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1. Tips for a quieter floor?

   abbysmom posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work the night shift and have been asked to figure out how to make our unit quieter at night. The staff seems resistant to small changes, such as dimming the lights and silencing alarms quickly....

2. Top Five Tips for Night Shift? For a new nurse?

   abbysmom replied to TuckerBug's topic in First Year After Licensure

   RE: how to keep people from talking trash about you. (a few comments back): It seems to me that this is rampant throughout nursing. I hate it, and the only way I can combat it is to not join in. We...

3. +Nursing caps

   abbysmom replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

   so funny that i would come across this tonight. i just read a nursing article about physician/nurse relations that started with an anecdote about a nursing professor addressing her new students. she...

4. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

   abbysmom replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

   I searched for "medical emergency airline" and found this string because it just happened to me. I took my family to Mexico to celebrate my first 6 months as a paid RN--it was a long haul through...

5. Silly question

   abbysmom replied to rastanursern's topic in First Year After Licensure

   maybe Night of Care or Night on Call. not sure either. it means i'm up when most people are not, and i've had patients ask (at 5 am) if i've gotten enough sleep that night/ do they think i've been...

6. Call yourself a nurse?

   abbysmom replied to kittagirl's topic in General Nursing

   Hi--I enjoyed reading through all the posts--the outrage is mine as well about someone claiming to be a nurse who is not. I also hesitate to give any advice. Here is when I go completely off...

7. caring for chronic pain pts

   abbysmom posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a 6 mo. new nurse and look to the experienced ones to help with this. I work on a post-surgical gyn/onc floor and feel comfortable now dealing with my pt population. However, we get people from...

8. calling a code

   abbysmom posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   this morning at 2 am a woman walked on to our floor in street clothes, asked for some help, and looked like she was going down. i got up to try to catch her but she hit the deck -- though i couldnt...

9. giving report

   abbysmom posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   hello--i'm a new nurse--off orientation end of september, working nights. i am on a busy post-surgical/oncology floor with overflow from other services. i usually have 7 patients overnight, and as...