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  1. Too much info to remember / confusing patients with other patients

    aem31 replied to LaceyRN12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yep! You a new nurse? I made up elaborate brain sheets and need one for each patient. I see other nurses just jotting it all down randomly on one piece of paper. Don't know how they keep it all...

  2. What are your favorite types of patients??

    aem31 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a fairly new nurse so I don't have much to go on but so far I LOVE the grumpy patients. There was one recently that nobody could stand. Had my first encounter with him and he acted like a total...

  3. Bedside report

    aem31 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My facility does it, or we are supposed to. Nobody on my unit gives bedside report. Everyone hates the idea of it. The problems I see with it: 1. Especially for nights going into day shift: Often we...

  4. Bedside report

    aem31 replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    I'm now kind of wanting to do BS report. Initially, I felt apprehensive about it but I think some great valid points in favor of Bs report have been made. I really like the idea of seeing the patient...

  5. New grad, first week off orientation and assigned at student nurse

    aem31 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    How does your facility handle this? I was kind of shocked when I saw I had a student with me my first week off orientation. I feel so fresh and new myself and still have not even done a variety of...

  6. Do you give back-rubs and foot baths to your patients?

    aem31 replied to silt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why would this disturb you? Everyone has their personal space boundaries. It doesn't mean much of anything except it plain makes them uncomfortable. That should be respected. You don't have to have a...

  7. How do you cope with looking "too young" to be a nurse?

    aem31 replied to LaceyRN12's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm 34. People usually say I look about 24 or so. Being a new grad didn't help as far as my coworkers were concerned. Many of them assumed I was in my early twenties because I look younger and am a...

  8. New grad, first week off orientation and assigned at student nurse

    aem31 replied to aem31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    These students go to a different school than I did so I'm not sure what they know yet and what they can do. Whenever I've asked what they can do they act like a deer in headlights. I had a patient...

  9. New grad, first week off orientation and assigned at student nurse

    aem31 replied to aem31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the feedback. I really want to be involved with students. I love teaching, just feel not ready at this point. I guess my hospital expects us to take them no matter what. Probably the...

  10. What to do when a doctor won't let you read back an order

    aem31 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    New nurse here. Had to call a doctor the other night after I followed hypoglycemia protocol and the patient wasn't responding to the treatment. He gave me his order and I began to read it back. He...

  11. self esteem is in the Bio Bag

    aem31 replied to Flower child's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in. I'm a newbie too. It sucks. It's hard. You feel stupid. It will not always be this way. Know that and keep on doing the best you can. It's all you can do. Learn and

  12. What to do when a doctor won't let you read back an order

    aem31 replied to aem31's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep. I figured it might happen a lot and that's why I chose to be careful how I handle it. I'm new. I don't know the in's and out's quite yet. I certainly don't want to start off on the wrong foot and...

  13. What to do when a doctor won't let you read back an order

    aem31 replied to aem31's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I considered it but was worried about

  14. Would you have told on this nurse?

    aem31 replied to beachmom's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like a reasonable

  15. How scary was your fist clinical experience?

    aem31 posted a topic in General Students

    Just curious what it was like for some of you. Was it like being thrown to the wolves? How did you maintain your cool? How many times did you meet in class, or in other words, how much preparation did...

  16. 100% on my exam and it wasn't exciting... :(

    aem31 replied to NICURN2013's topic in General Students

    I have seen these sorts of posts from you often. Are you an RN? A student

  17. 2 colors in hair as a new graduated during interviews

    aem31 replied to Michelle Nicole's topic in General Students

    I have a small purple streak on the underside of my hair toward the back. It just sort of peeks out. I haven't had a bit of trouble at clinicals yet which is odd because we aren't even allowed more...

  18. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    aem31 replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    Ah. Just saw someone else mention color coded

  19. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    aem31 replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would help if all the badges for different departments were color coded. That way you know off the bat that all blue badges are RN and red are techs or respiratory therapists or

  20. My Microbiology Teacher told me I can't become a Nurse

    aem31 replied to louis345's topic in General Students

    I rarely log in to respond to a post, and I really only read the first post in this thread so I'm sure I'll be repeating what multiple others have said. I'm closing in on my first half of nursing...

  21. I just lost my brother, hoping to get some feedback

    aem31 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry to hear about your brother. On the night of my first day of nursing school my husband tried to commit suicide and was in ICU for four days. He did not die but the whole thing really shakes...

  22. What kind of BAG do I carry all this stuff in?

    aem31 replied to pedneurornhopeful's topic in General Students

    I use one of these rolling crate things. Staples I felt like an idiot wheeling it around at first and I did get some good natured teasing from my classmates. However, by the end of the semester...

  23. ipod touch applications for clinical

    aem31 replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    What are the pros of being able to access your data? Having never used any of these apps I'm

  24. I just got fired... what the hell happened?

    aem31 replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Holy cow. I must be really naive. When I read the OP I though....yeah, here we go, she must have done something. I was highly skeptical. Continuing to read on, I'm astounded. The same types of stories...

  25. Nurse with Body Odor

    aem31 replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she can't help it. I know from time to time my deodorant stops working for me and I have to switch brands. Sometimes it helps and sometimes even the clinical strength stuff doesn't work as well...