I work mon- fri and love it. I especially love no holidays. With two school age children the predictable schedule helps us spend more quality time together. But I have many nurse friends who hate...
My job now requires me to draw blood frequently. Here are some suggestions; Go by what you feel over what you see. Lots of good veins are not visible. I always try the AC first. Most pts find...
awalker1015 replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing
When I switched from 12h noc shift to a 9-5 clinic job, I worked my last night shift on Thursday night and started my new job Monday. I was lucky to seamlessly move into the new schedule with the...
I give SQ injections all the time in my anemia clinics and the key is pinch and placement. Make sure you are going in the side or underside of the upper arm. Also make sure you are using the right...
OP I could have written your post three years ago while at my first job in the hospital out of nursing school. So I left my facility and joined a private specialty practice. I love my job now. And...
I am one who couldn't hack it. My DH works nights and that was the shift I got. Made it a year having sitters stay late or overnight then left the hospital and got a clinic job working M-F...
Though I loved my patients, I hated nursing the whole time I worked at the hospital. It was exhausting being treated so poorly. Then I left for a specialty practice and I love
awalker1015 replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing
I think I am good at therapeutic communication, starting IVs, drawing blood, and assessments. I'm also decent at emergency intervention , though it isn't often necessary at the clinic I work
We used to get paid holiday pay the entire shift. I worked nights so if I worked Christmas night I was paid holiday pay from 7p-7a. Two weeks before Christmas last year they changed it to only...
All the nurses received a $850 bonus, which was awesome!! Drug reps brought lunch Thursday and Friday last week. We also had a really nice Christmas party with catered food and bar. And on...
Exactly! I did half of mine when I introduced myself to the pt and the other half with 8pm meds (worked nights) It is unbelievable to me how many nurses aren't assessing their patients. I did...
awalker1015 replied to LearningAboutNursing's topic in General Nursing
On the med surg tele I worked we were evenly assigned patients and empty beds. We always got admissions and those were heavier than existing patients. I always hoped for an all patient assignment....
awalker1015 replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing
Love mine. Work at a kidney practice. I handle two doctors that I respect tremendously, as well as two EPO clinics. We do a lot of clinical trials in our practice and most of our patients are very...
I do manual BPs all day long at work and I can get an accurate BP in less than 30 seconds. If you know what you are doing it is possible. Every now and then I get a tough pt I have to palate the...