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  1. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    SpringerCab replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My mother says Tydenol for Tylenol and Eptilepsy for Epilepsy. She is now 85 and I have stopped trying to correct

  2. Scary scary nurse

    SpringerCab replied to JavaMama98's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have had a similar experience as the OP. The nurse that I oriented went through three preceptors. We all tried to work with her. She called in almost once a week, she was asked to remove staples...

  3. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    SpringerCab replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    We don't know everything she posted on her fb. In the article it also states that "She also posted another remark we can't repeat." It may not have been the "cop killer" remark but the other remark...

  4. Repositioning/Turning Inservice

    SpringerCab replied to Mary C's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I went to an inservice years ago where the nurse had us cross our ankles and we were to keep them that way until she said to uncross them. Of course it was to show just by doing that for 5 or 10 min...

  5. Taking an unpaid vacation, is it possible?

    SpringerCab replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    We have PTO at our hospital as well. Our policy is if you have the PTO time you can take time off, if you don't have any PTO then time off is not supposed to be approved. I would certainly ask human...

  6. skirts to work

    SpringerCab replied to eternalbride's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school with a lady who was a Pentecostal and she wore a skirt or a dress. In fact we were the first vocational nursing class to be able to wear pants. We had a designated uniform we...

  7. What tips would you give a new RN

    SpringerCab replied to SkeesB's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to what is written above, I would like to have been told don't depend on management to praise you. It is more important what your patients, family members, and co workers think of you than...

  8. Do you guys really hate nursing this much?

    SpringerCab replied to damaranicole's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't grow up wanting to be a nurse, in fact I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. Due to my parents I ended up in nursing. I don't love nursing and I am not doing bedside nursing now....

  9. Venting

    SpringerCab replied to MissyF_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago when I was complaining about a patient and family members to my sister she got a little upset at me and said "you nurses need to understand that they patient is not at their best when they...

  10. any tips or advice for new l.v.n??? tomorow is the first day of the first job ..???

    SpringerCab replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is usually to realize that you have to give yourself time to learn your new job. It may take up to 6 months or more to feel as if you know what you are doing. Don't be too hard on yourself...

  11. errors

    SpringerCab replied to jennie kissinger's topic in General Nursing

    Ask yourself how you can change your practice so hopefully you won't make a mistake. I am always wary of any nurse who has nursed for a long time that says I have never made a med error. My question...

  12. RN working in as a Data Specialist??

    SpringerCab replied to aubreysmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I work for the HIS department at my hospital. I am one of two educator/trainer in our department. I was asked why I wanted to leave nursing and I told them that I loved to teach and wanted to learn...

  13. Tell Me What You Think....

    SpringerCab replied to jorla9903's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on where you are. I live in Texas and LPN's at our hospital can hang the blood as long as two nurses have checked it and at least one of them is an RN. LPN's cannot do comprehensive...

  14. Am I too old to go back to school?

    SpringerCab replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    After 30 yrs of being an LVN I have decided to go back and get my RN and I am 52, so I don't think you are too old. I am taking one class at a time but I will get

  15. Is it a sin to want a day off?

    SpringerCab replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    It is not your problem unless you make it yours. They are using peer pressure and that only works if you let it. Take the time off and get done what needs to be

  16. Is it a sin to want a day off?

    SpringerCab replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Your time is as important as anything else in your life. It is hard to say no and just no. I always wanted to make an excuse why I couldn't help out. Just say no you don't have to give a reason why...

  17. Educational nightmare

    SpringerCab replied to shadow1100's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have a hospital skills day but got so it took too long that now it is divisional related. Some of the things we did were check off on PCA pumps, IV pumps, and what the process was to get...

  18. What are your hours?

    SpringerCab replied to hathead91's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Informatics. My hours are Mon - Fri 8 to 5, but they are flexible. We are on call every couple of weeks for two days and every 8 weeks we take weekend

  19. Over Confident GN's

    SpringerCab replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar experience but with an LVN who had 20 years of experience but not in the hospital. She had three different preceptors. Two of us had the same amount of experience she did and the other...

  20. ALL NURSES this affects all of you

    SpringerCab replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at has not mandated it yet. If we take the flu shot though we get a star and if not we get a frowny face. Once we get the sticker we are supposed to post it on a sheet of paper...

  21. Normal to feel so stupid?

    SpringerCab replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    It will still take some time for you to become confident in your new position. Anytime I have changed positions or jobs it takes me a little while to feel comfortable with what I am doing. I changed...

  22. Am I not cut out to be a nurse? Please Help!

    SpringerCab replied to katy81's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for over 30 years and when I was first in nursing school I was watching a blood gas being drawn and almost passed out. I went to surgery and watched a lady partsl hysterectomy...

  23. Nurse pressured to admin IV lasix by DON w/o notifying MD

    SpringerCab replied to karenesn's topic in General Nursing

    20 years ago something similar happened to me in Texas. The administrator and owner of the LTC I worked in would call the doctor and get an order if their was a resident he felt was too "loud". He...

  24. Normal to feel so stupid?

    SpringerCab replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Emergency

    When I have been a preceptor I try to tell the brand new nurse or new nurse to my hospital that it will take 3 - 6 months to feel comfortable with what they are doing. I think it is normal to feel the...

  25. What is the main difference between LPN and RN

    SpringerCab replied to dayzee1975's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked for over 30 years as an LVN in Texas and have found that what an LVN can do varies by hospitals. All hospitals have to follow BON but in our hospital LVN's are allowed to hang and spike...