retiredlady

I know that you are frustrated with the assignment, but I think it will help you in the long run. Just start by taking a deep breath and define the word, then tell what it means to you and give examples that were in your life. I think it would be one of the easier writing papers, at least to me and if you only have 1 week to go, I know that you can do this. Remember when you start working that there will be a lot of things that you think don't make sense, but you will have to do them if you want to keep your job. Good luck, you can do this!!

Since I have been on both sides as a nurse and a "hovering family member", lol, I will give a little advice. Always come in and introduce yourself, look professional, no winkled scrubs or long hair. Put it back in a pony tail or up. Nothing like long hair getting in the way (my pet peeve). Tell the pt what you are going to do and do it with confidence, they do need to have trust in you. Please smile. Ask if you can get them anything before you walk out. (When you are sick or older, or on pain meds it's hard to remember things) Last time I was in the hospital with a friend, nobody smiled. If they have been a frequent flyer patient, it's very annoying to go over all the paperwork for an hour, when it should already be in the computer. This can make them irritated, but it's not it's not the nurse's fault and they know this, but it's still irritating. I guess I will stop for now, ha, ha.

Please have a sense of humor with the patients! Talk to them about various things, movies, their families, etc. It makes them feel so much better. Don't lecture them all the time, they usually know what they can eat, drink, etc. Be good to the techs and they will help you. Know what to do in an emergency.

I would look into cardiac problems or she might be more immature than you think and it just wears her out to suck. Some need more time than others and do get that limp limb look when feeding. I have seen some big 8 lb premies do that.

???? what if it was your child. I would just put the earring back in, really.

I think this is what all new nurses feel like. It takes 6 mos to a year to become comfortable. It did me many years ago. Many a time I wanted to quit, then I got experience and the doctors would come to me to ask me what I thought about a certain patient. So, hang in there and it will get better and every job I had in nursing there was a lot of running and I was exhausted and then I had to go home and take care of my family too. That is just a part of nursing. Good Luck!

Have them taped, then everyone can hear them when they can. Maybe the educator can do this.

Be sure to tell your co-signers that if you can't pay for the student loans that they will have to pay them for you. The best advise is DON'T co sign anybodies student loan! unless YOU have lots of money.

You need to ask yourself, if you handle stress very well. Nursing school is very stressful and being a neonatal nurse can be extremely stressful with life and death decisions of tiny babies and stressed out parents. ( I know this, because I have done it) Just something you need to think about. I don't want to discourage you, but you have to think of everything before you go through all that schooling I would suggest first being a CNA. I did this and you learn a lot and are better prepared. Or maybe volunteer in the newborn nursery and observe what goes on. Good luck to whatever you decide.

Lantus can also be given in 2 doses, 12 hours apart. So you can do it am and pm. One of my relatives does this and is better for them.

I was taught never to infuse anything in a TPN line. We always had a separate line for anything else.

How about being a surgical tech in the OR? They are right at the surgical area and don't deal directly with patients. I think it is a not too long course. I too, after a while did not like being a CNA and did not like Med-Surg, but loved OB

I did that many years ago, very hard with both. I would separate them and take one at a time, esp. with a family. Lots of studying.

Good luck finding a job with a psychology degree. I know too many that did and they can't find jobs. You need a masters degree to get anything even with being a social worker and be working on a doc. degree. BE sure to see how much they make. I would look at what occupations that are really hiring now (maybe not even nursing) and do something with that. I only say this because when I was in college, teaching was the way to go and I really looked at it and thought, I want a job when I get out and I changed after my 2nd year in college ( my mother all most fainted,lol) and I was glad I did. All my friends could not find teaching jobs and when they did they worked at substitutes. I know it's hard, but just think about it.

This happened a few months ago and they are just now complaining? Don't they have anything better to do? Tell the boss that you will apologize and that you won't do it any more and continue on. If I was the boss, I would not be bothered unless the patient or the visitors heard it and it was just a once in great while thing that you did and not a daily thing.

When I got burned out of nursing, I would go down in hours, work part time. Enough to maintain my health insurance (had to work 20 hrs a week) or I would switch to evening or night shift. Finally, just went prn.

Take the day shift. New nurses don't get everything. They have to work their way up also. That's my opinion and that's what we had to do and your boss should see that. I'm sure there's others who would gladly take her place. Her husband is another matter. What would he say if she went to her job and demanded something? That would be a battle, lol.

My father had this same thing. He had to have coffee. We would go get it and pour half out and fill with water. It was still hot to him, but not enough to burn him. I would get mad at the people that would give it to him straight out of the pot, a full cup, and he would burn himself. No sense in that.

Just a suggestion: I would write down everything that you do for a day and how long it took to prove that you have to stay over to complete everything. That way they can see what you do and you can see what you do and that could prove that you have to stay to finish everything. It also could help in some time management too. We had to do this once.

Poster, when you get the order for a saline lock that includes the saline. The floor or hospital has the protocol for how often to flush and PRN as needed to maintain it or we use too. Sometimes Drs order it for like every 4 hours or so esp on the cardiac floors if it is a central line. It is not a drug. Try calling the doctor late at night for an order for saline flushes for a saline lock that is already in and i bet you will only do it once. Esp if you wake him or her up. lol.

List everyday on paper things that she does that is unsafe, then give it to management. You need proof. Personally, I think that is a little too old, but i have a mother and mother in law that age that are super sharp.

After working in a nursery for a few years, I think that you did just fine. Baby probably retained some fluid, we would have done some chest percussion to get rid of the fluid, give flow by O2, checked the blood sugar (we had routine orders) and would call the doctor and he would usually order a chest X ray blood cultures, labs, and IVs or he would say observe for a while and call if it continued in a certain amount of time. Babies who are septic will grunt too, so it's better to be safe than sorry. After you are there awhile, you will be able to just look at a baby and know something is really wrong. You will be fine, hang in there.

Yes, you can get it paid by charity. (some of my family has done this), This pays the hospital--not the radiologists or other doctors involved, including the surgeon, But you can arrange to pay monthly. Some take as little as $10 a month, some don't. You have to call and arrange it.

I say go with him. Put him first and enjoy your time over there. Nursing can wait. You might not be over there long. Find some other job for a while. Marriages need to come first I believe.

I think that you should put your family first and not yourself at this point in your life and take the telemetry job. Remember, i think others come first then yourself. Just my 2 cents. You can always do it later.