Pamelita

HI my dear collegues.. I am in the PIT committee in our hospital because our BSI rates are sky high!!! however, management does not believe or want to accept the fact that our staffing is not fair, I mean night shift nurses can have up to 9 patients!...

Hello: I know there is JCAHO standards for patient/ratio for nurses. I looked under the ANA website but couldn't find it. I would really appreciate if somebody knew where to find it. I really want to know because my DON stated that there is not such ...

hello my dear nurses... I am a Grad student and I am doing a paper on computerized charting and nurses attitudes.. I wanted to get some feedback and what you guys think of computerized charting. If your hospital still on paper would you like to use ...

hey guys.. well, this is maybe a typical story. I've been an RN for 3 years and I love it. Even though the first 3 years of my nursing career I started at the toughest hospital, with ventilators patients w/multisystem failure, etc, you named it they...

I totally feel you when we as nurses have to deal with mean, selfish, ignorant people. I don't understand why people even bother to go to the hospital. We are keeping them alive for god sake?!! The other thing that they never prepares us in nursing ...

First, try to get report on time, ha,ha then assess your patients, get with your CNA for a mini report between the two of you, make sure you have an RT assigned to your section. Get your antibiotics and put them in your med drawers, while checking al...

I would probably be a teacher in some type of medical field or have my own beauty salon w/spa!!! maybe i'll do that instead!!ha,ha

what I love about nursing.... I love when patient you are taking care of, smiles, holds your hands and thanks you. I love when family members get to know you and treat you with respect. I love it when what I did, truly makes a difference in people...

I feel your pain... I cried several times when I lost a patient that I got attached to or the family. I've taken care of patients for months and I see them die all the time. What I tell myself its that they are not suffering anymore and they are i...

My mother works at the same hospital but she works the nightshift. She will have 1:8 or even 9, its horrible. On days since we complained so much to administration that the nurses should never go up to 8 patients, since our patients are ventilator ...

Hmmm... I think I will never do NICU, or PICU, little babies sick are so sad... plus parents 24/7..to much... OR, I hate standing up and the whole gowning. I think I will try ER, OB and even pych. So far I have only done med/surge respiratory and...

Yep, I've been a nurse only for 3 years and I feel burned out. Dealing with heavy issues like terminal weans, seeing death all the time, family members that think you are a maid, doctors that don't respect you, administration that only cares for mon...

yep, I am 5"1" with shoes! he,he and I deal with ventilator patients that don't move a finger! It was very hard when I first started as a nurse, I couldn't even pull one of them. But with time, I guess you get stronger. I learned different techniqu...

hi guys.. thanks for all your advise Right now I feel that I want to enjoy my career, try different specializations of nursing before I enter graduate school. I've been working with ventilators multisystem failure since I graduated and I want to try...

Hi guys... I am 24 years old and I have been an RN for almost 3 years. Right after graduation in 2001 I worked for about 6 months when I decided that I wanted to go on for my BSN. Well, after working full time, taking classes full time I will be don...

Hey girl: don't worry, I've been an RN for only 2 years and the first year its very tough... I mean you are brand new, trying to organize its very important and it will take time. just don't be so hard on yourself. Learn things from different nurses...

Hey guys.. Today I felt SO GOOD!!! I had a patient one year ago. He was almost 400 lbs, vent-dependant, with central lines, peg tubes, unable to move one arm, a sacral wound stage IV, incontinent, a mess! anyways, I had him many times!! I remember my...

well, to start it wasn't me it was my 21 year old sister. My day started by working 12 hours. Then my mother calls me your sister is crying of pain, her abd. etc. So I took her to the ER and oh my God... 8 hours!!!!!! 8 hours of wait to get a pus...

Hi Ive been a nurse for only 2 years and yes there is not a lot of respect for nurses. A lot of people think of us as maids or servers. Just the other day I got so mad because this visitor of one my patients was in the room, I was walking by and he ...

Hi guys! I am a very patient person and I have dealt with really bad family members. But today I almost LOST IT!!! it was 1830 almost time for me to give report. ANyways, the daughter of this patient comes in and start asking me all these questions. ...

Hi Guys: I was reading one post one day and I read that you can be med/surge certified? that's so cool but I don't where to apply or anything I never heard it before. can somebody please help me with a website or anything? I went online and saw some ...

TGH is a great teaching institution. I am thinking about going there myself after I finish my BSN degree. They offer GN rotations and many internships most of their staff are GN's and the educators are great. Its a huge hospital I always get lost s...

Dealing with a patient's death was one of the hardest things I have to learn to do when I became a nurse. I still remember my first code and my patient died he was like 42, I was devastated and of course traumatized because I had to put an NG tube on...

Hi guys! I am going to do a big transition in my nursing career. After working 2 years right off school in a 102 bed-long termn hospital where everybody knows you and your busines; I am going to a 800-bed teaching hospital! I am so scared and anxious...

Hi guys! I am going to do a big transition in my nursing career. After working 2 years right off school in a 102 bed-long termn hospital where everybody knows you and your busines; I am going to a 800-bed teaching hospital! I am so scared and anxious...