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  1. Any nurses out there in the military?

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Anyone out there in the military? So far, I've only seen questions about joining the military. I would like to talk to some other military nurses to compare nursing in the Army, Navy, Air Force and...

  2. Any nurses out there in the military?

    luckynurse_1234 replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Government, Military

    So, luvbug080688 and LunahRN, what do you guys "do" as nurses? Med-Surg? ICU? OB? Peds? Do you enjoy your jobs/where you work? Do you feel like you are given leadership

  3. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    luckynurse_1234 replied to nrsggirl76's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Define "small." I personally know of one small rural hospital where they only staff 1 RN, 1 LPN, and 1 NA with no nursing supervisor. The RN and LPN act as ER, Med-Surg, OB, swing bed nurses,...

  4. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    luckynurse_1234 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just want to say I love this thread because it keeps me sane. It keeps me from saying something inappropriate to someone at work by getting it out here. That being said, here goes: I find it really...

  5. Split Medical-Surgical?

    luckynurse_1234 replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for your responses everyone! Another question: do you think it would be better for you professionally if you only took care of medical patients or only surgical patients? One of the techs...

  6. 4 med errors in one shift... Feeling terrible

    luckynurse_1234 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient Medications

    I hope everything goes well for you! Although it doesn't erase our personal accountability, I feel like our work environment contributes significantly to us making errors, especially med errors. I...

  7. HELP! New Grad on Med-Surg / Telemetry Floor

    luckynurse_1234 replied to KayFuryPsychRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hmm, psych? I am going to go out on a limb here and guess that psych nursing will be even harder for you than med-surg. If you can stick it out for a year or so, med-surg gives you a good foundation...

  8. Preceding Nurse Never Completes her work

    luckynurse_1234 replied to bsnanat2's topic in General Nursing

    That sucks. I work with two or three nurses like that...The textbook answer is to tell them to do all those things before they go home, but you do get tired of having to say that over and over again....

  9. IVPB Zofran?

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    So, I was caring for an end-stage cancer patient with extreme nausea. She was on 8 mg PO Zofran q 4 hours. She was only getting partial relief from the po zofran and was allergic to phenergan, also...

  10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    luckynurse_1234 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just because you're a drug-addict, doesn't mean you have the right to swear at us and threaten to scream so the whole hospital will feel your pain when we refuse to help you OD. Also, to the patients...

  11. Heparin Drip

    luckynurse_1234 replied to JamieSueRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have a piggy-back question. Our heparin protocol has scheduled times for lab draws, but shouldn't you be timing the labs from when you physically change the dose on the pump for best results? We...

  12. Married to my job?

    luckynurse_1234 replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks, I feel as though I've gone crazy since no one else seems to notice or care. What I am hoping for is that it's a cyclical thing, and eventually enough personnel will rotate out to change...

  13. Married to my job?

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey guys. I am sure you've all seen me on prior posts complaining about my work conditions. I am taking a leadership course, and it talks about being an active "follower" rather than leaving...

  14. Patient safety being ignored

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I come from a general Med-Surg Ward that accomodates the occasional pedi patient. We used to have a 1:4 patient ratio, and we had the highest patient satisfaction in the hospital. A few months ago, we...

  15. medsurg nurses, how many admits/discharges on a typical shift?

    luckynurse_1234 replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nevada and it literally depends on what day of the week. Tues/Weds/Thurs are peak surgery days for us so it gets crazy, then the MDs don't want to have to come in on the weekend so they try to...

  16. IVPB Zofran?

    luckynurse_1234 replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It was just an overall messed up situation. The patient had been diagnosed as having end-stage abdominal cancer on a previous visit, but was pretty much in denial. During their stay, they were set up...

  17. Supervising a coworker with the same amount of experience

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I recently became a charge nurse on my shift. Two of my coworkers started at the same time I did. One of them is also a charge nurse and when he is charge, I always defer to him and do anything he...

  18. Patient safety issue with medical tech

    luckynurse_1234 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am a military RN and our military medical technicians are basically LPNs. It was the end of a busy shift and I had an admission get canceled. The tech who was assigned to it and myself suddenly had...

  19. Please share your story

    luckynurse_1234 replied to PayitForwardHolistic's topic in General Nursing

    Getting together for family stuff just takes a little more planning. I live far away from my family so traveling around the holidays is horrendous anyway, so instead I designate one time a year in the...

  20. Please share your story

    luckynurse_1234 replied to PayitForwardHolistic's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is not like other jobs. Great pay, great benefits, and job security but you sacrifice your off time. If you call in sick, your work can't just wait until tomorrow. Subsequently, you can be...

  21. Always waiting for the other shoe to drop aka being happy makes one unhappy?

    luckynurse_1234 replied to Marshall1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Agree. I got written up twice for minor things when I was a newbie nurse still orienting to the hospital and now I am always looking over my shoulder. My patients tell me "you are a awesome nurse,"...

  22. Patient safety issue with medical tech

    luckynurse_1234 replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks, I like your idea! The crux of the problem is most of us were civillians a year or two ago and I used to regarding the techs as peers and I think the techs sometimes take advantage even though...

  23. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    luckynurse_1234 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You have three moderately difficult patients so you expect me to cover two out of the three patients since you can only focus on one patient as well as my own SIX moderately difficult patients? To the...

  24. Behaviors you've learned to lose when at work.

    luckynurse_1234 replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    Swearing at all the b.s. things that happen...I work with one individual who is constantly complaining about staff, patients, and the system...rather loudly...and it's easy to get caught up in the...

  25. Post Op Ileus prevention

    luckynurse_1234 replied to tcgriffin's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone heard of using chewing gum? We have one surgeon who always orders his post-op bowel patients to chew