MissBrahmsRN

PS: in our system the docs all wear almost ankle length white coats. the one or 2 sister nun nurses who wear the whites ALWAYS get mistaken for doctors. so the white doesnt work anymore either.

we are color coded & the RNs wear Navy Blue with a giant red RN in inch high thick red letters that hangs below our ids. doesnt make a bit of difference, people still dont know who the nurse is. a friend of mine in another state says her hospit...

i tell the truth: it's a tough job where you get almost no respect. nursing is one of the least respected jobs you can take. the pay has been stagnant forever (like many other fields) and the blood & guts factor is not for everyone. it's tough...

night shifter here. LOVE IT!! less management to annoy you, we have WAY better teamwork on our particular night group, i have time many nights to chat alittle with my patients and just listen for them. i also gross 8K more on night shift! that ...

i wear Birkenstock Londons and knee high support hose by Juzo. my feet sometimes are a little tired after my 3rd but that's about it, i never have any pain or anything. many i know swear by Danskos clogs. a waitress friend of mine wears Danskos an...

what if you dropped a needle onto your foot? non-skid socks wouldnt protect you then. if i took the case i would purchase a pair of shoes specifically for their home and make it clear that i was going to wear them to do my job.

my boss has extra slots in the book that you can sign up for anytime you want. if people call in and they cant get the internal staffing agency then they go down the list & ask if anyone would like to come in. she is pretty neutral about it. t...

pointless meandering... Bee Caves area is a gorgeous part of Austin...how do you afford it on a RN's pay??

disclaimer: i have never worked for, nor set foot in S&W. I have 3 pals from school who work OR in Temple and love it. the little bit i have is 2nd hand knowledge however: i have several colleagues at my job now that worked thru school a...

there's alot of competition here for jobs cause everyone is moving in for the jobs, my manager told me a few weeks ago that she got 300+ applications for each new grad slot and 150+ for each experienced nurse slot. many of them out of state. if yo...

look at your facilities policies. we are not allowed to remove anything from someone who has passed away. restraints, tubes, IVs, you name it etc we are to leave on/in, we do clean them and get the room as nice as we can but that's about it. i can...

Texas is not such a great place to come to if you are a nurse, new grad or not. my manager told me last week that in this latest hiring round she had 300 applications for each new grad open slot on our floor. she said 150+ for the experienced slots...

i pulled PICCs when i was in nursing school. also pulled a couple of central lines, and some IJs. at our facilities we have "PICC nurses" who are RNs with special training to insert PICC lines. once the PICC is in, RNs change the caps, change the ...

looking to chat with anyone who's worked/working at Austin State Hospital. i've called them directly but they won't tell me anything without me coming in and i'm not quite ready for that yet, need to get my resume in order, decide if i am ready to t...

wow you guys, thanks so much for responding. right now i work 3 12s and i adore my patients but the stress level is so high at work all the time and when you are between shifts you feel like the clock is still running, hurry up get home (if you have...

1- keep your NGT/DHTs in!! dont be afraid to use mitts, it takes less time and less pain/anguish for the pt than having another tube dropped. i am obsessed with keeping my tubes in, it takes forever to get a DHT down and most of the time they end u...

amen UK student!! i've been out of school around a year and what i get are people (fellow nurses among them) asking me "so when are you gonna grow up and get the job you want?" um, this is the job i want. this is the job i went to school for. it's...

havent worn makeup in, what, 12 years?? not gonna start now. i am always freshly showered, clean, hair combed back into ponytail or something, but nope not a make-up type of girl. saved me tons of money too, i have pals that spend 100 dollars a mo...

wow, that is worse than i expected! when we get canceled seniority doesnt matter, it goes strictly by the calendar, when you are canceled you go to the back of the line and it has to work it's way around to you. if you are canceled you are given ...

mine is! the magnet hospital thing is total crappola, they "ask" everyone to vote for them and bribed the staff with free lunch, massages. right now i am staying cause i like working only 3 days a week but in a few years i am either cutting my hour...

oh my facility makes it clear they care more about staffing than patients. if you miss work for 3 days in a row you are required to provide a doctors note saying that you are well enough to come back to work and then you are written up, per policy. ...

about the childcare have you looked at your hospital? mine has 2 onsite day care facilities that are for employee's kids primarily. they open alittle earlier and stay open alittle later to accomodate the 12 hr shifts.

meh. i do nights, usually do 3 in a row but that third day is just exhausting, mentally as well as physically!! you dont get much veg time, cause it's go to work, go home, eat, sleep, eat, spend hour or so with family(which includes packing lunch, ...

i work night shift 12s and have a breastfeeding colleague. i think there might be a pumping room down in Mother/Baby but it's easier for her to pump in the multipurpose room cause she doesnt have to take the elevator down 4 floors, etc. it's a room...

i work critical care and we use PICCs specifically for those who have a long hospital course ahead of them with lots of IVFs, electrolyte replacement, gtts, etc and/or those who have ahem.. s*** for veins. (we've all had patients like those.) we ju...