miss_c

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  1. First Code Blue on my patient!

    miss_c posted a topic in General Nursing

    i'm a relatively new grad; i just finished my first year on a telemetry floor. last night i had my first patient code. now i've assisted with other code blues, but have never had it happen to my...

  2. First Code Blue on my patient!

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for the replys and kind words. I needed

  3. Need job advice!

    miss_c posted a topic in General Nursing

    i graduated in dec with my adn, i am currently working the evening shift on a tele unit, i like my job, love my coworkers, but the hours are a problem. my children are in school during my off time and...

  4. Need job advice!

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replys! Good luck with the job search

  5. Patient Abandoment

    miss_c posted a topic in General Nursing

    i know this has been discussed before, but i had an issue last night and wanted some input! the oncoming shift was short staffed d/t a call off; i agreed to stay over 4 hours. during that extra 4...

  6. So I hate my job.

    miss_c posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been at my position on a telemetry floor for about 6 months and I hate it! On my way to work I feel on the verge of a panic attack (I haven't actually had one, but I feel like it could progress),...

  7. Patient Abandoment

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Thanks for all the replys! I think the supervisor was threatening me with mandation because it was the easy thing to do. When I agreed to stay the previous supervisor had stated that unless the...

  8. Patient Abandoment

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the responses! At the time, I was not concerned with facility policy (I would accept my punishment), but, I was concerned with the threat of patient abandoment. However, my husband had to...

  9. I called in today, no I mean ..I called Out! / huh??

    miss_c replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    That's funny! I'm in Ohio and I "call in", never "call

  10. Dealing with CNA's

    miss_c posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new Grad on a Tele floor, last night I overheard a Nursing Assistant telling my patient not to eat the broccoli in his salad since he is on Coumadin. She went on and on about how she "thought"...

  11. Dealing with CNA's

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your advise! dthomasa I will try to "NURSE UP" (I may even quote you on

  12. Prior CNA Experience Survey - Nurses Needed for Statistics Class Research

    miss_c replied to jtboz's topic in General Students

    i feel that being a cna prior to being a nurse was very helpful. in the least i was more comfortable in a hospital room and was comfortable talking with ill patients and their families. while being a...

  13. Help, I have two job offers

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for the advise. I just returned from HR at the LTC, I was honest with them (I did not apply for the tele position they called out of the blue), I appologized for waisting their time...

  14. Help, I have two job offers

    miss_c posted a topic in General Nursing

    i am a new graduate rn, through school i worked as an aide on a telemetry floor. i had my practicum internship on this floor it and it is where i thought i would start my career. however, by the time...

  15. Help, I have two job offers

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for the responses! I made my decision and accepted the telemetry position! I was excited to learn that they are going to allow me to work 4 evenings instead of 5! Now, all I have to do...

  16. briefs or diapers

    miss_c replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I call them undergarments

  17. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    miss_c replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    I did not take offense to your different point of view until your last paragraph about the scolding part. Now I feel as if I have been scolded and I must confess that posters like you are the reasons...

  18. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    miss_c replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you find that sad? Taking care of people is a wonderful

  19. Help with dosage calc problems!

    miss_c posted a topic in General Students

    I have never had a problem with dosage calcuations (I'm in my 3rd semester) however, I have 2 review problems that I can't figure out. 1. A medication comes in gr. 1/16 per ml. You are to give 250...

  20. Politely Refusing to Share Grades

    miss_c replied to Cilantrophobe's topic in General Students

    I always ask how everyone did! I am just looking for an "I did well, ok, or not so good". I am not looking to see if I did better than they did. If someone did well and I didn't I ask them about...

  21. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    miss_c replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    OMG! Are you in my study group! I have a person who comes and finds my study group prior to tests/quiz and wants to know what we thougt was important because she didn't study at all! She then actually...

  22. Help with dosage calc problems!

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Students

    I have found several other mistakes on our practice sheet. That makes the practice very I'm not sure if grains are still used or not! I just know they sometimes show up on our tests! Thanks for...

  23. Help with dosage calc problems!

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Students

    It is grains I suppose I posted exactly how the question

  24. Sharing information

    miss_c posted a topic in General Students

    during the christmas break i spent hours preparing charts for all of the drugs we were required to know for the coming semester. the charts contain generic and brand names, drug classification,...

  25. Sharing information

    miss_c replied to miss_c's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone for your replies. I felt like maybe I was being somthing that rhymes with witch. I would be glad to share this information with most people in my class, however this particular...