RaziRN

RaziRN

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  1. Those in Med Surg

    RaziRN replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    I would desperately like to get away from med/surg. 7 patients is definitely too many. I can usually handle six but seven is just that magic number that ruins everything. It *is* impossible to give...

  2. Those in Med Surg

    RaziRN replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    7:1 with or without a

  3. if you had to do it all over again, what profession would u choose?

    RaziRN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    A veterinarian (which is what I wanted to be as a child) or a therapeutic riding instructor. Heck, I'm 23...so who knows? If this whole nursing thing doesn't start fulfilling me soon I'll pursue...

  4. nursing and paperwork; what paperwork?

    RaziRN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    *Smiles to self* My longest care plan in nursing school was 56 pages and if you didn't get it right you failed out of the program and got torn a new one. Not to mention your test that Monday on eight...

  5. Common Conditions in Med/Surg

    RaziRN replied to beauty912's topic in General Nursing

    CHF, chest pain r/o MI, syncope, change in mental status, PNA, ESRD, cellulitis, CVA, COPD, SOB, GI bleed, anemia, we get patients who come in with CA, A-fib with

  6. Please Review my Resume

    RaziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi, i've been a nurse for eleven months now and as soon as one year hits i plan to start applying to ob jobs. i currently work med/surg and my job is awful. i have had to start taking an anti-anxiety...

  7. Please Review my Resume

    RaziRN replied to RaziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the replies, advice and understanding! I will definitely take it to heart. Best of luck to those of you struggling just as I am. It is a miserable existence. Thank you all again.

  8. Those at the 1-2 year mark of nursing

    RaziRN replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 11 months in and still feel that way. I hate my

  9. Is this a Bad Evaluation?

    RaziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a new nurse (10 months in) and I had my first evaluation today and honestly don't know what to think of it as I have nothing to compare it to. In competency I scored a 20/25. Overall I scored...

  10. Is this a Bad Evaluation?

    RaziRN replied to RaziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for the advice, encouragement and insight into the management side of things. Very thought-provoking. I knew I wouldn't get a perfect eval (who among is perfect?) and I'm glad I...

  11. There is one more thing worse than a old nurse eating their young,knowing all grad!

    RaziRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm, we have one like that. I've yet to find anyone in the hospital who likes

  12. Patients that make you love your job.

    RaziRN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    After dealing with several crazy drug-seekers during my shift, I admitted a pt. who was ACTUALLY in pain. I medicated her with dilaudid and she was so grateful and it actually brought her pain down...

  13. theme costume ideas

    RaziRN replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    The cast of

  14. A patient made me cry.....

    RaziRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wish the drug seekers I so often care for could see what real 10/10 pain looks like. Grrrr. Good for you, you did a great thing for this lady.

  15. Just curious- What do you use on the floor?

    RaziRN replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Paper, paper, paper, big waste of time

  16. maybe I wasn't being nice.....

    RaziRN replied to hearthelper's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand. At my hospital when rapid response is called RT, the house supervisor, an ICU nurse and the hospitalist arrives. During this time the primary nurse is usually assessing the pt....

  17. What an evening. (kinda long)

    RaziRN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a typical night on my floor....

  18. How can I get OUT of Med Surg and into ICU, ER??

    RaziRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Please, I was in med-surg maybe five months and had the mentality RN4weeones has. I'm now nine months in and med-surg is definitely a shark tank. I can't wait to get my one year so that I can...

  19. not looking "put together"

    RaziRN replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...I was walking down the hall one day and another nurse walked up behind me and pulled a clump of dog fur from my scrub pants. I so didn't know it was there. It had nothing to do with my looking...

  20. Who's Hiring in NC?

    RaziRN posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hi, I'm still considered a new graduate nurse. I have nine months experience on a med/surg/tele/stepdown unit. I curently care for up to seven patients including doing my own admissions. I care for...

  21. Days you are glad you are a Nurse

    RaziRN replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Nursing

    The time I had a patient who was a hard a** all shift, constantly bugging me to get the doctor so he could leave and then just before leaving AMA sent me the sweetest card stating that "it's people...

  22. Which came first, the $ or the ♥ ?

    RaziRN replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    I was interested in the caring aspect of nursing long before I had any clue what nurses' made. I'm a nurturing person. In fact, I don't even know when I first learned what a nurses salary is....

  23. Wow, is it really a zoo out there?

    RaziRN replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the jungle, we've got fun and games..... It is bad out here in hospital nursing, I have some excellent co-workers but my God, my job sucks. Maybe I'm just upset because the last five shifts...

  24. A funny and warped FACES pain scale

    RaziRN replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hilarious! I want to print that out for my drug-seeking pts. that constantly rate rate their pain 10/10 with no relief ever and manage to go outside, IV pole and pump in tow to smoke. I wanna be like:...

  25. What do you call the Doc?

    RaziRN replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

    I refer to the doctors as doctor last name. I've only had one MD ask me to call him by his first name but I just can't bring myself to do it. I also refer to my patients as Mr. or Ms. Last name. I...