sugarwahine10

Unfortunately yes that does seem to be the state of hospital nursing. I had a very good friend that just finished several travel assignments in ER at several different hospitals in NY and he said the ratios were around 12 to 14 pts to one nurse just ...

Don't do LTACH unless you want the sickest long-term care patients(critical care nursing home patients basically)--majority will have trachs too (which is one of my few nursing tasks that makes me almost hurl at times). I very much respect nurses tha...

No matter where you work you will always encounter great hard-working co-workers and unfortunately plain lazy ones-- just barely doing what they need to do to get by. If you need help then ask for it and if vitals need done or labs done--make a point...

If you are miserable there, then give notice. Life is way to short to stay at a job that makes you dread going in. You only have to give 2 weeks notice--most job's would like people to give a lot longer notice, especially if the unit has a high turno...

Yeah where is this glorious place that is overstaffed?? We can't keep people at any of the big hospitals in this state--we have a lot of travelers on the different floors/units. Always understaffed!

Yes I would definitely do an incident report, MAKE SURE YOU REPORT THIS TO THE DOCTOR that ordered it also that the nurse he gave the order to just never did and what the flimsy excuse was for not doing it, and a write-up to your unit director about ...

Yeah when I worked on a telemetry/med surg floor we had cardizem gtts running on almost every other patient or amio, milirinone, integrelin, heparin. Blood going on one, foley irrigation on another, detoxer, alzheimer patient trying to pull out every...

Do ED job--closer & pay difference won't be that much when you factor gas with your commute for ICU job.

You could relocate for a year or so if you really want a nursing job. Iowa hospitals in Des Moines are desperate for nurses right now--you could apply online at Mercy or Methodist--chronically short-staffed for the past year on most of the floors and...

Hi, I don't think is sounds like a step down unit necessarily. I worked on a telemetry floor for years and we did all those type of iv drips (cardiac tele just couldn't titrate the drips like we do in the critical care units)--we had to call dr to ad...

I would choose differently--maybe like a veterinarian--always loved all types of animals. I think, for the most part, that would've made my heart explode with happiness. This field is so stressful and toxic--nurses are mean to other nurses; doctors b...

I think that is great that you are thinking about becoming a nurse, but I also have to say yes you would be nuts to quit a cushy job with great pay. The realities of nursing would burst your bubble. The more administration expects from us with minima...

It sounds like you have a preceptor that doesn't have the patience to be one (she shouldn't be one) and you don't need to take her acting like a rude idiot to you to heart. The charge nurse being her buddy doesn't help and the 3 of you having a meeti...

Two weeks notice is all that is required & if your manager is like that then that is all I would do--if the manager tries to say something about being short staffed & needs more time or something--that isn't your problem & maybe if she ha...

I like the lavender color better between the two. I got the Littmann breast cancer month pink stethoscope a couple weeks ago & I really like it--nice deeper color pink & not a pale pink.

Congratulations!!!! Glad you NEVER gave up!!!!!

I usually don't use them when I do IV starts--I have better luck getting my sticks without tourniquet.

No not important enough to be reportable that you didn't do ortho bp x1. If pt too weak to stand, unable to due to pt condition, or refuses because wants to sleep then document that and reschedule them for later your shift or next shift. Pt education...

Filter needle & I don't know what the gauge is, but they keep them by our accudose so we can grab one when get med from it.

Their are several nurses I know who work in & absolutely LOVE PACU and would never go back to bedside nursing on the floor. They say they like the 5 days a week 8-4:30, no weekends (except call), no family politics to deal with, and no difficult ...

Yeah unfortunately I think staffing like this is more the norm for many hospitals, except in California maybe. The telemetry unit I worked on primarily got CHF patients, a lot of drips, we usually always had 1 or 2 detoxers on the floor, and quite a ...

This was 2 years ago almost and I have worked in a hospital for about 8 1/2 years, but I was swabbed in my nares for MRSA when I went to urgent care with a bad sinus infection it turned out and the swab came out negative for MRSA. I was actually surp...

I do 3 in a row for 12hr night shifts. I would do Mon-Tues-Wed or some variation if you have to work so many weekends in a certain period (like my work) than sometimes do Sat-Sun-Mon. I wouldn't spread it out between days because you end up sleeping ...

I'm in Iowa and work on a telemetry floor where days it is 4-5:1. Evenings until 11pm it is 5:1. 11pm-7am it is 6:1, but can always be more and usually is because of being short-staffed due to high turnover or how the manager did the schedule and sho...

I've always been interested in working with more critically acute patients such as the ER or a critical care unit and that would be the main reason I'd want to leave the unit. I might eventually want to get my ARNP, but there are several nurses worki...