nlhnurse1982

nlhnurse1982 specializes in Telemetry/Med-Surg.

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1. Transferred to SICU, horrible orientation...what to do??

   nlhnurse1982 replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

   Just to give an update....my day was aweful today CRRT patient plus another and got the are you going to cry yet line and not much help....so when I talked to the manager about it I told her to just transfer me back to the IMC unit I came from, I am ...

2. Transferred to SICU, horrible orientation...what to do??

   nlhnurse1982 replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

   I have talked to her and it has gotten me no where....she even has told me that she made the last person she oriented cry and quit she was very proud of this too...she also told me that she is a bit*h and proud of it. I am sorry but when I precepted ...

3. Transferred to SICU, horrible orientation...what to do??

   nlhnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for 3 years 2 on a med/surg tele unit and 1 on a medical IMC unit so I have a good base background in nursing practice, my interest is in critical care and it is truely what I want to be doing but my orientation so far is making m...

4. Food emptying in biliary drainage bag?????

   nlhnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone ever seen anything but bile matter draining into a drainage bag of a biliary drain? I saw a pt with about 100cc of bilious drainage fill her bag in about 5 minutes after chugging a can of hawaiian punch and guess what it was red. The Docs ...

5. What kind of certification would I obtain working in the MIMCU

   nlhnurse1982 posted a topic in MICU

   I was wondering what kind of certification I would obtained woking on a medical intermediate care unit? This unit deals with cardiac drips and vents so would it be considered critical care? This unit is considered a division of the critical care depa...

6. Resignation Letter Review

   nlhnurse1982 replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the input...so I think I will stall and give my notice in may to cover my behind.

7. Resignation Letter Review

   nlhnurse1982 replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

   I am waiting to start at the other facility until June because I can get the rest of my tuition reimbursment by staying put till then. My current manager know that I am leaving and asked if I could give my written notice asap so they can find a repla...

8. Resignation Letter Review

   nlhnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am turning in my resignation letter tomorrow and would like to know if it needs any changes. Thanks in advance! ********* Dear xxxx, Please accept this as formal notice of my resignation from the position of staff rn from xxxx; my last working day ...

9. Is it okay to ask for an extended start date?

   nlhnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been offered a job which I have accepted the soonest start date that I could attend per the facility would be may 10th which is only 20 days away from me getting my tuition reimbursment paid out at my current facility. So my question is do you...

10. Obsessed with death since entering the nursing profession

    nlhnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a problem that since I have started working as a nurse I am having real issues thinking about death and what happens afterwards and how i am going to cope when my loved ones die. Of course it becomes worse when I have a patient who dies. I am ...

11. Frustrated preceptor

    nlhnurse1982 replied to OncRN612's topic in General Nursing

    Wow I have precepted some questionable GN's but this one sounds dangerous. I would talk to your manager and the nurse educator about her mainly her lack of ethical behavior. She really needs to be knocked down a peg. I would also keep a log of each i...

12. Do I need to take my bls card for an interview?

    nlhnurse1982 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am interviewing for a MIMCU position tomorrow and I was told to bring certifications. I can not find my BLS card . Do you think that it is important that I have that with me. Thanks in advance!

13. being put "in charge" w/ no training

    nlhnurse1982 replied to mightymitern's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your frustration I was made charge after 8 months which scared me to death. I was given no training and even worse our floor has no report for the charge nurse. The floor is a 37 bed tele med/surg floor so pretty busy. I have now been a nurse ...

14. Is there anything at all about nursing that you don't like?

    nlhnurse1982 replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Wow we might work at the same hospital. Sometimes when I go into a patients room before I assess them I have a great urge to hand them a smiley face sticker and say welcome to walmart.

15. hemovac question

    nlhnurse1982 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

    No I have never seen that before I think that would kind of defeat the purpose of the hemovac which not only acts as a drain but promotes blood flow and healing with the suction that it creates. Why wouldnt they just pack the wound or add a regular d...