Flipper911

OMG I did my interview at WP. I was so llooking forward to happy go lucky interview, but the guy who nin tervieewd me wanted to grill me on my qualifiv=cations. My graduate and my progress towards my doctorate degree seemed to **** him off. in the...

be good at your job and you can be my hero! Sexuality does not matter when it comes to caring for a patient.

residents are in the learning process and sometimes we need to remind them of that

I have noticed the rules are different at each place I work. In the units we usually are on a first name basis with all the physicians. We all know each other and it is a very good atmosphere. In the teaching facilities where I have worked all the ...

I don't think it is a point about being "too good" to perform any of the tech duties. In my facility we would shift to primary nursing and give 3-4 patients to the nurses and they are responsible for vitals etc. Why not use the RN as an RN? To me ...

Ever notice that dieticians and some OT/PT people commonly sign their name with their MS? I never sign with anything other than RN, however I do have my degrees and certs listed on my badge.

I do not see a problem with cell phone usage among staff that are responsible. Take away cell phone and some staff will be on the land lines or breaking every twn minutes. The blame does not lie with the phone but with the behavior. My current hosp...

So what happens if the trops were elevated and she had some ST changes on her EKG? The time you spend calling the resident and then her senior you could have drawn the labs at least and had the EKG at bedside. These are not very involved processes ...

I use to bug the hell out of the recruiter until I got an interview. Emails, phone calls and even popping to say hello. The squeaky wheel gets the oil.

the true luxury is being healthier than those we care for.

i never care if they are on the phone. If I have meds for them I set it beside them and if they have questions they ask. I can check back with them later to complete an assessment etc. Usually if they are well enough to chat on the phone they can'...

I had a fresh post-op in the SICU - some belly surgery. Anyway, the Anes. giving report stated the patient would need something for pain, but he was having a hard time deciding exactly what he should order. In the end he told me, "just give him what...

I was guilty of the wearing the colognes as a younger nurse, but now I cannot stand to smell it on others. Even some deodorants are horribly strong. Soap still smells good to to me!! I like the nurses who carry around the fabreeze to douse themself...

our floor nurses wear white (icu and ed wear blue) and we have quite a few nurses that have gone to wearing blue and black underthings below their whites as some sort of protest - it is too funny.

Amen to the zipper. I also have to have the cargo pockets - can't have enough pockets!!

I have worked as a traveler and a nurse for ages and you will get the nurse here or there who is difficult to give report to. They interrupt or ask non-relevant questions or want some minute detail that does not have anything to do with patient care...

The facility where I work encourages the addition of degrees and certs on the badge as well as ladder designations. The newsletters have special sections for staff who cert, earn a new degree and who are published. I think it does encourage staff t...

I alwyas feel orders are more suggestions. We are the gatekeepers to ensure harm does not reach the patient. Some order are held or not done because it is not appropriate at the time. A nurse should never blindly follow or we should all be replaced...

Clinically there is no difference between any nurse that sits for and passes the NCLEX. An ADN can be every bit as clinically sound any a BSN or Diploma nurse. It is all about what you put into your skills and learning how to be a good nurse. The ...

i had to wear regular clothes as a director and could not stand it! I had to pay to have the clothes cleaned cause I was not about to iron and I spill stuff all the time or i was still crawling under desks or moving stuff around so nothing ever stay...

I think it was the AACN that made the statement that a BSN was the professional entry point into nursing. I cannot remember the year they srtated that. I had an instructor say she saw the day when the MSN would be the accepted standard.

In my situation she actually laughed. She knew I was making a little fun of her as she stated her name, held out her hand all while puffing out her chest - a resident!! (margaret was not a real name). She remains a facebook friend to this day.

Most patients cannot tell a nurse from a janitor even with designated scrubs. Truth is, as a male, when I enter the room they assume I am the Dr no matter what color scrub I wear. I do think cartoon scrubs or anything cutsie should be limited to ped...

Duh! I would not use the real name.

sounds like a whole bunch of time spent at the facility compared to civilian nursing. So, it is better to live really close to base even if the area is a bit seedy than far away and having to commute so much?