november17

november17 ASN, RN

Ortho, Case Management, blabla

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  1. Is being a post-op nurse the same as being a med/surg nurse?

    november17 replied to Godswill's topic in General Nursing

    Is it a PACU? If so, it's definitely not the same as

  2. Hesi Test Abuse??

    november17 replied to felician.nurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    The school I graduated from has a 96% average pass rate for the NCLEX, only 3 people out of 48 "failed" out (plus a few dropped for personal reasons), and we never took the HESI. It sounds to me like...

  3. Do you compliment your co-workers?

    november17 replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    I try to go out of my way to compliment my coworkers. Especially the nurse aides I work with if it has been a rough night. I don't compliment them on everything, only when I really mean it and am...

  4. What is it like working 3/ 12 hr. shifts?

    november17 replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    I try to group all mine together. It's not that bad. Once you've had the same group of patients for several days in a row by the last day it generally goes pretty great. The only thing I hate is on...

  5. Does anyone here actually like or "not mind" cleaning poop???

    november17 replied to MrsNursey2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't mind cleaning up the poop. I was born into a working class family, and from the time I was old enough to work I realized I was going to work (pardon the pun) "crap jobs." Prior to being a...

  6. How to be a nurse when the pt's family is around.

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

    I feel/felt the same way!! I used to hate it when there was family for the same exact reasons. Just try to relax. Introduce yourself to everyone when you walk in. Once you've been doing this over and...

  7. How to give report.

    november17 replied to Salesman217's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ours is sort of standardized in the fact that we use a kardex. However we don't really go into too much detail to save time (I'll be darned if I'm going to stay over late giving inpertinent...

  8. dr won't call back.. grrrrr ..vent

    november17 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    There is this one particular doctor that will actually call back. But god forbid you leave him on hold. A few days ago the offgoing nurse had paged this particular doctor at 6:30pm over something...

  9. Are you relocating after you graduate??

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

    My original plan was to relocate about 2 years after I graduate. However, it s only been 4 months and I keep feeling the pull of change. I had a dream last night that I just threw all my possessions...

  10. ortho/neuro GN

    november17 replied to tx2007's topic in Orthopedic

    Hey I just wanted to update that I'm an RN now. I enjoy the ortho floor, but I'm just hanging in for 8 more months until I can look for other opportunities. Gotta get my year in

  11. my awful crappy night (vent)

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

    I feel you. I've been licensed for 4 weeks and just the other day I got 8 patients. 2 of those were on the call light constantly. Towards the end of the night one of them kicked me out of their room...

  12. What Would You Love to Find in the Break Room?

    november17 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    A thick wad of

  13. Banner Hospitals to go to Uniforms

    november17 replied to WoosahRN's topic in General Nursing

    I paraphrased this post to some of the other RNs the other day. We laughed our butts off. -"The patient said he feels cold, so I gave him another blanket from the blanket warmer and turned the heat...

  14. Banner Hospitals to go to Uniforms

    november17 replied to WoosahRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank press-ganey and the fact that customers give higher scores for being able to identify their caregiver by color coding. I hate press-ganey sometimes, but most of the time it makes

  15. It Seems Like It's Student Nurses vs The Nursing Staff

    november17 replied to APBT mom's topic in General Nursing

    I think your sarcasm-o-meter is

  16. nursing dilemmas ethical principles vs personal values

    november17 replied to fizzgigger's topic in General Nursing

    I started typing a nice response to this, then I remembered what it was like being in school. Think it out, it will make perfect

  17. It Seems Like It's Student Nurses vs The Nursing Staff

    november17 replied to APBT mom's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not that far out of nursing school myself (May 07' grad). I actually just got my license about a month ago. That being said, I did clinicals at hospitals all over my area. I had good experiences...

  18. Excess Blood Transfusion

    november17 replied to discobunni's topic in General Nursing

    Relax, let the physicians handle

  19. Lazy doctors/nurses? What is going on?

    november17 replied to steffyjane's topic in General Nursing

    Try working a 12 hour shift taking care of 7 patients. There is the ideal/holy grail of thorough, and then the actual reality of the nursing

  20. 4th day as an RN on my own

    november17 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Warning: Just a vent. I need to vent. I got a phone call from work and decided to go in. I got there at 11:30pm (shift is normally 7p-7a). Basically nothing had really gotten done for the patients...

  21. Is this how my preceptor should be? Or is something wrong?

    november17 replied to NurseEmily22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can see where she's coming from. I'm kind of fussy about where I hang my bags and where I put the tape too. I like to have the bags hanging so I can see the label easily when I go into a patient's...

  22. Extended Orientation

    november17 replied to NewNurse16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't feel discouraged, feel lucky!! I wish I had gotten more orientation time. It's a help, not a

  23. 4th day as an RN on my own

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

    I like that, I'm going to steal it from you. I definitely need to work on prioritization. I can do it well on paper, but in practice it is a lot harder. I used to be a nurse aide and it is very hard...

  24. NEW rn needs help and advice asap

    november17 replied to obs1925's topic in International Nursing

    If you want to test for a Vermont license, you would have to do it in Vermont. What is the difference in the time? It cannot be very much. Maybe a few weeks? And the reciperocity laws are more or less...

  25. 4th day as an RN on my own

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

    Actually heheh I'm a guy and I work on an ortho/neuro med-surg floor. Lots of knees, hips, and lamis. For some reason I did have a disproportionate amount of older patients last night though. It's...