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  1. JOIN MILITARY & become a nurse? PROS/CONS?

    proudnurseRN replied to Tela's topic in Government, Military

    I can't speak from personal experience, only experience of a couple of friends that were/wanted to be military during nursing school. Friend A: Deployed twice during nursing school. Took 6-7 years to...

  2. Bedside shift report.

    proudnurseRN replied to mamason's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't like the full report at bedside. I like a brief couple of minute rundown with somethings being mentioned outside the hall. (Example: "The x-ray shows a tumor, but the patient doesn't know...

  3. Pros and Cons over using "Wall a Roos" and charting in patient's rooms

    proudnurseRN replied to keecat's topic in General Nursing

    Good for "quick" charting- vitals, I&O's, charting a BM...not so good for a full assessment. We have touch screens, and I like to type on a keyboard...not the touch

  4. did your job give you a holiday gift??

    proudnurseRN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    A $15 dollar gift card and a nice pocket sized calendar. I also won a gift card in the holiday raffle. Not a "holiday" bonus, but this month I also got part of my hire on bonus ($625) and my 18 month...

  5. Have You Had A Strange Reaction To A Drug Administered In The Hospital

    proudnurseRN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not really a strange reaction, but I have every side effect that comes with morphine. Unable to urinate, itching, respiratory depression...to name a few. During my gallbladder episode I was a mess...

  6. How do you know if you are ER material?

    proudnurseRN replied to RN <><'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm not an ER nurse, but I thought I wanted to be. I loved the ER; I did an externship there and tried to get as many clinicals there as I could. On my very last clinical, there was a 20 month old...

  7. RN views on Intern/Externs, Sitters, and CNA/Techs

    proudnurseRN replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I admit that generally our floats...whether it be RNs, LPNs, student externs, aids, secretarys or whatever, are treated like crap or ignored. It's not something I like or promote, but I'll be...

  8. One good thing that happened at work today...

    proudnurseRN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient I had been caring for a couple of night... the first night I wasn't getting much of a response from him except when turning (80+, cancer mets, continuous morphine drip with phenergan...

  9. Feasible to get Thanksgiving and Christmas off as new RN?

    proudnurseRN replied to ATLbubbles's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new RN, and I have Thanksgiving and Christmas/Christmas Eve off. We have to work 2 of 5 winter holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, and New Years. We put in our...

  10. Why do many nurses look down on LTC?

    proudnurseRN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't look down on ltc nursing, and in fact have always had a certain admiration. I hear stories about being short staffed, with patient overload, staying over and then having management on your...

  11. I work with some immature nurses.

    proudnurseRN replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Social networking sites are blocked at work, but I am guilty of checking my e-mail and some other small tasks at work. This doesn't take away from patient care, because I'm also the first to answer a...

  12. Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    proudnurseRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember the last thing I heard or said, although I's guess it was "10" The first thing I said was "What took so long?" (lap chole that was pretty bad and almost went open, but the surgeon got...

  13. Learning to set boundaries

    proudnurseRN replied to TemperStripe's topic in General Nursing

    We have a term for those patients- "one dayers" No one gets a one-dayer twice in a row, unless for whatever reason the nurse wants them

  14. What are clinicals like??

    proudnurseRN replied to KKB243's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have much to add, but if you are allowed, answer call lights. This makes a BIG impression on the nurses and they are much more willing to grab you and show you something if you are "working"...

  15. Do nurses actually teach patients assigned to them?

    proudnurseRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it's about priorities. I once had a patient in for a seizure who's drug screen lit up like a Christmas tree. She had lost her kids to foster care, her boyfriend beat the crap out of her on...

  16. Ethical Question...

    proudnurseRN replied to ConcernedHealthcare3's topic in General Nursing

    I think you need to set aside the fact that your both nurses and ask what you would do if you were both accountants, or worked at Walmart for that matter. Personally, I'm not sure. Do you have...

  17. How long it takes for the board to contact me after they receive my eligibility paper

    proudnurseRN replied to cameronmpear's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If I understand the question correctly, you want to know how long it will be before you can schedule boards? I'm not sure I can answer your question, since I sat for my RN in Indiana, but I graduated...

  18. Have YOU had a total knee replacement?

    proudnurseRN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't, but we had an aid work some OT on our floor that had it done. She was very interested in what we did with our totals (I work on an ortho floor). She's a younger girl, in nursing school,...

  19. So today, I almost passed out ....

    proudnurseRN replied to USN2UNC's topic in General Nursing

    During my first round of clinicals during nursing school I was watching a dressing change, felt funny so excused myself, started walking down the hall. I remember grabbing the rail, and the next...

  20. During nursing school, how many of you had to retake a class ?

    proudnurseRN replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Never had to retake a class because of a fail, but did volunteeringly drop a class and retake it because it was a hard class and I was a new mommy. I sorta had to rearrange my priorities, but it all...

  21. asking for some prayers

    proudnurseRN replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    I had it 6 weeks after my son was born. I know what you mean about the pain, when they asked me to compare it to labor I said it was worse..."at least the contractions went away and come back"...

  22. Manic and Addicted Nurse Manager

    proudnurseRN replied to erroridiot's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, well then I will have to restate my advice. Your original post made it sound like you were just scared to report her. Tough situation there. Surely someone out there has a similiar situation...

  23. Manic and Addicted Nurse Manager

    proudnurseRN replied to erroridiot's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds horrible, but because I have a problem with being blunt, my first thought was "Put on your big girl underwear and do something" What other option do you have? Convince someone else to...

  24. deciding on a test date

    proudnurseRN replied to time2change's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I wanted to take mine and get it over with, so I scheduled ASAP, in a city that was 2 hours away. However, it was a Friday, and I didn't get my Pearson results until Monday and my license...

  25. How Many Patients Each Shift?

    proudnurseRN replied to NurseStephen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1) What type of setting do you perform nursing? I work on a med-surg floor that has a focus on ortho, neuro, and uro post-ops. 2) What type of nursing care do you perform - team nursing, primary...