tiroka03

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  1. Please help me, I'm in trouble.

    tiroka03 replied to ShellyRn1117's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to hear about this. It seems that likely you would have never made the mistake except because of being dumped on by the amount of pts. You were doing a good deed. But, you bite off more...

  2. med passer a good job for student nurse?

    tiroka03 replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    Do you get training in pharmacology? I don't know that I would want to take on that responsibility with out that. There seems to be a built in gray area, where mistakes could happen, and you might...

  3. Help? Broken hearted & sad...

    tiroka03 replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    High School Counselors in my opinion are the last people you want to take advise from. I have two kids with autsim. You can not even believe all the counselors and teachers we have been through over...

  4. Terminated over the phone at night

    tiroka03 replied to sweetnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    I think that it's a shame they treated you so poorly. I have seen many people fired for doing nothing but good. It stinks. I would not want to face someone who was firing me. You know they have...

  5. How valuable is speaking Spanish in health care?

    tiroka03 replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    I have learned a few phrases in Spanish. But, I don't have a lot of time to dedicate to learning a language. My dtr is learning it in high school, and it's a hard language. But, we work in America,...

  6. Dealing with emotions at work

    tiroka03 replied to sugarmagnoliaRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you are struck with a unforeseeable crisis and have to work, remember that work can be a good distraction for a time, and gives your mind something else to forcus on. I don't mind listening and...

  7. OH, My Aching Feet...

    tiroka03 replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same problem as you. I went to Happy Feet. They sold me an insole that completely solved the problem. They are a little weird feeling for the first 1/2 hour, but after that, no pain...

  8. snack/food idea for night shift nurses?

    tiroka03 replied to miniangel729's topic in General Nursing

    It's my afternoon. I sleep after night

  9. LTC facility-TAKE DOWN THAT ARTWORK NOW!!!

    tiroka03 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the person who said it was probably a manager using state to get her wishes. I wouln't believe it until I saw it written in the final report. If it really is from State, I think it is a...

  10. Time to read the chart, MD notes?

    tiroka03 replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about getting sketchy report, is you don't know it's sketchy until they have left. You can't say, I know you never give me a good report, so I want to know what your are leaving out or...

  11. New Grad RN...Why can't I hear lung sounds!!

    tiroka03 replied to sameyjaney's topic in General Nursing

    In school, I was taught to listen and document. However, I wasn't really taught how the sounds actually sounded. When I got report form nurses, they said the lungs sounded really bad, or junky ect....

  12. Nurse's aides are running the the floor.

    tiroka03 replied to sprout2010's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When you are willing to put up the cost of education, and the time and scarficies to attend school. When you are willing to spend hour upon hour studying and practicing an endless list of procedures...

  13. What if a hurricane hit your facility while you were there?

    tiroka03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have never been in a hurricane. What do you do if one hit? Do you have any experiences, I would love to hear them.

  14. new and awkward :(

    tiroka03 replied to noviceR's topic in General Nursing

    I can so relate with you. When I was new, I was the most frightened awkward nurse on the planet. I still have my days after 18 years. What helped at first for me was to use my vast imagination....

  15. Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    tiroka03 replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I, for one, thought it was

  16. STOP! Or somebody's going to get hurt!

    tiroka03 replied to jjhc2006's topic in General Nursing

    It's rare that someone seriously annoys me. But, I was training a new nurse in once, and she didn't want have hands on experience, just watch. Didn't make sense as she would take the cart the next...

  17. Med Pass 3-11 shift

    tiroka03 replied to jesuslovesme's topic in General Nursing

    Mangment cares and night shift in the same

  18. Wrinkled Ear Lobes means....

    tiroka03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What are your nursing tricks? I heard early in my nursing career if someone has wrinkles in their ear lobes, they have either chronic HTN our cardiac problems. What tricks and secrets do you look...

  19. Scenerio: Electricity off, Generator not starting, No Water

    tiroka03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry about another hurricane question. So, your working nights, in LTC, hurricane hits, electricity goes out, generators won't kick in, phone lines are down, maybe structural damage, people...

  20. Do acute care nurses look down on LTC nurses

    tiroka03 replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    The same can be said about the quality of the pt we recieve to LTC from the hospital. It's like they were never cared for. Usually constitpated and in pain when they arrive. And I have had more...

  21. Carry a stethoscope without hanging it on neck

    tiroka03 replied to jalainec's topic in General Nursing

    I have specific things I put into each pocket. I am trying to get all my scrub bottoms to have the extra cargo pocket. I can put my ipod and phone in each one. I hate to have to shove my...

  22. Do acute care nurses look down on LTC nurses

    tiroka03 replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    We have two sides to our facility, acute care and LTC, I work on both sides. So, if I looked down on LTC, I would have to look down on myself. As far as nursing goes, Acute Care is harder than...

  23. Hurricanes! Yiikes

    tiroka03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do you do if you have to work during a hurricane? What do you bring? What do you do with your kids? What if your working, and the building takes structural damage? How can you prepare...

  24. Need some advise....PLEASE!!

    tiroka03 replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Nursing

    You haven't done LTC nursing, and you would be starting out 3-11 shift as charge? Each shift has it's problems, but you will be getting the bulk of admissions, and they are tedious and long. A lot...

  25. Strange question, but I need to ask

    tiroka03 replied to Lisky90's topic in General Nursing

    If I smell something when I walk into a room, I try to identify it. However, I don't go around sniffing offensive smells just to see what they are. Remember you are bringing that smell along with the...