Nurseinprocess

Nurseinprocess

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  1. Tell me again....it does get better?

    Nurseinprocess replied to Michelle123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you not have nurse aides to get the patients up and

  2. 3 months in and I hate my nursing job

    Nurseinprocess replied to Serenyd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I replied to a current message, not one from 5 years ago. If staff doesn't want us to reply to old messages maybe they should be deleted after so many years? I always look at the dates before I...

  3. 3 months in and I hate my nursing job

    Nurseinprocess replied to Serenyd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When a patient is having issues and the other nurses are clueless or unwilling to help out you should contact the resident or doctor on-call and ask what they want you to do. I have no problem...

  4. Would YOU accept this position?

    Nurseinprocess replied to NJFek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think the norm for LTCs is to have a load of up to 30 or so pts, so with you have a bit less than that, maybe it's not so bad? You will have 3 other nurses on your team and several CNAs so you...

  5. Finally...a bad night

    Nurseinprocess replied to Nursey103's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think one "off" night is going to ruin you :). It's all just a matter of time management and figuring out how to do everything. I hope the nurses on your unit will give you a break,...

  6. Has a employer ever asked you for your Diploma?

    Nurseinprocess replied to mr.hustle's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I was asked to provide my diploma for my

  7. starting on my own tomorrow-off orientation

    Nurseinprocess replied to Starfish1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In school we learned that we should do a quick check on all our pts to check lines, tubes, drains, pain, breathing, etc after we get report. I've discovered in the real world of nursing that isn't...

  8. Skating on thin ice?(at my job)

    Nurseinprocess replied to nursep2b's topic in General Nursing

    Your post makes me grateful for the E-MAR system at my hospital. Everything is on the computer, the med turns red if it is late or not given. Beautiful thing! I still make myself a cheat sheet with...

  9. What hours do you work?

    Nurseinprocess replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like my current situation except I am doing 8s and 12s like that. When you only get one day off between shifts it is totally wasted by sleep

  10. Can I read my friend's ppd test?

    Nurseinprocess replied to sayang87's topic in General Nursing

    Being an RN does not necessarily qualify you to read a PPD result, both hospitals I worked at required a certified person to do it, not just a coworker. I think you were correct to decline

  11. I need help...keep forgetting to waste narcs

    Nurseinprocess replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    I never remove a med that needs wasting without another nurse with me to log into the pyxis and "witness" the waste right when I take it out. We can go back later and waste a med, after the fact, but...

  12. Time Management Suggestions...

    Nurseinprocess replied to robbnp22's topic in General Nursing

    I have found this to be true, the nicer and more friendly you are, the more likely you will be stuck in a room with a chatty or needy pt. It's a hard balance between being nurturing and caring and...

  13. Why do nurses have to "eat their young"?

    Nurseinprocess replied to kimmyj74's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm right behind you and I haven't been eaten yet either, but the staff I work with is on the younger side, I work with mostly nurses my age (mid-late thirties). Most have not been a nurse longer...

  14. starting on my own tomorrow-off orientation

    Nurseinprocess replied to Starfish1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think I have been doing real well with time management as a new nurse, but aside from getting all my tasks complete, I need to work on keeping on top of pt's vitals and output (the stuff that is too...

  15. Just passed NCLEX & found out I'm 6 wks pregnant

    Nurseinprocess replied to KiCeeRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't imagine signing a contract where you have to pay an employer back a dollar amount for training you if you quit before the term is up . Until the economy took a dive recently some of the...

  16. Tell me someone else has felt like this....

    Nurseinprocess replied to NurseMegh's topic in General Nursing

    Policies? I barely have time to juggle the pts let alone read any policies. Darn it, I knew I was forgetting to do something during my shifts

  17. Do you answer your phone on your day off?

    Nurseinprocess replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    Nope! I let them leave a message and then I listen to see what they want or who it is

  18. Pinched Sciatic Nerve

    Nurseinprocess replied to projectsarah's topic in General Nursing

    I have been having what I think is sciatic pain since I started working nights about 6 wks ago. I don't have any numbness, just horrible shooting pain in my lower back/upper buttock on one side. I...

  19. Any New Grads working Per Diem?

    Nurseinprocess replied to hopeful81's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think you can work per diem or contingent until you have at least a year's experience. That would be my dream job, one that allows me to schedule myself! I have discovered that being at...

  20. Why am I feeling this way?

    Nurseinprocess replied to grateful2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was sublimely clueless about how hard a nursing job was really going to be when I was doing my search. I had worked as a nurse tech during school and thought I had a feeling for what was in store...

  21. Secret to successfully inserting an NG tube?

    Nurseinprocess posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a recent grad, new RN. I have only had one order to insert an NG tube so far and the veteran nurse who helped me was not successful in getting the tube in, and when I watched her try to help...

  22. Float Pool?

    Nurseinprocess replied to AwesomeNiks's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You could apply, but will you get hired with no experience? Where I work my unit is staffed pretty well and other units take our nurses routinely to cover their own staffing. I have only been...

  23. Silly question ??

    Nurseinprocess replied to Elleveein's topic in General Nursing

    I was watching that too and wondered if the woman actually had credentials or license to back up her title. I was assuming she's just a nanny that likes being called a nurse. I didn't like how she...

  24. did i fail the nclex today?

    Nurseinprocess replied to runner20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    PVT totally works :)! Good

  25. Disillusioned, Depression, or Both?

    Nurseinprocess replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    Is there really a perfect hospital where nurses are supported, pt ratio is realistic, and staffing is adequate? What kills me is when we do have a unit clerk scheduled, she sleeps half the shift...