Ahhphoey

Ahhphoey

ICU, M/S,Nurse Supervisor, CNS

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  1. Beginning the CNS journey

    Ahhphoey replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Congratulations! A few of my coworkers have graduated from that program, plus I know one who is currently attending and another who will be starting this fall (hopefully). I wish I had known about...

  2. How long should it take to pass meds to 44 to 45 residents

    Ahhphoey replied to djsugar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked LTC we were assigned about 28 residents each on days and evenings, and 42 at night (that was if all rooms were occupied). Even after some time it took me over 2 hours for the big med...

  3. CNS! Is this a Dying Specialty!?

    Ahhphoey replied to Visuals's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Wow, this was a great thread. I have always been interested in the CNS role versus NP and am fortunately now about to pursue that role. I actually already function in a CNS-type role as my hospital...

  4. So Excited!!

    Ahhphoey replied to Ahhphoey's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I took the education track for my MSN. So, I didn't have to do the advanced assessment, pharmacology, and pathophys classes required for the CNS track. I also didn't have to do clinical hours other...

  5. Give up patient care - how long did you last?

    Ahhphoey replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    I did 10 years of mostly bedside nursing, though I did cut down to part-time after about 8 years. I still do bedside nursing in the ICU about 3 times a month, but my full time job is staff...

  6. New Grad, don't want to work in hospital

    Ahhphoey replied to ladybuglouRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally know of two new grads who opted out of the hospital setting after school. One went right into school nursing and the other got a job in occupational health for the health department,...

  7. Nurse Kept my Great Grandfathers wedding Ring

    Ahhphoey replied to ladimandy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    WOW!!! That seems very unethical! I could never in good faith accept such a gift from a patient. I'm surprised the facility would allow such behavior from

  8. sample rn resume needed

    Ahhphoey replied to lsilva7's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I would google. Also, I used Microsoft Word to do mine and they actually had sample RN resumes on their website to view or even use as a template for your

  9. 3 Interviews then no call?

    Ahhphoey replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't keep my hopes up at this point, but let me share this with you. I interviewed for two different jobs last January (2010); one in education (that I had actually applied for a month before I...

  10. FINALLY got a job!

    Ahhphoey replied to StillSeeking's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations and the best of

  11. Fired By Patient Family

    Ahhphoey replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I see it all too often that family members are upset that the patient has been restrained, or has fallen and injured themselves while hospitalized. Yet, if you ask these same family members...

  12. regret?

    Ahhphoey replied to pinkygirl's topic in General Nursing

    We definitely all go through this from time to time. I tend to change jobs when I get bored. The organization I work for now I've been at for almost 6 years and in that time I've held 4 different...

  13. Fired By Patient Family

    Ahhphoey replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    Don't beat yourself up about it. It happens to almost every nurse at some point and more often than not, it has nothing to do with the nure doing anything inappropriate. I was "fired" by a patient's...

  14. Do your ancillary depts annoy you (security, transport)?

    Ahhphoey replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit that they do annoy me at times, but I'm just as sure that nurses annoy them at times too, so we're even. I just keep in mind that we're all here to do a job and they're just trying to...

  15. To Wear Scrubs or To Not Wear Scrubs? That is the question.

    Ahhphoey replied to cna23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Wearing scrubs to an interview is unprofessional. I agree with the suggestion of bringing a pair of scrubs to keep in the car just in case. I kind of doubt that you would begin immediate training,...

  16. Should I start looking?

    Ahhphoey replied to aprilbutterfly49's topic in General Nursing

    Consider the potential risks and benefits of moving on. As others have said, negativity and drama can be found nearly everywhere so you may very well end up jumping out of the frying pan into the...

  17. Patient Care Facilitator role?

    Ahhphoey replied to Kilika421's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. We have a patient advocate position, but this is non-nursing as well. I can imagine various types of roles that may fit the pt care facilitator title, but as the previous poster stated, it...

  18. Do we really need a MD's order for this?

    Ahhphoey replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds crazy to me. I've never heard of such except in situations as previous posters have mentioned-different consistencies, allowing certain items to an otherwise restricted diet, etc. In places...

  19. Floating related to age

    Ahhphoey replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't sound very fair and I'd imagine those who are continually getting floated due to not being of age or years experience will be disgruntled at some point. Plus, there are a lot of questions...

  20. abuse or just a mistake

    Ahhphoey replied to nassir's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a bit confused, too. We put foleys in all the time with patients who are awake and have had no type of sedation or analgesia. However, this is after a thorough explanation and consent from the...

  21. Why aren't pt phones & TV free?

    Ahhphoey replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    There is no direct charge for the phones or televisions at my hospital, but of course, you are paying for it somewhere in that hospital bill. We just switched providers, too, so now patients have a...

  22. If you go to the ER or doctor's office, do you tell them you're a nurse?

    Ahhphoey replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    My regular docs all know (my pcp, rheumatologist, and gynecologist), but thats only because they asked during those initial visits and I see them pretty regularly. Them knowing has only earned me...

  23. Nursing student loans

    Ahhphoey replied to dixiebelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I can identify with the OP. No, I did not expect my loans to just go away and yes, I knew I would have to pay them back, per the agreement. I have absolutely no problem with that because I...

  24. Would you cut your hair for your career?

    Ahhphoey replied to Claritee's topic in General Nursing

    I had to look at that policy to believe it! I didn't realize the government had such stringent policies on dreadlocks. In fact, one of my hairdresser's clients is active duty navy and wears dreads,...

  25. This makes NO sense at all!

    Ahhphoey replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a bunch of crap to me. The equipment on the cart is for those emergencies that happen outside of an equipped patient room. In fact, one of the last codes I went to was on a medicine unit...