Helori

Helori

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  1. Do nurses get paid hourly or salary.

    Helori replied to jgg765's topic in General Nursing

    We get paid an hourly rate four 12 hour shifts. Also, overtime if we put in for it for missing breaks or having to stay after our shift is over. We don't get paid overtime after 40 hours (work 84...

  2. What does med/sug. nursing entail?

    Helori replied to Kim33's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Whenever people ask me what floor I work on. I tell them the med-surg floor and they just stare at me and ask what that is. Usually I explain it as everything under the sun. Literally, you can get...

  3. Faking It

    Helori replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    We have one pt on our floor who is admitted every couple of months or so for a GI Bleed. She has a central line d/t numerous (and probably bogus) admissions and no veins. Well, the one night I was...

  4. The most pee ever.....

    Helori replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    You won't even believe it! The patient had a foley D/C'd earlier that day and hadn't peed yet. I came on at 1900 and was told by day nurse that the patient hadn't voided but she wasn't too...

  5. Do you wear gloves

    Helori replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    I always wear gloves when in contact with body fluids or bathing patients. But I find that I can't start IV's or take blood with them on, I just can't feel the veins properly! I am very careful and...

  6. unsure of blood

    Helori replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    In high school I was absolutely the biggest whimp in the world! Couldn't disect anything in biology, never even ate breakfast before a bio lab. My parents and friends thought that nursing was the...