ladylikeRN

I agree, I have seen a lot of health professionals like myself cast judgment on others because of pain medication usage. I have no problem giving scheduled pain medications. I also have no problem with seeking an increase in dosage for a patient th...

Well, since I work contingent at three LTC facilities, I work wherever they need me in that particular facility. On the other hand when I was full time staff at my previous work, they shifted me at times, although they lied in the interview and said...

Well, no you are not the only one. I graduated May 2007 as a RN and have worked at the hospital doing cardiac step-down, cath lab, neurolgy at one place (changing floors). I thought that maybe I should step into med-surg and went to another hospita...

You know, I agree that working midnights does take a toll on the body as a whole. I worked midnights during the time that I was a student nurse associate to try it out the shift because I am a night owl (staying up till 3 am) and worked contingent. ...

I had an incident the other day when a CENA was with a resident in LTC and stepped on the peg tubing, ultimately dislodging it from her body while getting her undressed to take a shower. To make a long story short, I was not on the same floor when t...

I had an incident the other day when a CENA was with a resident in LTC and stepped on the peg tubing, ultimately dislodging it from her body while getting her undressed to take a shower. To make a long story short, I was not on the same floor when th...

The place where I work usually only staffs one RN/LPN to about 35 residents at the most. When working with more nurses at a time, the ratio is usually 1: 15.

Actually, my sister is an attorney and I phoned as soon as I got home that day it happened. She has told me to make copies of everything from here on out, regarding nursing notes done my me. She has also advised me to rewrite a nursing note about t...

I really care about my job and in fact the resident who is anox3 knows exactly what happened that day and the family know as well because I told them. I know that I was not at fault with this incident and was told by other staff not to complete an i...

I just recently started a second job as a RN on a bariatric unit ( I also work at a psych hospital). My preceptor has been a nurse for 30 years and is precepting both me and another orientee. However, she is very rude to me and talks down to me mos...

Today, upon coming in taking shift report with the preceptor, she rudely walked past me, spoke to another employee then blatantly ignored me. After report and finding out that she would get 8 pts and precept me because the agency nurse did not show ...

Thanks for your response, I think that I will follow my "gut" intuition and resign from this place because my intuition tells me that something is not right there. Also, they tell me that the afternoon is very busy but staffed with mostly new staff....

I am a RN and will be working contingent at a child/adolescent psychiatric hospital on a 54-bed unit that is usually staffed with three RN's, two of them being medication nurses. Can anyone give me any tips or info on what to expect in these type of...

Just to add to what others have said, the day in the life of an actual clinical....I would come prepared with a small notepad to write patient report on and their drugs. Have a drug guide, stethoscope, nurse scissors, measure tape (for wounds or anyt...

Thanks, I am trying to see what will happen here as I try to stay positive. My intuition is telling me to be leary though. This unit has a lot of new staff and the staff here does not seem to be very interactive with newbies. Another new co-worker...

Thanks for both of your posts. The PCS (techs) are said to have about 8-10 pts each amongst the 45. The other issue that I have is that the PCS gives the discharge instructions to the parents, even outlining meds that the pt goes home on. To me, t...

Don't take what I said about me not being a good fit personally. I just know for myself that I would like more monitoring of a patient, as a nurse is only able to assess. If something were to go wrong, ultimatley my license is on the line. Furtherm...

I am an ASN grad and proud of it. I show up to my interviews with my resume stating it under the education section, with transcripts in hand, denoting my cum laude honors. No one should feel ashamed of having an associate's degree in nursing and wh...

I just had an interview at a LTC facility recently and was told that all I was to do was to pass meds. However, when I thought about it, for these 30 pts, I still have to monitor them before/after I give the meds and check placements on tube feeds t...

Google the words "magnet status" and a lot of info will come up for you on this subject.

Try to study some medical math if you have not already.

Good job!

I agree, being offered a job too easily means that you are being set up for the kill. These type of units usually have a high turnover of nurses working there and they are desperate. This happened to me when I applied to this neuro unit and boy did...

*Patient-nurse ratio *Amount of beds on the unit *Tuition reimbursement *Work q other weekend? *Experience of the other staff nurses on unit (blind leading the blind) *Paid holidays, other benefit ?'s/shift differential *Length of orientation *Whe...

I am just curious to know how much exp should a RN have before embarking on agency nursing. I just got two calls today and wanted to know if 2 years student nurse exp and a little under a year RN exp qualifies me for agency work? The two agencies h...