Jennerizer ASN, RN

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    First patient fall...

    Jennerizer replied to Shawn4455's topic in General Nursing

    Shawn - stop beating yourself up. Patients are going to fall. It's a fact of life. The only reason administration cares now is because Medicare won't pay for any costs associated with it. Go back...
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    Miserable nurses

    Jennerizer replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you both had a bad day. My best advice is to not dwell on it. Not every nurse likes being assigned a student. Don't take it personally. And don't allow one person to get to you the way...
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    Getting yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    Jennerizer replied to NewbieNurse93's topic in General Nursing

    You are not a horrible nurse. Some doctors are big babies that have social deficits. You are an advocate for your patient. Not for the lazy doctor that forgot to write a script. I think what you...
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    Does it ever stop?

    Jennerizer replied to YoungRN93's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you did anything wrong at all. We don't d/c the drip just because they convert to NSR. There should be parameters within the initial order...like notify MD when heart rate less than 70...
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    Med error

    Jennerizer replied to Nurselisa12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It happens to the best of us, but I'm sure it won't happen again. Let the guilty feeling go. You're not a robot, you're human & the patient is
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    Irreplaceable

    Jennerizer replied to Elfriede's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not even sure what you are talking
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    I don't know how I could've handed this differently

    Jennerizer replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    You can't even really blame admin because it's our govt that came up with these unrealistic patient satisfaction surveys in which the hospital always loses money because it is impossible to achieve...
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    No Respect.

    Jennerizer replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I get what you're saying. I see it all the time. Nurses these days are viewed as personal assistants rather than medical professionals. I was admitting a patient last night and during the...
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    What is a reasonable starting salary to expect?

    Jennerizer replied to dinobiceps's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    New nurses in Florida make around $20/hr...sometimes more, sometimes less depending on the county. Keep in mind though...we have no state income tax. The tourists pay that.
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    Florida LPN pay rate

    Jennerizer replied to RAYNAJ's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Volusia county/Daytona Beach is one of the lowest paid counties in the state for
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    What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    Jennerizer replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Had a male patient ask me to wipe his butt clean while he was on the toilet. He was perfectly capable of doing this himself, but he seemed to enjoy having a female do it. I told him I would get our...
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    Hospitals illegally firing nurses for refusing flu vaccines

    Jennerizer replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's another one of those things that looks good on paper because JCAHO is pushing for 80% of hospital employees to be vaccinated. These hospitals that are firing employees for not complying...makes...
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    Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    Jennerizer replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    My hospital only pays 10% more to work on a holiday. I'm sure if it were time & a half, they'd have more than enough volunteers. I managed to get all of Thanksgiving & Christmas off, but am...
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    MD Present to Defibrillate?

    Jennerizer replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I'm at doesn't have much of a code team. An ICU nurse and a respiratory therapist. Your fellow nursing staff is the team & it is run by the charge nurse. No doctor ever shows up....
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    Nurse Educator without nursing experience.. (?)

    Jennerizer replied to bsnwnab's topic in Nursing Career

    My first semester professor had approx 6 months floor experience before it overwhelmed her & she went running into the education dept for a job. Regardless, she was a good teacher even though she...
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    Does your personal doctor work where you work?

    Jennerizer replied to Calder's topic in General Nursing

    I switched doctors after seeing how rude mine was to the nursing staff....all the
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    Why such high new RN turnover?

    Jennerizer replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A lot of the hospitals here in Florida are getting rid of the patient care techs....so if you plan on being a nurse, you better make sure you're ok with doing a lot of what a typical CNA would do for...
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    off duty nursing?

    Jennerizer replied to JSlovex2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you....off-duty is off-duty. Once I was having dinner & noticed someone choking. Luckily the waiter was right there and did the heimlich & all was fine. Another time while on...
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    The history of your hospital

    Jennerizer replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Mine started in 1865 and called itself a health reform institute, later to be renamed Battle Creek Sanitarium. It was where one of the doctor's brother's decided to focus on nutrition and that is...
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    iv dilaudid

    Jennerizer replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    It used to be the drug of choice until one of our hospital administrator's relatives died after being given 2 mg. For awhile we rarely saw it ordered, but it's starting to be ordered more and...
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    Medicaid reimbursement and patient satisfaction scores

    Jennerizer replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, HCAPHS surveys. That's all we hear about day after day....gives me a headache. Makes me dislike our govt even more than I already
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    Florida Hospital RN Job Fair

    Jennerizer replied to bewitched's topic in General Nursing

    Florida Hospital is attempting primary care nursing and have eliminated techs from many of their units....thus the reason there are a ton of open RN positions. It's a good
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    How much do you get paid for being on call?

    Jennerizer replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    We used to get nothing! Now all of a sudden we're getting 1 hour of pay for every 4 hours we are on
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    Switching to night shift?

    Jennerizer replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe night shift teaches you better time management skills and prioritizing. You basically have 3 or 4 hours to do the majority of your hands on/bedside nursing tasks. Most patients want to go...
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    If you could do it all over.....

    Jennerizer replied to GeminiRN2007's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The job security and financial freedom make me say yes, the direction healthcare is taking due to Medicare not reimbursing the hospital for it's services unless the majority of patients are delighted...