Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. What does a Nurse Recruiter actually do??

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to JillRene's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY.

  2. Do you nurses get breaks?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    I had one job where I was the only nurse for 65 pts in LTC. I didn't a lunch break for over 2 years. Usually, I got one ten min break a shift, but only if I really busted my butt and was determined to...

  3. How many pts do you care for?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to FrankieJane's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think most nurses are over-worked, in fact I know it. I used to work hospice, inpt acute care. At first, we had nurse to pt ratio of 1: 3. Pt care, and care of the family was top notch, absolutely...

  4. Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen the movie "Wit" several times. It moves me to tears and makes me proud to be a nurse each time I see

  5. Nursing as a customer service profession?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent, excellent

  6. Anyone taken the CDN or CNN exam???

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to TELEpathicRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I would like to take the CDN someday. My company does not seem to care one way or the other. Even my director had not taken

  7. A gentle approach to dementia...

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    One thing that we are always taught to do with demented pts is to reorient them to reality. I think that this hurts a lot more than it helps in many situations. For example, when I worked LTC, a pt...

  8. A gentle approach to dementia...

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    One thing that we are always taught to do with demented pts is to reorient them to reality. I think that this hurts a lot more than it helps in many situations. For example, when I worked LTC, a pt...

  9. DESCRIBE Your IDEAL Nursing Instructor

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to VickyRN's topic in General Students

    My dream nursing instructor (a fictional character, to be sure!) Does not play favorites. All assignments from all students have the same due date and are judged by the same standards, no matter how...

  10. DESCRIBE Your IDEAL Nursing Instructor

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to VickyRN's topic in General Students

    My dream nursing instructor (a fictional character, to be sure!) Does not play favorites. All assignments from all students have the same due date and are judged by the same standards, no matter how...

  11. Nursing as a customer service profession?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    A close friend of mine was hospitalized for a total abd hyst. I was with her most of the time and the nursing care she received was deplorable. However, she wanted me to help her write a letter saying...

  12. Massage Therapy Question

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to VickyRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Maybe, instead of "massage therapist" your friend could bill herself as "Registered nurse, massuese". Maybe that would be

  13. Massage Therapy Question

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to VickyRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Me,

  14. Inpatient vs Outpatient nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to EC1234's topic in General Nursing

    I had clinicals in outpt day surgery. Very stressful, very

  15. Need info on PD

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mia's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I don't do PD, I do HD. But, in the unit where I work, the PD nurses are much more relaxed and get to take their breaks, much slower pace, less stress from what I can

  16. Nurses Diverting Drugs?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    , When I was an LPN, I worked w/ an RN who was found unconscious in the bathroom with a syringe still in her arm and several multi-dose vials of MSO4 in her pocket. One LPN had suspected her for a...

  17. sleeping staff

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The nurses I've worked w/ who have slept have slept for hours and hours at a time, not just on break, and then awakened to announce that they are hungry and "going on lunch break now." !!!! Back when...

  18. Expected salary for new dialysis RN-with no experience

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hum'nbird's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

  19. eating on dialysis

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nrsjo's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    No eating in the HD unit is policy where I work, too, but it is not enforced. Wish it was. I don't know why some pts want to eat when they are just going to vomit it up. HD units are really...

  20. sleeping staff

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I did take care of myself. I quit that job and will no longer work where it is impossible to take a break. It wasn't "self sacrificing and altrusitic." Here's what is was: totally unreasonable pt load...

  21. Expected salary for new dialysis RN-with no experience

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hum'nbird's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am new to dialysis, too. I was hired @$21.00/hr, $24.00/hr on Saturdays. I work 30 hrs a week and will be eligable for some limited benefits in the future (6 mos- 1 yr) I have been an RN for 3...

  22. LVN/LPN scope in your unit?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    At my unit, LVNs give all IV push meds, just as the RNs do. The only difference I've seen is that an RN must co-sign any careplan written by an LVN. And, although we don't give transfusions in my...

  23. What is it about Med-Surg?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Mint Julip's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree totally, Gator. I was so excited when I got a job in med/surg, and so disappointed when I quit (for the exact reasons you mentione above) a few months

  24. sleeping staff

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh really? Well, as the only nurse for 65 pts in LTC, and the only nurse for 11-13 acutely ill med/surg pts, How could I possibly be "micro sleeping" running at a break-neck pace with a heart rate...

  25. sleeping staff

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I worked nights for years... the only nurse for 65 pts in LTC. I never even got a lunch break in over two years. Sleeping? What