PlourdieRN

PlourdieRN

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  1. Changing from Med/Surg to Critical Care

    I know exactly where you are coming from! I worked as charge RN at a nursing home, followed by RN on a med/surg floor and all I want is to move my career up to critical care (but it takes so long!!). My advice is to keep applying... try cardiac floor...
  2. Lazy nurse or what

    Sorry OP, it really is just that busy ...especially for those nurses who work hard and care enough to do that thorough assessment, go that extra mile (instead of letting it fall to the CNA), and follow up that loose end at change of shift. Whether y...
  3. Every once in awhile at my LTC facility, they have a free lunch or other food goodies for the day and evening shifts.... ...Us night shifters get the pleasure of seeing the leftover, room temperature, picked over, fruit-fly attracting food on the ...
  4. counting my chickens before they hatch

    Thank you for your insight MJB, I had also considered pushing the start date back. At this point I'm just planning ahead (and fantasizing) but I would never "cut off my nose to spite my face" - it's too important for me to risk losing a job on the ...
  5. OK, I know this is a common topic... but bear with me, I'll try to make it different! (plus it's all theoretical at this time!) I might be offered a job on a medical floor, which I am thrilled about because I have been working LTC part time for the p...
  6. Why did you choose oncology?

    I'm keeping it simple here ... Why did you choose oncology? Why do you stay? :heartbeat
  7. curious about dialysis...

    Hello fellow RNs! I am an RN who just finished my first year of practice as a charge nurse for the LTC and skilled units of a nursing home. I've had dreams of moving on to a med/surg hospital unit to continue my career onward to becoming an ICU nurs...
  8. Grey's Anatomy? Scrubs too?

    I picked up a pair of pants because they're so soft... but they don't feel "workable" to me, too much like pajamas so I might return them... plus they're pink, and I don't think I am actually a pink pants wearer (maybe after a few years of nursing)
  9. Facebook almost cost me my job

    I never post about work... I've seen enough postings from my coworkers that make me go "oh that was NOT smart to put up!" ...I also don't think my friends, family and coworkers care about the silly minutiae of my life!
  10. Would love to know more about LTC

    This is my happy-dance moment! I finally got my first position as an RN!! Man, I've been waiting to say that for a long time! (For those of you still searching and praying for your opportunity to come... I graduated with my ASN in December, took ...
  11. Medical shows...

    No one will watch those shows with me either! I can't stop pointing out what's wrong! The worst I saw was actually not a med show, it was "Criminal Minds" I think... the pt. was lying in bed in obvious respiratory distress and no one thought to ev...
  12. One bad egg...

    I can agree with both sides of the situation here, for sure! My own take was that the nurse manager should probably have taken the issue straight to the instructor for her to handle it. The student really is the instructor's responsibility, and I be...
  13. Help me PLEASE!!

    Going back to school for nursing is not easy.... but I feel like KNOWING that it's want I wanted in life is a great incentive to do well. When I sit up late at night worrying about money and how difficult it is for me to do school full time and work...
  14. Studying...neck & back aches....

    Try breaking up the study sessions... after you finish a section (say, 30 minutes straight studying) get up and walk around, stretch or do a small task for five minutes. I find this maintains my focus by allowing myself to step away from the subjec...
  15. Up until now I've been trying to keep an open mind and experience as many fields of nursing before I decide which direction I want to go... and then I spent my clinical day in the OR for observation :redbeathe I LOVED the seamless teamwork and fascin...