cb_rn

cb_rn

CT stepdown, hospice, psych, ortho

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  1. Am i wrong for being soo ******..or am i just cranky!

    cb_rn replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse manager knew she was taking a pain med (I assume a narcotic?) and didn't bat an eyelash? The nurse didn't ask for help when she was sick and have the charge nurse or whoever give her meds...

  2. Feeling So Defeated

    cb_rn replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    In trying to be helpful you have accidently made yourself the doormat. I can see your heart was in the right place (I imagine you were just trying to be helpful and also to be a part of the "team of...

  3. My VENT and Salute!

    cb_rn replied to Hopeful2011's topic in General Nursing

    i'm so glad you've had reallly great experiences with the facilities. i've gone into quite a few different asl, snfs, and ltc doing hospice and hh at the asls. those were always just as visiting...

  4. My VENT and Salute!

    cb_rn replied to Hopeful2011's topic in General Nursing

    It just depends on the work environment, I guess. The last hospital I did prn work for had a very on-top-of-it manager. If a CNA that didn't like to work somehow got hired on, they didn't last out of...

  5. My VENT and Salute!

    cb_rn replied to Hopeful2011's topic in General Nursing

    I agree to a point. Sure, there are times when you have to sit there and chart or review or even just plan the next few things on your to-do list BUT OP is refering to nurses looking at MSN programs....

  6. Does anyone hate their job as a nurse?

    cb_rn replied to Pongoo's topic in General Nursing

    OP its all in whether you find the right fit for you in nursing and it can be difficult. Even in my dream jobs I have come home dreading work the next day. I always think of these different...

  7. My VENT and Salute!

    cb_rn replied to Hopeful2011's topic in General Nursing

    Seems like you're in a place where management tolerates that sort of behavior from the nurses. Hopefully they aren't all in that mindset. When I was still a psychiatric aides our night supervisor (not...

  8. One of THOSE nurses.

    cb_rn replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    So you ever notice that (with the rare exception) the nurse that will "eat her young" or be a catty snot to everyone wouldn't DARE talk to a doctor like that to his face. Now how she goes on behind...

  9. Feeling So Defeated

    cb_rn replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me I'd grow a pair real quick and tell the unit secretary and the nurse manager that if I'm going to do the US's damned work, they are going to pay me RN AND unit secretary salary Just...

  10. position 1hr 15 mins away..should I?

    cb_rn replied to R.NICU's topic in General Nursing

    I've driven over that each way but if I was doing more than one shift in a row, I often stayed with a good friend (which was a pain in itself -- too much of that can try a friendship). When I didn't...

  11. License endorsements..pls help

    cb_rn replied to nurse_atl's topic in Immigration Advice

    If you are in Ga, AL gives temporary licenses with a faxed copy of your current license from another

  12. Naval Hospital Beaufort

    cb_rn replied to Thipp02's topic in General Nursing

    Welllll. Its right beside the Marine Corp recruit training depot so a lot of your clients are 18 year olds in boot camp with cellutis, possible H1N1, and the various injuries you get from taking 10...

  13. Need some help from Ortho/ Neuro Nurses Please!

    cb_rn replied to MrazFan's topic in General Nursing

    Be up on your terms: abduction, adduction, extension, flexion, etc, etc Know your precautions for movement (ie what is a big no no for post op hips?) Know your facility's standards -- when can the...

  14. Med Surg and Patho

    cb_rn replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    study. that's not a smart a$$ answer. it isn't a "horror" it is a natural progression of what you have learned in anatomy & physiology and the basis of your future nursing career. do not try to...

  15. Most Lucrative Specialities/Higher Degree's

    cb_rn replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    I was just doing a survey of the nursing jobs in CA govt after reading a thread here. Some of the prison nurse salary ranges are up to $9000+ a month base pay. I imagine that's a dangerous, thankless...

  16. Ever take care of a patient for a while to later find out...

    cb_rn replied to wanderingRound's topic in General Nursing

    Ever go to a store that doesn't have those nice sani-wipes for the handle of the shopping cart? (this is a general YOU, not one exclusively to the OP) Do you think everyone that shops at your grocery...

  17. Ever Killed Someone?

    cb_rn replied to Bug Out's topic in General Nursing

    I have never assigned myself that level of responsibility on the cosmic

  18. Disappointed with AACN's NTI 2010 Washington, DC

    cb_rn replied to RN34TX's topic in Critical Care

    I'm so sorry you didn't find it stimulating ;( Thats a shame. How do you feel about submitting a poster? If you came away disappointed come up with something to wow other people with at a future NTI....

  19. Is it time to go?

    cb_rn replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like life is too short to dread going to work. If you can afford to not work or you can find another job, I'd put in my notice and say

  20. Voicing an opinion

    cb_rn replied to cb_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks elkpark. That's great advice. It is just an academic exercise, after all. I was turning this into some sort of spirtual crisis. >. So I wrote the first draft and made the required number of...

  21. Voicing an opinion

    cb_rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm reading this interesting book by Kathleen Heinrich called A Nurse's Guide to Presenting & Publishing and she writes fairly early in the book that as nurses we spend so many years quoting...

  22. Drawing blood from a PICC line

    cb_rn replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    @ what to do if you can't get blood from anywhere else... we call a doctor or a PA to come do a femoral

  23. Being Sued / Losing License

    cb_rn replied to Meraki's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I only know one person that lost their license and it was for an illegal act. No, I take that back. I remember hearing about one nurse in a hospital I worked at that ended up losing her license after...

  24. Georgia Board of Nursing

    cb_rn replied to nguyenhnic's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Be aware its still going to take about 3-4 weeks to get your license after you do the prints. It took forever to finally get my Ga license. They say you can get a temporary but I don't know anyone...

  25. Voicing an opinion

    cb_rn replied to cb_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'll let you guys know how it turns out. My gut feeling says TDCHIM is right and this paper is going to be staring me in the face the whole summer. Triquee those are great links. They definitely got...