ONCRN84

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1. Chlorhexidine and dematitis (contact)

   ONCRN84 replied to Jezzb's topic in General Nursing

   My reply is the same as Banora. My old hospital had hand sanitizer with it and it made me break out in contact dermatitis. I went to the derm, that's what he suggested was the culprit, and it...

2. My Favorite Pen Has Been Banned! Help!!!!

   ONCRN84 replied to OldMareLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I like the free pens we get from the organ donation center or the eye bank. They're triangle shaped, black, and always write wonderfully. Weird, I

3. panic attacks

   ONCRN84 replied to essie1's topic in General Nursing

   I had a panic attack at work once. I'm now medicated. Best decision ever. I didn't ever realize how depressed and anxious I was until I felt

4. Wanting to live in WA sooo bad

   ONCRN84 replied to Foxfour's topic in Washington Nursing

   Check out the Tri Cities area (Kadlec Hospital, Kennewick General are two hospitals)... the pay is better than Spokane, cost of living is cheaper than Seattle, and the nursing market isn't as...

5. Can't take the hospital drama anymore...hospice for me?

   ONCRN84 replied to sparketteinok's topic in General Nursing

   I moved 3 hours from my home town and am currently working in a similar environment. Some days are worse than others. The unit I came from was amazing. I had great coworkers and we were very much a...

6. importance of getting report before seeing the patient

   ONCRN84 replied to Kristisnej's topic in General Nursing

   I'd suggest if you find yourself in this situation, start looking through the chart before you pop in on the patients. Check out labs, history, code status, plan, etc. Then you have at least have some...

7. "...Nurses are Doctors SKIVVIES"

   ONCRN84 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

   It's a general statement. I don't hate most doctors, just the ones we all hate. And I can interact with people I don't like in a respectful manner. It's part of being a professional

8. "...Nurses are Doctors SKIVVIES"

   ONCRN84 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

   This made me laugh. Not at you, it was truly amusing to me. Please chart in poetic form at least

9. Karma Kicks back or I was eaten as a student

   ONCRN84 replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

   Funny how life works out, isn't it? I had a terrible preceptor my last semester of nursing school. I cried a lot. I doubted myself as a future nurse. She was an NP student at the time. She graduated...

10. "...Nurses are Doctors SKIVVIES"

    ONCRN84 replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    I went back to my highschool during my freshman year of college and in conversation with my old chemistry teacher, I mentioned I was going into nursing. He said "why not be a doctor? You're smart....

11. Nursing school is awful in so many ways....

    ONCRN84 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    Focus on school, your family, and your outside friends. Do what you need to do to succeed and get out. Then it doesn't matter. Our nursing program was actually pretty good. We had a small class and we...

12. Giving Tobramycin nebs while pregnant

    ONCRN84 replied to redhairboy's topic in General Nursing

    I'd talk to your OB and do some research. Congrats on the pregnancy and good

13. Night Shifters... How do you do it?

    ONCRN84 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I take Melatonin to sleep. Day or night. The day before my first night back I usually sleep until 10am then take a nap late evening and stay up until 5am. Then I sleep until 3 or 4pm, get up, get...

14. Night Shifters... How do you do it?

    ONCRN84 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Provigil... what is this pharmaceutical you speak of and why have I not tried

15. A step backwards: Are you seeing this too?

    ONCRN84 replied to UnionRN2's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have weekend options. Somehow it got put into the contract that if you work 2 weekends in a row they have to pay you overtime and you can't opt out. I understand that it's there to protect...