NorfolkRN

NorfolkRN has 5 years experience and specializes in critical care.

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1. I want your staffing horror stories. . .

   NorfolkRN replied to NorfolkRN's topic in Safety

   I really appreciate the input from a nurse outside the US! I have wondered what it was like in the UK. I found alot of info on staffing in Australia but not the UK.

2. I want your staffing horror stories. . .

   NorfolkRN replied to NorfolkRN's topic in Safety

   What an interesting story! The idea that nurses are being denied the opportunity to give the kind of care they know their patients deserve to because of staffing in hospitals and LTC facilities. It makes me so angry because I know that what it real...

3. I want your staffing horror stories. . .

   NorfolkRN replied to NorfolkRN's topic in Safety

   People used to 24 hr shifts @ a hospital in CA where I worked and I thought they were crazy but being forced to work because there is no one there to relieve you is a nightmare. Its sad that things like that happen every moment of every day in this ...

4. I want your staffing horror stories. . .

   NorfolkRN replied to NorfolkRN's topic in Safety

   You hit the nail on the head, its not the work that makes it so stressful, its knowing that you can't provide the quality of care that the pt needs, especially in the ICU. I was an ICU RN before leaving the hospital setting and the most that I had t...

5. I want your staffing horror stories. . .

   NorfolkRN replied to NorfolkRN's topic in Safety

   I can't even imagine. . .Thanks for replying. I really appreciate it!

6. I want your staffing horror stories. . .

   NorfolkRN posted a topic in Safety

   I am sure this is a very common topic on this forum but I'm going to ask anyway. I am working on a research paper for an English class (I'm trying to get my prereqs for my RN-BSN) that is a proposal for nationwide mandated nurse-to-patient staffing r...

7. new nurse biggest mistakes

   NorfolkRN replied to smtwinfalls's topic in Safety

   About 7 months into my nusring career I was doing peritoneal dialysis for the first time after orientation. I was working in the ICU and it was only once in a blue moon that we got a patient requiring this treatment. After reviwing the policy and p...

8. Medical Marijuana

   NorfolkRN replied to johnsavv's topic in General Nursing

   My understanding of the MM situation is that there is no "official" database of MM users kept by the states where it is legal. When I worked in CA there was a marijuana "pharmacy" where patients who were prescribed the drug could pick it up. There ...

9. need some encourgement

   NorfolkRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

   First off make sure that you take care of yourself first. Are you staying tired all the time? In nursing school i found that when i was having trouble with something and would step away from it for awhile and then return to it rested and refreshed...

10. Changing from ER to CSICU

    NorfolkRN replied to Fiesta Red's topic in CCU

    I started taking care of open heart pts about 2 years ago after 3 years of general ICU nursing. I enjoy it because I get to see very sick people get better quickly (usually). They come out on all these gtts and you're giving all this volume getting...

11. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    NorfolkRN replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    jennifer- i think that's a great idea. i too along with a friend wrote a letter to her after she did her "favorite things" show with an audience of all teachers. we said that while teachers also have a very difficult and demanding job, nurses face...

12. Diploma Nurses

    NorfolkRN replied to Wsmith16's topic in ADN/BSN

    I graduated from a diploma program in 2001 and have never gotten anything but respect from my coworkers regardless of their own educational levels. When i started in the ICU along with several other new grads some who had diplomas and others who had...