EmmaG RN

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    4 weeks with preceptor?!?!

    EmmaG replied to Lee2584's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow. I'm told that I will have a minimum of 6-8 weeks... and I'm not a new grad. As a traveler, I was used to getting only a day or two, so this is going to be a BIG adjustment. You really need to sit...
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    Gobble, Gobble; Happy Thanksgiving, Nurses!

    EmmaG replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    We're going to have a belated turkey day. Can't remember the last time I had Thanksgiving ON Thanksgiving
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    I had very poor LVN/LPN training. Anyone else?

    EmmaG replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    Good for her! You're going to be an excellent nurse. We were put through a full rotation of L&D and OB, even though LPNs were not allowed to work there (only on post partum and nursery). We saw...
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    I had very poor LVN/LPN training. Anyone else?

    EmmaG replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    It was rumored they were kicked out of the program. I would imagine so. The patient did suffer burns. Not sure if they flew him to Shands or not. For most of the time I was in school, us and the ADN...
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    I had very poor LVN/LPN training. Anyone else?

    EmmaG replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    Toes? No... he put the patient in 4-points, tied down tight, then put the lit cigarette between his fingers. They were also kicked when a student gave po KCL elixir IV. And when they gave 60 units of...
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    The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

    EmmaG replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    Oh this is easy. For my 10th anniversary, they gave me a tie tack* with the hospital logo on it. I threatened to pierce my nose and wear it to work every day. (actually received a letter from my...
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    I had very poor LVN/LPN training. Anyone else?

    EmmaG replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    My LPN school was amazing... it was known that we were far better prepared to enter the workforce than grads from either of the BSN programs in town (both of which had been tossed from clinicals at...
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    Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    EmmaG replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    But think of who you'd get to work with!
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    Relationship based care/Playing the game

    EmmaG replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    LOLIs it just me, or do you find yourself reading some of the posts here describing crap like this and just wanting to *smack*
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    Exit Interviews

    EmmaG replied to Toquay's topic in General Nursing

    I burned my bridge. Torched it pretty good. But I am fairly confident I could get hired back on if I wanted to, considering the circumstances surrounding my resignation. But from talking to my former...
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    Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    EmmaG replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I could so be a
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    Relationship based care/Playing the game

    EmmaG replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    Breathe Grasshopper...The neuro unit I worked as a traveler did the "excellent" scripting and hourly rounding for the 3 Ps --- pain, position and *yes* potty. The NM actually said all that with a...
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    I work at Disney World now!!

    EmmaG replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I'm having a Flashdance
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    EEK! There's a MAN in my room!

    EmmaG replied to abooker's topic in General Nursing

    Flyer, thank you for your thoughtful post. I agree with Leslie's post above. As far as this: In my diploma school, that is precisely what the instructors taught and expected us to do. They even...
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    I work at Disney World now!!

    EmmaG replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    ROFL!! I'm in tears here.... This goes in the top ten of my list of Things I Will Do If I Ever Win the
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    I work at Disney World now!!

    EmmaG replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I am so
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    Exit Interviews

    EmmaG replied to Toquay's topic in General Nursing

    My ex-unit director ran off decades of great nursing experience and mis-managed the floor into near oblivion. When she refused to address concerns, a group of nurses took it up the chain only to be...
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    Relationship based care/Playing the game

    EmmaG replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, been there, done that. It didn't last, however. The nurses pretty much revolted--- expected to make follow-up calls on every patient they discharged (even those who had died) with no allowance...
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    I work at Disney World now!!

    EmmaG replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of a sad commentary that something like that is even
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    Does your facility use PBDS testing?

    EmmaG replied to introspectiveRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had signed the contract, packed up and drove all the way to the next assignment, only to be told I would be staying in a hotel until I passed this test. No apartment until they knew the hospital was...
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    I need your advice!!

    EmmaG replied to azor's topic in General Nursing

    You have to have 3 years of experience before you can get the weekend option? Never heard of such. Check with HR. Don't tell them the whole story, just ask what the requirements are for the
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    Where Did Healthcare Go?

    EmmaG replied to DTCC PreRN's topic in General Nursing

    ERs are not required to treat unless the patient is deemed to have an "emergency medical
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    29 pts as a tech..can i handle being a nurse?

    EmmaG replied to law3576's topic in General Nursing

    That would depend on the hospital and specifically the floor. Our unit was heme/onc with med/surg 'overflow' (meaning, we took care of everything). 34 bed unit, and most nights we had only one tech....
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    Relationship based care/Playing the game

    EmmaG replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    Post one of these in each room
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    29 pts as a tech..can i handle being a nurse?

    EmmaG replied to law3576's topic in General Nursing

    Never do this, please. I don't care how much the patient weighs. When moving a patient, always get help. You'll be no good to anyone (most importantly yourself and your family) when you're crippled...