november17

november17 ASN, RN

Ortho, Case Management, blabla

Member

All Content by november17

  1. students! they have no sympathy!

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

    If any of the nursing students in my class had done that to a nurse when I was in school, they would have gotten their heads torn off by the instructors. You wouldn't treat one of your coworkers that...

  2. Southeastern Hospital that pays a sign on bonus or helps to relocate?

    november17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if any of you work at a hospital that pays an experienced RN to relocate or has a decent sign on bonus (>$5000+)? Right now I live and work in Michigan. I was wondering if there is...

  3. Do You Tell EVERYONE You Are a Nurse?

    november17 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I keep it to myself. If anyone I don't know asks what I do I tell them I work in healthcare and leave it at

  4. New Grad=Night Shift?

    november17 replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    2 of my classmates ended up in the same hospital that I work in with day positions. I was offered a day position as well, actually. I'm personally a night person so I prefer the graveyard shift so I...

  5. Nursing Shortage...

    november17 replied to curetheworld's topic in General Nursing

    I got a job no problem in Michigan. The hospital I'm at has 80 open RN positions for night shift! They just bumped up the night-shift incentive pay as well to $4 extra an hour to try and attract more...

  6. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    november17 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I had an alzheimers pt that busted one of my CNAs in the jaw a few months ago. I felt bad for her. It didn't really hurt her physically very badly but I think it did a number on her emotionally. I...

  7. I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    november17 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yea and most units have copy machines too, which could easily be used to make copies of pt records. Just because someone has the ability to do something doesn't mean they will do it. Maybe copy...

  8. I have never been nasty to a student until now!!!

    november17 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I text back and forth with my wife while I'm on shift, shoot me. I work night shift, and I sleep all day. My wife works in the evenings and often is gone for work by the time I get up, and doesn't...

  9. Southeastern Hospital that pays a sign on bonus or helps to relocate?

    november17 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome! That's what I'm talking about. Relocation assistance isn't that big of a deal, I can figure stuff out for myself if necessary. I'm just sick of the cold weather up here in Michigan. I think I...

  10. Is med/surg nursing tolerable?

    november17 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    All of the above are true. However, if you enjoy a challenge then med-surg may be right for you. I've been working med-surg since I graduated in May 07. I had the same thoughts, "Put my year in...

  11. Think I'm on the road to burnnout already... VENT... sorry so long

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

    I don't know what advice to offer... but, I feel your

  12. Where should the BUBBLE Be

    november17 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    From my understanding the air went in last to "lock" the medication into the SQ tissue and help prevent bruising. This rationale makes the most sense to me, personally. It's just like Z-Tracking an IM...

  13. During school, did you see anything gruesome

    november17 replied to ThePretender's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing that sticks out in my mind was a patient with a gangrenous leg. It was wrapped up nice so you couldn't see anything, but I was toileting her with an RN and the RN said, "Careful with...

  14. THE WORST Experience/night of my life!

    november17 replied to emmie08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Learn to laugh it off. Self deprecate a little bit. Don't take everything so seriously. There are things that still freak me out from time to time that I do/don't do. You just gotta take some deep...

  15. OMG.Do Nursing students really practice on eachother??

    november17 replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    We practiced on each other (2 years ago). It isn't really that bad. I think it helps develop a sense of sympathy for what you're about to do to

  16. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

    november17 replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say, "Hahaha, What?" I'd then put my two weeks in shortly thereafter. That's just me,

  17. Tech Refuses Patient

    november17 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's a really odd thing for a physician to order. I'd educate, educate, educate - about MRSA and precautions. Failing that, I'd personally consider a

  18. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    november17 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    It's called institutionalization. The nurses try to make it as comfortable and homelike as possible though. It's better than being in a cinderblock room, right? There's a routine to it. The residents...

  19. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    november17 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on how much clout the first shift CNAs have, really. At the LTC I used to work at we would start getting people up at around 5am. We actually had a written schedule to it though. Certain...

  20. LONG - Incompetent, me? Nah - just inept

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

    as long as your patients were safe and alive at the end of your shift...it's all good! Family members can be nuts! I had one time where a physician had prescribed coumadin for a post-op pt. The pt's...

  21. Insensitive Nurses

    november17 replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in General Nursing

    Lol...oh man...you just described several recent patients of mine to a tee. The other cliche I'd like to add is that people like that are more often than not allergic to NSAIDS, codeine, demerol,...

  22. The field of Nursing is wicked to CENAs..the ugly side no one talks about

    november17 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Haha I'm an RN and believe me it isn't that much different as you move up the ladder (I was a CNA for a couple of years at a nursing home too). What you wrote could easily apply to some RN positions...

  23. Coumadin vs. Lovenox after joint replacement

    november17 replied to natkat2816's topic in Orthopedic

    We have 1 surgeon that uses aspirin, one that uses warfarin, and another that uses lovenox. I think I see lovenox more than anything else

  24. Nervous!! Advice please!

    november17 replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ive been on my own for 5 months and i still ask questions all the time. its really no big deal. if the other nurses don't like it, well, that's their problem not mine. im not in business to look...

  25. What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    november17 replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    ultrasound gel