emmy27

emmy27

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  1. Why nurses don't want to talk to a ward psychologist?

    emmy27 replied to manjar's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem talking to a therapist and have done so of my own volition when struggling with issues in the past. But I would never avail myself if one who was also a coworker. Even if I trusted...

  2. Manager catch phrases

    emmy27 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    All the members of our leadership team- basically everyone who has a desk job in our department- ends all their department-wide emails with "I appreciate you all!" They *have* to have learned it in...

  3. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    emmy27 replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    The opportunity to purchase a t-shirt if we wanted it

  4. My co-worker hates me for doing my job.

    emmy27 replied to KwowRn's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Literally the only person I've ever seen get angry at someone wanting to watch them waste was later fired for diversion. I can imagine a way that the request could be phrased/toned to get someone's...

  5. Pay grades for different units??

    emmy27 replied to MarySnov's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Everywhere I have worked there has been no difference. There is sometimes a small differential for certifications or a BSN, but some places don't even offer that, but rather count those things as...

  6. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    emmy27 replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    Many nurses work a full-time 36 hour job and a second per diem/PRN job (which can vary in hours from as few as one shift a month to one or more a week). The per diem job usually pays more/hour as it...

  7. Input Needed - What brand of scrubs do you prefer?

    emmy27 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Wonderwink- I like their "origins" (basic cotton/poly) line as well as their various performance lines. Fit well, have nice pockets with interior dividers, wear well, and are cheap. I have some...

  8. ER rushing patients to the floor

    emmy27 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    You realize that when an ER nurse transports the patient (mandatory for ICU patients in all facilities I've worked and common for all patients, especially on night shifts and weekends), she is also...

  9. How to protect yourself from infections after work?

    emmy27 replied to NurseIAm0613's topic in General Nursing

    If I step in something horrifying, I wipe down the soles of my shoes, and I wipe my phone down with alcohol wipes now and then mostly because otherwise touching it to my face seems to increase...

  10. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    emmy27 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Weird how true mortgage companies don't provide mortgages for the love and gift of underwriting, though, and true grocers don't distribute food for the love of... grocing? True nurses *provide good...

  11. Devastated about my recent preceptorship placement in med surg

    emmy27 replied to SF BSN2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had a PICU preceptorship (that went very well!), one that I fought and begged for (because prior to that semester they didn't place in PICU) that I thought was the first step towards working in...

  12. ER rushing patients to the floor

    emmy27 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering about this, too. What course would you suggest the ER take with a full code patient six hours from

  13. Feeling VERY Incompetent

    emmy27 replied to kyfitch's topic in General Nursing

    One of my (dearly beloved) instructors as a student made the comment, when someone expressed concern over feeling like she wouldn't know everything she needed to be a staff nurse, "You definitely...

  14. Possibly being recorded

    emmy27 replied to Papercutz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, I encountered this with a patient who would have her phone on under the blankets and try to goad staff in to saying something inappropriate. This was just one in an entire galaxy of trying...

  15. Possibly being recorded

    emmy27 replied to Papercutz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Why would a patient be liable for a HIPAA violation? They are not covered by HIPAA. HIPAA governs how healthcare providers and entities manage health information, not how everyone in the world

  16. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    emmy27 replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    By and large variations in staff nurse pay are determined by geographic location, experience, and shift, not specialty (although of course working in a higher-demand specialty makes it easier to go...

  17. Civilian army nurse

    emmy27 replied to tamaraaustin197's topic in Government, Military

    I interviewed for an RN position on an army post and was told that the fastest the hiring process could possibly go once the official offer was made would be three months, and that it might take as...

  18. Chinese births in U.S. hospitals?

    emmy27 replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly anyone who has the long-term organizational skills, patience, and financial resources to gather 30K, travel halfway around the world while heavily pregnant, raise a bilingual child who can...

  19. Is not answering the phone for work bad?

    emmy27 replied to CedarGirl10's topic in General Nursing

    You can say yes to working extra 99 times and then that hundredth time you say no, *people will still talk about it*. It's not fair so just ignore it. Set your limits. Meet the terms of your contract,...

  20. ER rushing patients to the floor

    emmy27 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    We have staggered shifts at my current ED and there are still a lot of patients going up between 1700 and 1900- and it's not because that's how the staff RNs like it (nobody likes to play phone tag,...

  21. My career plan feels shaky

    emmy27 replied to GK-Seedy's topic in General Nursing

    The "catch" is that CRNA school is highly competitive and demanding. You need several years of critical care experience as an RN (something that is not guaranteed to a new grad- some are able to start...

  22. ER rushing patients to the floor

    emmy27 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is, the patients in the lobby stubbornly refuse to stop deteriorating for two- wait, I just re-read that- SIX hours a day. It would be great if hospitalist shifts could be staggered in a...

  23. White Scrubs and That "Time of the Month".

    emmy27 replied to Shookclays's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It *might* hurt a little but as an adult there's a decent chance your hymen has been torn already by just living, or that it has a large enough opening for a tampon naturally anyway. I'd definitely...

  24. ER rushing patients to the floor

    emmy27 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    If med/surg is at 9:1 ratios I can only imagine what the ER is like. This sounds like a nightmare place to work, OP. Staffing is bad in most of healthcare these days but this is truly, exceptionally...

  25. Yacker Tracker in the NICU ???

    emmy27 replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Had one on a med-surg unit. Because of the design of the unit, it only registered the person at one nurses' station, as well as the noise of visitors arriving. Visitors, of course, ignored it, and...