punkydoodlesRN

punkydoodlesRN BSN, RN

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  1. How do you address your patients?

    punkydoodlesRN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I come on, i go in and introduce my self. I work on PPU and it goes like this - Hi Mom, Congratulations! What a sweet baby. My name is S and I'm going to be your nurse tonight. (as I update my...

  2. Do I ask people to be references for me?

    punkydoodlesRN replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Our nursing instructors emphasized the good part too - told us several stories of poor students assuming they'd get a good reference from school staff. I have my pool of 4-5 that I know I can *always*...

  3. Do you interrupt report to give pain meds?

    punkydoodlesRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yah, we just started this, May 2. tonight will be my first night on under the new rule - we're supposed to be in and out, and still clock out on time. Hmpf. When you have 7 nurses leaving, and 6...

  4. Would EMT B help me land an er tech job?

    punkydoodlesRN replied to soxgirl2008's topic in Emergency

    Same here. My facility, and it's sister facilities in the area, all require ER techs be NREMT-B or

  5. Do you interrupt report to give pain meds?

    punkydoodlesRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm just a naive new nurse, but I thought this was standard - common sense, and how everyone did it. This was something my preceptor hounded into me - towards the end of every shift "check...

  6. Do you interrupt report to give pain meds?

    punkydoodlesRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yup - this. It's an unspoken rule on our unit - medicate *before* the next shift comes in... and it never fails, we have a pt that denies any meds at 6:40, but at 7:10, they want it now and I mean...

  7. Which Pathophysioloy book would you want

    punkydoodlesRN replied to P-medic2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just finishing up patho - never even cracked my

  8. UTMB Fall 2011 Applicants

    punkydoodlesRN replied to chaos0058's topic in Texas Nursing

    Pretty much what Chaos said - just be honest. My interviewer thanked me for that. Good

  9. UTMB Fall 2011 Applicants

    punkydoodlesRN replied to chaos0058's topic in Texas Nursing

    As far as I can tell (by postings on here) everyone that interviewed was accepted. I don't recall anyone waiting on acceptance that already interviewed. That being said, UTMB apparently hasn't sent...

  10. LVN Pay for New Grad in Houston, Texas with NO experience

    punkydoodlesRN replied to BigButtNurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    1st job just 2 weeks after grad - $22 base with $4 shift dif. - Psych facility 2nd job 8 mo later - $15 base. $2.50 shift diff. - Hospital My first interview (didn't take the job) was $17.00 - pedi...

  11. Medical Advice Please!!!!!

    punkydoodlesRN replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I have friend from high school that I had to block on FB because anytime she'd see me on, she asked stupid medical questions!! Once she was soo upset because she just knew her 2 yo had diabetes - how?...

  12. UTMB Fall 2011 Applicants

    punkydoodlesRN replied to chaos0058's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yup! It's me, and yes, decided on UTMB!! See you again in

  13. low volume days & ed pay

    punkydoodlesRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just 3 months into my first hospital job, but there is something done here with pay that really bothers me and I just wanted to see if it was the norm.. When you are cancelled for low census, how...

  14. L&D is def. what i have to do...

    punkydoodlesRN replied to samantha0890's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just got off a 12 hr shift and I don't feel like reading through 3 pages - but here' what I know from my facility. I work on postpartum, but our director hired 13 new nurses in Jan to work L&D...

  15. low volume days & ed pay

    punkydoodlesRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, I'm positive. I was cancelled over the weekend, because we only had 3 pt. I received my pay sheet for our next check, and next to Saturday night is LVHR: PTO12. And the week before that has PTO...

  16. low volume days & ed pay

    punkydoodlesRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not about the money. it's about having time off to take a vacation or to use if I get sick, or my children get sick. If I'm out of PTO because they've forced me to use it all during low census, I...

  17. low volume days & ed pay

    punkydoodlesRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for advice. I'm not typically a boat-rocker, but I also don't sit back and allow things to be wrong! I will tread lightly - as she isn't a very pleasant person. Actually, she's been my manager...

  18. low volume days & ed pay

    punkydoodlesRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I called and spoke with our HR director and she told me that policy states that it is employees choice whether or not to use PTO when cancelled by the hospital for low census. I then explained the...

  19. low volume days & ed pay

    punkydoodlesRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thats about what we get, 7hrs/check... but I am JUST NOW eligible to use what I've accrued and in one pay period, I've lost over 1/2. I just don't understand how you can be forced to use your PTO at...

  20. low volume days & ed pay

    punkydoodlesRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I was trying to type that on my phone, so got a bit lazy... When we are low census, we rotate call offs. Veteran nurses said that at one point, they allowed you to chose to take PTO or not. They...

  21. OB Case History/Trauma

    punkydoodlesRN replied to cali_rusk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Shocking. I did loose my first born due to being ignored. I've been thinking of requesting medical records for some time now, this just inspired me to do

  22. Calling all Nursery Nurses!

    punkydoodlesRN replied to Rini456's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! Just wanted to say good luck and tell you how it works where I am. I actually work on postpartum, but we're side-by-side with nursery. All hospitals are different. Mine doesn't have couplet care,...

  23. Scheduling...

    punkydoodlesRN replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    Yah, must be a scheduling service that someone outsources - cause I'm pretty sure the same monkeys do ours. It sucks and I'm about to my limit on how much more schedule non-sense I'm going to...

  24. Are LPN's being phased out?

    punkydoodlesRN replied to JSlovex2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was the last LVN that my current employer will hire - came down the pipes last week that No MAS. I am beginning my BSN program in August. And for what it's worth, most of the facilities in my area...

  25. Alvin CC lvn to adn Summer 2011

    punkydoodlesRN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Applications open on Monday! Hoping that there are a few other LVN's hanging around here that plan to apply. I graduated from Alvin's LVN program last year, and will also be applying to UTMB for Fall...