solneeshka

solneeshka BSN, RN

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  1. How did everyone get into the OR?

    solneeshka replied to JLKNurse's topic in Operating Room

    Some of those returning moms who came back to school to get their nursing degree *did* work their way through nursing school AND got A's. If they had kids at home, trust me, they were not sitting...

  2. Feel traumatized

    solneeshka replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. Especially if I had clearance from my charge, I would have given it a try. But when it was clear that it wasn't going in okay for whatever reason, I would have stopped and tried to...

  3. Night shift and daycare- ahh!

    solneeshka replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    I have been in your position except that I have one child and he's a little older than yours but still young. I was in nursing school in a city with no relatives when my marriage disintegrated and my...

  4. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

    solneeshka replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    I was very resistant to bedside report when we first implemented it but I have been won over. I had thought it would take much longer but I find that it's actually much faster. The reason? You cut out...

  5. Fast acting insulin and meal time--it's just not that simple

    solneeshka replied to kanzi monkey's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, we do what has been mentioned several times here, and it's part of the order set: The Novolog SS is given regardless of whether the pt is eating or not because it's corrective. If...

  6. Question about licensure

    solneeshka replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to tell the folks who administer the NCLEX the state to which you want your results to be sent, and you can only choose one. So you do need to make a choice before you sit for the exam....

  7. no regular schedule

    solneeshka replied to GratefulHeart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have self-scheduling and it's a joke with all of the requirements they include. By the time you add every 3rd weekend (which I know is light on weekends), 3 Mondays and 3 Fridays in a 6 week...

  8. I hate nursing..

    solneeshka replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The absolute positively worst thing about my job (med-surg) is without a question the other nurses. I had heard what we've all heard about nurses eating their young, didn't believe it would really be...

  9. Life is too short to be this stressed

    solneeshka replied to missninaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One night I just had to know how much time all of this charting eats up out of a 12 hour shift. Except for meds, I saved all of my charting to start at about 2.00am. I charted straight through,...

  10. Who loves their job?

    solneeshka replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    What is a day like? What about quality of life - what kind of hours, how is the pay? If you wanted to go back to clinical nursing, do you think you'd be able

  11. Who loves their job?

    solneeshka replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    What is your

  12. All nursing floor - with no nursing assistants???

    solneeshka replied to JSBoston's topic in General Nursing

    Because the patients get higher quality and more consistent care so they don't have to stay as long and the risk of complications is reduced. Those are both things that the hospital, not insurance,...

  13. Walking Rounds

    solneeshka replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP's manager calls this walking report, then I'm all for it! On our unit, we get our knuckles slapped if we don't do full report in the patient's

  14. Walking Rounds

    solneeshka replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    This is how is actually turns out most of the time on our unit. We give regular report in private and then together go see the patient, peek in, make sure they're breathing! I think this is an...

  15. Walking Rounds

    solneeshka replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    It's a pain, I'm sorry. Managers like them because they read about it in a book somewhere or heard about it at a conference and they think it will give the patient a warm fuzzy, raise patient...

  16. ADN or BSN?

    solneeshka replied to Marissa2619's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Getting an MSN straight from an ADN is not necessarily so easy. There are school that offer such programs, but what you essentially do is take the rest of the coursework that you would have needed...

  17. Is this even possible?

    solneeshka replied to lcs7h's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you work on another floor at the same hospital, they still have to pay you overtime for any hours over 40. You would have to split it up over at least 2 hospitals. No one is going to hire a...

  18. All nursing floor - with no nursing assistants???

    solneeshka replied to JSBoston's topic in General Nursing

    I actually work on a primary nursing floor and the lot of us who started there did so because we liked the idea *in* *theory*. In theory, it's the best way to provide care because there is so much...

  19. Things pts do that make you want to go hit your ahead against a brick wall.

    solneeshka replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, now I won't be able to sleep tonight!

  20. Am i doing the right thing?

    solneeshka replied to Emily09's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is hard but I couldn't love my job more. Shadow so you know what you're getting

  21. Any other GNs starting at Barnes in June...?

    solneeshka posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'll be starting at Barnes-Jewish this summer and I know there are about 10 GNs starting at that time on my unit,and plenty more throughout the facility. Any others out there that want to get in touch...

  22. Any other GNs starting at Barnes in June...?

    solneeshka replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    Missouri actually is not a compact state. If you are still in school, then all you do is instead of applying to the Utah Board of Nursing, you apply directly to the Missouri Board of Nursing. If you...

  23. Does anyone else like working night shift besides me?

    solneeshka replied to Joyfullme's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, yes, with a 2 1/2 year old and a 10-month old at home, you are going to have a hard time sleeping during the day. Unless they take VERY long

  24. Do nursing students just get their names engraved?

    solneeshka replied to centralFLnurse2be's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It would really make you look bad for anyone who actually is an RN to see a studen put "RN" after their name. Plus, it's also technically illegal. When I was a student, I had my first name put on my...

  25. Mgr brings up events on previous shifts-feeling blindsided

    solneeshka replied to GraceNotes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you take them home, it doesn't matter if you keep them secure or don't remove them from your home, you can get fired for doing that. It's happened to many nurses who have posted on this site. Do...