BeachBayNurse

BeachBayNurse

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  1. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    BeachBayNurse replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    We get many, many complaints about the food. Has anything been done to perhaps get some better snacks on the unit for the patients after the cafeteria closes? Of course not! However, the only other...

  2. Katherin Heigl Scrubs

    BeachBayNurse replied to modelmama07's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Tried on a set, was not very impressed. The fabric seemed cheap and fit very strangely. Would rather have a cute tunic style top by Cherokee for half the price. If they did not have Katherine Heigl's...

  3. Scrubs to tight? How do you tell someone?

    BeachBayNurse replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    I could write a book on the unprofessional ways I have seen my coworkers dress. However, unless you are some kind of manager, don't say anything! You have nothing to gain and everything to

  4. Too Busy to.....

    BeachBayNurse replied to DesertRoseAZ's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, sometimes you will not have time to eat. If it is a life or death situation, I understand, but this maybe happens once a year where I have a few patients go bad at once. However, if it is just a...

  5. Any current/former nursing students have unsupportive families?

    BeachBayNurse replied to crazyco's topic in General Nursing

    Crazyco, I personally know how it feels to be in this situation, but pat yourself on the back that you are realizing you need an education NOW, not when you are forty. You are already that much...

  6. Working Conditions in Prestigious Hospitals?

    BeachBayNurse replied to NurseLyla's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a hospital that is not as prestigious as say the Mayo Clinic, but is very large and well known. I have many friends that work for the Mayo Clinic also. Just comparing the large hospital I...

  7. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

    BeachBayNurse replied to RN28MD's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My #1 pet peeve are sloppy IV's. Coming in to assess a patient and seeing their line has gone dry due to the nurse priming a line with a 1000cc bag, and then putting that the bag has 1000cc to be...

  8. the RN's appearance

    BeachBayNurse replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I didn't realize we were such a group of gum chewers! I also totally agree with whoever said that what may be professional to one person, is not to another. Personally to me, nothing is a bigger...

  9. What the....??

    BeachBayNurse replied to eccentricRN's topic in General Nursing

    Also, do not assume because the nurses look relaxed that they are not working. Perhaps they are charting while talking? If you are always behind and they are sitting and chatting, it is not their...

  10. Transfer at change of shift?

    BeachBayNurse posted a topic in Emergency

    Just a question from a clueless med/surg nurse, not trying to blame or make assumptions! Why is it that all my admissions from the ER get sent to me at change of shift? I understand that it may be...

  11. How often should you empty a catheter bag?

    BeachBayNurse replied to sister s's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12 hour shifts, so I empty them at least once a shift. However, I usually empty them also four hours into the shift so I can have some kind of idea how much output the patient is

  12. placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    BeachBayNurse replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I would also be so upset that one angry person could upheave your life so much. Take this as a sign that working for that company was a ticking time bomb, and get out ASAP. I have been floated to...

  13. Does this ever make you angry?--VENT

    BeachBayNurse replied to PiPhi2004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This may sound horrible, but it makes me happy :chuckle to see them struggle a little. I probably didn't pick the best friends in college. I hung out with people who had a lot more money than I did...

  14. A prime lawsuit

    BeachBayNurse replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have 110% confidence that no scans were done? Are you sure the patient didn't refuse the scans, that the patient was not crashing and the doctor thought he was going septic and the patient...

  15. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    BeachBayNurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why would one put themselves in some of the conditions you described in a society where one can sue at the drop of the hat? Yes, things were definitely different years ago, perhaps I would be more...

  16. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    BeachBayNurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    So very true! Even though I think I am VERY far from being a super nurse, I got told all the time that I was a great nurse for being so new. I am also known as the one that is always upbeat, making...

  17. Decisions! Clinical Externship vs. retaking Anatomy!

    BeachBayNurse replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I would take the externship. To be honest, I barely passed my A+P class and I don't remember it holding me back. I studied a ton for it, it just wasn't my best subject. I did fine in my other classes....

  18. was/is graduation this negative for you too?

    BeachBayNurse replied to angelwingsamy's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this is a hard time for you. My graduation was also not the funnest time. I had made some choices that were right for me and some of my family did not agree and made sure they told me...

  19. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    BeachBayNurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Not that I am anywhere close to being a supernurse, but I have noticed common traits the ones I have seen seem to share 1. Easy going personality- you never see them sweat, while we are running around...

  20. Do you pay for parking at work?

    BeachBayNurse replied to SarahRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    We have several garages. If you are at least half an hour to forty five minutes early, you can find a space in the garage that is right next to the hospital. There are signs all over that say patient...

  21. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    BeachBayNurse replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If I am already at work, I would stay. But if not, I am staying at home, not that it would be any help, as I live in a condo and I am sure I am "sharing" the air with my 300

  22. I was a victim of sexual assault.

    BeachBayNurse replied to wildmountainchild's topic in General Nursing

    You are so brave to post, thank you. You will be in my thoughts, and I hope your husband realizes how much you need him to be there for

  23. Nursing school vs. Nursing

    BeachBayNurse replied to heavenly14313's topic in General Nursing

    I would say nursing school was about a 5/10. I think that the professors made it much harder than it needed to be, but my experience seems better than what others have described. As for being a...

  24. TEXAS RN's: Is HESI harder than NCLEX?

    BeachBayNurse replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think you are definitely at more of a disadvantage with the HESI, you are often taking it before you have graduated. With the NCLEX you have graduated, maybe taken some time off and had weeks to...

  25. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    BeachBayNurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    What I love about nursing is.... I absolutely adore 90% of my collegues. I don't think any other career has some of the characters that nursing does! My floor works as a great team, keeps each other...