JenniferSews

JenniferSews

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  1. Have any of you ever lost a patient?

    JenniferSews replied to Nurse Mami's topic in General Nursing

    What is the story with patients lately? I have plenty who can't for the life of them understand why they can't just go out to dinner, drinks, or home for a little while the last few weeks. Why do I...

  2. Have any of you ever lost a patient?

    JenniferSews replied to Nurse Mami's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't my patient, but I was on that night. We searched the entire facility and the patient was no where to be found. Thankfully the patient was found before any harm occurred, but had it been 20...

  3. Are nurses really high in demand?

    JenniferSews replied to guevarrar's topic in General Nursing

    True. Here no experience and a BSN grad is better than 4 yrs LTC. There is a huge stigma, look at any Centura job listing in CO, they say "2+ years ACUTE care" the caps are not mine. Many hospitals...

  4. Are nurses really high in demand?

    JenniferSews replied to guevarrar's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said there are still jobs if you have several years of experience in a specialty (not LTC, that doesn't count.) I know CA is very tough. CO is not much better. I know a few BSNs...

  5. Is this common in nursing facilites?

    JenniferSews replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Spoken by someone who is apparently a CNA and can leave at the end of their shift. I mean no disrespect, it's just VERY different. I have worked as both, and I'm not talking off the cuff here. Leaving...

  6. Pre employment urine drug screen for nursing home, will they test for alcohol?

    JenniferSews replied to RN_jobhunting's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They may test for alcohol, since if you show up to the facility currently drunk just to sign papers it might be an indicator of how you will show up to work. Was it a blood test or urine? Either...

  7. Just moved to colorful Colorado and seeking advice from RN's

    JenniferSews replied to sdorsky1's topic in Colorado Nursing

    You might want to broaden your search and include nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities. The job market for new grads is oversaturated and it's difficult to find jobs. Good luck to

  8. 1+ year of experience and can't find a new job??

    JenniferSews replied to ShortStackRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was approaching 1 year I started looking, only to find all the jobs suddenly requiring 2-5 years experience instead of 1 like they had when I graduated. I'm approaching 2 now and still can't...

  9. treatment of student nurses on the floor

    JenniferSews replied to teterichko123's topic in General Students

    Some people are natural teachers. Other's just aren't, and they don't particularly enjoy students. That doesn't mean they aren't good nurses, or nice people. It just doesn't come naturally. I had...

  10. Are any of you loyal?

    JenniferSews replied to MzTayTay's topic in General Nursing

    And xtxrn that reality is the reason I won't do peds, even though I love kids with all my heart. One day in the ER with a 22 week preemie who was approaching 3 years old was enough. I couldn't stop...

  11. Are any of you loyal?

    JenniferSews replied to MzTayTay's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, I am loyal as can to the devoted employer! But in reality, the message you were missing was NOT that they want someone with any experience. The message was they want Peds EXPERIENCE. She wasn't...

  12. Talking to MD

    JenniferSews replied to username33's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You've gotten great advice. But remember that doctors are just people. They are not someone you need to fear in any way. And there are some doctors who will put you on the spot or yell just to see...

  13. How to stop being a doormat before it happens.

    JenniferSews replied to toniasday7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    SET LIMITS! Practice a response to common scenarios until it comes naturally. It might take a while but I have found nursing to bring out the assertiveness in everyone. Lol. I will also say I have...

  14. Gasp! An uninsured Nurse (rant)

    JenniferSews replied to optimist's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You are certainly within your rights to do what you feel is right. I myself went without insurance from the time I was 18 until I was 25, like I imagine many others. But I have to wonder what would...

  15. AM nurses, tell me what I can do to make your shift start easier.

    JenniferSews replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    You don't mention what the Dr call was for, and that makes a big difference. If it's critical, every dr we work with has a way to reach them if it's really serious. If they take no calls at all,...

  16. LPN School Forcing Change of Hair color

    JenniferSews replied to Becca1145's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If you come in with no roots showing, how are they going to know? I don't know if it's legal, but it sure is

  17. Why is it that LTC experience doesnt matter when applying for a hospital based job?

    JenniferSews replied to KarriRN's topic in General Nursing

    In Colorado if you don't have 2 years ACUTE care experience, you have none as far as the hospitals are concerned. It is very difficult to get out of LTC or even SNF once you are in without 3+...

  18. Training with Nurse who apparently doesn't like to train

    JenniferSews replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I like tinkerbell9681's approach. If your facility offers 3 weeks of training (unheard of in LTC, I got 1.5 DAYS as a new grad!) then they must value training. Try for a non confrontational approach...

  19. holding lasix d/t BP reading

    JenniferSews replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I have also called Drs and asked for parameters. I work in a practice that requires a lot of autonomy but I don't make that decision on my own. My cohort was hold Lasix for low bp, but the pt has...

  20. Tell me about your Sub-Acute Rehab floor..please!

    JenniferSews replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Holy cow Notflo! The therapists I work with wouldn't dream of working with a patient without the nursing staff saying it was okay. In the situation I mentioned the pt's sats were fine at rest, but...

  21. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    JenniferSews replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    My coworkers on the LTC unit prefer "This is the Song that Never Ends." They replace it with "This is the med pass that never ends."

  22. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    JenniferSews replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ryan Adams "Two" And i'm fractured From the fall And i wanna go home It takes two when it used to take one It takes two when it used to take only one I know it's about heroine. But it's so...

  23. Is this a strange way of viewing your co-workers?

    JenniferSews replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nursing was all that I ever wanted from the time I was 7. But it wasn't possible for me until I was 35, and by then I had gone through several careers that I loved, was challenged by and that also...

  24. The Things I've Seen Today...

    JenniferSews replied to INparrothead's topic in General Nursing

    During report and in the middle of my monster am med pass is the only time I will track down an aid to help someone to the br instead of doing it myself. I have found though that when you have 15...

  25. how to be a stay at home mom and an RN

    JenniferSews replied to nvisiblemouse's topic in Nursing Career

    I have a friend that works from home. She has her masters in education and does her job as a company educator from home. But she still pays for daycare and her kids go every day because she really...