Sun_danc3rRN

I used to worry about my facial expressions when something smelled nasty. I didn't want the patient to feel even worse than they did so I wear a surgical mask when I think I am going to have an issue or gag or something. I have also found that the ti...

I work 1900-0700. As soon as I get bedside report I go back in and assess all of my patients. I usually just go back in and wake them up if they are sleeping. I re-introduce myself, assess pain first, then I start my head to toe and then focused, the...

I work in an acute inpatient rehab. They don't qualify to be there unless they can tolerate 3 hours of therapy a day for 5 days a week out of 7, and have co-morbidities that nurses have to manage. Our ratio's are 6:1 total care, so no CNA's for us. ...

New Mexico too!

Could it be that the MD already has a protocol in place that the nurse has to follow regarding patients, including accessing the files of his patients? I find your entire post rude and degrading. Why exactly are you on a forum for nurses if we sicken...

OP..first of all happy birthday...second of all it is ok to vent..if you don't you may pop.

Sounds like you are in an overwhelming position for your training, or rather lack of proper orientation. I would look for a job where you are not a float nurse, and certainly not a charge nurse at this point in your career. Med errors happen, and it ...

In my area the local branch of our community college does CNA classes with clinicals. You get your class and are prepared to sit for your CNA test for 3 college credits, and lab fees, which is about $200 total, plus the cost of your scrubs, and the C...

homework free zone

Today you are a student, tomorrow you may be a co-worker..you are more than welcome to ask questions! Ask away! :hug:

To put it bluntly, BFD! We have ALL worked hard to get where we are! We all have lives, spouses, children, have had crappy jobs, some even including nursing. Alot of us are drowning in debt with student loans, mortgages, car payments, have one income...

Inspiring :anbd:

Congrats on it all!! Wonderful!! :yeah::yeah::anpom::anpom::anpom::hpygrp:

My schedule goes like this: work Fri, sat, sun, mon..off tues & weds work thurs, then off fri, sat, sun, mon...then work tues, off wed & thurs..then repeat. So I get 2 days off between a set of days worked, and I have one day out there on its...

I can do just about every thing I need to do in a patient's room either by hall light, bathroom light, or flashlight, BUT I turn on lights at night to give meds. I have to practice my rights of med administration, all of them, day or night. If a pati...

On nights that I work my husband cooks. He takes care of dishes and laundry, I take care of cleaning, dusting, mopping and bathrooms. We both do outside chores when it looks like a jungle. He is a full time nursing student and I am a full time nurse....

dog groomer!

Sounds like if you have failed a class twice that you did not get bounced due to politics. JMHO Go in to the interview and be honest, don't blame your former program. Tell them that you failed, identify if possible things in yourself that inhibited y...

So there is a bit more to it than you feel like sharing...I have never heard of a service that gives references that is legit. I had a nursing instructor, who was also the director of our program, tell us that in our field nurses are fired every day...

I NEVER know what, if any insurance my patient's have, nor do I care.

Our nurse managers cancel us all of the time when census is low, or we are going to go in to overtime. At my facility our DON now has us text her blackberry to let her know if our next shift is OT, and usually we get a call at 5pm (I work nights)that...

I graduated at the beginning of a May semester, but I had already secured a job that I started while finishing the last of my last semester. I applied in March, interviewed at the end of March, started hospital orientation mid April, took NCLEX end o...

I don't think it will change anything at all. I think everyone has forgotten a wallet, purse, or something. Don't let it bug you that he was starting to interview another person either, they could even be interviewing for a housekeeping position. I t...

Nope, not at all, they may have not seen you do it. At my facility we have up signs for the patient's to tell them to ask if their caretakers hands have been washed.

Maybe if the OP had listened to the "hard *****" ie, instructors, hospital facilitators, they would NOT have their own *** on the line risking the career they worked so hard for because they are "bored" and decided to break the law. Maybe it is the l...