ivorybunny

ivorybunny

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  1. Is my manager incompetent?

    ivorybunny replied to ITALY123's topic in General Nursing

    This situation is very difficult. I have also found myself in a situation where I am very concerned about the actions of a nurse and have spoken to my manager, and yet there are no results. Or to me,...

  2. Between graduation and credentialing/certification...

    ivorybunny replied to kitastrophe33's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I graduated from a psych program back in August. I was working full time as an RN in a local hospital... and luckily I kept that job. I did not receive my paperwork to sit for the test until December....

  3. FPMHNP

    ivorybunny replied to kkmmy64's topic in Advanced Practice

    I live in Ocala... went to school in Tampa

  4. FPMHNP

    ivorybunny replied to kkmmy64's topic in Advanced Practice

    Actually I'm in Florida

  5. FPMHNP

    ivorybunny replied to kkmmy64's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm finished with my Master's, taking the exam- soon will be a Family Psych

  6. Need help passing certification exam

    ivorybunny replied to valdosta9's topic in Advanced Practice

    I also have not passed the Family Psych exam- I'm retaking it next month, after they change it. I went to a review course offered by ANCC- but there is a lack of study material for us. I don't know...

  7. Working on a smoke-free campus

    ivorybunny posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if anyone had any information or advice about working at a smoke-free hospital. This was newly started back in Novemeber and for me I don't see the point. I was wondering what are...

  8. Working on a smoke-free campus

    ivorybunny replied to ivorybunny's topic in General Nursing

    A poster commented about having patient leave AMA when they go out to smoke- for me this makes sense.... it's against our hospital policy and against medical advice. However, risk management said that...

  9. Night Shifters... How do you do it?

    ivorybunny replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN TO PROVIGIL!!! It's been a life

  10. Night Shifters... How do you do it?

    ivorybunny replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working night shift for 6 years now. Everyone at work seems to do it different. For me, when I'm off the day before I go to work I stay up as late as I possible can and sleep in all day. I...

  11. Can you piggyback critical meds like IV Potassium or Mag at your hospital?

    ivorybunny replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    My hospital only supplies KCl 10meq/100ml... we piggyback it with NS and run them concurrent to help with the burning. I've never ran a replacement KCL IV without another fluid... anything higher in...

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

    ivorybunny replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    You have to stop and think if you actually peed...you eat your food at home in 15 minutes flat cause the line in the cafe is so long that's all you

  13. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    ivorybunny replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    gotta love this... Dr. Mirza... infectious disease... first time I ever took orders I wrote Dr. Mrsa... since that's how you say

  14. Hourly Rounding

    ivorybunny replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In other words- I work nights- my patient's don't sleep- they go crazy.... sometimes hourly rounding can be worse at night... I wish they would all

  15. So frustrated and depressed

    ivorybunny replied to deftonez188's topic in General Nursing

    No wonder we say nurses eat their young... yes times have changed and we get our results very quickly. But try to remember the agony you went through waiting on yours... and also- taking that test...

  16. Working on a smoke-free campus

    ivorybunny replied to ivorybunny's topic in General Nursing

    This is interesting- they won't fine anyone here. And we are not next to a busy street- the patient simply walk out side the ED, and smoke near the entrance

  17. hospital policy on Facebook, cellphones= suspension

    ivorybunny replied to ChristinaEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Venting should be allowed- and it's interesting how technology has affected us. Now I don't know what a Twitter is- but I could imagine that venting about something on the job through that or a...

  18. hospital policy on Facebook, cellphones= suspension

    ivorybunny replied to ChristinaEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow- thank you for sharing this... this is exactly the reason that FB is a blocked website at our hospital. We have had multiple issues with texting, people on the phone and playing on the internet....

  19. NURSING GOVERNANCE

    ivorybunny replied to ncskyblue's topic in General Nursing

    Scheduling can certainly get complicated quickly. Does your hospital have core schedules (set schedules that rotate) or do people pick their own? For holidays our floor posts the list of each holiday...

  20. I need your input on a potentially life-altering decision...

    ivorybunny replied to Scrubs911's topic in General Nursing

    For me, I just graduated and will soon be a Psych NP. I've found a position which is M-F 9-5, no holidays, no weekends, no on-call.... this is a dream after working 6 years at night for 12 hours. I...

  21. Do you feel like you do enough?

    ivorybunny replied to Sparrow23's topic in General Nursing

    Zo- Our techs at night have 13 patients a piece if we are fully staffed- if not they have 18. So I can completely related to having to do things for your self. Overall, pretty much everyone has said...

  22. Any Psych NPs out there?

    ivorybunny replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Psychiatric

    I've recently graduated from a psych NP program, hopefully will be liscensed by November. I'm a cardiac nurse now, have been for 5 years. I've always been interested in psych, but where I live there...

  23. Any grads of University of Florida's PMHNP program?

    ivorybunny replied to dbrnnc's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I went to USF PMHNP program, it's good, we had a whopping 6 people graduate in our class for

  24. mental health certification for nurse practitioner

    ivorybunny replied to bobcambren's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As a newly graduated Psych NP, you will need to return to school for post-Master's. It's about getting in those clinical hours that are needed. At my school in Fl, 3 semester of 180 hours each. Good...

  25. Mistakes we have made

    ivorybunny replied to LilpoRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    what a good topic to start, and you're right, if you don't learn by your own mistakes, you can learn from others who have had them. i work on a cardiac floor and there have been several things i can...