joanncm109

joanncm109 has 35 years experience and specializes in pediatrics, pediatric ER.

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1. 72 hr vs. 80 pay period

   joanncm109 replied to rn1233's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   Just depends where you work. 72 hrs. is full time. It is 3 shifts per week, 12 hrs. each shift. As far as the weekends, that is entirely up to the place of employment. When the employer is doing their...

2. Thoughts on the 3-11 shift: I can't fall asleep afterwards!!

   joanncm109 replied to ivyleaf's topic in General Nursing

   I worked 3-11 for about 15 years total. I loved it, but it doesn't seem to work if you have a family. When I was younger, I found myself sleeping more, but less as I aged. You sort of have to make...

3. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   joanncm109 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   I used to do pre ops for a pediatric surgery unit. One of the questions I asked if the pt. was young enough was "Do you feed your baby table foods?" One day, as I was asking the questions, I got the...

4. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   joanncm109 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   Many years ago, I got pulled to an OB unit. When I got ready to chart, I opened up this particular chart and low and behold this is what I read from the previous nurse: "lady partsl packing out, Dr....

5. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   joanncm109 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   When I was a student nurse, we had a general surgeon who would always write an order to "dress bid and prn". A fellow student in my class had a patient of this surgeon's one day. She had this patient...

6. constantly sick ever since I started working

   joanncm109 replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in General Nursing

   I was sick for the first year also! I worked on a large pediatric unit and it was not unusual for us to get 10-15 admissions in a single shift. Most of those were gastroenteritis and that is what I...