nurse1970

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1. Do you have a problem with staffing shortage?

   nurse1970 replied to Asemena's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a hospital where there has never been a day go by that we were not short staffed somewhere in the hospital. Our staffing problem is really bad on our med/surg unit. There are usually 2 RN's to assess 30-35 patients. It happens all the ti...

2. new grads in icu

   nurse1970 replied to firehawkrn's topic in Safety

   Why work in the CCU if you don't want to take care of "sick" patients. The patients in the CCU are sick, thats why they are there. I think new grads should be able to work in CCU, but with a preceptor that is willing to take on the job and until they...

3. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

   nurse1970 replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Safety

   I care for a woman on a regular basis that is Jehovah's witness. She always comes in with a low H & H. She suffers from chronic anemia and she always refuses a transfusion. We know that she is Jehovah's witness and know that she will refuse th...

4. ER after Nursing School

   nurse1970 replied to Dbb82's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for 5 years and I started with MS and in my opinion everyone should start with MS. You need to be quick on your toes and know what your doing because ER is very fast paced and there is no time to ask questions because everyone is...