casperx875x

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1. Is there still a nursing shortage crisis?

   casperx875x replied to newgrad82's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Absolutely is there a nursing shortage. Unfortunately it is being resolved as hospitals are forcing larger workloads on the staff they already have. Eventually, they will see it does not work as even...

2. Dr anxiety...ridiculous!

   casperx875x replied to gericare2009's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I never apologize for calling a physician. It's BOTH of our jobs to care for the patient whether it be 10AM or 2AM. I will clearly state that A) I am concerned about a change in the patient's status,...

3. How do you manage your time?

   casperx875x replied to lopja1's topic in General Nursing

   Working nights and going to school full time together is really, really hard. I did it myself and had a really hard time. I think you need to grab a schedule book, time out blocks of when you're in...

4. How can I prevent myself from having a nervous breakdown?

   casperx875x replied to shabbychic23's topic in General Nursing

   The first year is tough, from what I heard, and I definitely have had my fair share of near nervous breakdowns in my 6 months so far. I think that is contributing to how you feel, but your job does...

5. Toileting Morbidly obese patients?

   casperx875x replied to 07302003's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with ordering bariatric equiptment for your patients. Also, for females on a bedpan, have them bend/spread their legs as much as they can and place a pad between their legs. Any urine that...

6. Yelled at yet again

   casperx875x replied to purpleiris's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Where I work, we have a fantastic tool that allows us to report incidents such as these. The physician receives a warning and is tracked for further incidents. Many nurses I work with have even...

7. Ill And Depressed Working Night Shifts

   casperx875x replied to lsvalliant's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Lexapro

8. Ill And Depressed Working Night Shifts

   casperx875x replied to lsvalliant's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Nights can be really rough. If I didn't absolutely love the people I work with on nights, I would definitely be wanting a Day/Evening position. Evenso, many times I wish I lived a more normal life. I...

9. scared of being in a code

   casperx875x replied to futurenicunurse2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I myself am anxious for my first code. I've seen a few in progress, but have never actually been in on the action. Most of the time, the residents take over with compressions, respiratory already has...

10. Things I have learned to ask for when getting report from ER

    casperx875x replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I always ask for Bipap and Vent settings and am always, always amazed at the responses I receive... mostly "I don't know. Respiratory deals with that down here." I don't understand how a nurse can...

11. What's a typical orientation schedule like?

    casperx875x replied to BarneyBoy2009's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For me, 10 weeks of orientation (8 weeks on days, 2 weeks on nights) 1 on 1 with a preceptor plus 2 weeks of classroom orientation. I was hired for FT nights. I was anxious about being on my own, but...

12. How often do you do vitals and I&Os?

    casperx875x replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an ICU stepdown floor. Vitals are every 4 hours and I&Os every 8

13. Big issues with the charge RN.. what to do?

    casperx875x replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. I am even more sorry because I know exactly how you feel. I found myself in an eerily similar situation over a year ago when I was a tech. I was bullied...

14. I wish sombody would have told me......

    casperx875x replied to Xcited 2B-N-RN's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle I don't even know what I would do with

15. I wish sombody would have told me......

    casperx875x replied to Xcited 2B-N-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I wish somebody had told me that nursing school is not even close to real-life