TheLionessRN RN

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1. ICU vs Med Surg for New Grad?

   TheLionessRN replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

   The VA I worked at had almost constant "unit diversion" because there never were empty beds. The sickest patients are in there all the time. I work in the ER and can tell you that I am aware that...

2. autonomy

   TheLionessRN replied to kmaryniak's topic in General Nursing

   Oh wow, you mean you can't do something simple like put on a sat monitor??? Is it possible that you are being told not to by a nurse who has no independent thought on her part? Or a territorial thing...

3. new grads that don'y ask questions

   TheLionessRN replied to altomga's topic in General Nursing

   I well remember going into my new med-surg job. I had been a tech at this hospital for 4 years before graduating, and was very comfortable with patient care. What I had a problem with on that floor...

4. Strike Nurses?

   TheLionessRN replied to Rudegal2020's topic in General Nursing

   I personally am opposed to unions for nurses. We are supposed to be professionals, and professionals do not join trade

5. Stripes

   TheLionessRN replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

   I understood that the black stripe indicated an RN and that two parallel green hash mark stripes indicated LPN. I know no one else likes them but I would have loved to wear a cap when I worked the...

6. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

   TheLionessRN replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

   after reading all these posts, I do remember a certain unit clerk that I worked with until she quit due to illness...she had been written up a number of times for inaccuracies and serious mistakes in...

7. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

   TheLionessRN replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am from a very small town. I had not worked with a lot of people of color in my life. When I started nursing, I finally got to work with a few black ladies. A clerk, a CNA and an RN. I made friend...

8. Funny Names for Nurses

   TheLionessRN replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

   We have a general surgeon named Robert Carver Bone. Too bad he didn't go into ortho, huh? When my ex was in the army, one of his buddies, Sgt. Dick, got married. My aerobics insructor was his fiance,...

9. No charge nurse

   TheLionessRN replied to perkines's topic in General Nursing

   I worked team with an LPN and I thought it worked out okay at night, because there were never more than 10 patients. But I was used to being busy and used poorly, so this was a step up. The previous...

10. How do you deal with rude patients?

    TheLionessRN replied to rachel h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked for a hospital that never ever ever backed up their nurses in these cases. It was incredibly difficult, because you feel like you are hostage to these tyrants. I learned one thing, tho. If...

11. Team Nursing?

    TheLionessRN replied to plumrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think team nursing is a whole lot better than primary nursing, but, when I worked a floor with primary nursing, the ratio was 1:7 and there was no cna to do vitals and baths, etc. My greatest...

12. Listen, Nurse

    TheLionessRN replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    That poem made me feel simpy ineffectual. I am actually not "guilty" of those points, but I know who is. Administration is guilty of making this profession look like that to the patients. We are not...

13. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    TheLionessRN replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    This thread hasn't been posted to in a while, but I want to add my teaching experience from hell. I am BSN prepared and absolutely love to teach. I took a part time, PRN clinical teaching position...

14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    TheLionessRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, how lucky I feel right now, because I have so many wonderful, gross stories. I think one of the most unique gross things that I have ever dealt with was the 750# man. To begin with, this patient...