deeDawntee RN

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    Natural Born Killer

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

    Do you feel like you are still drowning? Do you feel like you want to work the day shift? Would that be a permanent change for you? What is your general sense of the manager's intention? Does she...
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    "ease into" nursing???

    deeDawntee replied to jjjoy's topic in Nursing Career

    Personally, I started in long term care, then a home care, a vent house, then a TCU before I started in the hospital where I did ortho, then telemetry, then ICU. Now let me tell you if your goal is...
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    Natural Born Killer

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

    The very first thing you have to do is give yourself a huge break. Surgical floors at night are notoriously difficult. You have all the pain management issues, giving blood, nausea management,...
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    consumer health issue

    deeDawntee replied to xlxmegxlx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Obesity, childhood obesity, fast food, portions, school cafeteria food, vending
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    At a low point- very disillusioned with nursing

    deeDawntee replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you try telemetry instead of going back to Med/Surg? Usually there is better nurse:patient ratios and you would be doing something new. I can't imagine that 10 months of med/surg isn't...
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    WORK: Name tags

    deeDawntee replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, but it certainly would be something I would look
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    Orienting with a preceptor and totally nervous to be on my own

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

    Remember a few things: #1) You are never (totally) on your own. You ALWAYS have a ton of resources available to you if you are having questions or problems. I have been known to pick up the phone...
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    I hate bedmaking

    deeDawntee replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    TOE PLEAT!!! Oh man!! I missed out! How do you do it?? If there is anything I hate worse in the whole world is having my feet restricted by sheets. EEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!! Drives me NUTS!! TOE...
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    WORK: Name tags

    deeDawntee replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    We have the choice as to whether or not we want our last name on our name badge due to some stalking behavior that has occurred with patients (rarely, but it does happen) and for general safety...
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    Part-time Job

    deeDawntee replied to kmac734's topic in Nursing Career

    Are you talking about a part-time job other than your ER job? And as far as "safe" do you mean as you being awake enough to be safe on the job? I'm going to assume yes to both of those questions....
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    New grad question.

    deeDawntee replied to scrubing77's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We had two new grads start in the ICU where I work about 3 months after I started there and by far the most difficult part of it for them was the attitude of some of the nurses who felt they had no...
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    Cardiac Cath Lab

    deeDawntee replied to m_p_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I spent some time with the Cath lab nurses. God, what a great job! A lot of patient and family interaction and education. When I did the ICU course at my hospital, we went there to learn sheath...
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    Why inmates do not deserve free healthcare

    deeDawntee replied to feb06's topic in Correctional

    Of course a moral, ethical and compassionate society would make sure ALL its members had access to low cost and/or free health care. Just because we have not reached that level for taking care of ALL...
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    Should I go to night shift?

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

    I may not be an objective responder because I have worked nights for years and far prefer it to days. (for all the reasons posted here) I just have never been a morning person and not having to yank...
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    I PASSED NCLEX-PN 5TH TIME (just never gave up)!

    deeDawntee replied to AriesNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    wow!! ok you are now truly my hero. that you have that kind of heart and soul is truly remarkable! i hope you will take the opportunity to post on people's threads who are disheartened after...
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    Does anyone here actually like or "not mind" cleaning poop???

    deeDawntee replied to MrsNursey2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :lol2: No problem, anybody for some brownies!!!
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    forearm bp

    deeDawntee replied to megster's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we do it all the time. If there is a way you can correlate the reading with an upper arm blood pressure, that would be good. Sometimes we even do ankle pressures. You do what you gotta do!! (I...
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    Does anyone here actually like or "not mind" cleaning poop???

    deeDawntee replied to MrsNursey2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What about all the polls that put nurses at our near the top of the most trusted professions? There are so many posters that refer to the 'disrespect of nursing from the public'...I don't see it, who...
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    IV's, piggybacks, IV machines.....help!

    deeDawntee replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

    I have one other tip for you: 1) RELAX!! You aren't expected to know how to use a piece of equipment that is new to you. It is OK! We all have been new at some point and let me tell you, there...
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

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

    When is your wedding???!!!!
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    Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    deeDawntee replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    When is your wedding???!!!!
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    What kind of health-related job can you get when you have nothing?

    deeDawntee replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in Nursing Career

    I worked in a Group Home for Developmentally Disabled Adults before and during nursing school and I got A LOT of good experience. You pass medications, learn how to navigate MAR's, treatments,...
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    Very Frustrated - does this sound safe?

    deeDawntee replied to Roseyposey's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Very good point! There are actually bariatric specialty units that have extra staff etc to service the needs of the larger patients. That you have to answer the phones and somehow act as secretaries...
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    Very Frustrated - does this sound safe?

    deeDawntee replied to Roseyposey's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That sounds like it is a pretty normal patient load for a surgical floor. Do you have phlebotomy support, does someone do your EKG's, is there a Rapid Response Team at your hospital? Any of those...
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    How to give report.

    deeDawntee replied to Salesman217's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are absolutely right! There seems to be as many different reporting styles as there are nurses. I don't care how it is done, as long as I get what I need to know to carry on good patient care....