Aurora77

Aurora77

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  1. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    Aurora77 replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how well this holds up in court. In my LPN program, good writing and charting skills were practically beaten into us. If a physician or nurse ends up in court and their charting lacks basic...

  2. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    Aurora77 replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    You just about made me spew half chewed gummy bear. That's hilarious. I absolutely agree with you. I see text speak and other serious grammar errors and I automatically think "moron that I would...

  3. A Time You Made a Patient Smile?

    Aurora77 replied to amyn87's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had an elderly woman with multiple broken ribs. We tried all kinds of pain meds, nothing was helping. Finally got an order for something new (don't remember what now). I give the med then go off...

  4. 3 types of shifts

    Aurora77 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Last night was definitely a stick the straw directly into the rum night. Only 5 patients, but 3 required a lot of work so I was running all night long. Since my tolerance for alcohol is about zero,...

  5. What's up with veteran nurses hating on new grads?

    Aurora77 replied to jennilynn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm another new nurse who's sick of this topic. I've been a nurse for almost 7 months now (woo hoo!) and love the crusty old bats I work with. I ask questions, take notes, listen to all the tips and...

  6. Help, I Don't Feel Ready :(

    Aurora77 replied to Iammblessed2011's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're definitely ready. I started about a month before you and was on my own by the end of August. It's scary, but you can do it. Just keep asking questions and ask for help when you need it....

  7. Dumb things new nurses do....

    Aurora77 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Another thing I'm great at is forgetting to clamp a piggyback med when I switch it out for a new one. I've done this more often than I should. One more very valuable lesson I've learned is to...

  8. Dumb things new nurses do....

    Aurora77 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have done the not shutting off TPN thing. My critical wasn't 900, but like 500. When I came back that evening I had the same round of pts. The nurse I got report from started with "They wanted me...

  9. Pregnancy and dismissal from nursing school

    Aurora77 replied to Bronxtale's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If the 8 days weren't important and didn't affect your education, there wouldn't be clinical requirements. Obviously there are minimum standards in place for a reason. Missing so much school WILL...

  10. Pregnancy and dismissal from nursing school

    Aurora77 replied to Bronxtale's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Unfortunately, if they let you miss more days than allowed, they then have to allow everyone to do the same thing. See if they can let you pick up where you left off. Congrats on your new blessing!...

  11. Compassion Fatigue!!!!

    Aurora77 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness, I could have written your post. I had a very similar patient recently. Pt and family talked to physician, doc ordered pain meds he was comfortable with (cause, you know, there's that...

  12. Night shift- when do you exercise?

    Aurora77 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I'll exercise on my days (or nights, rather :) ) off. There's just too little time between shifts--I need my sleep or I'll be

  13. What's Wrong With 21st Century Nursing

    Aurora77 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You got messed over then. There's something wrong with a program that doesn't teach those things--what else did you during school? I'm not being snarky, I really want to know. I went through an LPN...

  14. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Aurora77 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've seen pediatric post op patients cry less than you, you big "tough" guy. Every time you hit your call light when you KNOW you can't have pain meds yet, I'm going to postpone giving you your next...

  15. Respiratory acidosis/failure s/s

    Aurora77 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm a med-surg nurse that floated to my hospital's CCU the other night. Another nurse's pt was in respiratory acidosis and had to be intubated. It was caught when the pt's morning ABGs were drawn....

  16. How can I learn to not be so emotional?

    Aurora77 replied to SoPoSan's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think it's a bad thing to let your pts/families see you cry. It can't be a regular occurrence and the situation can't be turned to be about you, the nurse, but tears a natural part of being...

  17. teaching hospital vs. community hospitals and the rn

    Aurora77 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights at a small (125 bed) community hospital and love it. We have a pretty broad range of care for such a small hospital. We do treat strokes, MIs (we've got small ICU/CCU units), etc, as...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Aurora77 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I stayed over this morning to help you with a pt I passed off to you. I was happy to do it. In return do you think you could pass your 1700 and 1800 meds? If this was a one off it would be one...

  19. New job...daily essentials?

    Aurora77 replied to danielle vines's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Great advice here. Something else that helps me is to put things in the same pocket every time, that way I can just reach and go and not think about it. Cell phone (for calculator) in left side...

  20. RN-BSN acceptance before licensure

    Aurora77 replied to MotivatedOne's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    UMKC in Missouri. I had to send them proof of licensure before I could enroll, but I was conditionally accepted prior to

  21. Are there any ADN advocates out there??

    Aurora77 replied to pbstrums's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    For you, it doesn't make sense. To see financial gain you'd have to work well past when I bet you want to retire. If they do force you to do it, can you take a class a semester so it looks like...

  22. how long to wait?

    Aurora77 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Call HR and verify they even received your application. Since it's online, you don't have any way to know. That happened to me with my job. I heard nothing for ages, finally called. Within a week,...

  23. Magnet Designation

    Aurora77 replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    I know nothing about magnet status, other than my hospital doesn't have it, but I had to comment on this. This is such an astute statement. I'm a CC prepared RN working on my BSN and we've spent a lot...

  24. Nursing is not easy money, no gain no pain

    Aurora77 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, it's all about perspective. I doubled my pay and work fewer hours than I did in my previous career. I'm in a climate controlled environment, not out in 0 degrees and 100 degree weather. It's...

  25. NOW how does it feel???

    Aurora77 replied to JanetCCURN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not too far at all. That is