askater

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1. Nurses that change their jobs often. Is that common?

   askater replied to 25yearsrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   First job I stayed 2 years. Left because I didn't like staffing. Didn't feel "supported" by administrator's. I actually stayed there longer than I should've. Present job I've been at for 4 years....

2. Patient Falls in Acute Care Setting

   askater replied to MiniRNC's topic in Nurse Management

   I've dealt with falls. My first facility did not have patient sitter's. The staffing was minimal. There were many fall incident's. Second institution had sitter's. A lot less fall incident's...

3. Floating nurses

   askater replied to babsRN's topic in Nurse Management

   What do you mean by

4. Temps

   askater replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

   I have found tymphanic on adults very unreliable. I've heard other nurses say that too. Has anyone had better luck with tymphanic than

5. Cell phone use in hospitals

   askater replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   I work a cardiac step-down. And yes each nurse gets a cell-phone. They started that a few months ago. I must say I love using cell phones b/c when a patients in distress you never have to leave...

6. Bullied in Report

   askater replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

   I've had to deal with this. My prior job the Mn. nurses were horrible. They were constantly going to supervisor's saying we give bad report's. (we included too much info.) I basically ignored...

7. sitter usage

   askater replied to babsRN's topic in General Nursing

   I worked at a local hospital 5 minutes away. I disliked that job for many reason's. Lack administration support. Poor staffing. Unable to give safe care due to staffing. It was a step-down...

8. Non-ICU nurse pulled to your unit...

   askater posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   How would you feel? I've been a R.N. for 6 years. My nursing background is step-down nursing. (med/surg and cardiac) I've never dealt with ventilated patients. My supervisor E-mailed us. She...

9. ICU nursing vs Floor nursing

   askater replied to nurs4kids's topic in General Nursing

   Hi!! I've only done floor/step down units. But I wanted to say, I asked this question under MICU. I got a few good responses....and thought you might like to check out the thread. It's under Was...

10. Survey: Do you work short staffed on a daily?

    askater replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    We worked short on weekends every 2-3 weeks. But the problem was "solved", our matrix was changed. We have to take on more patients. Even though they changed midnights matrix, they still are...

11. Hospitals with IV, or Vascular Access Teams

    askater replied to Daniel1115's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I work at a large, teaching hospital. The I.V. team starts all I.V's. Except for our unit (stepdown) and the I.C.U's. When we have a hard I.V. start and a couple nurses try. We can call the I.V....

12. House Supervisor Role

    askater replied to NurseRachet's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh...my I miss our house supervisors. At our hospital they got rid of nursing house supervisors. Our house supervior would do rounds...if time allowed...and see how each unit was doing. If we had a...

13. 8 hour shift vs. 12 hour shift - your opinion...

    askater replied to TovaFlynn's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my opinion. I've worked afternoons 3-11:30 FT...and I've worked nights 12 hours. I'm happy there's the flexibility. And that nurses have the choices. If I'm going to work fulltime. My...

14. Do you feel that Nurses are underpaid and overworked?

    askater replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the opposite. The overwork bothers me more than how we're paid. I've been in nursing 4 years. I had a couple positions prior where I was overworked. And NO EVEN IF I WAS COMPENSATED better I...