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  1. Floated for the first time

    DoeRN replied to CalicoKitty's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What kind of floor did you get floated

  2. Old nurse required to get BSN

    DoeRN replied to Bellona's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Checkout

  3. If you could pick your ideal job in nursing, what would it be?

    DoeRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I said this would be my close to retirement

  4. Floated for the first time

    DoeRN replied to CalicoKitty's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a float nurse and though I am not happy with direct patient care I do enjoy floating. I learn something new everyday and I don't get mixed up in the politics. And for the most part the floor is...

  5. How to get out of patient care?

    DoeRN replied to lockheart678's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought about case management? Depending on where you are charge you may have an assignment. I would quite often especially if we were short

  6. What is the one thing that turns your stomach?

    DoeRN replied to FDW630's topic in General Students

    Me too!! I wanted to become an OB nurse until I had the actual class. I quickly changed my

  7. Yet another burned-out nurse question...

    DoeRN replied to Gabrielle33's topic in General Nursing

    Yay so happy for you! You're an inspiration to us

  8. Reality shock

    DoeRN replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have to work 3 days in a row? Can the charge nurse help out? That's a lot to deal

  9. If you could pick your ideal job in nursing, what would it be?

    DoeRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Using my nursing background but not doing direct patient care. Doing research or informatics Mon-Fri 7:00-3:30 is my dream nursing job. And working independently and not around a bunch of people...

  10. Lawyer to Nurse

    DoeRN replied to layne228's topic in Nursing Career

    That's great you followed your heart. I'm doing the opposite. I'm going to law school. I've always wanted to become one but went to nursing school

  11. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

    DoeRN replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sistasoul I agree with you 100%. I care about what happens to people at a bad time in their life but that doesn't give them the right to be mean and hateful. With my job I travel for a healthcare...

  12. Time to throw in the towel...

    DoeRN replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I know I don't post much and what I do post I gripe about being unhappy. Have you started looking at other avenues? I know everyone says hang in there, have activities outside work etc. But if work...

  13. Yet another burned-out nurse question...

    DoeRN replied to Gabrielle33's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate. I haven't been a nurse as long as you but I have been in direct patient care for 11 years with 5 of those being a nurse. I was going back to school for a graduate degree next fall but...

  14. Tampa, FL Hospitals: HELP!

    DoeRN replied to rachel3332's topic in Florida Nursing

    Baycare is better. Stay away from

  15. Alert and oriented man in LTC abusive to staff

    DoeRN replied to frankie2286's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know if it's right but whenever I get in report a patient similar to this. One who abuses the staff. I go in right away and tell that patient that if you put your hands on me or abuse me in...

  16. Would you marry a Doctor?

    DoeRN replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't think I would marry a doctor. I didn't become a nurse to snag a doctor. If I happen to meet one that wasn't obnoxious and generally nice then yes. Oh and his student loans were paid

  17. Any ICU's ambulating vented patients?

    DoeRN replied to hodgieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Worked in a top 10 hospital and there was a unit at that hospital that did this with portable vents. The patients had better outcomes and were extubated quicker. Guess that's one of the reasons they...

  18. PRN confusion

    DoeRN replied to kate99's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I wouldn't recommend PRN as a new grad. I work PRN now and I am expected to come in and get to work. I had 1 1/2 days of orientation. I say 1/2 because the computer crashed for half the day. I wasn't...

  19. called in sick, nurse manager calling back (inappropriate tactics?)

    DoeRN replied to jbaggins's topic in General Nursing

    He gave more than enough notice. I wouldn't have answered the phone. If he is sick then he is sick. The nurse manger should have stepped up to the plate and taken an assignment. But to answer your...

  20. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    DoeRN replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow I want to work at your hospital. I worked on a PCU recently and had 6 patients on days! I wasn't too happy about that and will never take a full time assignment on that floor. I'm a float nurse...

  21. Assessments every shift?

    DoeRN replied to Ntheboat2's topic in General Nursing

    I always do a head to toe assessment. I'm a float nurse so I never trust what someone else documented. I've have found wounds that weren't documented, someone is hard of hearing and that wasn't...

  22. Float Pool Nurses

    DoeRN replied to Capco56's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I float and sometimes I do get sent to another floor. It does suck sometimes. It doesn't happen too often for me. The thing that frustrates me is a lot of times I get the hardest patients. But then I...

  23. Facebook while on the clock?

    DoeRN replied to maureen924's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't have fb but I do check my email and other things on my lunch break. Usually I have a heavy assignment because I'm a float nurse so I barely get a chance to use the bathroom let alone check the...

  24. 20 years and need off the floor

    DoeRN replied to jackiejo's topic in Nursing Career

    Have you thought about a clinic/outpatient setting? Especially with your experience in

  25. 7 weeks into orientation, now this?

    DoeRN replied to born2circulateRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think since you are still in orientation and your preceptor holds your job in his hands do what he asks as long as it isn't against hospital policy or your SBON regulations. It will be an easier...