heather1999

heather1999 specializes in Med/Surg/Oncology.

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1. Having problems with NA's and PCT's

   heather1999 replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you everyone who posted. Night before last, I had the stay problem and my NM was the other nurse on my team. She says she's written up techs 3 or 4 different times and it seems nothing is done...

2. Millions of nurses can do it. Why can't I??

   heather1999 replied to peachysweetness78's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I know what you mean, Peachy, about wanting to be dilligent in your nursing and wanting to care for patients hollistically. I've only been a nurse for 6 months now. I always think to myself "This...

3. Having problems with NA's and PCT's

   heather1999 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have been a nurse for about 6 months (still so much to learn) on a 66-bed Med/Surg/Oncology unit at a community hospital (it's hard work, but I believe it's God's work). We have team nursing-10...

4. How long will I be miserable?

   heather1999 replied to nrcnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Oh, you don't know how relieved I am to know I'm not the only one that feels miserable as a new nurse (graduated in Dec, like you.)! I work on a Med-Surg Oncology floor (66 bed unit) and I'm so...

5. Codes for the Holidays

   heather1999 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

   'Twas the night before Christmas and in SICU All the patients were stirring, the nurses were, too. Some Levophed hung from an IMED with care In hopes that a blood pressure soon would be there. One...

6. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

   heather1999 replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you all for sharing your experiences...I also feel like a slacker now (LOL). It's very encouraging to know that other new nurses are dealing with heavier patient teams and they're surviving. I...

7. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

   heather1999 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm just curious as to how many patients other nurses have. In my last semester of nursing school, during preceptorship, I had 5 patients, which would be reasonable except that these patients were...

8. Tucson, Az

   heather1999 replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

   I was born in Tucson and have lived here for all 30 years of my life..... I like it, personally..... the weather is beautiful (69 degrees was the high today) , however it can be brutal during the...