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  1. 1 month into being a Med/Surg nurse. Help!

    Wheaties replied to nurse2b121212's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hang in there. I work in med-surg too, and I can feel and understand what you're going through. I've been here 3 years now. But I would like to think that other departments are not as demanding as...

  2. Newsflash: Med/Surg RN's have the toughest job

    Wheaties replied to Guttercat's topic in Medical-Surgical

    i timed how long it takes just to pull out a narcotic pain medicine, scan the patient's arm band, scan the med, enter pain score in the computer at the same time, and finally give the med. the fastest...

  3. Taking 1 year off before joining the US navy and questions.

    Wheaties posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hello, I've been browsing and reading a lot of the topics in the military/government nursing forum of allnurses and searching for topics regarding navy nurses, and they have been really helpful,...

  4. Nursing student struggling, needs tips on how to pass classes and succeed....

    Wheaties posted a topic in General Students

    Nursing student struggling, needs tips on how to pass classes and succeed. this is a nice forum by the way, i'm glad i found this page. i'm a second semester nursing student, 21 year old. i'm on the...

  5. I'm thinking of Joining the Navy as a Nurse... ?

    Wheaties posted a topic in Government, Military

    How should I go about joining the navy? because my main goal is to become a navy nurse. I have one more year left in nursing school before graduation. I went to the navy recruiter today in my area,...

  6. Navy nursing questions

    Wheaties replied to nursie1280's topic in Government, Military

    Good questions. I'm wondering these myself also since I am looking to join the

  7. Taking 1 year off before joining the US navy and questions.

    Wheaties replied to Wheaties's topic in Government, Military

    Thanks for the information. I'll definitely contact the recruiter before I make any plans. I'm still learning and still have so much questions that I'll try using this forum as a resource for now....

  8. Helpful info for COT

    Wheaties replied to dolphins00's topic in Government, Military

    What does COT stand for and what is it? I'm looking to join the navy next year or 18 months from now, and I have been browsing this forum from time to time to familiarize myself with the terms and...

  9. Taking 1 year off before joining the US navy and questions.

    Wheaties replied to Wheaties's topic in Government, Military

    I live in California. The only navy recruiter in the city I live is is an enlisted recruiter, but definitely that's a good advice about talking to a recruiter

  10. Taking an unpaid vacation, is it possible?

    Wheaties posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I browsed the search function to look for answers to my question, and I've gotten a lot of good insight to my question. The hospital I work in uses PTO (paid time off) for vacation. I know...

  11. Do Nurses Get Traffic Tickets?

    Wheaties replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

    i know a nurse who got pulled over on a 4 way stop sign because she didn't fully stop. instead she did a rolling stop, even though there was no cars in any direction whatsoever. the cop who pulled...

  12. Diabetes Mellitus Teaching help....

    Wheaties posted a topic in General Students

    I'm doing a teaching about Diabetes Mellitus on a patient, and I am just focusing on the effects on the lower extremities and how to prevent complications. The only question/s I have is: how do I know...

  13. Tell me about the duties of correctional RNs during a shift?

    Wheaties replied to Wheaties's topic in Correctional

    Wow Orca, your post are very good and quite informative. Thank you for your reply. I live in central California and have been living here since 1994. There's several state hospitals and state...

  14. Tell me about the duties of correctional RNs during a shift?

    Wheaties posted a topic in Correctional

    Hi everybody. For the past year now I've been looking to get into correctional nursing. The sad thing is at this time I don't know much about what it is that correctional nurses do. I'm an RN...

  15. Tell me about the duties of correctional RNs during a shift?

    Wheaties replied to Wheaties's topic in Correctional

    Thank you so much for the information Orca and military spouse. So the intake facility is just a place for new inmates just coming into the prison? How is the workload in a correctional nursing...

  16. family plans on suing hospital, i'm nervous as hell.

    Wheaties posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for a couple years now on an acute hospital floor. I just received a phone call for the first time that an attorney wants to ask me some questions and also other nurses who took...

  17. family plans on suing hospital, i'm nervous as hell.

    Wheaties replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the great responses from all of you, it's much appreciated. I haven't talked to anyone yet, not even my family about it. The plan right now is to talk with the hospital attorney thats...

  18. Does anyone love their job?

    Wheaties replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I think people love nursing like me, but I don't really like my job with extremely needy patient, need family breathing down my neck, rude people who go into the room when they know you are in...

  19. Do you ever feel guilty about....

    Wheaties replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in med-surg/telemetry/tcu floor. Its so hectic and busy and the job is quite demanding with the paperwork, the family, the high acuity needy patient and family, and the amount of paperwork...

  20. 2 weeks notice next year because I want to move out?

    Wheaties posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey what's up allnurses. I've been registered since I became a nursing student 5 years ago. Here I am now working as a registered nurse for 2 years now with the same facility and still going...

  21. I don't want to come to work on my days off.

    Wheaties posted a topic in General Nursing

    I feel guilt ridden when I don't come to work on my days off. I don't know if guilt ridden is the proper adjective to use on how I feel. All I know is that it gets to me and bugs me for a while when...

  22. I don't think I hate Med-surg, but I think I do.

    Wheaties posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN for 7 months now in a Med-Surg unit. I'm just so burned out with it all so far working in med-surg . Our hospital's med-surg unit has your typical med-surg patient but throw in...

  23. I don't think I hate Med-surg, but I think I do.

    Wheaties replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, every night I work, I learn something new in med-surg also. I want to get my 2 years of M/S experience, then after that I am out of there, and try to specialize in an area of nursing, which i...

  24. I don't think I hate Med-surg, but I think I do.

    Wheaties replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    maybe its the team nursing approach that my hosp. uses that I hate, which is more than likely. nothing beats working with 5-6 patients on my own with a CNA and having time to be there with the...

  25. Do you like team nursing?

    Wheaties replied to RN1263's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I totally agree. In my area Team nursing is defined as RN with 5-6 patients, LVNs with 5-6 patients, and CNA. The RN and LVn assesses their own 5-6 patients. So as an RN I only have to assess my...