crunchymomx3

We had sign ups for holidays about a month ago. As long as you signed up for 2 out of the 3 you were pretty much guaranteed your request off. If not enough people signed up, they would have had to place people, but more than enough signed up. Money is tight, so people are looking for the extra money. I signed up for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. It will kind of suck to be away from DH and the kids but it's only 11pm to 730am, so not too bad. And the money is good.

And then my hubby gets laid off. We were finally getting to a place where we were catching up on the bills we accumulated over the years with me in school full time and now we will be back to struggling again. This sucks. He got laid off basically because he was the highest paid employee of his class at his job. They could hire someone else to do his job for half the cost. Stupid economy! I guess I will try to find a second per diem job in a few months if he can't get anything that pays as much as he was making.

Night shift (7p to 7a) on a med/surg floor, here. I'll give you the basic run down of what I do on my shift. 7-730: get report 730-8: print up MARs and worklists(we're half computer, half paper at this point) and go over who gets what when. Starting at 8 I go see my patients, pass 8pm meds if needed, and do my assessments. I chart as I go. I know some people chart everything at once but that just doesn't work for me. So if I pass a med, I log it into the computer. When I assess, I immediately write my assessment in their nurses notes. I also chart as I go throughout the night. Our nurses notes are in the wallaroos. 10-11: do 9/10/11 pm meds 11: pick up patients from the 3-11 people. 1130-130: reassess picked up patientss and do a second assessment on previous patients (we do 2 assessments on 12 hours shifts) Now anytime between 11 and 5 I can get 1-2 admissions from the ED. That takes about 2 hours to do between the admission assessment, paperwork, charting, etc. We don't have a secretary on at night so we do all of it ourselves. In the AM (between 5 and 7) we have morning insulin, meds, and bloodwork to do.

I think I have been very lucky so far with working nights. I have no issues with it at all. I come home and sleep 5-6 hours and I am fine. No recoup time. I think for some people it either works or it doesn't, kwim. Last week I worked 3 in a row (Wed, Thurs, Fri) and I was back up to speed by Saturday night. I think the biggest thing is making sure you get a good solid amount of sleep when you get off in the morning. I actually sleep better during the day then I do at night because no one else is home. LOL

Where I work, I would mix say Zosyn in a 50 ML bag of D5, run it in on a pump, disconnect the tubing when it's infused, and then flush the line at the hub closest to the patient with 10 cc of NS. We can't hang bags of fluids without an order so setting up a flush bag is a no go for me.

I started work on a med/surg floor on July 14th. I'm still on orientation (it's 16 weeks total) and I will be switching to my scheduled shift (nights) at the end of September. I really like my job. My preceptor is great, and has become a good friend. Turns out she lives around the corner from me! LOL

Got my job in April.Graduated in May.Took the NCLEX on July 12th and started work on July 14. :)

I work in a No Smoking Hospital. No smoking on the grounds. Staff must leave the grounds to smoke and they do. I've been there for about a month and a half (and it's a hospital that is a mile from my house so I drive by it all the time) and I have never seen a patient smoking outside in front of the hospital. I've only seen one or two walk down to the road to smoke. If our patient's are smoker the Drs will order a nicotine patch for them when they are admitted.

Yes. Always.

I MADE time for the gym while I was in school and I have 3 kids

Why is mentioning race a bad thing. If your patient is a 45 year old Caucasian male you don't say the patient is 45 and leave it at that, do you? Why is mention race different from mentioning gender or age. It is part of who the person is. Sometimes it can factor into things. IMO the only reason it would be an issue is if someone decides to give poor care based on race. Otherwise it's just another factor of the persons identity.

YES! Specifically this one :redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe My artist just added the legs and stool.

EXACTLY! I'm fine with people looking at me like a hot sexy nurse, because, well I am gosh darn it!! :chuckle It's funny because the thought of people being offended by the portrayal of a nurse as sexy never entered my mind. I mean, I figured some people might be offended by the partial nudity (if that's even what you want to call it) but offended by a sexy nurse? Interesting.

They ARE addicting! This was number 7 for me! LOL I have plans for a few more big ones too!

Definitely post a pic when you gets your done! I was thinking of doing the Cadeus but I'm a huge Bettie Page fan and this one just fits me so well! She is going to add white and shading to the clothes, white nylons with garters on the legs, and some little details.