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When I worked at a SNF we had the most lovely LTC resident. It was her birthday and her son made reservations to take her to dinner. He got it approved by the DON and that was literally all she spoke about for WEEKS before he took her. The night o...

Ok here is my instructions..... First I want you to take a deep breath out like this (show them)...Put your mouth around it (again show them without actually putting your mouth on it LOL) and take a slow deep breath in and hold it like your sucking o...

What Baffles me is..... You have a patient that is meeting sepsis criteria.... call the doc " So i saw you were thinking meningitis? Bacterial viral? Answer: We have no idea what is wrong with him..... So were thinking meningitis, you order AFB's ...

I have worked float pool now for 2 years full time. Started in float pool as essentially a new grad... only had 10 months of SNF experience. Do I recommend starting as a new grad? NO.... there were a lot of tears for several months :) BUT BUT BUT d...

What is your hospital policy regarding precautions for a pt with known bed bugs? Do you maintain contact for the entire length of stay? What about belongings? Can they stay in the room double bagged or do they need to be sent home? What is the pr...

I just need a few hugs, my pt's forearm PIV seriously infiltrated last night...it was really bad. There was blistering and leaking of the fluid out of the sq tissue, it was NS. The patient complained of NO PAIN absolutely nonesaid she felt a little ...

OH yes I will be teaching all new grads and students for SURE! We all have our stories that we pass on to the next generation of nurses and this is one of mine that I will hope that everyone will learn from and never happens to anyone else....I eve...

My first RN job in a hospital was as a float and I still work in that position. Best advice is to try not to be too overwhelmed and ASK QUESTIONS!!! Every unit will be different just take it one day at time. Yes there will be tears but you will s...

I have been a nurse for 10 months and I had my first needlestick today. It is an embarrassing and mortifying experience. I feel shame in that I should have known better done better. Starting a PIV did not get it I pulled the angiocath out without re...

That was how I got my hospital job was my LTC and SNF experience. Many people think that the LTC SNF jobs are the bung hole of nursing, yes at times they are BUT you gain valuable experience there in regards to time mgmt and prioritizing. You learn a...

Thanks everyone for responding after some sleep I am feeling much better about itKelRN- The nurse that I was referring too said that because he was somewhat weak that I should not have gotten him to the bathroom and because he had a previous history...

Let me tell you I have had one HELL of a night!!! I'm seriously contemplating not coming to work tomorrow. First off I had a pt that gets like 30 NPH at night, this AM his BG was 54. They made him NPO at 1800 and I gave 30 units of NPH tonight. Jus...

Sort of a rant but for whatever reason at my facility we are being told there is a shortage of IV compazine, zofran, reglan and now we are running short on IV phenergan and most patients have it set up as IM phenergan. REALLY!!!! How are we so short ...

I am a float pool nurse who obviously has to get a long with anyone and everyone. I like that I am not apart of ANY DRAMA!!! That is why float pool ROCKS! I go and I do my three shifts and go home. There are no politics in float pool. I work nig...

OK OK OK I will have to chime in....OK so on the topic of foley's. I had a pt that was a littler elderly man who had fallen and broken his hip had not had any previous medical problems and he was 80! I had to start the foley and I walked into the r...

3 days in the SNF setting Then we I moved to a hospital 10 months later I got 6 weeks. But I signed on as float pool so it was different floor each night and a different person they "dumped" me with each night. SO unfair and horrible, I thought I ...

My habit that I am still trying to break it saying I'm sorry for Everything! It is just a nervous habit and I say it to everything!!! I'm sure it is very annoying! Example: I'm sitting at a rolling computer and someone reaches over me for someth...

So we are switching over to the alaris pumps and have a mandatory training that is three hours long. Well the first time I signed up I worked my night shift and came home and thought well I will sleep for a little before it was at 11:30 am. Guess w...

Thanks for all the advice I came in early tonight and tracked down my educator. Everything is fine and she was very forgiving. This is the first time I have missed anything like this (or this many times) so she was very understanding and it was no...

Just be lucky you all are not in the float pool as a new grad. Yup Float pool different preceptor every night half the time they don't know that I am coming. It is TERRIBLE!!! They all have their own clicks and I cannot seem to penetrate any of th...

I recently took my first hospital job. I have 10 months of experience in a SNF. We did some more acute things like TPN and such. I took this job in the float pool thinking that I would be oriented for six weeks with a preceptor on a general surger...

Here is my prediciment.. So I worked at a hospital in the PT department all through nursing school. I have been there for 5 years and I was unable to secure a nursing job with the company after I graduated. I have stayed PRN with the therapy depart...

This is going to sound ridiculous but I am applying for a position in an ambulatory surgery center and they want to know what area I am interested in? Honestly I do not even know what areas there are in a surgery center. It is a brand new facility ...

I work 2 16 hour Baylor shifts at a CRAZY skilled/LTC facility and have 5 days off a week. I am married and have no kids. I get called everyday to come to work. I am a new RN and I just don't answer the phone anymore. Most of the time they are jus...

So here is what I normally chart....please any feedback would be greatly appreciated A+oX2 Verbalizes need or staff to anticipate all needs, HOH or Aphasia, Deaf Blind etc HRR, no c/p, no edema LSC or LS Diminished, no sob, no cough Cont or incontin...