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  1. Pronouncing someone with a pacemaker

    surferbettycrocker replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Cardiac

    kudos to tweedles and a few others who are taking in the whole picture. personally i was just focused on the device durng this thread and thinking =anyone curbside EP service? they program, reprogram,...

  2. How does cardiac tele compare with med-surg?

    surferbettycrocker replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Cardiac

    i have to chime in and say for the record 'higher acuity' units can very much be labor intensive. med/surg is 'sometimes' where step downs/tele floors get their business "s/p total hip then went into...

  3. Early burn out

    surferbettycrocker replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in General Nursing

    if i may---i thought i went into nursing eyes wide open. i worked at a nursing tech for many years to see if nursing was for me. then ileft that job b/c i didnt like what i saw nurses putting up with!...

  4. Need encouragement, very anxious

    surferbettycrocker replied to Bluekal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    kudos to all the poster on here who are sticking it out and to the poster who said just keep showing up to grind it out for a year. its funny if you look to where most the new grad hiring is doing its...

  5. Help! Stuck in my job and hating it

    surferbettycrocker replied to faithoRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    did i read that right 3 months? im sorry to sound so curt but NURSING IS HARD. and working holidays and weekends is expected. in the hiring process they can tellyou every 3rd weekend but do you have a...

  6. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    surferbettycrocker replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    take people who are sick probably CHRONICALLY ill, even frequent flyer with some flare up of a terminal/depressing diagnosis and ask them to give you a brilliant review of customer care. i agree its...

  7. What to do when.....?

    surferbettycrocker replied to Darknights's topic in General Nursing

    you know sometimes i wonder if the dying patients hang on by a paper thin thread when family is in the room. i have heard of and witnessed patients actively dyeing who give their last breath just as...

  8. does working with 'ill and infirm' depress you ever?

    surferbettycrocker posted a topic in General Nursing

    fellow rn lpn cna: probably a silly question but do you ever get depressed working around "sick" people (adults, teens, infants, pedi's) for several hours a day many days a week? or guilty that you...

  9. does working with 'ill and infirm' depress you ever?

    surferbettycrocker replied to surferbettycrocker's topic in General Nursing

    thank you lpnwheezy. i know during the course of a day we see things that are really upsetting. it just seems crazy to think about it sometimes that we in healthcare have to normalize things that are...

  10. Almost a year in and more scared than before

    surferbettycrocker replied to aerorunner80's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i am 4.5 years in and i still feel scared and i dont think i ever will NOT feel scared. maybe its just me, maybe its good to have that healthy dose of fear following you during working hours. i have...

  11. New nurse...hate my job...don't know what to do

    surferbettycrocker replied to elmoRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    any chance at all you can switch to days? then get acclimated to days learn as much as you can about ortho and wait till a year to switch departments? heres the silver lining 1.u r not an ortho...

  12. Sleeping on lunch break

    surferbettycrocker replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    doctors nap on night shift- hell i seen some of em straight up SLEEP on night shift . should that be a no no or is that just for nurses. off topic why are nurses so self righteous some times? "you...

  13. boston nurses--what makes boston a great place for nurses?

    surferbettycrocker posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    to all the boston nurses ( and all points around boston) since the job market seems so tight round there--what makes this so? are boston nurses working in better working environments? more support...

  14. Help me understand

    surferbettycrocker replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    did you ask the doc to help you understand? seems like the ER doc would be the perfect person to ask why no tpa for this

  15. How to quit my internship

    surferbettycrocker replied to 10524246's topic in First Year After Licensure

    what willyou do if/when you quit your internship? any idea on what unit you would like to

  16. What are my chances of getting an RN job in NYC?

    surferbettycrocker replied to zolow's topic in New York Nursing

    some hospitals in nyc ask for nursing school transcripts for new

  17. Do Nurses have to give Bad News and How?

    surferbettycrocker replied to lenoxat325's topic in General Nursing

    from reading some of the posts here it sounds an awful lot like nurses are giving prognosis/diagnosis. that is dangerous ground; its beyond nurse scope ofpractice. and for a less experienced nurse...

  18. Miserable on the job....

    surferbettycrocker replied to ALH2004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    if you can stick it out until may i know it will be a test of wills but trust me you will feel better about sticking it out. do you have any battle buddies on the unit? can you switch to days at all?...

  19. Done with school but don't want to start work as a nurse...

    surferbettycrocker replied to anichka1285's topic in General Nursing

    i dont agree with sticking it out. your intuition is telling you not to push forward and i would listen to that. i too want to exit nursing but ia m stuck at the moment and hope to get unstuck with in...

  20. Tired of floor nursing

    surferbettycrocker replied to chrisg0705's topic in General Nursing

    i wonder if alot of career changers end up getting the heck outta nursing. i have a few freinds who were career changersa nd cannot believe the atmosphere of bedisde nursing. most left within a few...

  21. Advice for the New Cardiac RN

    surferbettycrocker replied to ElizabethRN10's topic in Cardiac

    i agree with NYLady you do not need to learn to read 12 leads. the best you can do is get EKG as baseline when pt admitted ot your unit and when any changes occur. always have ekg's for comparison at...

  22. Starting out as a case manager, was that a wrong move?

    surferbettycrocker replied to HIVRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    personally, i think any expereince can be used to your advantage you are still and rn and using assessment, time mgmt teaching patient contact and even phlebotomyskills which some rns dont need to...

  23. Almost a year under my belt and applying to MSN

    surferbettycrocker replied to Lammy01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    most are mucho expensive. are you takng out loans? or working. t depends on what your focus is MSN for teaching? just standard msn, or NP program

  24. 7 months pregnant and starting as a new grad!!

    surferbettycrocker replied to dncndva215's topic in First Year After Licensure

    what type of unit are you working on? i hope not tele....tee hee hee

  25. We can do this!

    surferbettycrocker replied to RNdit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    congrats keep up the good work. bettyboop waht was your former career if you dont mind me asking? i understand this is a venting site for nursing but does anyoneelse think its crazy that "just hang in...