emmy27

emmy27

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  1. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

    emmy27 replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

    Our Adult Health II clinical rotation we had an instructor who had done 20 years in the OR and not set foot on a med/surg floor since nursing school, and she didn't have a clue. She gave us all kinds...

  2. Circumstances it's OK to quit without notice??

    emmy27 replied to Cola89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is terrible advice. While it's true many HR departments don't give specific negative references, that's not true of all, and even those who don't give specifics often categorize former employees...

  3. Working while in school?

    emmy27 replied to Bb0322's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time as a nanny during my prereq classes, then PRN as a tech in the hospital during my nursing classes (usually weekend evenings/nights). It was hard and I was really tired, but having...

  4. Nursing path Advice (high school senior)

    emmy27 replied to wendyk02's topic in Nursing Career

    These answers are mostly subjective and also very dependent on where you live and what schools you're considering, as well as your aptitude and work ethic. ADN *is* a degree- an associates degree- and...

  5. Wheelchair brakes a restraint in LTC?

    emmy27 replied to PoultryGirl17's topic in Canada

    I am American, but the rationale we were taught is that anything that limits a patient's actual abilities and can't be voluntarily undone by them is a restraint and needs to be documented as such. So...

  6. Fitness, nightshift, and sleep.

    emmy27 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and as far as meal prep, prepping a weeks' worth of lunches and dinners on a night off and freezing/refrigerating them is a huge help- that extra 20 or 30 minutes of sleep on your work days will be...

  7. Fitness, nightshift, and sleep.

    emmy27 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked nightshift, I would try to get up early enough to work out before my shifts. It's hard, but it was easier for me than working out after night shifts. When I worked out after shifts...

  8. Oh, you quirky night shifter you!

    emmy27 replied to dannibeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I loved nights for the five years I worked them. Always felt much more alert during my shifts and slept better in the day (I've always been nocturnal). It was a little rough on my days off, being in a...

  9. Weed and work.

    emmy27 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not commonly, but I've had a pre-employment test for every job I've ever had, and everyone I know who has been injured on the job has had to take an immediate tox screen as part of workman's comp, as...

  10. Bad job reference from my school...now what?

    emmy27 replied to Dreamscometru's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's perfectly legal to give a negative reference, it's simply policy at many places not to, since it opens them up to liability in terms of someone accusing them of giving a *false* reference, and...

  11. Unhappy CNA on night shift. Help?

    emmy27 replied to michigan94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A nurse can do everything that a CNA can do, but a CNA cannot do everything a nurse can do. There's a huge amount of unseen work in nursing (charting, notifying the provider, and med prep especially),...

  12. New nurse-what do I bring daily for work?

    emmy27 replied to Kebby1016's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Stethoscope, pens (I keep a couple distinctive ones so I'm more likely to track them down when they wander off), a sharpie clipped to my badge, trauma shears, a bunch of shelf-stable snacks and some...

  13. How often did YOU see the school nurse?

    emmy27 replied to SnugglePuggle's topic in School

    No school nurse at my (tiny) grade school or large urban high school. I did go to the office to be sent home for migraine headaches so often in sixth grade that they threatened to make me repeat...

  14. So fed up with my coworker

    emmy27 replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work PRN because that was what was available when I was hired and I was in school at the time and valued the flexibility. I stay PRN because the working conditions are poor, and I only want to work...

  15. Overtime pay and taxes

    emmy27 replied to JVoEDrn's topic in General Nursing

    The numbers on this article are a few years out of date but this is a pretty straightforward explanation of what's really going on when people think OT has "eaten their paycheck:" Where Did My...

  16. Overtime pay and taxes

    emmy27 replied to JVoEDrn's topic in General Nursing

    What you see on your paystub as "taxes" is *not* your actual tax bill, it's your "withholding"- what your employers/the IRS estimate you will owe in taxes. This is a usually a roughly accurate...

  17. Accelerated nursing programs-- will hospital pay back student loans from undergrad?

    emmy27 replied to grizzly_o's topic in Nursing Career

    Every hospital is different, many no longer offer tuition reimbursement at all, or if they do it's limited and only for current employees seeking degrees specific to their career at the hospital (so,...

  18. Advice about RN school

    emmy27 replied to sandi2's topic in Nursing Career

    There are refresher programs specifically designed for people who have been out of the workforce for several years (many states mandate that you take them if you go more than five years without...

  19. Not having kids until 35

    emmy27 replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    Male fertility does decrease with age, but it's less of a dramatic dropoff the way it is for women and more of a gradual decline in fertility and increase in the risk of health problems. Sperm...

  20. Snag the new grad

    emmy27 replied to zephyr9's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There's usually a reason behind a chronic staffing problem that's retention-related, something that's driving staff away- management issues, intentional understaffing to save money, supply problems,...

  21. New grad nurse given an offer through CLF Staffing for a position in a CVICU. Need advice!

    emmy27 replied to positive_nursing's topic in General Nursing

    The most important aspect of a new grad job is not the prestige of the hospital (and having worked at both magnet and non-magnet facilities, I wouldn't personally take magnet status in to account-...

  22. ER pain treatment after accident without ID on the person?

    emmy27 replied to aquestionhere's topic in Emergency

    Also, "They are a USA legal citizen with an SSN, employed, and health insurance, just don't have their photo ID on their person" is totally irrelevant to receiving emergency care in the US. You can be...

  23. ER pain treatment after accident without ID on the person?

    emmy27 replied to aquestionhere's topic in Emergency

    That NP was either confused or pulling your leg. We give controlled substances to John Doe trauma patients as well as people who can tell us their name but have no identification (whether due to age,...

  24. Divorced due to nursing career?

    emmy27 replied to seahawksgirlie's topic in General Nursing

    It's impossible to tell from your description of events whether your husband is a control freak or a reasonable person frustrated by the toll your extreme dedication to a debilitating job took on your...

  25. Tips for Being a Good Patient

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

    Definitely bring some of your own incontinence supplies; while hospitals stock them, they are rarely as nice or comfortable for patients as the ones they use at home (most hospitals don't stock the...