sameasalways ASN, RN

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    Time management issues

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in General Nursing

    You really made me feel better. I think my managers email freaked me out a little. It's scary in today's economy :-( I really never wanted to have to rush in a pt's room and try to evade their...
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    EPIC, documentation & time management advice

    sameasalways replied to Umrn1's topic in General Nursing

    oh okay...thanks (WDL/WNL..I had only said WNL before). The Meditech system doesn't have a box to check for WNL/WDL...but you can click "recal" and every box will be checked that the nurse before you...
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    Time management issues

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have a sheet that I have all the basic pt info on and I have to document prn meds given and as soon as i give it I write the time given that way I can redocument that the pain was taken care of...
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    EPIC, documentation & time management advice

    sameasalways replied to Umrn1's topic in General Nursing

    Wow I FEEL stupid but what is "WDL"? We use Medi-tech and I wonder how similar it is to EPIC documentation
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    Patients as customers????

    sameasalways replied to MJAJKJ's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We were taught to refer to them as "clients" but also upon being hired you are given a psychological test of some sort and some of the questions and some of the questions when hired or in interviews...
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    Would like info on relocating to Langley

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Any ideas on schools in these area for middle school/high school age kids? They are more into academics and music/art than sports.
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    Would like info on relocating to Langley

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Virginia Nursing

    You guyz have been SOOO helpful!! Thank you so much it was exactly the type of information I needed! I appreciate
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    Would like info on relocating to Langley

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Is Fairfax near Hampton/Norfolk? What hospitals would you recommend? So far I have heard that Cox high school is the best nearby...I am not sure if it is affordable though! Thanks you
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    Kinda dissappointed

    sameasalways posted a topic in Operating Room

    I was told by the secretary where I work that the Dr who recommended me to the OR is an **ss and that he yells at nurses down the hall and things like that. She told me that he is only nice to the...
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    Hospice care nursing career options

    sameasalways posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am considering becoming a hospice nurse. I have been working med/surg for one year now. (I graduated last year). I did a clinical rotation at a hospice facility here in town while doing nursing...
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    Seizures

    sameasalways replied to diawc's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I don't work at a psych facility so I know some of what I say probably is going to sound silly. I work on a surgical floor and we get the post/op patients and some medical patients. When we have...
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    How do you know you belong in the OR?

    sameasalways posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I have been working on a Med/Surg floor for the past year after getting my associate's degree in nursing. We are basically the only floor in the hospital that gets the post-op patients. But we...
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    How do you know you belong in the OR?

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Operating Room

    I understand and you don't have to apologize. personally I wouldn't feel confident about my skills in six months in the OR anyway...I know this because as a new nurse I wasn't completely confident...
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    moving in 6-9 months; would you accept new position?

    sameasalways posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am probably going to move in 6 to 9 months. I have applied for a job in a specialty area and it is likely that I am an excellent candidate. However I worry that due to the fact that I will...
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    How do you know you belong in the OR?

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks all of you! I think the only thing that concerns me at this point regarding that job is that there is a possibility I will be moving after about 6-9 months. I am concerned how that would...
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    O.R. orientation 6-9 mos. or 3 mos.?

    sameasalways replied to LAM2010's topic in Operating Room

    Wow I am really happy for you! I am considering going into the OR and all of thse issues you bring up are of concern to me as well. I hope I can do as well as you if i get
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    career advice if moving in a year

    sameasalways posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I may be moving after one year from now, and I have been working on the med/surg floor in the hospital for the past year. I really hate it, but I think I am doing a good job...although my priorities...
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    Kinda dissappointed

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Canes girl, thanks I know my biggest fear is failure. My only concern is like I said I think I have a tendency to hyperfocus sometimes..and by that I mean that when I am doing something that needs...
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    why are OR's so cold

    sameasalways replied to brownbook's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know what suction you are talking about but I wish I had one for my car when my teenage boys are
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    Kinda dissappointed

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Operating Room

    Hi guyz, I appreciate your feedback on this it is helpful to me. The secretary is obese, not morbidly but yes she is obese. I get along well with the ancillary staff and I always have I don't care...
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    contracts for a year/2 years, ect

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I have often heard of them for new hires to a facility if the facility pays for the move, and also for new grads, but had not heard of it happening within a facility to a different specialty!...
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    contracts for a year/2 years, ect

    sameasalways posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has any one heard of a facility telling you that if you take the position you are required to work with them for a year, or 2 years? What happens if you move in this situation/have a major life...
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    Ever felt dizzy in the OR?

    sameasalways posted a topic in Operating Room

    The more I read about the OR and the more I remember back to being in the OR and observing the more I am getting excited about the possibility of working there. Some things that I think might be...
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    contracts for a year/2 years, ect

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I have been working for the facility as a floor nurse for the past year but I have heard through the grapevine that they do this in the O.R. for example, and that they have you on contract...
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    Ever felt dizzy in the OR?

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Operating Room

    Good I hope so because I am always cold sometimes even up on the floor I get cold and you never sit down up there. I have missed lunches and bathroom breaks for up to 13-14 hours. Maybe I will have...