jorjaRN

jorjaRN

orthopedics, telemetry, PCU

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  1. When 2 New Grads are hired on the same unit

    jorjaRN replied to Student2Registered's topic in General Nursing

    My experience being hired with another couple of new grads has been great. I was hired at the same time as one girl and there was also one who had been there for a couple of months already. The girl...

  2. Charting question

    jorjaRN replied to MissyF_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We use meditech at my hospital too. do you have the "notify physician" intervention available to you? I chart under that for every time I call a doctor, and it asks who you spoke to, why, and whether...

  3. I just feel stupid...

    jorjaRN replied to DestinedRN09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Everyone has offered good suggestions, and the only thing I can add is that, to be honest, I felt like the same thing was happening to me, but as soon as I started working it all came back to me. I...

  4. Alcohol use with insulin injections and BG sticks

    jorjaRN replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    i think about half the reason to use alcohol is to make sure that the site you're sticking is simply clean, not necessarily sterile. for example, if someone was just eating an orange and had juice on...

  5. May be silly questions...

    jorjaRN replied to mommybess's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When i was a PCT it was part of our responsibility to empty the trash cans and linen carts at the end of every shift, or if they were full. We had housekeeper, and I seem to remember her being only on...

  6. Took out wrong person's IV

    jorjaRN replied to jess17's topic in General Nursing

    It was probably more of an inconvenience than anything else...people pull out thier own IVs or they go bad all the time. The nurse probably just put another one in, if she even did that (since the...

  7. patients with the same name

    jorjaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is everyone's experience with facility policy on patient with the same name? The last place I worked every effort was made not to even have patients with the same last name on the same floor, but...

  8. Depression and nursing?

    jorjaRN replied to Allthatsparkles's topic in General Nursing

    An episode of what? My advice to the OP is to make sure that you are on a medication regimen that works for you. In my opinion, with the correct medications and support system you are no more or less...

  9. patients with the same name

    jorjaRN replied to jorjaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for all your responses! If they're still both there the next time I work, I'll definitely make sure that some of these steps are in place. I personally check name, date of birth and...

  10. And then they called me at Midnight

    jorjaRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Don't even get me started. My favorite by far is when they're calling to ask you to come in to work early...2 hours after your last shift ended and 8 hours before they want you to come in. If I was...

  11. Treating an Opposite sex patient from your community....stories please!!!

    jorjaRN replied to MsEisBack's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure you would really have a choice. I guess you could talk to your charge nurse about a conflict of interest, but I can tell you, working in a small community hospital in the town i grew up...

  12. Living like a vampire....

    jorjaRN replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my tips have already been covered (and I got most of them from other threads here about this topic), but here's what works for me... -get home around 7:30-8, immediately take a Benadryl, eat a...

  13. Hiring new grad RN freeze

    jorjaRN replied to lizv's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it does depend on location, but as someone who looked in a pretty wide range of locations, I have to tell you oppurtunities are incredibly slim in most places right now. There might be...

  14. Top 15 Reasons NOT to go into Nursing

    jorjaRN replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    working holidays and

  15. Mandatory Internal Transfer at New Job (sorry, really long!)

    jorjaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    A little background: I graduated in May 2009 with a BSN from a large university in the northeast. Even though I grew up in the south, when I graduated, I was hoping to find a job somewhere in that...

  16. Mandatory Internal Transfer at New Job (sorry, really long!)

    jorjaRN replied to jorjaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I completely understand that I need to start somewhere, and like I said, I've been really enjoying where I am right now and think I'm getting great experience. I'm in no big hurry to specialize. My...

  17. Can Anyone Help Me With Some Practice Questions?

    jorjaRN replied to Matt285907's topic in General Students

    yep, this is what's tricky about NCLEX questions...ALL of these answers could be correct, but you need to go with the best answer, and the question is asking which one of these s/sx is the most...

  18. Working Nights On Med-Surg

    jorjaRN replied to redraider1977's topic in Medical-Surgical

    7p-8p: get there, get report. go in and check on all pts, ask about pain, etc. 8p-10p: gather PM meds (ours are due at 2100), administer meds, get people settled for bed, start assessments, clear IV...

  19. Ideas for Gift for nursing instructors??

    jorjaRN replied to NC29mom's topic in General Students

    We did gift certificates for restaraunts or a spa as well. I personally don't think it's ridiculous or inappropriate to give a clinical instuctor who is spending 20 hours a week interacting on a very...

  20. concerned about my dad and grandmother

    jorjaRN replied to ACNP 2B S1S2RRR's topic in General Nursing

    Due to the TOS of this website, we can't offer you any medical advice. Sounds like both of your family members should see a primary care physician. I would also suggest looking into reduced rates for...

  21. Im in third year, and I'm clueless.

    jorjaRN replied to LR_C's topic in General Students

    Don't stress yourself out too much...have you started clinicals yet? It will help once you see the whole picture. For me, it didn't "click" until I applied it and was able to look at things from a...

  22. Working While in Nursing School??

    jorjaRN replied to bell47's topic in General Students

    I think it probably depends on your program, how set your schedule is/when you have class, etc. I went to school at a large university with a 4-year nursing program. The years that I had just class, I...

  23. New RN grad wanting advice

    jorjaRN replied to nlunt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree that you need to start applying as soon as you can. I started applying the January before I graduated, and I just started my first job a couple of weeks ago. It just takes a lot of patience...

  24. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    jorjaRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It took me a week to get through the whole thread...so funny and great! Here are a "few" of mine: 1. No, I will not fast push your Dilaudid undiluted. If you scream at me again about it, I'm diluting...

  25. Oh wow! I'm going to be a nurse!

    jorjaRN replied to colta's topic in General Students

    - Decided I didn't want to be a doctor after all when I went to Disney World with my college roomates (for the first time at the age of 18 :) )...realized I wanted to have a family and be able to do...