evolvingrn

evolvingrn BSN, RN

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  1. "Wait for the nurse"

    My drs office only has MA's and its awkward because there isn't an easy title. i don't get my panties in a bunch about this. i have never heard them refer to themselves as a nurse just others that...
  2. Poop Free Nursing Jobs in the Hospital?

    this made me smile. who loves poop. Perhaps choose ambulatory care ? I don't mind poop........but i honestly don't deal with it that often. sputum ...is very difficult for me. i will be dry...
  3. Size matters? (IV question)

    have you had an 18 gauge?:) they hurt and often for some time after you take them out. the reason people on the floor don't regularly put them in because they actually have patients that can...
  4. Can I pull this off??????

    If they are going to fire you .............its usually before you go on your own. It will get
  5. Patient Care Nurse

    if you can't give meds then im sure they will have you working as a
  6. New ADN RN to Wisconsin

    Its definitely still tight, but i would say improving! good
  7. New grad at a non-skilled nursing facility?

    as a acute care nurse...........that seems like a dream job :) Its easier to find a job when you have a job. take the job, be able to eat and in 6 months start applying to other gigs while working a...
  8. I don't think its uncommon. A PA from my area told me that they did that here at a very well known PA school in
  9. Can a nurse refuse to participate in a code?

    I am horrified at the ped nurse saying you will make that choice for a family. i am a former hospice nurse...........i "get' it truly i do . i have sent people from hospice to the icu......no...
  10. It sounds like you have a difficult decision to make. I will say . we can't clock in early and I usually leave on time (at most 15 minutes late) There are nurses with similar loads that stay an...
  11. TreeJay the question is how do PA's get 'hands-down" better education? sorry ....just don't see it. I don't think most NP's would agree with your POV. I do know there are more jobs for PA's in some...
  12. New handoff report- scared!

    I think that is insane, and its also a violation of patient HIPPA rights. I do not have a right to do know the plan of care of pts im not caring for. A CNA does not have a right to indepth knowledge...
  13. Can a nurse refuse to participate in a code?

    No you can not, even a slow code is unethical. As nurse we support Patient autonomy. some times pts make stupids choices, but that is their choice to make , not
  14. 7-8 patients? that is a red flag to me. I work days and 3 to4 pts is the max. Mine is technically intermediate care because we do tele as well....but they are a busy group i couldn't add 3 to 4...
  15. Miserable at work...Help I'm drowning...

    transfer internally! that doesn't sound like a good
  16. Our starting salary is higher for RNs than OT's at my hospital. its all about area market
  17. I have made a med error, just talked to
  18. Orientee Horror Stories?

    i had one really really bad preceptee experience......i was just there to fill in. I was told they were safe with oral meds but not iv and they did best with a little space so i stepped out. because...
  19. Will it ever feel better???

    I don't think you need to know their entire history. Even when i have 4 pts i can look up all of their histories and orders in about 18 minutes. that's a little over 4 minutes per pt. to get their...
  20. Warfarin and lovenox

    you were wrong they are giving the lovenox to keep her blood 'thin' until they get her coumadin to a therapeutic level (which at 1.4 they aren't there) so that really isn't your call to make to...
  21. Got fired for changing fluid rate

    I would have done
  22. This is what i don't get. why be a PA? if your a nurse why wouldn't you be a NP. i have other co-workers that say they are going that route to. and i just don't get
  23. I have friends who work at star-bucks (for years) without taking courses who say they want to go to med school.............let people have their dreams. i do know MD's who were RN's so it doesn't...
  24. How do women feel about pts that only want female RN's?

    I wouldn't care but we don't assign based on gender, but i have had a pt that was muslim be assigned to a male nurse and i would go help her in the bathroom. she was grateful. there is no reason we...
  25. Role of Hospice RN at a death.

    I see the role as both of a comforter but also a coordinator/educator. I worked inpatient hospice. so people were often numb and they had 'no clue' what came next/ my role was to help them have a...