AmyRN1227

AmyRN1227

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  1. Low morale at my new hospital job....

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good morning everyone! I am a nurse with about eleven years experience in different settings...hospitals, home health and nursing homes. I decided after working a couple years in the nursing home to...

  2. Going back to the hospital after being in LTC for two years...

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just starting IV's, probably the machines, ventilator and trach care, inserting a foley...stuff like that. No, I don't have a brain sheet? Where can I get one?

  3. Going back to the hospital after being in LTC for two years...

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi, I've been a nurse since 2001, worked in the hospital on a med-surg/oncology unit about six years ago, then switched to some agency nursing, home health and the last two years have been in LTC. A...

  4. Anyone take an online CPR recertification course?

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I just realized my CPR card is expired and was doing a search for CPR classes in my area and a bunch of online ones popped up. They say that they are legit and accredited but it makes me...

  5. What are the chances.....

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    of being "prosecuted" for diverting at work? I was caught at work a little while ago, and got a call today from my job stating they had to report it and gave me the phone number for my state...

  6. What are the chances.....

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Oh yes, I plan to self report, that's not really the question I have. I'm getting all these questions from others like my therapist and family if I will be actually prosecuted and have charges...

  7. Work in ER first?

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in Forensic

    I'm being told by someone who I'm talking with about the SANE nurse program that I should work in the ER first and get some experience there. I am a Med-Surg nurse with a background also in Oncology,...

  8. Job opportunites?

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in Forensic

    Hi, I'm currently going to be looking into getting SANE certified. I was wondering though, how good job opportunities are. I've heard from a friend that pretty soon all states/counties will require...

  9. Anyone take an online CPR recertification course?

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    So is it legit or what? I just wrote to another CPR/BLS provider and she wants to charge me $50.00 just to recertify when I already paid these people $30.00!! I will have to call my place of...

  10. Anyone take an online CPR recertification course?

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    YEP!!! I did find out this was a scam. Thanks, but I already lost my money on them. Why are these CPR classes so dang expensive? $50 to recertify? I found one near home but have to wait until...

  11. Anyone take an online CPR recertification course?

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I printed it off and it looks pretty legit. I'm going to fax it over to my nursing agency and hopefully it's all they will need from me. Thanks alot!!!!

  12. Anyone take an online CPR recertification course?

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah...which one did you do? There's one that's a hands on one? Do I need that one or just the basic one?

  13. Anyone take an online CPR recertification course?

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Richard! That's the one I was considering...so it all worked out? I'm assuming that it's legit and your card printed out for you? Thanks so much, I'll be doing mine in a bit.

  14. "Omissions" in charting..should I be worried?

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just got a call from my nursing director at a hospital where I work, usually registry. She asked if I could come in on Thursday to speak with them because they were auditing charts and found some...

  15. Is it just me or are agency nurses not treated very nicely?

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    I just started working with an agency and I'd say more than half my experiences have not been very pleasant. It's hard enough trying to learn a new hospital, the way they chart, new IVs, equipment,...

  16. How do you handle innappropriate patients?

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a nurse on a med-surg/oncology floor and have been taking care of this patient. He has lung cancer and is in and out of the hospital. We formed quite a bond the last couple of times he was...

  17. How do you handle innappropriate patients?

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for the great responses! Yes, I know he has cancer and I really think that he's also very depressed. Like you said, living for the moment. I had just given him a Vicodin and Ambien for...

  18. From Med/Surg to ICU

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    HI all, I've been a Med-Surg/Oncology nurse for five years now. I'm thinking of transferring to ICU. I need a change and was wondering if this will be a hard change. I am willing to learn and am...

  19. From Med/Surg to ICU

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    HI all, I've been a Med-Surg/Oncology nurse for five years now. I'm thinking of transferring to ICU. I need a change and was wondering if this will be a hard change. I am willing to learn and am...

  20. Question regarding neutropenic patient...

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in Oncology

    Hi all, I'm PRN at two places, both oncology/med surg floors. Well, I worked last nite, had an awful nite. I had a 43yr old pt that just got diagnosed with lung cancer with mets to brain, liver, and...

  21. Anyone know what the status of the "no more overtime for RNs" bill is?

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I heard about this late last year and at the begining of this year that Bush was trying to pass some bill that would take away all white collar workers' overtime, which would include nurses and...

  22. Anyone know what the status of the "no more overtime for RNs" bill is?

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know where I can get a copy? Or is too late to sign it? I would like to sign it and send it on to my colleagues also! Thanks,

  23. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    AmyRN1227 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Well at my one place they just posted something stating that since they are so short on PCTs that the RNs will be responsible for doing their first set of vitals. This, I feel is insane....

  24. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    You couldn't have said it better Saavy!!! :balloons: :balloons:

  25. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    AmyRN1227 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    You couldn't have said it better Saavy!!! :balloons: :balloons: