RNsharkinaj

RNsharkinaj

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  1. Suggestions on the best nursing website to get CEU's...

    RNsharkinaj posted a topic in General Nursing

    wanted to sign up to a website to take online courses and complete to print out ceu certificates...any suggestions????for good websites with great courses, fair prices...etc. any input would be...

  2. Master's in Nursing???

    RNsharkinaj posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I would like to find out from other fellow nurses if getting a master's degree is worth it? Online would be the route I would likely have to go being my family situation. How much do most cost, and...

  3. The Failure of the Joint Commission

    RNsharkinaj replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also definitely agree, the charting is outrageous. Just a few days agree I was joking to a few other nurses that if we wanted to we could sit down and chart for several days.....literally!!! and still...

  4. Why should a patient void before surgery?

    RNsharkinaj replied to TASIA305's topic in General Nursing

    busted!!!......

  5. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

    RNsharkinaj replied to DonovanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Definitely put your experience on your resume. Just because you decided to step down during your short stay in that position, you could explain. When asked make it apparent that your high aspirations...

  6. Why are doctors so easily manipulated by drug addicts?

    RNsharkinaj replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I like to take the approach that pain is subjective, therefore you never do know for 100 percent truth. Otherwiswe I would have a tough time sleeping at night. Sure, we all know dilaudid, phenergan...

  7. New Nurse - need advice

    RNsharkinaj replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    very normal...I think the magic number is 12 months. A year is about how long it takes to be pretty confident in your nursing skills. But it sounds like you may need to find things that you can cut...

  8. I am allergic to...

    RNsharkinaj replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I had a family member state that I couldn't give her mother meds with applesauce because was allergic to apples.

  9. Help! Admitted patient and he died 30 hours later...

    RNsharkinaj replied to loveLA824901's topic in General Nursing

    I would always be careful about any diet ordered for a patient who appears there could be any problem at all with swallowing, especially upon admission. Maybe put your hand lightly on his throat and...

  10. Are verbal orders still done?

    RNsharkinaj replied to pumlittlekin's topic in General Nursing

    They're still done, but the new computer system as forced the doctors to agree to put all their orders in, especially since they can be outside the hospital even and enter orders. They still occur,...

  11. being "clean" when emptying a colostomy

    RNsharkinaj replied to mzjennx's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure you always clean the first inside inch of the bag with a clean towel or paper towel as

  12. Nurse "levels"

    RNsharkinaj replied to LVGates's topic in Nursing Career

    At the hospital I work at it refers to years of experience and education. Level 1 is a new grad, until about 6-12 months and then level II is started, and then I believe Level III is after five years...

  13. Please help!

    RNsharkinaj replied to dreemair's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ask if you can speak with her, and simply tell her thanks for your current employment, getting you through school, and that you are very interested in staying put where you are, be honest and cut to...

  14. Clinical Anxiety - when does it pass?

    RNsharkinaj replied to AragornSkywalker's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I hated clinicals, and would never want to relive those days, but I think especially for men, starting out in nursing it is a very nervous time. It is very common I think about you having anxiety, and...

  15. I'm feeling very naive, new nurse, no clue how to handle this...

    RNsharkinaj replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Please look for a better place to work, if what youre saying is true, nurses should never have to jeodardize their license caring for patients in a place that will not support appropriate working...

  16. Management vs. primary care nursing

    RNsharkinaj posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering how other hospitals are with their managers. I start to feel sometimes that those who manage do so because they don't want to work the floor. I can't explain how many times us nurses...

  17. I went against another nurse... did I make the right call?

    RNsharkinaj replied to guineachick's topic in General Nursing

    If he had 450 in before urination, and 350 after urination, you could document the situation and be covered, since technically you don't need to straight cath. Or you could recheck in an hour or so,...

  18. How to deal with those family members who are "nurses"?

    RNsharkinaj replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it may be a little different since I am a male nurse, but family can present many problems. Firstly, I would recommend being firm with the wife, she is acting inappropriately. When the patient...

  19. Management vs. primary care nursing

    RNsharkinaj replied to RNsharkinaj's topic in General Nursing

    I understand all of that, but still cannot stand when for instance, an assistant manager, obviously chatting randomly about a nonimportant issue unrelated to nursing cannot answer a call light on...