SDS_RN RN

CNA, Surgical, Pediatrics, SDS, ER

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    The Economy and your job as a nurse

    At our facility if people quit their jobs their positions are not being filled. It will be filled by the current staff. Our housekeeping and maintanence depts have had their hours cut. We also rotate to SDS, they have a few full time people, and t...
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    Eat Before You Get Here!

    One noc I had a pregnant girl come in w/ N/V on and off for the past 5 mo. Ahh ya you are pregnant. Anyhoo she was getting IVF---then turns around and gets pizza hut delivered to her room! ***!!! Needless to say she was d/c'd immediatly. I absolut...
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    Know it all tech

    We had a pt come in w/ her boyfriend and we're all apparently supposed to know who he is!!! After some digging we discovered he's a tech in OR. Anyhoo he brought his gf in b/c "She's definatly got an appy.":idea: He was calling everyone telling them...
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    A day off

    1) This post is old but still applies to the current world of nursing. :stone 2) We all hate to leave cowokers hangin but know that your probably not the only one who is saying NO! 3) I learned this the hard way when I picked up many shifts in a row...
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    Bad Day!!!

    WTH would he even yell at u for anyways he got the easier assignement. What a jerk--I certainly would not want to work w/ someone like that and certainly not a manager who would not stick up for you in a situation such as that. I'm sorry that happe...
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    Drawing Labs without an order

    We line & lab also. We've never has a problem w/ our docs not backing us up. We do have certain SO w/ what labs/xrays ect to get started. A lot of the times the doc will get xrays/labs done before seeing the pt. As said before if we had to wai...
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    Bad attitudes in the ED

    Our ER is great. We all get along and our ER docs are great. Of course we all have our days and at times it can get heated but we pull through it and move on. In general we always have a good time together, it's like a 2nd family to me. Good luck...
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    how much do you make an hour/year?

    I make $20.91 days 21.71 nocs--this is after being a nurse for 2 1/2 yrs. It's pretty good pay for the area I lived in. As mentioned before location has a lot to do w/ how much you make. I am just very thankful that I have a job right now.
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    I hate my life.....

    I went to NS when my kids were 5, 3 & 2 yrs old. :eek:I did my ADN graduated in 06' and I'm now going back online for the spring 09' semester part time to work on my BSN. :clown:It's going to take me until 2012 to complete it but this way I can s...
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    migraine faker at the ED!

    We've got a list of pt's who are seekers. We have caught them before going from one faciliy and then a few hours later turning up at ours or checking several pharmacies in town and finding out how often they've had narcs filled. We pretty much have t...
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    Immediate Bedding. Thoughts?

    I don't know how large your facility is but we are a 7 bed level 3 ER and so we are the triage nurse. Our pt's come straight back to the ER desk and get placed in a room. If we get busy we try to leave our truama and cardiac room open if possible. ...
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    ER Nurse is Being a JERK to EMS...

    In our ER we really appreciate our EMS and I have not once witnessed anything other than respect for them. Our EMS is great when we get slammed w/ a lot of traumas they dive right in and help. They are amazing and are compitent in what they do. T...
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    Nursing caps required at your job?

    At one of the NH facilities the nurses have to wear white scrubs and a cap. You could not pay enough to wear a hat or work at that facility. Thank goodness for change.
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    Miracles to believe in

    Oh that is such a nice story. I can't stop the tears from flowing.
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    What are the most/least popular jobs?

    I guess that depends on the individual. I personally love the ER but there are many that may not. Nice thing about nursing is that you can decide what is right for you. If you don't like where you're at you can move on to something different.
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    Holiday Blues

    Christmas is always hard for me. My grandma passed away Christmas Eve it's been 8 years ago but it is still hard. I always get sad around this time of year thinking about her and missing her sooo much. Her bday was Dec 22 and mine is Des 23rd so w...
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    44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

    I thought teds were contraindicated w/ DVT's? I would suppose it depends on the doc.? I also know that awhile ago we had a pt in ER w/ a DVT & we asked about starting a Heparin gtt, the doc said that the prefered tx now is Lovenox inj. w/ war...
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    Death bed visions

    I think that everyone is free to believe what they want. I don't try to force my beliefs on others and I don't appreciate it when others try to force theirs on me. People believe what they want and they are free to change those beliefs if they choo...
  19. I don't do it on purpose but it does occasionally happen esp if I've worked several days on end signing order after order and being fatigued. I don't advertise what I do for a living.
  20. Depends on the day! For the most part I love my job. :heartbeat I also work in 2 different areas and it helps not to get burnt out on one or the other. I like our new NM and our atmosphere has greatly improved. I enjoy my coworkers and what we do....
  21. I have an ADN in nursing and I am strongly considering NP school. Do I need my bachelors before I can start school for NP? I have applied to a few schools for RN-BSN and I figure I'll go from there. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks:p
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    Dressing changes

    Call the doc.
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    A memorial to one of our posters: Josh Harmon

    Mr. Harmon, I'm so sorry for you and your families loss. Thank you for sharing your story, and thank you to Josh who helped protect and serve our country to keep all of us safe at home. He truly is a hero. God bless.
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    Nurses who became famous

    The old lady on Desperate House Wives, can't remember her name, was a psyc nurse for many years, just saw it on The View last week.
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    lidocaine for IV starts?

    Where I work most pts are clinical -not emergent. Yes if they are critical of course there is no time for lido-- but if time warrants it why not?