Becca608

Becca608 specializes in med-surg.

Latest Activity

1. Bedside Reporting

   Becca608 replied to trottytotty90's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Time consuming, but this seems to be to model that everyone is switching to. What I do is give them the down and dirty at the nurses station and the sweet fluffy, 'This is so and so who had x...

2. Night Shift and My Muffin Top

   Becca608 replied to CuteNurseUnl's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I eat my 'big meal' when I first get up before going on shift and take a couple of lean cuisines to get me through the shift. My meal before I go to bed is very light. I used to race through my...

3. Forced to Take an Assignment You Can Not Handle

   Becca608 replied to 1RN4Christ's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Unfortunately, it all comes down to money. Experienced nurses are moving to less stressful jobs and the newer nurses are getting thrown out on the general wards. My first 2 years on a med-surg floor...

4. How long does it take you to complete an order????

   Becca608 replied to newtelenurse's topic in General Nursing

   Ultimately, none of us are perfect and no shift is ever the same. It is a 24 hour job and the client is the priority. I agree that the client suffers when we spend the first hour doing 'cleanup', but...

5. General Q's About Nurses -- Thinking of becoming one

   Becca608 replied to boba7523's topic in General Nursing

   This may sound like a cliche, but: FOLLOW YOUR HEART!!! Good luck with whatever you

6. Pain management in med-surg.

   Becca608 replied to Becca608's topic in Pain Management

   Thanks Tewdles, Neurontin is already use. Part of the issue is that no one is consistently medicating this guy across shifts. Some nurses are exclusively giving him IV pain meds and he isn't getting...

7. Pain management in med-surg.

   Becca608 posted a topic in Pain Management

   Hello all! I've got a question regarding pain management. Let me start by saying what I believe: 1. Pain is what the patient says it is. 2 My position is that patient's should medicated as ordered by...

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

   Becca608 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   True story over several conversations with a patient: Mr. B., you are aware that you are on an 1800 calorie diet? --yes Mr. B., please don't have your family bring any more food from home. You are on...

9. Echo Heron

   Becca608 replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

   Her books made me realize that I could be scared, afraid and totally human AND still be a NURSE! Read Echo Heron--she is heartfelt and practical! What I am less than impressed with are the ads...

10. my school has gone crazy with the shoes and bags

    Becca608 replied to AstonishiaInlimbo's topic in International Nursing

    By the time our first year was done, we were all clones of eachother as well. Short nails, bobbed haircuts or up in ponytails, identical nurse totes that had been give to us by various hospitals,...

11. medical dosage problem

    Becca608 replied to sunshine0808's topic in General Nursing

    50 ml/hr and 12.5 gtts/min which rounds up to 13 gtts/min since you can't administer 1/2 a

12. Should I not be a nurse?

    Becca608 replied to guiltysins's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! This is why I am here. Right now I'm a new grad working on a med-surg floor. My goal is to learn priortization and time management. I still do not know what I want to be when I grow up (I'm...

13. Perfectionist? Nervous Nilly? Worrier?

    Becca608 replied to OregonGal's topic in General Nursing

    There isn't anything wrong with you. Your concerns tell me that you will be a better nurse than I will be...even as my preceptors and nurse managers tell me how impressed they are with me. Never...

14. written up

    Becca608 replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    Writing someone up for something so silly is usually the writing on the wall. She might want to start jobhunting--this is the nit-picky stuff that happens in ALL FIELDS when someone wants you

15. CNA trying to hit me up for drugs.

    Becca608 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to point out that it may not be the coworker with a drug 'problem'. She may be trying to obtain them for a 'loved' one or a dealer. Regardless, she needs to be reported. Truthfully, I...