honeykrown

honeykrown MSN, NP

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  1. Single moms and every 3rd weekend

    Mehn how i wish my facility would hire you XTXRN so you can work all my weekends. i am on nights and every other weekend and my husbadn workds days and weekends off. it doesnt work out so well. Would...
  2. How can I get in the hospital?

    had a 37yr old that was recently hired. just got his BSN april this year. he had to relocate here though because the area he lived was saturated. hes doing just fine and moving well with the 20...
  3. Family members that work together

    I work with my husband in the same hospital (pharmacist) no problem there. I have a nurse that works with her daughter (a pediatrician), she said there was no problem there as she worked with her...
  4. Claiming suicide can get you out of anything!

    I wonder why psych units would refuse a psych pt. Arent they suppose to deal with this. Anyways I dont have any advice for you as i have never dealt with this but i do know my hospital have rooms for...
  5. My hospital has only one LPN and shes been out for a long time and during my interview the manager said they had stopped hiring LPN and this is a rural hospital. I do believe its true in all sense and...
  6. New RN worried about confrontations

    First of all, this behaviour is not accepted unless you let it. Most of the time i deal with it immediately (that day). Instead of quickly writing the person up, take the person aside and talk to...
  7. Have any of you ever lost a patient?

    This happened to my co-worker last month. We had just started on the unit and he was assigned a pt with TB who had been in isolation for 2weeks. he went on break and the other nurse at that station...
  8. problem with sleeping at night

    while working nights since my schedules were bunched together, on the last night shift i would sleep for 2hrs, sometimes i dont. I do all he chores i have to do to stay awake i.e grocery shopping,...
  9. I have recently started working with a new doctor who is great. She spends time inthe morning finding out their problems and visits them several times during the day/ And even though our orders come...
  10. Need some advice about charting (RN)

    you charted fine. I was told to state the facts. Not that he shouted or whatever but what happened which was what you wrote
  11. Hep B vaccine question

    If you need to complete the series before clinicals i doubt that you start clinicals the first week if school. Most schools starts clinicals 3-4weeks after first day of classes which would give you...
  12. Can someone help me find this thread please?

    or do a quick search for a key word in the
  13. As everyone has said start by saying no. Kindness also does it. Hmmm no i dont think that would be a good idea, you know what i'd like to help but im busy right now. Or policy does not allow us to do...
  14. My RN New Grad is losing hope need suggestions

    Sometimes small hospitals. Nurses are even moving to the reservations. I know some in AZ are
  15. Different tubing for each antibiotic (as secondary), then a flush bag (as primary) if they are not on fluids. The flush bag is changed every 24hrs but each tubing changed
  16. I agree with RNRF, i used to be like you but nursing would make you speak up because you would need to stand up to what you believe in and the patients. If you are too shy to speak up people would...
  17. Nurse Competencies

    we just started healthstream and its no bother than we cant do it from home. just make sure whatever you do, your nurses are able to access it during their
  18. assessment or meds first?

    I've always done assessment first, but then most of the nurses are working off VS that the tech took. best way no matter real life vs school is always do assessment first. My assessment is usually...
  19. 'cattle calls' in ER waiting room?

    calling names hippa violation really. They are there and everyone that knows them has seen them there. Its not like the nurse is sayin Jane Doe HIV... Description can be misleading. what if there were...
  20. Medication Administration through a feeding tube

    Did the student tell your instructor that the instructions were given by your clinical instructor. If this person did then i believe there's nothing to worry about. But really i dont see the problem...
  21. what is Aesthetic Nursing? I keep hearing it but dont know what it really means.. Pls educate
  22. advice request from seasoned nurses please

    I would say do your job and ignore negativity. If they notice you are good they would warm up, Most people are weary of constant change especially when they dont know what would happen. before i...
  23. first patient fall

    I had my dirst pt fall last week and i have just been on the floor 3wks. Everyone told me there was nothing i could do about it since she was non compliant all of a sudden. we moved her room xtra...
  24. A little frustrated.. need to vent...

    I will put up a not so subtle comment about how he/she is not and what they do. People can call me hater but its true if im bothered by
  25. when to use a transfer belt?

    I have worked home health and not all patients are bed ridden. Some of them ambulate for themselves and although they are slow walkers they are still able to move and just need certain help. And yeah...