topic in Medical-Surgical

   We have team nursing at my hospital. for the most part, I work on a floor that is strictly RN. But sometimes we get pulled to another floor. the ideal is an RN, an LPN and a CNA. It depends on the...

7. Med Surge and Telemetry

   littleroxy79 replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

   i work on a telemetry floor. with our telemetry, we monitor all the "heart" patients, chest pain, arrhythmias, syncope, etc. any kind of cardiac history. basically the assessments are the same, but...

8. Oh man did I miss an order

   littleroxy79 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

   it's not your fault. i have found some charts racked with orders on them after i have check them

9. Need Advice Regarding an Incompetent Nurse

   littleroxy79 replied to littleroxy79's topic in General Nursing

   the sad thing is that she has ALOT of write ups. but it seems like nothing is done. it's not like she has been just working there a year. it's been 3 years. you would think she had her organization...

10. Need Advice Regarding an Incompetent Nurse

    littleroxy79 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i don't understand why the bad nurses still have jobs. i work with this one nurse who is pretty much incompetent. she has been a nurse for a long time, but she can't seem to get basic nursing down....

11. I failed NCLEX again!!!!

    littleroxy79 replied to Nursing28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i'm sure you all passed...after the second time i took it, you just "know"...i think if you don't pass the first time, it humbles you..it makes you a better person...or that's how i felt...if it's...

12. I failed NCLEX again!!!!

    littleroxy79 replied to Nursing28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    don't feel bad. i had to take boards twice. got the biggest cold sore ever. i took all 265 and it took me 3 hours. i was the last person to leave the test site. this supervisor i know had to take it...

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

    littleroxy79 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    i am actually working with the RN tonight. this happened last year. we work on a telemetry/ step down unit. she was pulled to another tele floor. so we heard this from the other nurses working with...