Olli

I was just reading another forum here "What do you bring to work." Many RNs mentioned they bring gum. One RN though said that she forbids her staff to chew a gum on the floor. I sure understand that it does not look good when you obviously chew th...

are you serious? i would tell the DON to stick her/his finger in the MRSA wound and then stick it in her *** jk :chuckle She is insane... I am wearing gloves every time before I touch anyone, period. How many times the patient is on standard isol...

It is up to you. Some people go right away and do it part time while working full time as an RN, some start in a year after working full time as an RN. I think it's good to start in 6mnth after you complete your BSN. For instance, start your job i...

I work at the surgical floor as an RN extern (graduating this May). One RN told me that she loves the outpatient setting and would like to get a job there. But the money they offered her at several interviews were ridiculous comparing to what she i...

If you say you don't like nursing, except of OB/GYN, your grades were not that good in college and you are bad at taking the standardized tests... Then I believe you should not go back to the school for RN BSN. Try to get a job with whatever educati...

Maybe you should think of nursing more as an RN, not PCT thing. Yes, we do have to do bed, bath, I&Os etc at the hospital many times but I believe that our job is MUCH more than just that. Try to get position in the MD's office... Maybe you can...

Congrats! I am graduating in May too! I see that there is no choice for me but to do med surg for a least a year. I have worked in the medical field for 6 years now. I did 4 years in an outpatient setting as a medical assistant and then 2 years as...

Or you can just say: "Hun, I don't want to upset you but few patients complained about your gum chewing" I just want to give you heads up so it does not happen in the future... Any other questions? I am the best when it comes to manipulation :)

Just tell her you can't enter any of her stuff on the computer when she is chewing the gum like that cause it distracts you... it will help right away, you'll see :)

Good for you, Olli! But I still maintain that it shouldn't be the hospitals responsibility to maintain equipment for each and every rare condition that there is. The gentleman that you spoke of - yes, I can see that, and with mine, well maybe some b...

I am currently in my leadership rotation at the med surg unit at one of the hospitals in Chicago. Today an hour before my shift was over we got a new admission: a 90+ y.o male who was pretty much unable to see or hear anything. He wanted to call hi...

Are you serious? I would never ever allow to put myself in charge of 7 pts and do 3 admissions and delegate to a new LPN and a tech when I am in my second week of orientation. NEVER! No matter what kind of weather or family emergency or whatever.....

I was thinking about moving to California too but they have the second largest RN shortage in the country + mandated minimum RN to pt ratios... so I am staying here :) At least Illinois forbid mandated overtime and our staffing accounts for acuity e...

Just find out what makes them think they are going to die. My reaction would to patient's words would depend on the diagnosis, prognosis and etc. I mean I would have a different reaction if the person after appendectomy asked me that question vs a...

Here's my bet: Your hospital does have all the devices you mentioned, it's just that no one on the floors knows where they are kept. The admin types are always very anal about making sure they buy that kind of stuff, but when it comes to actually sto...

How about people have their full names on the badges when the work in banks or some other facilities? Should all people who have their full names on the badges be concerned about the safety? Even if he did not know her last name, he could have jus...

Oh, also smth else. If I am at the hospital as a patient and am concerned about the RN taking care of me, I might want to check her license (using her first and last name and the state) and see if there were any disciplinary actions taken against h...

I would think so. I can't even imagine how you can only have your first name on the badge. I think I would be concerned why my last name was not there in the first place, not why it should be there. How about an MD with a badge "Derek"? I would n...

I chose BSN and am very happy I did so. I feel I have learned a great deal from the classes that I had in my program and that usually are not offered in ADN: research and stats, community health, leadership, issues in nursing etc. It's gave me a to...

The way you worded your paragraph suggested you did not have the special utensils with you, which implies on some sort of emergency that brought you to the hospital or suggest you forgot them.. in any case I did mention that I would ask your family t...

I believe if your personal life is good, you have a strong family support and great friends and also some hobbies other than nursing (I enjoy traveling, reading, going out and doing new things) you always come to work with a positive attitude. It i...

I bet you are transferring to work for an infection control department :) I do know a lot about MRSA and handwashing: just last month a research poster I made with my colleges about increasing hand hygiene compliance among health care workers was aw...

Also, its common for educated professionals to debate an issue: look at the research, argue and come to a conclusion. It often can't be just black and white like you said. I used to be annoyed with people whom you provide with research articles an...

According to the most of infectious disease control articles simple engagement rings/weddings bands are permitted to be worn. You can put a watch really high up or just take it off when washing hands, it just shouldn't be interfering with hand wash...

The infectious control should be more concerned about health care workers not cleaning the stethoscopes between auscultating patients and puls ox machine... I have seen at some hospital RNs and PCTs using same BP cuff for different patients. Isn'...