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  1. Time to move on...

    oliveralways posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello All: I am working in a 20 bed ER at a community hospital that stays steady with the typical cough, n/v, etc complaints and a good number of traumas and other emergent patients. I started about 3...

  2. Time to move on...

    oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in Emergency

    I've thought about ways to get more training, however, as I said the experienced nurses are leaving. The nurse that oriented me was not a good teacher and the orientation was not very defined. What...

  3. Orienting New Grad advice

    oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

    Could I get some feedback on these scenerios: Just some background: This is my first year orienting (3.5 years experience in med-surg). I have a regular new grad that I'm orienting, but the other...

  4. Orienting New Grad advice

    oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to clarify that I was not asking her to falsify documents. I told her that she can check the dosage/attempt logs to find the attempts and dosages from 0000-0400 and correct it. She...

  5. Moving to ED

    oliveralways posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello Everyone, I browsed through the New ED Grad post, but wanted to get some feedback anyway. I have been a nurse for 3 years. First two years on an ortho/trauma/medsurg floor and the last year on a...

  6. Moving to ED

    oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in Emergency

    Thanks and the same to

  7. Time for a change...

    oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello- I've been a nurse for almost 3 years and have worked in orthopedics, trauma, and renal (in the acute care setting). There have been many instances when a patient has taken a turn for the worse...

  8. nclex nmemonics

    oliveralways replied to kjmj03's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm not sure of any websites (it would have helped while I was in school), but there are few books the Memory Notebook of Nursing that are very, very good....

  9. You're JUST a nurse

    oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, How do you handle that situation. I work on a renal/med-surg floor and I have a patient with left flank pain. Her and her husband are frustrated as to why the doctors haven't found the cause...

  10. You're JUST a nurse

    oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    I'll have to use the I'm a highly educated health care professional line next

  11. Those who love working in ortho

    oliveralways replied to anneles's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I came out of Nursing school and went to an ortho/trauma floor, in hindsight, it was the best move. I gain a good med/surg background (a lot of patients come in with various complications) and...

  12. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here is the situation: During my 7p-7a shift, confused pt becomes combative when myself and care partner are trying to help her to the BSC. I reached out to help her and she grabs both my arms and...

  13. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the responses everyone, at this point and in the short hind-sight, I know that I did everything correctly. I was contracted to the hospital, so the following morning, when I did go to...

  14. norton healthcare, louisville

    oliveralways replied to daysleeper1's topic in Travel

    Hey, I don't know much about Norton or Jewish. I just left an assignment in Louisville at Baptist East. It wasn't bad, they (Baptist East) are moving into a new tower, lot of growth there. Good...

  15. Traveling Too Soon?

    oliveralways replied to MSUnurse's topic in Travel

    Hey, I just started traveling after about two years of med/surg/ortho experience. I haven't had the offers that some of my fellow nurses with more diverse experience. I have accepted one more...

  16. Awaiting next assignment

    oliveralways posted a topic in Travel

    Hello to Fellow Travelers, I was curious to know, how much time do you have between assignments. My current assignment is almost up and I haven't received may calls for my next one, does this happen...

  17. Is it time to go...and if so where and how?

    oliveralways posted a topic in Nursing Career

    hello, i have been on an ortho/trauma floor for over a year. this is my first and only experience as a nurse (graduated 5/06). i am ready for a change and some new experience. however, i moved to...

  18. What would you do...

    oliveralways posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hello, I have been an RN for about one year. I would like an honest opinion of this situation and my response to it. I work the 7p-7a shift. I clocked in and am told that there are 17 patients (7 are...