november17

november17 ASN, RN

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  1. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    november17 replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    What's funny is that there are three open RN positions on my unit alone, and no shortage of applicants, yet the positions go unfilled. I guess those three positions get reported as there being a...

  2. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    november17 replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    No you're right even on our unit there are a couple of superstars. In the end it is the patients that suffer though, which is sad because it reflects on your quality of work as an RN not on the CNAs....

  3. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    november17 replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    The best part about that is if the CNAs don't get their work done, we get blamed, but if we write an improvement report about them for not doing their job - simple stuff like emptying...

  4. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    november17 replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I originally wrote this in response to the "what do you guys think of working with CNA's?" post but it was a bit off topic so I just pasted it into my journal. I'll repost it here because I sometimes...

  5. Reflections from first time practicum experience...

    november17 replied to angelchick's topic in General Nursing

    1/ Can a nurse “care” too much? Yes, certainly. 2/ Don’t patients deserve my everything? It depends on how you define your "everything." If you mean your utmost professionalism, top notch care,...

  6. what time do you give meds....

    november17 replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I generally try to pass them around the due times..2100 for our evening pass and then the odd antibiotics here and there throughout the night. I often have people requesting pain meds. When people...

  7. Today I was "That" Aide

    november17 replied to VenaKavaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't take this the wrong way...but if I were you I'd write myself up. Not to lay blame on anyone, or say it's anyone's fault. In our facility we do "improvement reports." It's not to get yourself in...

  8. My starting ratio...

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

    You know , it's just an artform. I kept trying and trying and one day it just clicked for me. It helped that my original nursing school preceptor was a former phlebotomist, but I never really got it...

  9. Did I abandon my patient?

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

    Haha I tell the nurses coming on shift that they have 12 minutes to get report. If they take longer I give them a fast rundown in speedtalk and leave. I hate running after

  10. Nightmare Families and Hospital protocols

    november17 replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that. I would have told the family member I was on break and to go ask someone at the nurse's station. I understand we are trained hard to not "pass the buck" but in my personal belief that...

  11. My first (truely) psychotic patient

    november17 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    The night was going quietly. It was my second night. My coworker and I were saying to each other, "man, this is gonna be another sloooooooow night." The day before had been just...dead...all the...

  12. Males in nursing

    november17 replied to byswe0525's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had a problem with it. If my coworkers have a problem with it, I've been too busy doing my job to

  13. new grad needs advice/support

    november17 replied to ndcon2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can understand your anxiousness. I felt very anxious myself. Med/surg wasn't my first choice either, but I figured it was probably a good place to start when I was offered a job there...(my other...

  14. My first (truely) psychotic patient

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

    Just a quick update: I went back to work after having the last week off. I guess he actually had to be tasered at a couple points during day shift the morning after I got off. Wow. I was so stressed...

  15. Smoking

    november17 replied to dutch_girl14's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny that smoking is a major cause of heart disease, but so is being fat. I don't see anyone discriminating against fat

  16. incontinence question

    november17 replied to someguygoblue32's topic in General Nursing

    Is this some sort of viral marketing

  17. Does anyone else still have bad feeling for thier past clinical instructors?

    november17 replied to racing-mom4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If my unit manager said anything about me being bossy and rude to students I would probably honestly just

  18. My first (truely) psychotic patient

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

    Thanks for the reply. I don't feel so bad about putting the sheet over his head now. I just didn't know what else to do while we were trying to hold him down (I only had one arm free). My (more...

  19. Ortho NP First Assist- Advice Needed

    november17 replied to HeidiOrthoSD's topic in Orthopedic

    Thanks for the info, Mr. Carpenter. I've been interested in this myself. I understand that there is a disconnect, but honestly it could be worth it. Thanks!! I've got a long way to go in furthering my...

  20. Nursing School (how Do You Play The Game)

    november17 replied to kristiern's topic in General Nursing

    Well...if you're in big and intimidating...that kind of explains why the patient may have let you do that... I'm not saying that's a bad quality for a nurse to have. Sometimes I wish I was big and...

  21. students! they have no sympathy!

    november17 replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That reminded me, while I was precepting my GN she took 7 minutes to do a foley. The next patient over, I timed myself and I got it in a little over 2 minutes - not cutting corners or anything and...

  22. Nurses, maybe you can help...

    november17 replied to ThisIsntSybil's topic in General Nursing

    Call in sick if you are sick anyways. If they fire you then screw em, it sounds like a crap job with crappy policies. As far as practicing medicine, I don't think I'd go that far. Even better than...

  23. students! they have no sympathy!

    november17 replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Amen to that. I was precepting a new orientee/GN last week and it was difficult for me to do. I'm only 9 months in myself!! The only reason I did it is because the GN got scheduled on days when the...

  24. Overtime

    november17 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I've just adjusted myself enough to the 12 hour shifts that I started picking up extras. I generally do 2-3 in a row. Some weeks I take the plunge and do 5-6 in a row. It doesn't really bother me that...

  25. Does anyone else still have bad feeling for thier past clinical instructors?

    november17 replied to racing-mom4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are one or two that I did not care for at all that I've run into. I smile and say hello and leave it at that. Not fake at all...I'm just glad I'm not a student