johnst10

johnst10

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  1. Cardiac Stepdown Unit Meds...

    johnst10 replied to LovePurple's topic in Cardiac

    I LOVE this area, I am jealous. Good luck and have

  2. Cardiac Stepdown Unit Meds...

    johnst10 replied to LovePurple's topic in Cardiac

    Perhaps a look at the ACLS meds would be helpful. there is a lot of cross over and there are times you will be using them on the way back to the ICU or

  3. Need advice from experienced LTC nurses.

    johnst10 replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So sorry it didn't work out for you, but dont dis all nursing homes, good luck in whatever you do I will now return the Orphan Annie decoder ring to whoever I borrowed it from:) I would never dis the...

  4. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    johnst10 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I just quit my job at the LTC and I feel great. I do have a bit ov anxiety over finances, but that is nothing compared to feeling suicidal about my

  5. Need advice from experienced LTC nurses.

    johnst10 replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    thank you! thank you! thank you! i have never understood why people whine about the loads they are expected to carry at the nursing homes. well, i guess that's why i quit today! i don't think whine...

  6. Resume's

    johnst10 replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.bestsampleresume.com/nursing-resumes.html I would never enter an interview without a resume. This URL has several really good examples of nursing resumes, even for people who "don't have...

  7. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    johnst10 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    some days it's the dog that is the only reason i get out of bed. i love my mini schnauzer so much i can't bear to have him suffer having to pee or be hungry. today is better. i really need to...

  8. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    johnst10 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I recently took a position at a LTC. The day before work (Monday) my 21 year old said, "I guess the next time I come home it will be to get my things", to move into an apt. Cry. My 18 yo is living...

  9. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    johnst10 replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    Awful thing, this

  10. Nursing Student admits online doing Ectasy and encouraging another how to do it .

    johnst10 replied to lillypad274's topic in General Students

    I was busted for having darvocet picked up on my drug screen. I had fx my elbow and taken some left over meds. I was lucky to have found the bottle and the Rx Dr of I would have been out of a job....

  11. Hiring Freeze and New Grad

    johnst10 replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    I have looked in many cities where I could crash at family and friends for a year or so. All have frozen.. The postings are there, the jobs are there, the money is not, ergo, no

  12. Quiet nurse?

    johnst10 replied to LauraLiz's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a thought: "Better to be quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it." M. Twain, I think? I'm sort of an in between. Believe me. When I have a serious question I often...

  13. discharged a patient wearing telemetry

    johnst10 replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    one of my favorite sayings is "if that is the worst that happens today, we'll be alright". i've sent many tele to many places. they always make their way back home one way or another. sometimes the...

  14. Need feedback: + or - its okay. My dream is getting crushed

    johnst10 replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started in med/surg my patients all seemed to like me. The nurses hated me. What was that all about? I found out when I was ready to transfer to ICU that the nurses thought I acted...

  15. How to put job offer on hold while considering others?

    johnst10 replied to Ihoplover's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been in this position during good economic times. I said something to the effect that I had another position to interview at. I wanted to give Hosp B the opportunity to interview me before...

  16. Patients on the telephone

    johnst10 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have frequently smiled, whispered "I need you to hang up." and explained that in order to get better or out of here so he can make all the phone calls he wants, he needs to get with the program,...

  17. They have won. I cried for the first time.

    johnst10 replied to gwendolyn207's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm sure you have tried, but it sounds like some of your actitivities need to be reordered. I don't think that at my best I could have pulled an all nighter, gotten bummed out by my nurse educator...

  18. I'm such a horrible wife!!!

    johnst10 replied to amd75's topic in General Students

    And 10 years on the 10th is really cool. However. If you aren't going to be able to concentrate on enjoying it, maybe another 2 months would be better. Has no one celebrated Christmas or a birthday...

  19. Share Your "Brain" Sheet

    johnst10 replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

    This is the closest to mine, just in a slt diff form. I like to be able to have everything organized. A plain piece of paper does not work for my ADD

  20. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    johnst10 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You guys cannot believe how happy I am to find this thread. I have had a long struggle with chronic depression and homicidal ideation's. I really feel horrible about how out of control I was with my...

  21. Orientee's now being counted as staff!!

    johnst10 replied to GiGiRNICU's topic in General Nursing

    There have to be standards to be met. If anything happens to the patients because the hosp refused to comply to staffing standards, they would also be held

  22. If you make over 100k/year as a nurse

    johnst10 replied to amie1169's topic in General Nursing

    The closest I ever got was working as a Clinical Specialist for an company with implantable diveces. With bonuses, car allowance, extra training other CS, I was right up there. It took every day,...

  23. Too much sadness this shift...

    johnst10 replied to praying_mantis's topic in General Nursing

    I feel fo both of these situations. Sometimes this job stinks. Sometimes it's ok that it happened that way. Read the book The Wednesday Letters, Jason F.

  24. How to get out of ltc.

    johnst10 replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Think about your resume, what do you do every day? Experienced in maintaining peg tubes, directing daily activity of CNAs .... Vast knowledge of medications and their interactions Able to handle...

  25. Med Errors: Share Your Stories

    johnst10 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Not my fault, all my problem! I had gone to the ER with the classic Kidney Stone Dance. The first day they sent me home. I barffed all night, called the ER like the instructions said, they said to...