deeDawntee RN

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    Other nurses taking over your patients without asking?

    deeDawntee replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    You need to tell that LVN that you have things under control and that if you want her help, you will ask for it. She is WAY over-stepping her boundaries. It sounds as if you are doing a good job...
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    What is wrong with me??

    deeDawntee replied to fancee free's topic in General Nursing

    Phew....sounds brutal...but typical. Orientation is commonly like that. They are as disjointed and contradictory as the environment itself. I would definitely sit down with your manager and...
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    iabp

    deeDawntee replied to Feldner's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Balloon pumps are 1:1 at my facility. I don't know of any exceptions to
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    I'm scared to go back to work

    deeDawntee replied to ljgonz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's OK, we have all been there... our first emergency situations are always a memorable time and then you really find out what it is like and how to respond. I think what happened to you is pretty...
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    Scared and Confused

    deeDawntee replied to FreshNewNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hear you so clearly you have NO idea. I have been in the exact same shoes and I have learned a hard lesson about the very issue you describe. I have realized that even if something is true and...
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    deeDawntee replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    YYYYAAAAAAAYYYYY Quiet1!! This thread needs some new life!! Welcome to the thread and we will support you any way we can!! :groupwelcome: (all us happy nurses with our CCRN!!) When do you plan to...
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    deeDawntee replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    YYYYAAAAAAAYYYYY Quiet1!! This thread needs some new life!! Welcome to the thread and we will support you any way we can!! :groupwelcome: (all us happy nurses with our CCRN!!) When do you plan to...
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    Need more than RN for this specialty?

    deeDawntee replied to vivasmom's topic in PACU

    That's true where I work as well. ADN is fine...with experience. Personally, I have not heard of new grads in the PACU where I work, usually ICU or ED experience... people really love it! Good...
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    Not really miserable but...

    deeDawntee replied to LauraMT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OK, you are now officially my hero. You are amazing! I can't believe how much you are achieving in your life in spite of depression! Look at what you have accomplished?? My goodness girl!! Two...
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    Being Belittled at Work

    deeDawntee replied to poetryeclipse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a med tech at a group home while I was in nursing school and we did administer "narcotics". Actually, benzos and barbituates, but a "controlled substance". There was often an LPN on duty...
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    Not really miserable but...

    deeDawntee replied to LauraMT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think nursing is a lot like life itself in that one is embroiled in the human condition, both the bad and the good of it. I wonder if your sense of emptiness in nursing is also apparent in the rest...
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    maggots?

    deeDawntee replied to billsnurse's topic in Emergency

    Believe it or not, I have heard that they are actually beneficial and should be removed only after proper antibiotic therapy has been started. Presumably they consume the dead tissue and help to...
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    Tension rising, Things getting worse

    deeDawntee replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Know that you are unquestionably legally protected with FEMLA. Your employer is being a jerk treating you like that. Get those forms in ASAP and know your job will be protected and you have the...
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    Being Belittled at Work

    deeDawntee replied to poetryeclipse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh My God, these are some SERIOUS allegations!! Do you know that?? This could involve jail time for whoever is diverting meds or whatever is going on. You need to protect yourself NOW. I would get...
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    Difference of Opinion...Opinions Needed!! *LONG*

    deeDawntee replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

    This breakdown in communication and the way the instructor handled it is at the heart of why nurses can be so "nasty" to nursing students. Obviously this system isn't working in a lot of different...
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    Which nursing skills do you dread?

    deeDawntee replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I just never like anything with colostomies, ileostomies are ok because they just don't have the stench. I swear if I ever reach the point of needing a colostomy, I am not sure I will ever adjust.......
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    What's your best weight loss tip?

    deeDawntee replied to JenMarie82's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You are kidding!! It took THAT long to make it to Minnesota!! That is pretty funny (in a pathetic kind of way)! I lived in SF for a couple of years and thought it took about 10-15 years for things...
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    What to brush up on before nursing school?

    deeDawntee replied to Liz520's topic in General Students

    What you really should brush up on is to see a bunch of movies you haven't seen and/or read a few books for fun before your program! What I think would be a valuable thing to do would be to start...
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    My First Write Up

    deeDawntee replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I think this is bullcrap!! I would call this a "system" error of which you were a part. There should be a double check on MD orders, with 2 nurses checking and signing off on the orders. (Or a...
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    What's your best weight loss tip?

    deeDawntee replied to JenMarie82's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My best tip is to concentrate on healthy eating and moderate exercise and to NOT weigh yourself more than once a month. I have seen it a hundred times where people are doing some very healthy...
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    So I'm fired. Again.

    deeDawntee replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know how painful it is to be fired. I had it happen to me as well and it was ultimately a gift that it happened. You have already bounced back! I am truly impressed by your tenacity and...
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    Multiple Sclerosis

    deeDawntee replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I had an MRI of my cervical and thoracic spine this week and my Neurologist called me and said it was "normal". I am set-up to have another MRI of the brain in 3 months. I guess I expected a...
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    Any feedback is welcome. Please chime in!

    deeDawntee replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    OK...you WERE definitely thrown to the wolves on that one...give me a freaking break, you knew the Docs would be rounding in 30 minutes, so that is what I would have told them...I have had that happen...
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    exhausted!

    deeDawntee replied to sleepyjane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations!! It sounds like you are ROCKING at that new job. Way to go! I think what you are experiencing sounds entirely normal. You are giving 200% and then some. I do recommend that you...
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    Feeling like a big fat failure

    deeDawntee replied to Loomberk's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can understand that going back to school to pursue a new career is overwhelming for anyone. It takes a while to get back into the whole education experience with learning how to study and take...