jrsmrs

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1. Shift Cancellations (Please HELP!!)

   jrsmrs replied to wenRN01's topic in Nursing Career

   Come to my hospital lol! No such thing as low census.... We're in constant gridlock

2. Part time Nursing shifts

   jrsmrs replied to Amber307's topic in Nursing Career

   I do part time 8s, but I imagine it would completely depend on your place of work. I don't do strictly 3 8s a week, though. My schedule is more sporadic, so I might work 4 or 5 shifts one week, and...

3. RN total patient care...

   jrsmrs replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Yep, same here. Also in Ontario, and each nurse here (whether RN or RPN) has their own load of pts, no help. If you're one of the 4-5 (days) or 6-8 (evenings/nights) pts assigned to me on my shift, I...

4. Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

   jrsmrs replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I'm just under the 1 year mark since I started working. I've not had a chance to do compressions myself, but have been otherwise involved in 2 code situations at work, one of them being my patient who...

5. IV push medications - nursing students

   jrsmrs replied to Lev's topic in Patient Medications

   I'm in Ontario, Canada. As students we were not allowed to do any IVP meds. We had to minibag everything or have the RN do

6. Speaking of... Getting to work early

   jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Wow, it sounds like things very different where I work! We are not a teeny hospital by any means, and actually a smallish regional center, with lots of pts coming from outlying areas.My floor is not...

7. Speaking of... Getting to work early

   jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Also, since there is no overlap of shifts, at 0730 (or whenever my shift starts), it is me and only me who is responsible for those pts. If I don't know anything about them, what if the doo-doo hits...

8. Speaking of... Getting to work early

   jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Do you all have overlap of shifts, or....? We don't have any overlap, so even if I only wanted to get report, I'd still have to go in a few mins early or else the previous shift would have to stay...

9. Speaking of... Getting to work early

   jrsmrs replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Just to be clear, a good 90% of the nurses where I work come in early. The ones who don't are more or less skipping chart checks from what I can tell (although I'm usually too busy to really pay a lot...

10. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    jrsmrs posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Reading another thread got me thinking about this...I always get to work at least a half hour before my shift starts. Do I want to or like to work for free? Hell no! But I really don't know how else I...

11. Is nursing a depressing job?

    jrsmrs replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    In my limited experience, it's all about perspective. You can choose to focus on all the things that are wrong with people- chronic illnesses, cancer, addictions, terminal illness, loneliness in LTC,...

12. Help with the lymph nodes!

    jrsmrs replied to krissy28561's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can you feel your own? My submandibular nodes are always palpable, but just slightly. When I'm fighting some kind of infection, they're quite swollen and often

13. Has anyone had a similar experience during clinicals?

    jrsmrs replied to rnwannabe77's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've heard of similar things happening to a few people in my program. If you know you're prone to this kind of thing, you need to take care of yourself and make sure you've had something to eat and...

14. MRSA Concerns

    jrsmrs replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in General Students

    MRSA really shouldn't be a concern for you as long as you're healthy and not immune-compromised. Lots of health care workers are carriers. MRSA precautions aren't really for you as the nurse, but so...

15. Measure Ostomy Effluent?

    jrsmrs replied to KatePasa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Empty the bag into a graduated