sunflrz321

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1. Performance Evaluations

   sunflrz321 replied to jadelpn's topic in General Nursing

   My biggest frustration with the "evaluation" process is that management everywhere seems to now be required to divide their staff up into "high performers" and "low performers," and then each group is...

2. Crying babies

   sunflrz321 replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Like many of the commenters, when I first read your description, I thought this baby was going through drug withdrawals. I know a few years ago I worked at a hospital that had just started to get...

3. New grads shouldn't work in ICU?

   sunflrz321 replied to Kayla2013's topic in Critical Care

   Many years ago I started out in peds ICU, and I LOVED it and it worked out great. It is, certainly, trial by fire. You have to commit to studying on your off days, and bringing your absolute A-game...

4. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

   sunflrz321 replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

   Working at a high end day camp years ago there were lots of great names... Siblings Paris and Jet Siblings Porsche and Ferrari Working at the hospital, a girl named her baby Baebie...

5. thank you for preceptor

   sunflrz321 replied to spacegal52's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I once got a pretty monogrammed name badge holder embroidered with my first initial (along with a very sweet note) that was a great nursing gift. There are a lot of things like this on Etsy for...

6. Is there any truth to this?

   sunflrz321 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Like others on here, I run a low baseline temp- around 96.4-96.8. By the time my temp hits 99, I usually have chills, body aches, burning sensation behind my eyes (I don't know why, but every time I...

7. Vital Information about BSN and MSN online Programs

   sunflrz321 replied to jacksonmark's topic in Online Distance Learning

   University of Wisconsin Green Bay RN to BSN program looked great on paper, but they really don't care about their existing students much at all. They have massive problems securing clinicals for...

8. What do you do first, besides "ABC"?

   sunflrz321 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Emergency

   Yes, I want to clarify as well. I wasn't suggesting you should intentionally delay discharges to avoid getting new patients. That would not be ethical. Like Jessie, I was just talking about...

9. What do you do first, besides "ABC"?

   sunflrz321 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Emergency

   I agree, always at least put eyes on the new patient first, just to CYA. After all, how do you know the patient is stable if you haven't even looked at him or her? The triage vitals and assessment...

10. How do you handle patient information on security sign in sheets?

    sunflrz321 replied to Chi-townHomeRN's topic in Home Health

    I think what is lost here is that HIPAA exists to protect health information privacy- not any and all information pertaining to the individual. If you pulled up in a van that said ABC home health...

11. The problem with floating ER Nurses

    sunflrz321 replied to crabalot's topic in Emergency

    I have not heard of ER nurses actually floating in either of the hospitals where I have worked. In both of the hospitals where I have worked, the ER nurses have been known to help out the IV...

12. What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    sunflrz321 replied to almost30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The toxic negative nurses-eat-their-young culture. Basically the way we treat one another (that often stems from the way we have been treated since day 1 as a nurse, or even day 1 in nursing school...

13. Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    sunflrz321 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I was a mental health counselor before I became a nurse. They still had us narrative charting, to leave room for all of the great quotes in the documentation. There are also some crazy quotes that I...

14. Does Death Have A Smell?

    sunflrz321 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never smelled death persay myself, but I would guess that experiencing the smell with the event would have to happen enough times to make the connection in your mind. I have been fortunate that...

15. Failure rate of nursing schools.

    sunflrz321 replied to merrywhiterose's topic in General Students

    A few years ago I graduated from a large ADN program at my local community college. I would guess that out of everyone who started, about 50-60% of us did graduate as scheduled. We also had LPN...