husker_rn

husker_rn RN

med-surg 5 years geriatrics 12 years

Member

  • Content

    417

  • Visitors

    8,497

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    3

All Content by husker_rn

  1. Such a thing as a "travel" cna?

    husker_rn replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have worked with hospital CNAs who had travel contracts...one had a contract in Hawaii. Unfortunately I cannot remember the company's

  2. Study Groups: Their structure & benefits

    husker_rn replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    My entire class { 17 } was my study group. One thing we did was to give everyone an equal number of syllabus questions. Then we would cover the questions and answers very thoroughly. Finally, we...

  3. Med/ Surg Patient to Nurse Ratio

    husker_rn replied to pilpusher's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work a med-surg floor, night shift. We are expected to take up 5 pts. Techs get 9-10 pts. Of course with the admits sometimes we end up with 6 pts. Have worked an LTAC where we routinely had 9...

  4. Most trivial complaint ever?

    husker_rn replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Husband of patient who was very unsteady on her feet, morbidly obese. Wanted up on commode. Told him I would get help and in the time it took to get CNA, he was in supervisor's office telling her...

  5. Nurses that you remember

    husker_rn replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Carolyn RN who oriented me on day shift in a small hospital years ago. We had a very obnoxious doc and when he started to rant she would let him; and then look over the top of her glasses and ask "...

  6. Are nurses who work in hospitals with limited resources better?

    husker_rn replied to zahryia's topic in General Nursing

    My first job out of nursing school was a rural hospital that staffed one nurse and one cna per shift; I had worked as a cna in a different rural hospital while in school. It was a wonderful learning...

  7. web sites, blogs, list servs

    husker_rn replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I go to cancercompass.com from time to time. I find it a good source of support and often families are very up on current

  8. Nursey things that you'll NEVER say again.

    husker_rn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I USED to tell patients they would feel a little stick with a Lovenox injection....until I was in the hospital overnight for hypertension and received one of those little sticks....it burned like fury...

  9. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    husker_rn replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    My hubby started our relationship as a mechanic but when the job market started to fade in the 70's , he became an apprentice boilermaker and learned to weld; he was working out on the road alot back...

  10. Having a bad day

    husker_rn posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hate is a terrible thing; I have railed against it much of my life. But today I truly hate.....I HATE cancer. My spouse has been bravely battling colon cancer with mets for 3 years; and now...

  11. Having a bad day

    husker_rn replied to husker_rn's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks guys; it helps immensely to just get the words out in print. Will make actually talking about it much easier. Again,thanks to all. It means a lot to just know you understand.

  12. i hope i know when to hang up my stethoscope,

    husker_rn replied to supernurse1230's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I recently passed the 60 years of age mark but would venture to say I could still keep up in LTC if need be; worked in a large one a year and a half ago and outran my younger counterparts. Having...

  13. No worse end to a night shift!

    husker_rn replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, been there, done that. Even better......working LTC and expecting state. Locked med cart, moved it into the medroom and made sure the door was locked as well. Good so far....yeah......until...

  14. Small Community Hospitals

    husker_rn replied to MNTH's topic in General Nursing

    I have the nursing skills I have largely due to small town hospitals. I worked as a CNA in a small hospital while in nursing school. My first job after graduation was in a small town...

  15. Let me hear your raves

    husker_rn replied to Kyla.ann's topic in General Nursing

    I am truly lucky. I work night shift on a med-surg floor and I work with a wonderful group of nurses. I broke my right tibia last March and then fell while on crutches and broke my right wrist. 3...

  16. 700 pages of reading, per week, for one class

    husker_rn replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    I learned very quickly that it was impossible to read all the " required " reading. Instead I took lots and lots of notes in class and used my text book more for reference or clarification. Also...

  17. Drug seekers: where's the compassion?

    husker_rn replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I work med-surg and we routinely get drug seekers admitted. My response is to give what is ordered; we are not a drug rehab unit and those seeking often DO have some underlying problem that started...

  18. Uniforms and dress codes

    husker_rn replied to inkedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses and CNAs wear purple and each department has their own color. And it means nothing to the patient population....if you wear scrubs they think you are a nurse. We buy and launder our own...

  19. did your job give you a holiday gift??

    husker_rn replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Got a $15 gift card for a local gas

  20. Licensed Nursing Home Administrator

    husker_rn replied to Aviationurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked in a couple states that did not require that you have much of a degree of anything at all; you just took a test to license you as an administrator and if you passed you were considered...

  21. Merry Christmas from...

    husker_rn replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    Merry Christmas from Skiatook, Oklahoma where it's sunny, snowy, cold. Beats the lightening, thunder, snowy blizzard I drove in on Christmas eve. Got flexed Christmas day, yippeee !!!! Athena...

  22. I love the night life

    husker_rn replied to deToxTech's topic in General Nursing

    I love 3-11 but since that has pretty much gone by the wayside, I choose 7p-7a. I have more time with my patients without all the ancillary folks telling me how to do my job. And in my experience...

  23. Wildest lab values you've ever seen?

    husker_rn replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Years ago woman came into ER with family. Constant drinking water and peeing. We took bets on blood sugar results. I won. She was 1310mg/dl and awake, alert, no

  24. Am I crazy because I love med surg???

    husker_rn replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in med-surg because I enjoy the unpredictability of it. It never becomes dull and repeptitive because no two patients are the same. The constant change keeps me on my

  25. Help with remembering Drugs.....

    husker_rn replied to KendiKay's topic in General Nursing

    My pharm instructor always told us that it was important to understand method of action; that we should never expect to remember every drug...that could be dangerous, but it was important to realize...