nutella

nutella MSN, RN

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  1. Nursing Interventions and assessments for this pt?

    nutella replied to ital91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Structured reports are best - start with name, age, dx, surgery, other PMH. Talk about recent VS, talk about surgery recovery, status of wound/incision , Bowels ---- very important, pain assessment...

  2. Nursing in Boston

    nutella replied to Heartaflutter's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    ICU usually 1:1 or 1:2 depending on how stable the patients are. Step down : 1:3 regular floor telemetry : day shift 1:4 or 1:5 , nights more All the major teaching hospitals in Boston are very busy,...

  3. Has anyone gone through nursing school with depression?

    nutella replied to trapstudent's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am sorry you are not feeling well. Nursing school is stressful as well as nursing itself, especially when you are a new nurse. From what you are writing it sounds like you are having a really hard...

  4. The politics of transferring units

    nutella replied to amzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you tell your manager make sure to not to mention all the bad stuff - focus on something like "I would like to further my education and broaden my horizon" --nobody can argue with such a noble...

  5. Why does this feel like a break-up?

    nutella replied to love&loss's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, very normal. I have left jobs and felt some grief over leaving because I liked the staff, or the specialty or the good cafeteria (have to have priorities, right???). It is normal and a good...

  6. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    nutella replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a hospital that went from verbal report to electronic report from the ER because nurses would not pick up the phone or take report - hence pat throughput was not going well. The unit...

  7. New hospital nurse... needing advice

    nutella replied to rn1115's topic in General Nursing

    Not everybody is happy in the hospital environment and there is really no law that says you have to be a hospital nurse to be a "good"nurse. There are so many options ! If you like outpatient/clinic...

  8. Why Nursing Sucks...

    nutella replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ty - yes it was not a great experience and that comes from a person who has a very thick skin. I am also very resilient in general but too much is too much. In any way, I love being a nurse and still...

  9. Why Nursing Sucks...

    nutella replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am really sorry OP. Some floors do not have a culture that is good in general. That can happen to any nurse new or experienced when starting or switching a job. Some years ago I got a position at a...

  10. The every year Snow thread

    nutella replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    All the hospitals I ever worked at always opened some kind of "emergency center" for snow storms and staff that is expected to work in am can come in before and stay overnight or stay after the shift...

  11. Can I work for a hospital if owe them money?

    nutella replied to parafreddy's topic in General Nursing

    some employers will conduct extensive background check and I think collection may come up.... I do not know if it would affect hiring, i guess it depends on what else there

  12. WHAT TO DO...Nurse is refusing to give PRN medication

    nutella replied to purplenurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sometimes having the doctor schedule the med as opposed to PRN is what will help with this

  13. Albumin

    nutella replied to Caramel10's topic in General Nursing

    are you talking about giving blood and albumin during/with HD in acute

  14. I Know You Love Me — Now Let Me Die

    nutella replied to Dusty Trail's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It is a great article and points to the developments in medicine that can be used as a curse or to heal depending on where you are in your life. I agree that "the new norm" is something society has to...

  15. Multiple Citizenships

    nutella replied to mickkyy28's topic in International Nursing

    With an EU citizenship you do not need a special work permit in countries that belong to the EU. BUT you still need to meet the requirements for nurses in each country including language requirements,...

  16. Do RNs do a lot of heavy lifting?

    nutella replied to TimTamJimJam's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your position and place. Obviously NICU is not much lifting. Some places have mechanical lifts or rent lifts for heavy patients. There are over the bed lifting constructions for heavy...

  17. Hospice nurses charting on facility forms

    nutella replied to oomalava2's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Medicare requires facilities and hospice agencies to show evidence on how they communicate and conduct business with each other. The initial agreement should be in the contract but since Medicare...

  18. Finding Work as a New Grad

    nutella replied to frible001's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    My advice is to wait until you have your BSN - which hopefully will be in some months. Once you are BSN, apply to LGH, Lahey, and perhaps also smaller hospitals. You can also apply to one of the...

  19. Nurses leaving the field?

    nutella replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I see a lot of nurses move to a different position or advancing by the means of becoming a NP, manager, educator ... . In recent years I have seen nurses trying to get out of the bedside hospital...

  20. The sloppy image of nurses today

    nutella replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This beats the "foreign nurses and doctors" topic -

  21. Do you see ethnic tensions at work?

    nutella replied to princessgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I get the impression you just want to stir the pot a

  22. Why are nurses so.....?

    nutella replied to neverland's topic in General Nursing

    Why are nurses so caring, comforting, good friends, forgiving, non-judgmental, good listeners, responsible, accountable, smiling (even when the day goes down the drain...)

  23. Fitness Nursing

    nutella replied to pedsnurse112's topic in General Nursing

    In fact - I know nurses who have become yoga teachers.... but most of them have to keep some kind of nursing job to pay for

  24. Fitness Nursing

    nutella replied to pedsnurse112's topic in General Nursing

    I think you would have to get additional fitness related certifications and training. For example - if you become a certified yoga teacher (different options but you can for example check out Kripalu...

  25. Stuck between two job offers

    nutella replied to NURSEJSS's topic in General Nursing

    I went to an ICU right after graduation (ok - that was many years ago but still..). Like you, they knew me already from clinical. It was a specialized neurosurgery ICU in a large university teaching...