Two years ago, we had tons of new grads (about 15-20 for the year) start on our unit. Two of them are left so that's about 10% retention for that group after 2 years. We still hire new grads (about 10...
My workplace has my cell number and I simply added my work number to my address book and selected 'no ring' as a ringtone for that specific caller - so they can call all they want, it won't bother me...
had a GI bleed pt who had vomited a small amt of blood but had been having bloody stools, and it had been several hours since he had had any bleeding from either end. I spent a good block of time...
sk8ergirl replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric, LTC
My mother has not officially been diagnosed yet but she has severe short term memory loss and has lost most of her ability to make good judgment calls. We expect an official diagnosis soon. For...
sk8ergirl replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing
one of the rn's on my unit (english is not her first language) was writing up discharge home instructions for a patient and i glanced over to her computer and saw that she had written for the pt to...