Blackheartednurse

Blackheartednurse

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  1. SBAR for shift report

    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?

    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?

    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???

    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

    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!

    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!

    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!

    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!

    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.

    If you dont like to get up in the morning how are you going to take care of your
  11. 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. 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?

    Try Aspen
  14. So,which states ARE hiring Nurses?

    Louisiana,Texas,Iowa,Indiana,Wisconsin.
  15. A nurse friend of mine passed away: A WARNING TO ALL

    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?!

    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...

    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

    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??

    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??

    Pharmacy..the female pharmacists that I came across always had their nails done and wore expensive
  21. trouble pronoucing some medical words

    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. 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?

    It sounds like you know all the factory workers in the
  24. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    Actually teachers earn just as much as
  25. Gross!!

    LOL:)))):heartbeat