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    What do you bring to eat?

    chevyv replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I bring whatever left overs I have but call Jimmy Johns when I'm sick of eating my own cooking. I also snack on nuts that I can hide in my pocket as we can't eat at the nurses' station. We all do,...
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    Is Nursing as Stressful as Nursing School?

    chevyv replied to imjustme123's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, nursing is much more stressful than nursing school. It's all on you as a nurse and you take the heat for you actions/inactions. You don't always have time to ask what you should do as in...
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    I love you boss ... BUT!!...

    chevyv replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Mandating is not illegal in
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    I love you boss ... BUT!!...

    chevyv replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I hate getting mandated!! Working PM's and then being forced to stay for the noc shift is awful! Especially, after getting up at 0700 to get the kids off to school, run errands, head to work and at...
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    I love you boss ... BUT!!...

    chevyv replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I'm lucky to work for large county so screening my calls or saying "no" is very easy. I learned a very long time ago that they will use you until you have nothing left and then kick you to the curb....
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    I've decided to go into nursing at 32. Is this a good choice?

    chevyv replied to violetrays's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Go for it!! I graduated at 40 and have never regretted it! I chose to go part time to school so I could be with my little ones and also to concentrate on my studies. I would have been overwhelmed...
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    Want to start a nursing career..

    chevyv replied to newyork305's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh, many schools require you be CNA cerified before being admitted into their program. That way they don't have to teach vital signs, bed making, and bathing
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    Want to start a nursing career..

    chevyv replied to newyork305's topic in Nursing Career

    I graduated from a technical college with an ADN and took as many classes online as I could. I also took my clinicals on the pm shift. I went part time so it took longer, but I had 2 youngens at home...
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    Which nursing specialty or position is the most physically demanding?

    chevyv replied to J19J94R's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all of us! I work psych and it can be quiet one minute and the next, you're running to take down a 250# pt that is a trained boxer! I also worked ortho and boy those bilateral hip and...
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    How do you make new hires feel welcome on your unit?

    chevyv replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    I always smile and say "Welcome aboard! We're happy to have you." Don't be afraid to buy them lunch when they have to do those days of orientation to the facility. Sitting all day listening to...
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    Want to start a nursing career..

    chevyv replied to newyork305's topic in Nursing Career

    It's hard. There are threads here regarding your exact question. Check some of them out and good
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    Proper charting?????

    chevyv replied to jennilynn's topic in General Nursing

    We chart by exception as well with all paper charting. I also just completed a one day seminar on charting to keep you out of the courtroom. I work in behavioral health but many of my pts are also...
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    Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    chevyv replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Teacher Sue, It sounds like you know what you're looking for and just need to find the right person who you feel will fit the unit. Thank you for not just choosing someone and letting them go during...
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    Charting un-witnessed behavior

    chevyv replied to Pkirk618's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't chart on it because I didn't see it. Does the supervior know you did not witness the incident? Stand
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    Am I the only one?!

    chevyv replied to RNitis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like a disaster to me! The comment "why don't you try home care" was just wrong. Long term care is very difficult and it sounds like you came in during a bad time with a strike going on....
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    Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    chevyv posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.texastribune.org/texas-health-resources/health-reform-and-texas/victoria-hospital-wont-hire-very-obese-workers/ I'm not sure this link will take you to the article, but I read it this...
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    Why is it always the patient with the worst situation? geez

    chevyv replied to gloryfied's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow! Reading this seems really off. I'm sorry but I see very little compassion from the OP. If you go into a room, introduce yourself, and the pt seems upset, why did you not inquire? Reads like...
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    Forced to work longer than scheduled hours....

    chevyv replied to PrincessO's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In Wisconsin once you clock in you are accepting an assignment. The facility counters that after you accepted to come, in the person who was supposed to come in to relieve you wouldn't or couldn't,...
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    Forced to work longer than scheduled hours....

    chevyv replied to PrincessO's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would also add to joanna73, to get it in writing before you punch in. Once you punch in, it may be considered pt
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    Forced to work longer than scheduled hours....

    chevyv replied to PrincessO's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've learned to not answer my phone when work calls. I've also been told that if I would answer and they mandate me to come in, to let them know that I'm not refusing to come in but I've had a couple...
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    Tell me how a nurse with no psych experience and no psych certification get picked o?

    chevyv replied to edchunt's topic in Psychiatric

    Is your position difficult to fill that they would leave you there and pick someone with so little psych experience? I've seen it happen where I work. A more plausable reason is exactly what Ruby...
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    How would deal with these type of CNAs?

    chevyv replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Many of us nurses were CNA's for many years before becoming nurses. I do understand that a pt can urinate a great amount just after checking on the pt but unfortunately, that was not the case in my...
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    How would deal with these type of CNAs?

    chevyv replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with asking nicely and saying please. I work in psych and will even take the time to say "Please get the restraints on the bed stat!" That was until last night when nocs came on and asked...
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    When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

    chevyv replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You can scientifically debunk it but I can tell you working psych, we are very very busy violent, out of control almost a full week before a full moon and during. The word quiet is always met with...
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    Verbal Abuse...I Gave What I Got...

    chevyv replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Emergency

    I too am a psych nurse and get this every single day I go to work. It just rolls right off of me. I try to understand the frsutration from the pts view, doesn't always work but it helps quell my...