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  1. interviewing with ob nurse manager

    weezieRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am to have an interview with the new ob manager at my facility next week! I am a fairly new RN and have been working med/surg since June. Everyone in my facility knows of my great desire to get to...

  2. want your opinion

    weezieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just a quick question that i need help on. I have worked at a facility since graduation (6months on Wednesday) in a med/surg unit, I want to go elsewhere to train within the hospital, they say the...

  3. want your opinion

    weezieRN replied to weezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know some of you all will take this wrong but here goes anyway. I 'm not just a new BSN'er who is out to change the world, I am a married mom of 3 girls ranging in age from 5-10 went back to school...

  4. Wrote Dr. Phil yesterday....

    weezieRN replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    cheerfuldoer, you and ccu Rn as stated before should get together with the support of all of us nurses out there and speak OUR voice, so we can be heard. If patients and citizens of our country would...

  5. want your opinion

    weezieRN replied to weezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    to pieWacket---- I didn't mean it as it was written or how you stated it, I meant I would like to be apart of the improvements of the department and of course i do have some ideas considering they...

  6. want your opinion

    weezieRN replied to weezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    had my 6 month evaluation and did ok(average for new Rn) only things to improve on was delegation and how to speak appropriately to supervisors.( NM who was taking her turn as evening supervisor...

  7. nurses failed to adequately examine the patients

    weezieRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow I missed part of the article about what all their monitoring system does. To me something that sophisticated should have a back up. This sort of system leads to less patient contact and the...

  8. nurses failed to adequately examine the patients

    weezieRN replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Being a new RN 5months, I know how hard it is to manage between 8-15 pts. Sometimes during the night shift you go in and assess them at the beginning of your shift and If they don't call out and are...

  9. patients smoking

    weezieRN replied to spitfire's topic in General Nursing

    We actually have an ENT Doc that order's his pts to go out to smoke accompanied by nursing staff. Like we really have time for this B.S. especially considering the pt just had 1/2 of her tongue...

  10. magnet therapy

    weezieRN replied to weezieRN's topic in Holistic

    Thanks will be looking for any info she might have

  11. need help!!!!!!!!!!!

    weezieRN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    New RN to small community hospital took and passed boards in august, probation is not over until December. Have scholarship and sign on bonus to this hospital....... my question is I can have as many...

  12. Nurse Patient Ratio

    weezieRN replied to TMEEKEE's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    my hospital is baaaaaaaaad on nurse patient ratio. WE are a small community hospital med/surg/tele/ortho etc most days we have an average of 20 pts sometimes a lot more or a few less. daylight...

  13. need help!!!!!!!!!!!

    weezieRN replied to weezieRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    my floor is med/surg/tele/ortho. Could have several "acute" pts then have the copd, chest pain chf, pneumonias, postop orifs tranfers from the unit, you name it. The hospital is small so we don't do...