november17

november17 ASN, RN

Ortho, Case Management, blabla

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  1. things friends/neighbors have asked you "because you are a nurse"

    november17 replied to aloevera's topic in General Nursing

    What's funny is that 99% of these types of problems can be easily resolved by staying well hydrated.

  2. Is all Nursing bad/scary?

    november17 replied to the six of us's topic in General Nursing

    I like my

  3. Working for myself as a private caregiver....I have a couple Q's about this

    november17 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    It depends, are you an RN? Or a CNA? It sounds like the job you are trying to get would be better suited to a home health aide than an RN. You might be overqualified if you're an

  4. should not be a nurse if you can only work mon to fri days?

    november17 replied to lpnurse!'s topic in General Nursing

    Some people think in terms of dollars. Personally, I could think of a lot of uses for $600. Work an extra 12 hour shift to get it? Forget about it. I remember telling one of the aides about how I am...

  5. Ugh!!! "60% of base pay..."

    november17 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    Uhh...me. I know that my disability would be 75% of what I normally make. It is good to pay attention when you're going over your

  6. an almost funny comment

    november17 replied to pinkestar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    lol I always laugh when people get bent out of shape about that stuff. It isn't like they're going to walk in and see where the IV is or

  7. Patient with maggots in head

    november17 replied to RD_Congo's topic in General Nursing

    One of the ER nurses I eat lunch with told me about a time when a patient came in for rectal bleeding and they found a bunch of maggots in the perineal area. She didn't say if there was broken skin or...

  8. Night shift employees expected to attend things during day??

    november17 replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in General Nursing

    They don't even have the cafeteria open at our hospital for the night shift. They used to but the manager of food service cut it out because they were tightening the budget.

  9. Urinating around catheter

    november17 replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    time for a larger catheter I

  10. Reported to Manager; What do I do

    november17 replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    Your best bet is to spend more time with your patients if you don't want to get in trouble for not answering call lights. Unfortunately this is a repetitive theme that grates my nerves and the theme...

  11. a belly full of MRSA pus and no abx?

    november17 replied to birdgardner's topic in General Nursing

    Then call and ask. "Gee Dr. Smith, I was just wondering if maybe this patient should be on antibiotics or have an infectious disease consult?" It's the kind of initiative you have to take

  12. a belly full of MRSA pus and no abx?

    november17 replied to birdgardner's topic in General Nursing

    This is a question that would be better posed to the physician when you see them rounding. Don't be afraid to ask. It'd be a good question. Or try reading the progress notes that the physicians write...

  13. who has time?

    november17 replied to stumpy1's topic in General Nursing

    You can blame the insane amounts of charting that have been introduced in recent years as part of the

  14. protecting the rock!

    november17 replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I wear my ring on a chain around my neck while I'm working. Not worth the risk of it breaking the glove or getting buggies/poo/blood on

  15. Did you study for your NCLEX...?

    november17 replied to DanielleJ_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I tried to do the kaplan book between graduating and taking the NCLEX but I gave up halfway through because I was so sick of studying. I passed on the first

  16. Facility wants to take my RN title away

    november17 replied to rnwings's topic in General Nursing

    nik*cough*cough*cough. there I said

  17. How do Nursing Instructors deal with this? Clinical site RNs don't want us around

    november17 replied to chicagrl's topic in General Students

    That's really funny, because there is a hospital that is a bike ride away from my house and I refuse to work there because of the terrible experiences I had during nursing school clinicals. Everyone...

  18. Not Sure If Nursing Is For Me

    november17 replied to D.C.Guy's topic in General Nursing

    The best nurses tend to have been CNAs first. Believe

  19. Have you had to do anything morally wrong?

    november17 replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in General Nursing

    I'd answer your question but you addressed it to the "ladies"

  20. PLEASE HELP! Rude Co-workers...

    november17 replied to gemini81sg's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If they are being rude then to heck with them. I have to admit though, if it is 1900 and I'm ready to spend the next 10 minutes reporting off there is nothing worse than reporting off to a nurse that...

  21. Thank you notes to patients?

    november17 replied to darkblue's topic in General Nursing

    We write thank you notes as well. Some of my coworkers sign all of them. I only sign the ones of people where I was involved in their

  22. Not Sure If Nursing Is For Me

    november17 replied to D.C.Guy's topic in General Nursing

    You're probably

  23. License issues.

    november17 replied to knob's topic in General Nursing

    At least you're not dealing with Pearson VUE their customer service is probably a zillion times worse than what you're dealing with right

  24. low census, cancell that deprives nurses of their livlihooding shifts

    november17 replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    It happens at our facility as well. All you have to do is say "no" if you don't want it. As a matter of fact, it happened to me today. When we are "on call" we earn $5 an hour. I simply slept in with...

  25. Facility wants to take my RN title away

    november17 replied to rnwings's topic in General Nursing

    They're coming to get