nightshiftnut

nightshiftnut has 10 years experience and specializes in med/surg , hospice and oncology.

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1. You Know You've Had A Hectic Shift/Day At Work

   nightshiftnut replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   Been there, done that many

2. Pregnant...4 weeks...advice on sharing news at work.

   nightshiftnut replied to jillianLPN's topic in General Nursing

   time for the oh' so cute baby dance! :dncgbby::lttang: " a baby is god's gift that the world should go

3. if i decided to be a doctor, i would be.....

   nightshiftnut replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

   hmmmm. how about, dr. phil, dr. pepper, dr. dre, dr. who, dr. oz. hey, dr. seuss or dr. ruth. rug doctor sounds good! then, theres dr. atkins, dr. scholl's and the doctor i would most like to...

4. how long do u get for lunch?

   nightshiftnut replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

   Are you being serious? If you are, your

5. Bedside Reporting

   nightshiftnut posted a topic in General Nursing

   We used to give verbal report to the oncoming nurse, then it changed to taped report. Now, we are going to start reporting at bedside with the oncoming nurse and discuss the patients condition, look...

6. What's in your pocket(s)?

   nightshiftnut replied to AllieSparksRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, lets see. It can be scary at times. I have my multi-colored pen (green,red,blue,black), yellow highlighter, black sharpie, scissors, penlight,pack of gum, rolled up paper towel with phone numbers...

7. 3rd shift roll call!

   nightshiftnut replied to Markis's topic in General Nursing

   Nightshift here! I love working nightshift because I feel that I can give my patients a "little extra". No dealing with Social Workers, PCM, blah, blah, blah. On my unit, we usually care for 7-8 at...

8. Attitudes towards LPN's

   nightshiftnut replied to emt... rn student's topic in Canada

   Just wanted to add my thoughts. I'm an RN and have worked with many LPN's on a very busy fast paced 31 bed med/surg unit. I have absolutely no problems working with LPN's. In my opinion, we are both...

9. No Nicotine!

   nightshiftnut replied to Brikkz's topic in General Students

   shave your head...problem

10. What is your Nurse to Patient Ratio

    nightshiftnut replied to dRN1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oh, the sad point is you can end up having a heavier load with a high acuity and the other nurse has a cake walk. I sincerely believe in using a acuity tool. I used it as a charge nurse on a previous...

11. What is your Nurse to Patient Ratio

    nightshiftnut replied to dRN1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Days is usually 5 patients and 1-2 nursing assistants. Evenings 5-6 w/one aide. Night shift (oh,glorious nightshift) is 8 patients with one aide. Forget about your pee break! Med/Surg/Oncology

12. Thoughts on patient vigil programs

    nightshiftnut replied to Lari45's topic in General Nursing

    My heart is really speaking to me to initiate this program where I work. I would have never known that their was such a program if you hadn't posted.

13. Thoughts on patient vigil programs

    nightshiftnut replied to Lari45's topic in General Nursing

    I wish our hospital would adopt this into their system. Being a Hospice/Oncology nurse I try my best to be in the room as much as possible when a patient (with no family) is actively dying. My heart...

14. AVM Project Please Help!

    nightshiftnut replied to mlpost's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I would pretty much agree with the above post. Self care deficits, dysphagia, some expressive aphasia. My Dad started having seizures and horrible headaches in the 70's. At that point the AVM was...

15. Names for A Nurse Superhero

    nightshiftnut replied to amateur's topic in General Nursing

    Look! It's a bird, it's a plane, NO! it's NURSEGOODBODY and her sidekick CAPTAIN URINAL! She's able to leap over the combative patient in a single bound ! She's quicker than exploding diarrhea. With...