emmy27

emmy27

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  1. Triage times (under 3 minutes)

    emmy27 replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    I spend a lot of shifts in triage because I like it while most people don't. I have a pretty good system down- I ask the basic questions for our documentation in a specific order while I'm getting...

  2. New Nurse Exhausted from Extremely Long Shifts? Help?

    emmy27 replied to KellySpencer800's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The mental and physical demands of nursing are high. After 12 hours of critical thinking, prioritization, lifting, turning, ambulating, managing people's emotional demands, and witnessing things that...

  3. Anxious about job market

    emmy27 replied to julesjameson3333's topic in General Nursing

    I had to leave a college town in north Florida after graduation at the height of the recession to find a new grad job- but years later, I get messages from recruiters looking to place nurses in...

  4. New Nurse Exhausted from Extremely Long Shifts? Help?

    emmy27 replied to KellySpencer800's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't think there's a shoe made that will make a 100 hour week not killer on the feet. I second everybody who said that you are heading for an error- probably a dumb error you would never, never...

  5. Should I major in nursing?

    emmy27 replied to mmd1030's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The public perception of what nurses do- that is, stand by the bedside and talk to, medicate, and otherwise provide direct care to patients- is the tip of the iceberg in terms of what the role really...

  6. Being called an idiot

    emmy27 replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's petty, but it was SO SO satisfying the day that a notoriously nasty specialist called and started yelling at me about half a dozen things he'd ordered on the last shift that hadn't been done. I...

  7. Do you get paid to stay late and chart?

    emmy27 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I just want to reiterate really, really clearly- your employer is engaging in wage theft. They are stealing the wages to which you are legally entitled- they are stealing your labor by making you...

  8. Unconventional hair colors

    emmy27 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    While personally I agree that I think the concerns frequently voiced by management about things like unnatural hair colors, piercings, tattoos etc as likely to be overblown, and I have worked in...

  9. Nurses who don't have the "passion"

    emmy27 replied to My_toe_sis's topic in General Nursing

    It was definitely not a childhood dream of mine. I was drawn to it as an adult by a combination of practical reasons (stability, availability of training and jobs, good cost/benefit ratio) and meeting...

  10. Is it normal that my school doesn't teach us IVs?

    emmy27 replied to Annie_1101's topic in General Students

    My program did not teach IV starts (they did teach management of IV drips, pumps, etc). I was surprised at the time, but the rationale given was that there are so few opportunities to start an IV in...

  11. Is Nursing School " Hard?" Would You do it Over Again?

    emmy27 replied to injured1's topic in General Students

    The hardest aspect of nursing school for me was the simple volume of material needed to master, while working under intense time constraints. Care planning isn't actually all that hard- but it can...

  12. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    emmy27 replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    What are these lengthy, multiple request situations you're describing? I have never seen the organ donation representative approach a family a second time after a refusal- in fact in our training on...

  13. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    emmy27 replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in multiple states and this has always been the policy- for hospital staff not to discuss donation with the family at all, under any circumstances- if they initiate the conversation, we...

  14. FitBit at work

    emmy27 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I have the Fitbit One- I wear it clipped to my bra. Nobody has to know it's there. I also feel like it's more accurate than the wrist-worn ones. A previous employer subsidized fitbits for staff and...

  15. Scared of loans

    emmy27 replied to tanac's topic in General Nursing

    I went the community college route, worked for several years with my ADN, then did a BSN completion program while working full-time (there was no difference in income for ADN/BSN employees where I was...

  16. Everyone wants me to take Nursing?

    emmy27 replied to PoppyLizz's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that you should like what you're doing, and that nursing, whether LPN or RN, requires a level of drive and interest that it doesn't sound like you have. That said, you should think carefully...

  17. How to tell administration enough is enough

    emmy27 replied to Lano1's topic in General Nursing

    This is possibly the craziest scheme I've ever heard of in terms of nursing expectations and lord knows there are a lot of crazy expectations. Get out of there. Get. Out. Management that would even...

  18. Binded with a contract and trying to see the positive side of it.

    emmy27 replied to nursejaclynxx's topic in General Nursing

    Look at that, another one of those "only one post" accounts pops up even there to defend the company from specific complaints with vague praise months after that thread was posted. It's almost like...

  19. Bookbag for nursing school?

    emmy27 replied to abarreto's topic in General Students

    And if that Jansport bag every tears/breaks in any way, they'll fix it or replace it. I've had my two Eastpak (division of Jansport) backpackss for over twenty years now and after sending them in to...

  20. IV compatibility

    emmy27 replied to sara2013's topic in General Nursing

    Every facility I've worked for has had some kind of online database to reference IV compatibility, and pharmacists to ask if you're not sure/genuinely don't have two minutes to look it up. Ask your...

  21. Binded with a contract and trying to see the positive side of it.

    emmy27 replied to nursejaclynxx's topic in General Nursing

    Incidentally, if you google the staffing agency you mentioned, they have all either one or five star reviews... and the five star reviews are all from accounts that have only left one review, that...

  22. Binded with a contract and trying to see the positive side of it.

    emmy27 replied to nursejaclynxx's topic in General Nursing

    Consider this a valuable lesson in that good employers rarely require contracts (because their staff don't leave in droves), and any contracts you do sign should be read and understood in detail...

  23. Career Change-confused!!

    emmy27 replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I did shadow a nurse before applying to nursing school, in addition to having serious conversations with several practicing nurses (and people in other allied health fields, as I considered...

  24. I lack basic nursing skills

    emmy27 replied to JFLEURIM's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Be nice to the CNAs at your job. Tell them you admire their skill and efficiency and ask them to show you the best way to do things like transfers and changes. They're often underappreciated and will...

  25. Lvn = working w/stable pts??

    emmy27 replied to Lrodrig1089's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No matter what area of nursing you work in, even if you typically are assigned stable patients, there will always be the possibility for patients to destabilize, and identifying and intervening when...