Blackheartednurse

Blackheartednurse

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  1. SBAR for shift report

    Blackheartednurse replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just started my first RN job and I'm on orientation and the facility is teaching us to use SBAR method not just to use it during our communication with doctors but also when giving report..I...

  2. Share your story: How did you land your first nursing job?

    Blackheartednurse replied to KeepItReal21's topic in General Nursing

    Sure I can share...I graduated 6 months ago (May 2009) thinking naively that I would get hired right away...I started an extensive job search in June and was kind of shocked by a lousy job market for...

  3. Which is better? Day or Night shift for new grad?

    Blackheartednurse replied to carebearsRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Congrats on getting an offer..wow it sounds like you have a tought decision to make...I guess I would for nights,better learning envinronment for a new grad (less chaos,can look up pt history) and...

  4. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    Blackheartednurse replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my God this story is so romantic-at the bus stop...like in the movies how sweet.I met my my current boyfriend one year ago at the hospital where I was doing my last clinical rotation...I didnt...

  5. leaving meds at bedside

    Blackheartednurse replied to rnto?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the only thing that i would dare to leave bedside is an orange juice for a pt whoes meal is

  6. Fired but asked to resign!

    Blackheartednurse replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    I never seen anybody getting fired for being pretty..there are a lot of pretty nurses around,do you mean to tell me that all of them got fired??? The management dont care how you look.They do care...

  7. Fired but asked to resign!

    Blackheartednurse replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Also I wonder how on earth do the PEDS patients tell their nurses on daily bases that they are beautiful? Mkst of those kids are scared,frustrated and want to go home..do the 3 and 5 year olds pay...

  8. Fired but asked to resign!

    Blackheartednurse replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Are you for real?? I dont know,there are so many inconsistencies in your post..First you state that you were fired because of an attendence issues.Later you jump into saying that possibly your looks...

  9. Old IV tubing from HIV patient hooked up to a new patient!

    Blackheartednurse replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously there were many other factors that contributed to this mistake..first off the place should be cleaned before the patient was ready to be admitted .This scenerio was an accident waiting to...

  10. Nursing or Accounting.. Please help me decide.

    Blackheartednurse replied to amanda1266's topic in General Nursing

    If you dont like to get up in the morning how are you going to take care of your

  11. IDoes the probation period means the same as orientation?

    Blackheartednurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok so I was told by my future manager (I'm starting my first hospital job Wensday yay!) that I will be given 7-8 weeks of orientation,give or take since it depends on how fast I will catch on..This...

  12. Any other new RN's (2nd career) feel completely unsettled in choice?

    Blackheartednurse replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    We are not pill pushers!!!! We are so much more than that..why nurses put themselves down!! It is one thing to dislike your job but to put yourself down is a different game.As a matter of fact we are...

  13. So,which states ARE hiring Nurses?

    Blackheartednurse replied to cute-1's topic in General Nursing

    Try Aspen

  14. So,which states ARE hiring Nurses?

    Blackheartednurse replied to cute-1's topic in General Nursing

    Louisiana,Texas,Iowa,Indiana,Wisconsin.

  15. A nurse friend of mine passed away: A WARNING TO ALL

    Blackheartednurse replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    That is why I dont like to go to to the houses of people that I dont

  16. How can someone even be like that?!

    Blackheartednurse replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my God you are still young and have so many years of career ahead of you but you know how parents are,they think criticism equals hard

  17. Mistake...

    Blackheartednurse replied to SDHealth's topic in General Nursing

    You didnt follow up as you were supposed to,learn from it,move on and next time make sure to report change in pt condition...trust me when I was in nursing school I had to learn it the hard way...I...

  18. need your opinion

    Blackheartednurse replied to birdietiel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    wow i dont know if it is legal to pass someone's else meds-be careful so you wont lose your license you worked so hard for...anyway you know what-i wouldnt do it,you work hard as well and it is not...

  19. What is considered a large hospital??

    Blackheartednurse replied to SiempreBella's topic in General Nursing

    Yep I think any hospital above 300 beds is considered big although it sounds considerably small when compared to 800 bed hospital...I will be working for a trauma 1 375 bed

  20. what to take nursing or pharmacy??

    Blackheartednurse replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pharmacy..the female pharmacists that I came across always had their nails done and wore expensive

  21. trouble pronoucing some medical words

    Blackheartednurse replied to aflac381's topic in General Students

    Trust me I think everyone including doctors have those issues.I'm sure Medical terminology books have Cds in them which can have pronouncination

  22. Moving,asked to write a letter of resignation

    Blackheartednurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok to make a long story short I'm a new grad who will be moving in two weeks to another state to work as a Rn for a hospital and today I informed my boss that I'm resigning and I'm giving them a 2...

  23. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    Blackheartednurse replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you know all the factory workers in the

  24. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    Blackheartednurse replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    Actually teachers earn just as much as

  25. Gross!!

    Blackheartednurse replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    LOL:)))):heartbeat