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    I need you guys, i think nursing is making me mentally ill

    beckster_01 replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    I thought you were talking about one of my coworker's for a second. She's not a bad person, and a very intelligent nurse, but giving report to her is TERRIBLE! She constantly interrupts or goes on...
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    The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    beckster_01 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Nice... on top of that he has a large Stage IV that requires a complicated dressing change each time it is
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    Just looking for comfort

    beckster_01 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Funny...that's exactly what I remember when I got mine out I also remember being pretty ****** at my dad for walking me to the car...I was pretty convinced that I was totally fine and needed no...
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    The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    beckster_01 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    ^Love the JCAHO one... How about the last thing you want to hear when you get home from work? "So...how was your day?" Sometimes I just don't want to talk about
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    Did anyone lose weight AFTER becoming a nurse?

    beckster_01 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    I have lost 15 lbs of the 20 that I gained in nursing school. Without even trying! I was pretty unhealthy in school though...during finals weeks I would literally spend 12 hours+ writing...
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    Battle Of The RN's: Emergency Room Vs Floor Nurse!

    beckster_01 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Psh...I wanna work at the OP's hospital... no IV's, no blood draws, no IVP? Haha jk but seriously if I didn't do any of that I might as well be a tech that can pass meds. It takes more time to find...
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    moving..what's a nice area to live in Rochester?

    beckster_01 replied to newRN_NY's topic in New York Nursing

    Brighton/Pittsford are great areas, they can be a little expensive but there are some good apartment complexes if you don't have pets. You can also look in Webster which is a nice 10 minute drive on...
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    new grad NY - no hope

    beckster_01 replied to paul3489's topic in New York Nursing

    Let me put it this way, my floor hired 15 new grads (no exaggeration either, that is the head count). Most have had tech experience of some sort. I surprisingly few are from the Nursing School...
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    new grad NY - no hope

    beckster_01 replied to paul3489's topic in New York Nursing

    There are jobs in Western/Central NY, I don't know much about the Southern Tier but I imagine it is much more difficult in the NYC
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    Do you have a "Work You" vs. a "Home You"?

    beckster_01 replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder... if we got paid to be mean and messy at work, would we be nice and neat at
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    Accommodations in nursing school- are they good?

    beckster_01 replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate this question as well. I think that the "tests" we face in real life are completely different than paper tests we must take in school. There was one student in my class who was TERRIBLE...
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    Do you have a "Work You" vs. a "Home You"?

    beckster_01 replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    It was all I could do to muster up some sympathy for my friend who "is in sooo much pain it takes me 20 minutes to get out of bed" after a lap chole, when I am about to take care of a guy who had...
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    Shift work and pets.

    beckster_01 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    ^^ Glad today was better! Hope it stays that way
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    Shift work and pets.

    beckster_01 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    The reason she is so closely bonded with you is because for the early parts of her life you were the one home with her all day providing her with safety and security. In a dog's mind that defines a...
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    poor report

    beckster_01 replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    ^Good idea. I tend to only ask for a bedside report if the patient is complicated (multiple wounds/incisions with different care, trachs, feeding tube etc.) or if it is something I don't see very...
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    Why do docs do this?

    beckster_01 replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    Ours can't even swipe into our break room lol, but we let the good ones in for free food every now and
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    need advise

    beckster_01 replied to RNttu's topic in General Nursing

    I give myself 20 minutes when I get home to think about my day and try to remember things that I may have missed/not reported. If I think of anything important, I will call my unit back just to make...
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    What is the difference between Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 hospitals?

    beckster_01 replied to MJ-12's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm sure no one cares but all I hear when I am reading this thread is the overhead page..."Level 1 trauma alert...level 1 trauma alert." I guess I should go to
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    day shift vs. night shift *vent*

    beckster_01 replied to melmonlove's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is why I'm glad my floor does rotating shifts for most people. We have 3 people who do straight nights, and 2 that do straight days. So we get none of the night shift/day shift nonsense :) But I...
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    insulin administration

    beckster_01 replied to GRUNGE's topic in General Nursing

    ^ What they said, my floor has pretty strict policies regarding insulin after a CABG. For example, if a patient is NPO we hold the baseline but still cover the high sugar with the sliding scale. Each...
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    Anyone ever seen a 17.2 for an INR

    beckster_01 replied to LVN2beRN's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE pradaxa lol. One of our surgeons has been using it for a year on select patients. It's about time they developed an anticoagulation medication that isn't so easy to screw up! I worry about my...
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    Cna's view of nursing

    beckster_01 replied to evolvingrn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So true. So many times I sit down to call a doctor and am in the middle of a serious discussion about a patient, meanwhile there is a family member impatiently standing in front of me because they...
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    what do you talk about at work?

    beckster_01 replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    We talk about everything from the latest youtube "viral videos" to how the people on maternity leave are doing. Even though I enjoy conversations I like to keep myself pretty busy and feel like I am...
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    Nursing major vs. Premed major

    beckster_01 replied to ghaleon128's topic in General Nursing

    Just going to chime in that it is pretty silly to go for your MD because Nursing school is too hard/competitive. It's silly to decide your career based on the education you have to get through. Read...
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    Am I Marketable? At All?

    beckster_01 replied to luvtonurse's topic in General Nursing

    FYI in the hospital I work at you HAVE to go through Nurse Recruitment to get an interview. You apply once, if the recruiter likes your resume you go in and shadow each unit that you are interested in...