sistrmoon

sistrmoon BSN, RN

Inpatient Oncology/Public Health

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  1. Passing things on

    I'm night shift and this is definitely not exclusive to our shift. Day shift is actually the worst at my place for eye rolling. If I get a laundry list of things not done(labs, TPN not hung, dressing...
  2. Tired of hearing about the kids.

    Also, I'm a mom and I work EVERY weekend and I'm working my scheduled Christmas shifts. The 2 employees getting favoritism from management and not having to work any winter holidays this year have no...
  3. Tired of hearing about the kids.

    I've been one of those super part time nurses for about a year(stepping my hours up now though to help pay for expenses for the house we just bought.) I actually never bring up my kids at work but...
  4. Female cathing

    And I want to know about the can of Sprite too! Don't keep us in
  5. Female cathing

  6. One nurse did question one of the managers about it. Basically a bunch of excuses were given(like oh, X worked a lot of summer holidays.) I think most people are too afraid to question it though....
  7. Yes we have 2 lists that designate which holidays you work and it rotates the next year. So if you're in the group that works Christmas one year, you work Thanksgiving the next. But they aren't...
  8. Female cathing

    Definitely agree that bariatric and elderly patients present a challenge! My last shift, I helped cath a 500 lb
  9. Female cathing

    Yep, I usually just have the other nurse do it and I guide them. But they will often argue with me too! Doing it repeatedly is absolutely the best way to learn. I've had CNAs help me as well with...
  10. First year is the hardest. I've never made the same mistake twice because I was twice as careful regarding that particular aspect the next time. But mistakes are one way we learn. The patient is...
  11. Female cathing

    I have about 6 years experience, but I've noticed this in everyone from the new nurses to some really experienced ones. The LPN on our floor is hands down the best at female cathing, though. I find...
  12. Only RTs draw them at my
  13. What's the nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    4-6 patients on nights on a med-surg Onc
  14. I work Oncology in upstate NY and we have 4-6 patients on nights(2-3 PCAs as well.) We never have more than 6(our floor will actually cap admissions to avoid worse ratios.) When I worked in Central...
  15. Associate Degree program a thing of the past...

    I already had a BA by the time I decided to be a nurse(2nd career), and I talked to a lot of people who had been in both the major ADN and BSN programs in the area and decided on ADN(I'd been told by...
  16. Considering ttc while in school - advice pls

    Usually, I'd tell you to wait. I wouldn't expect pregnancy to cure all your ills or anything. I have absolutely incapacitating pregnancies(puking from beginning til end). But since there are no...
  17. Question for Nurses who are MOMS

    Wow, HollyHobby, your workplace sounds awful. I can't imagine my workplace not allowing me off for any of those things. I just went through a miscarriage at 12 weeks, and I took my week's shifts off...
  18. Grieving a perinatal loss

    Thank you for this. I lost my baby last month at 12 weeks gestation(missed miscarriage...no bleeding/spotting, no signs of any problems)...we'd had a good ultrasound and had seen what looked to be a...
  19. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    I've never had the flu vaccine and got the flu for the first time last season(not that the vaccine was worth much this past season.) My father got Guillain barre Syndrome 2 weeks after getting the...
  20. "English Only" Rule at Work?

    The only time it has ever bothered me was when two coworkers were talking in their own language and mentioned my name. If I'm being talked about, I want to know what's being said! And I said that to...
  21. Night shift is the only shift I would work in the hospital, but there is no "quiet" by any means! I'm on an Oncology floor and no one sleeps. It's busy. But, there are still less doctors, managers,...
  22. 4th day as an RN on my own

    It's amazing how much they expect one person to do, isn't it? And I'm QUITE TIRED of ending my shift with the oncoming shift being hostile toward me. Hang in there...you were starting off behind and...
  23. Glad to know I'm not alone in feeling that way. I'm a few months off orientation, and I already feel burned
  24. Wow. That test was something else. When it cut off at 75 questions, I just sat there stunned. And now, the 48 hour wait. I sincerely feel I failed, but take a little hope from others who have...
  25. Taking My NCLEX-RN on Tuesday! Any advice??!?!?

    I just took it this past Wednesday, and passed with 75 questions. When I left, I felt sure that I'd failed. I had done all the questions out of 4 books and had studied for roughly 2 months. Try to...