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whichone'spink BSN, RN

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  1. Help with resignation letter

    whichone'spink replied to whichone'spink's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I initially started full time at this position then when I saw how out of control my schedule was, I decided to decrease to part time just so that I could have some breathing room. At the same time,...

  2. Nurses that are obligated to work overtime.

    whichone'spink replied to diazchris1124's topic in General Nursing

    If you are mandatoried and you make a mistake, you will take the fall for it, even if it means you get reported to the BON. Sadly, it's all too common on some floors to make up shortfalls by making...

  3. Two part time jobs...

    whichone'spink replied to pseudo_name's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It may be a challenge scheduling wise but it's not a bad idea. That way you have the luxury of assessing what job you like and can then ask for full time hours at the job you

  4. Nurses who hate patients - advice

    whichone'spink replied to livelaughlove09's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    On my renal floor, we get lots of patients that fit the same profile: All from the same ethnic background, but of different tribes, all in ESRD on dialysis, mostly diabetic, non compliant with most...

  5. What are the little things you do to help the next shift?

    whichone'spink replied to kristandrews's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For my long term vent patients, I like to make sure the trach care cart is stocked with inner cannulas, qtips, hydrogen peroxide, sterile water, split gauze dressings, syringes for g tube feedings and...

  6. What are the little things you do to help the next shift?

    whichone'spink replied to kristandrews's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If a patient is going to a procedure in the morning, I put the patient in a Bair Paw gown, have the pre op checklist as completed as I can, and give any applicable

  7. Realities of stress and dissatisfaction in nursing.

    whichone'spink replied to Danfrombham's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I started in the ER, which many nurses see as desirable over other areas. I found it hard but was willing to hang on, thinking it would get better. As the months dragged on, I didn't feel any more...

  8. Moving (not permanently) to another compact state?

    whichone'spink replied to NurseEllie13's topic in General Nursing

    When I moved from CO to ND, my CO license expired since I cut all ties to

  9. $5 cake

    whichone'spink replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. That idea doesn't sound so

  10. Jobs in Toronto and Canada in general

    whichone'spink replied to OUxPhys's topic in Canada

    What's the job outlook like Manitoba, Saskatchewan or elsewhere other than BC and

  11. Bitter Cold

    whichone'spink replied to HikingEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday I worked, and it was in the negative teens. Today, not working, it's in the negative twenties without the wind chill. It's so bad today that the governor of my state cancelled school in...

  12. Snowed in ER's, what do you guys do?

    whichone'spink replied to Adenosine6's topic in Emergency

    When I worked in the ER, twice there was snow emergencies. No one was really forced to stay, but they had to guarantee that if they were scheduled to work the next day, they would come in. If they...

  13. My obamacare experience

    whichone'spink replied to coast2coast's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wonder what this means for hospitals. Will we see a decrease in census because problems can be better tackled outpatient rather than waiting until the patient is too sick to be seen outpatient so...

  14. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    whichone'spink replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    1) North Dakota. 2) $23.07 at one job, $23.67 at another job. 3) One job is med-surg, the other job is cardiac telemetry. 4) RN license 5) BSN 6) I have a little more than 1 year of experience. 7) I...

  15. Hanging It Up

    whichone'spink replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Retired Nurses

    Congratulations. This might be a nice way to stick it to your previous facility that threw you under the bus after the failed survey. Hammer them some

  16. What aspect of nursing do you pride yourself in?

    whichone'spink replied to lgripe's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I'm good at anything in nursing. Maybe time management. For the most part, it takes no more than an hour to see all 5 of my patients on the med surg floor I work, get their vitals and...

  17. How do I leave a job after working one day of orientation?

    whichone'spink replied to >--stethoscope--o's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why not push your orientation out as far as you can, so that when you finish orienting at your PRN position, you'll dedicate your full attention to the full time

  18. I asked for Christmas off and they...

    whichone'spink replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I have a feeling Christmas and New Years will be understaffed because this year, thanksgiving was understaffed. Even though we are all given holiday rotations, somehow holidays are still

  19. Does suctioning trach's ever get easier?

    whichone'spink replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like suctioning patients with trachs on ventilators, because they have inline suctioning. More bearable than open trach

  20. What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

    whichone'spink replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Working. Trying to find something to

  21. Family claims hospital's staff shortage responsible for fatal crash

    whichone'spink replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I once blew out my front tire from driving into a median after a night

  22. Things are not as bad as you think...

    whichone'spink replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    School is nothing. Just wait until you become a nurse. Then you'll be the turkey stuffed with cranberry sauce served on a

  23. if you could do it over again....

    whichone'spink replied to abiggie's topic in General Nursing

    No, no no no no

  24. Being a Patient Where you Work

    whichone'spink replied to ChristineN's topic in Emergency

    No. I used to work in my hospital's ER and it would be too awkward to go back. I got along with many of those nurses, but it's the few that I didn't get along with that would keep me out of the ER....

  25. What's the nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    whichone'spink replied to Niki_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on what I would call a mix of step down and med surg patients. My floor gets vent patients, renal failure patients, kidney transplants and kidney/pancreas transplants, urology patients, and...