Sean 91

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  1. Most RN's first borns?

    Sean 91 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, RN, third of five. Mother was a nurse, RN, second-born. Her sister also, LPN, fourth-born. My maternal grandmother a diploma nurse, 5th or 6th out of 8. Three cousins, all RN, none first...

  2. Cell Phones: Help or Hindrance?

    Sean 91 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Company cell phone where the phone goes off while you are in pt room vs being called out of a pt's room to take a call. Yes, both have pros and cons--both are EQUALLY bothersome when you are trying...

  3. What stethoscope do you have?

    Sean 91 replied to zooz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Bought a green Littman Cardiology III as a treat for post-graduation but the tubing is very broad. So I got a black Adascope which has a narrower tubing but just as good acoustics and the eartips are...

  4. Men: A solution to the nursing shortage (article)

    Sean 91 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    There is no nursing shortage. It is a factor of experience nurses retiring, yes. But, if anything, it is primarily a management conspiracy to keep budget costs down--as nursing costs are the largest...

  5. Docs yelling at nurses....

    Sean 91 replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I got yelled at by a dr I called when doing a one-night stand on the trauma unit with 11 pts on nightshift. The charge didn't tell me there was a PA taking all calls for the floor. So I called the...

  6. A Nursing Career Over 50

    Sean 91 replied to m9791l's topic in Men in Nursing

    With the right nursing school (and I presume you want to go for a BSN) you should just have to do the sciences. I had a BSBA and MSA, so I had to do ethics (which curiously they didn't require in...

  7. About Your Hours

    Sean 91 replied to J_Jackson's topic in General Nursing

    Used in to work at an HCA nights 7a-7p 12 hr shifts that usually turned into 14-15 hrs 3-4 times/week with 8-10 pts (four times 12 pts, once 11 pts on a traumatic shift in the trauma unit when our...

  8. what's wrong with HCA hospitals?

    Sean 91 replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    HCA consistently understaffs to feed the pocketbook of the Frist family and other investors, thus endangering patients' lives and the livelihood of nurses and doctors whose licenses are put in...

  9. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    Sean 91 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    At my previous employment at an HCA facility as a 12-hr nightshift nurse we had an ave. 8-10 patients at night (several times 12 pts) on a Med-Surg tele floor (and the night where I floated to Trauma...

  10. Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    Sean 91 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    One other example to my previous post for you ICUers who don't like med-surg for good reason. Last eve shift (7-11 p) I was charge nurse, I found out when I got there at 7 pm. There were supposed to...

  11. So..You're going to be a MALE nurse?

    Sean 91 replied to mingez's topic in Men in Nursing

    Not to sound elite, but remember, 25% of the American population still don't have a college degree (29.4 for men, 26.1 women per Google search). And the average reading level is still 6th Grade--in...

  12. Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    Sean 91 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    On Med-Surg one night with three of us RNs on because of a call-in, with 10-11 patients each and expecting another, the charge nurse was a young lady out of ASN-RN one year(, and two aides). (I was...

  13. Is Drug Addiction a Disease?

    Sean 91 replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    Even if, in the stretch of the imagination , it is not a disease, it brings on other ailments for which the pt is treated in the hospital, which can be: Mental illness (cause and effect) vitamin and...

  14. Hospice or Hospital When Your Time Comes?

    Sean 91 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

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  15. Your opinion on retirement benes?

    Sean 91 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Retire? To paraphrase, Old nurse don't retire, they just fade

  16. How many times did you take the NCLEX before you passed?

    Sean 91 replied to blackberry4eva's topic in General Nursing

    I did my 5000 practice questions, which included 3000 on my computer. I took Kaplan to "go over the top" on preparation. Kaplan recommended taking up to 2 minutes for the first 10 questions to get...

  17. What is your nurse to pt ratio....and how many is too many?

    Sean 91 replied to crb613's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oh, I forgot telemetry...we're med-surg telemetry. Last week one overnight I had 12 pts (another nurse had 12 and the thrid nurse had 13 pts), and 8 of those 12 were telemetry. Last night I had 10...

  18. What is your nurse to pt ratio....and how many is too many?

    Sean 91 replied to crb613's topic in Medical-Surgical

    10 to 12 pts per nurse on a med-surg floor nights if one of the scheduled nurses calls in, which is frequent. With 10-12 pts it's not patient care, it is paper care. And it becomes a 15-hr shift....

  19. Please participate in my survey for school

    Sean 91 replied to berny28's topic in General Nursing

    Working for a large for-profit hospital chain: 1) Management, currently. At my hospital nurses are "assayed", that is the charge on duty goes over the patient census and determines what aide mix will...

  20. Butt Checks

    Sean 91 replied to jonear2's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We are required to do a full skin assessment on all patients, including the backside....but we don't unless the person appears at risk. But occasionally you get the walkie-talkie elderly person who...

  21. Ambulation in Long Term Care

    Sean 91 replied to ComicRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Carla Graf, MS, RN, of Univ of Cal-SF has written on this topic in the Jan 2006 issue of AJN, "Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults," which you probably all have rec'd thru ANA membership....

  22. How many Pt do you take care of?

    Sean 91 replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    Here is how a friend, who just retired from nursing and as a professor in nursing, decribed it 30 years ago: 37 patients, three nurses and two aides - a couple of aides, and if the acuity wasn't too...

  23. How many Pt do you take care of?

    Sean 91 replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    Monday night on a med-surg floor at a city hospital in the Heartland there were three nurses for 37 pts, so I got 12, another nurse 12, and the charge took 13--the most she'd ever had, she said. Last...

  24. Percent of men in class?

    Sean 91 replied to RN8Wannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    1/40 (the one being me). You'll survive. It's a good prep for nursing itself where women are still the majority. But doubt you'll be the only male in the class. Give respect and you will get...

  25. Burn Out

    Sean 91 replied to akerdonn's topic in General Nursing

    Four 12 hour shifts (three regularly-scheduled plus a bonus shift) are tough, esp as it is hard to get out at exactly 12 hours. Plus some hospitals have a limit on hours at, for example, 52 hours max...