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  1. Why do we eat our young?

    guest358111 replied to jreynrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wish (and maybe this does take place in some hospitals) that there were systems in place for a debriefing of a new nurse after every shift or at least three times a week for the first year. I agree...

  2. New grad nightmare...

    guest358111 replied to baglemae22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are better opportunities out there for you. There are better LTC facilities. There are better nursing jobs period-even for a new grad. I would say leave ASAP. A good indicator of a facility in...

  3. Staff on Resident Sexual Abuse?

    guest358111 replied to carbaminohemoglobin's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Whoever the nurse was responsible for this patient (I'm sorry, I couldn't quite tell from the post) needs to go back to do a late entry into the chart for this incident. I would strongly suggest this....

  4. Advice for first job in a SNF?

    guest358111 replied to StaceFace1122's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a few suggestions...:) Feel free to pick and choose as needed... 1. Read everything and anything you can get your hands on about time management, delegation, conflict resolution ('management'...

  5. First RN job in SNF

    guest358111 replied to littlenurse23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes, yes and yes! I worked in LTC right after graduation for two years....and when I started applying for hospital positions I got requests for interviews from each place I applied right away. I also...

  6. Orientation not going well, may be let go?

    guest358111 replied to littlenurse21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    These sort of situations are always hard...I am not sure if there is a 'good' answer. None of us can see the future...I am going to reply to you on what I might do in such a situation. This may or may...

  7. **Need Advice** New grad taking a Nurse Coordinator Position as first job?

    guest358111 replied to sundrop's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Let us know how it goes

  8. **Need Advice** New grad taking a Nurse Coordinator Position as first job?

    guest358111 replied to sundrop's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I was a Care Coordinator for a year, after having been a nurse for a year-with no hospital experience outside of school at all. I learned a ton-and just got hired for a med-surg position. If anything...

  9. How do you deal with angry family members in the Nursing Home setting?

    guest358111 replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is actually a very interesting topic. I have often been in situations like the interviewer asked you. I have often wondered how much to apologize and how much to promise in these sort of...

  10. How do you deal with angry family members in the Nursing Home setting?

    guest358111 replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would assure the family member that I would get to the bottom of the situation, apologize that the resident's shower was not given, and assure the family member that the shower would be given before...

  11. Help a new RN please

    guest358111 replied to aheartsaverrn's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has given great advice already. Not to sound corny or trite or anything but there is a saying that I have always liked "No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent."...

  12. First day on your own?

    guest358111 replied to SP1CEGRL's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There has been a lot of good advice give already (ask the other shift about the way they take pills etc.) I am just going to add that I do NOT suggest getting into the habit of pre-pouring. Not a...

  13. LTC for new grad RN?

    guest358111 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh I would encourage you to take it! Thirty residents with a medication aide....sounds ok to me! And doing assessments...you might be surprised at just how much you can learn. :) Just ask for...

  14. I'm so stressed, I want to give up nursing...

    guest358111 replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    Just a thought, The diagnostic request to rule out leg edema seems a little odd to me, but...regardless...what I think I might have done (and this of course depends on your relationship with the...

  15. New Grad starting LTC Monday

    guest358111 replied to jlynn2303's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would maybe suggest asking for more than two days orientation on each unit. In my experience it takes a bit longer than that to get to know a unit. Did you ever work as an LPN? If you are brand,...

  16. New RN - Wants to know when to wake up the doc

    guest358111 replied to suzem's topic in General Nursing

    I am a fairly new graduate (graduated in May). I worked as the only RN at night for about 5 months in LTC with about 80 residents, now I fill in as day and evening supervisor. I think that you...

  17. 2nd day on my own as a new grad, with a student, cried three times

    guest358111 replied to whitebunny's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am going to suggest that don't modify your personality. Work on working with it. Understand your strengths and your weaknesses because they are who you are. And there is not necessarily anything...

  18. Organization and Clinical Time Management

    guest358111 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello All, I am a fourth semester ADN student. I will graduate in May. I have never really had a difficult time at clinicals...until this semester. Due to an instructor fluke...or something...last...

  19. learning ABG's

    guest358111 replied to lder0426's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    how our instructor taught us to determine if it was respiratory or metabolic: if the ph goes down the paco2 goes up. if the ph goes up the paco2 goes down. like a see-saw its respiratory. if the...

  20. How do you deal with annoying classmates?

    guest358111 replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    My suggestion is to not take things they say personally. In one ear and out the other, so to speak. Unless they are personally attacking you, don't take it seriously! This is what I have to do when...

  21. help with my care plans

    guest358111 replied to fulfilling my plan's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't think that you could use a medical diagnosis as your r/t...would it look better to say "Impaired Liver Function r/t disease process secondary to Hepatitis C? Maybe it is fine the way it is,...

  22. Extreme Anxiety during clinicals

    guest358111 replied to kbullinger's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My clinical instructor is always encouraging us to, when we walk into a patient's room, focus on the patient. In other words, start with the person and then work your way methodically outward. Start...

  23. Young Nursing Students

    guest358111 replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    I will be 20 when I graduate with my RN in May. My class has every age range-I think the oldest is 55?? Anyway, I have the UTMOST respect for people who are much older than me and are going to nursing...

  24. What is Evidence-Based Implementation?

    guest358111 replied to DJ Trance AZ's topic in General Students

    Sounds to me like you have it. It's a simple concept really...don't read to much into it! I would say that an example of evidence based implementation is this: You see that your client, Ms. Jane Doe...

  25. Help Please!! Should I stay in nursing school?

    guest358111 replied to scndglancee's topic in General Students

    I consider myself to be very much in my right mind. I think that right now is the best time to determine which job/career a person would like. It saves waking up ten or fifteen years down the road and...