TigerGalLE BSN, RN

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    Post-traumatic nurse disorder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    TigerGalLE replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    haha!! i still have that dream too!! But in my dream I don't realize I have that class until Finals week.. And I have to go take a final in a class i haven't been to all
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    Post-traumatic nurse disorder ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    TigerGalLE replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I always have the recurring dream that I really had 7 patients instead of 6 and I go the whole day without even setting eyes on that one patient. I also have this problem when I wake up in the...
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    New grad with NO CLUE about specialty

    TigerGalLE replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Start out in Med/Surg.. Once you can tackle the complexities of a hard med/surg floor.. You can go anywhere and do anything .. With confidence! Med/Surg will also help you develop time management and...
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    Does seniority = superiority

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I can do assessments by myself and I can pass meds by myself. I don't think it is so wrong that I want a preceptor to teach me how certain things are on the floor. I didn't learn in school how to...
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    Does seniority = superiority

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Yea I guess I am learning a lot doing all the work. And my other preceptor is very good and teaches me the correct way to do things. But I am only with her half of the time. The other half of the time...
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    Does seniority = superiority

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Well she'll answer my questions when I come too her... I just have to go find her in the break room
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    Oxygen... Comfort or Life Saving?

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you thinking putting oxygen on a patient is considered comfort or life saving? I had a "category 3" patient yesterday. Category 3 patients are not to recieve CPR or be put on the ventilator.......
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    Lost in a sharps box

    TigerGalLE replied to MSN_Ed's topic in General Nursing

    NO! But if i lost my diamond ring or something in one I might do
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    Sometimes I Miss Being a CNA

    TigerGalLE replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    That is how i felt all the time when i was a tech too.... always frustrated... then you become a nurse and you have all the responsiblity! which is even scarier... you can no longer go tell your nurse...
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    Sometimes I Miss Being a CNA

    TigerGalLE replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I start my 2nd week of orientation tomorrow. I was a tech for 6 months on the same floor before I graduated. I am so suprised at how busy I stay as a nurse and how little time i actually spend with my...
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    Oxygen... Comfort or Life Saving?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    renal and respiratory
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    Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    TigerGalLE replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    St. Francis Hospital, SC... $20.25 starting rate.... Monday will be my 4th
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    Important Drug Tips!!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry Joy.. my mistake.. i meant lispro
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    Important Drug Tips!!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks these are very
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    Took NCLEX yesterday and FREAKING OUT!!

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    OK soo I know everyone freaks out after they take NCLEX.... Everyone says they feel like they failed!! Well i really feel like I failed. I graduated with a 4.0 from a BSN program in December and I...
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    Phenergan IV changes in policy

    TigerGalLE replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    and with demerol... IM and PO only... IVP no longer preferred? correct? I'm a new nurse.. trying to learn
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    Phenergan IV changes in policy

    TigerGalLE replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    Does giving phenergan IM cause these same
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    Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    TigerGalLE replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    During orientation before my freshman year of college I was sitting in an auditorium where they were talking to us about our major... elementary education. I always thought I wanted to teach.. The...
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    Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    TigerGalLE replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    haha!! I had a patient tell me that he was done washing now and I could go ahead and put him in the
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    Shift and weekend differentials- what are yours?

    TigerGalLE replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in General Nursing

    we also have "red line" So when they need someone really bad they'll pay you $5.00 more.. you can get double and even triple redline
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    Shift and weekend differentials- what are yours?

    TigerGalLE replied to Chaoticdreams33's topic in General Nursing

    3-11 gets $2.00 more Nights get $3.00 more Weekends $5.00 more BSN's get $1.00
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    Oxygen... Comfort or Life Saving?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I agree I just wanted to know what y'all
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    Oxygen... Comfort or Life Saving?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    So what about when the patient is a category 5... in our hospital that means you start taking things away... As in tube feeding, SQBS checks, labs... You continue to give them pain meds but no other...
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    Oxygen... Comfort or Life Saving?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Yes morphine was ordered IVP q 2hours.. and the oxygen did stop their gasping.. This patient had been on the floor for >2 months and had slowly been declining.. Also a very elderly patient. So...
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    +Nursing caps

    TigerGalLE replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

    I have a hat... but I don't wear it because I can't wash it. Who knows what kind of germs collect on it.. I have pins.. but I don't wear them because I always always lose the backs and then lose the...