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  1. Young and jaded.

    shoegalRN replied to apocatastasis's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ER nurse, and I feel you. No matter how much I teach, no matter how many frequent flyers come through my ER, no matter how many times they sign out AMA, or leave before being triage (after...

  2. New RN ready to switch floors at 6 months of working

    shoegalRN replied to geauxlsutigers's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the previous poster. I, too, also started off in ICU, and one week before my orientation was up, I met with the director and asked to be transferred. I have been in ER ever since and I...

  3. Boston Med-new TV show, will you be watching?

    shoegalRN replied to kat von b's topic in General Nursing

    I'm watching it now. Yes, it is more doctor focused, and I saw that Dr Patil on TV this morning talking about it. They are calling it the "real Grey's Anatomy". I can def relate, especially that code...

  4. What you wished you had known before you started your first job?

    shoegalRN replied to AndreaBallard's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry for the confusion! You are right, I have to remember what they are teaching in nursing school. Sometimes I get so into reality and the real world of nursing, I tend to forget

  5. CNA just got accepted to RN Program

    shoegalRN replied to sanraha's topic in General Students

    Good luck on being accepted into nursing school! Word of advice: invest in a good

  6. What you wished you had known before you started your first job?

    shoegalRN replied to AndreaBallard's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I should say on a case by case basis. Of course, if you got a pt that is going brady or vtaching, or desatting, you will see that pt FIRST, or any crashing pt for that matter. But if you...

  7. What you wished you had known before you started your first job?

    shoegalRN replied to AndreaBallard's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is to ALWAYS work ahead. By this, I mean plan for the worst. Working ER, I don't have a clue what's coming in the door. So, as soon as I know what type of pt I'm getting from triage, I...

  8. Just interviewed a nurse who *loves* her job

    shoegalRN replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Count me in! I love my job as well! I only work the weekend option (two 12 hour night shifts Sat and Sun) and I love it! I do pick up two 8 hour day shifts during the week in the GI lab to help out...

  9. Finding the perfect job?!?

    shoegalRN replied to Small&NOW's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm gonna be really honest with you. As a NEW GRAD nurse, you simply don't know what you don't know. And you are setting yourself up for failure going straight to an ICU (on a weekend option no less)...

  10. Thank you for all you do

    shoegalRN replied to bridezillatobe's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your kind words! After working a grueling 24 hour weekend shift with a patient from HELL, this means a lot! I hope you enjoy being a nurse as much as I do! Yes, it's...

  11. If you graduated between 2008 and 2009,how long did it take to find a job ?

    shoegalRN replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated May 2009, passed NCLEX July 2009, had a job offer one day after I learned I passed NCLEX, starting working Aug 2009. I started looking for a job in Feburary 2009 before graduation. I went...

  12. I really do not get it!

    shoegalRN replied to labrador4122's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, came from the business world and I am not accustomed to this nursing "culture". I worked with MEN who didnt play these passive aggressive games that majority of the nurses I work(ed) with...

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

    shoegalRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    If these meds are compatible via IV, they can be ran through the same IV lines. I used to work in ICU and seen lots of pressors ran into the same IV lines but

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

    shoegalRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse who started a heparin gtt but NEVER drew a pTT. Seriously. I'm talking about prior to starting it, or for the time it ran until I got on shift to get

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

    shoegalRN replied to spacemom1's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to bust your "dream", but you may not even be able to get a job in a clinic fresh out of nursing school. For one, most clinics required at least one year of hospital or inpatient experience,...

  16. Chiropractor looking for a night/weekend RN or LPN program in Kansas City

    shoegalRN replied to DCAMG's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you want more clinical time, then Penn Valley is the way to go. I have a BSN, and I used to see junior students in their third semester doing their clinicals at Research. They were handling...

  17. "The Death Shift" (true crime book about nurse/serial killer)

    shoegalRN replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, that case about the nurse was on the New Detectives on Discovery Investigation. Yeah, know all about Robert Courtney. I know a couple of families personally that was affected by what he

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

    shoegalRN replied to spacemom1's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been a nurse a little bit over a year, but this is a second career for me. I spent 14 years in the corporate world before becoming an RN. To be honest, I love what I do most days. After...

  19. "The Death Shift" (true crime book about nurse/serial killer)

    shoegalRN replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I seen it! Wasnt her husband a nurse who did this? There was also a case where a nurse killed his co-worker with a deadly dose of propofol he stolen from work. I love this show! One reason why...

  20. "The Death Shift" (true crime book about nurse/serial killer)

    shoegalRN replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this case was featured on Forenisc Files. And I believe the nurse in question was a LPN. From the Forensic Files case, she was causing the babies to go into cardiac arrest, then will try to...

  21. "The Death Shift" (true crime book about nurse/serial killer)

    shoegalRN replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    If I am not mistaken, I believe this case was featured on Tru TV's Forensic Files a while ago. I watch that show religiously and seen just about most of the episodes and I remember that the doctor in...

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    shoegalRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *sigh* After a long 12 hour shift sitting on inpatients waiting for beds: -Don't come to the hospital if you are just gonna refuse every damn thing. You are here for SOA due to your COPD and your CHF...

  23. Concerned for new grad in ICU supervisor role

    shoegalRN replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but your friend is being set up for failure. There is no way a new grad should be in the ICU straight out of nursing school, let alone in a charge nurse/supervisor position. I'm am not...

  24. Feeling scared at work/Threats

    shoegalRN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you have been gossiping about him, STOP IT NOW! And what exactly did the text message say that was so threatening to you? Did he threatened to "beat you up" or something along those

  25. Relocating to Houston TX

    shoegalRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks everyone! I have decided to make Kingwood my home, as I looked at some property online in the corridor around the Medical Center and it is way expensive! However, I already work in a Level I...