ahsweeney

ahsweeney has 8 years experience and specializes in Med-Surge, PACU, now Hospice.

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1. Burned out and hate nursing

   ahsweeney replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

   You have 4 yrs of med-surg experience - use that to your benefit. There are tons of other positions that you can investigate and your nursing experience is key. There are other departments within the...

2. Death Is A Journey

   ahsweeney replied to jadelpn's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   What a beautiful article. I work in an in-patient hospice center. I am constantly surprised as to how much I love working there. My goal is to not only give my patients care and peace, but also...

3. New Grad Hospice Nurse, Night Shift...Help!

   ahsweeney replied to Honeybee737's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Congrats on your new position. I have been PRN at an inpatient Hospice for a year now, and have had to bounce back and forth between all three shifts. I try to take a nap around 9pm for about 30 mins....

4. LPN's in hospice?

   ahsweeney replied to sclpn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I work at an acute care hospice facility, so my situation will be different from those out in the field. We are a 16-bed inpatient center and we utlilize LPNs. There is always an RN on also to...

5. Anyone unhappy with their nursing school program?

   ahsweeney replied to starz_girl_1's topic in Arizona Nursing

   You need to remember that the nursing boards test for minimum competency. There were students in my class (way back in '94) who took ACLS thinking it would help them with the boards. NOPE!!! If you...

6. General Questions

   ahsweeney replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   OK - here come my general questions. I live in GA and my youngest just started kindergarten. I left the hospital when she was born, so haven't worked in a (paid) professional capacity in 5 yrs....

7. I yelled at another nurse.

   ahsweeney replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   I worked a few years back with a complete jerk in the PACU. We were on call together on Thanksgiving evening. A head bleed was in the OR. "Mr Wonderful" went back into the OR, as the surgery was...

8. things you wish you could tell the doctor

   ahsweeney replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

   Way back when, while on the med-surg floor, I had a patient 'circling the drain'. She needed to go the the unit - quickly. I called her surgeon at 11:15pm (which I didn't think was that bad) and was...

9. Old textbooks

   ahsweeney replied to ahsweeney's topic in General Nursing

   Quickbeam - I'm with you. I think I've opened my textbooks maybe 3 or 4 times since graduation. I did keep the pathophys. and the maternal child texts. I figure most of what I would need will be...

10. Old textbooks

    ahsweeney posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do with my 15 yr old text books (besides using them to build forts for my kids!). We cleaned out bookcases today and I've got a pile. Was going to throw them...

11. Need ideas for Middle-School Career Day

    ahsweeney replied to ahsweeney's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you ladies for these great ideas. My friend did the presentation and had the kids looking for good veins on another kid's arms. Appreciate your

12. Need ideas for Middle-School Career Day

    ahsweeney posted a topic in General Nursing

    Was wondering if anyone had any ideas for props, activities, etc for a middle-school career day. I have been asked by a neighbor to help her with her talk on nursing. She did this last year, and...

13. Whites or Colored scrubs?

    ahsweeney replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I chose all colors including white - I get very washed out in white or pale colors. I've had people come up to me and suggest that I get a physical 'cuz I get so pale, especially in the winter....

14. Rules for the ER (long)

    ahsweeney replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    4. If you are a volunteer, and it is your first day, and you utter the "Q" word, you will have objects thrown at you. happy initiation! - Oh My Word!!! I remember the first time I ever uttered the...

15. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    ahsweeney replied to Luvbuble's topic in General Nursing

    How about nursing informatics as an