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dansamy

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  1. New Grad States & Relocating

    dansamy replied to jeangarc18's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

  2. Med/Surg Peds travel & income

    dansamy replied to dansamy's topic in Travel

    Ned, do you think er or L&D is the better choice for a new

  3. A "full" light blue top tube

    dansamy replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    There's a line on our coag tubes. Any less than that is a

  4. Med/Surg Peds travel & income

    dansamy replied to dansamy's topic in Travel

    Most assuredly! And while I'm not unhappy in my current staff position, I'm just thinking it's a great big pile that I'm as underpaid as I am. My husband is not working right now, so it's a good time...

  5. Med/Surg Peds travel & income

    dansamy replied to dansamy's topic in Travel

    Maybe what I need is just a change of pace! A different, better paying hospital & maybe use the job change to change specialties at the same time. Although, being able to take the kids on the road...

  6. Med/Surg Peds travel & income

    dansamy replied to dansamy's topic in Travel

    I realize both of these. Regarding homeschooling, my husband will be taking over the role of teacher. Well, really superintendent/principal as they're old enough now that they are primarily...

  7. Nursing Instructor's Prayer??

    dansamy posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Surely, there's one written already. I've found several nursing student prayers, but none for the nursing instructor. My pinning is Tuesday and I'd like to print and fram a "Nursing Instructor's...

  8. Feasible to get Thanksgiving and Christmas off as new RN?

    dansamy replied to ATLbubbles's topic in General Nursing

    Most places have informal let's-make-a-deal amongst staff. Just because you are scheduled to work it doesn't mean you'll end up actually working it. I have successfully traded new year's eve and day...

  9. After all this time...

    dansamy replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You should have notified the a/s. The MD discharged the patient. He/she would have reported off to the on-call MD for the group that this pt was d/c'ed. Also, the pt would not be seen during rounds...

  10. should i invest in a new steth?

    dansamy replied to erin01's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I adore my Cardiology scope. It doesn't have to be a Littman cardiology scope to be good. I bought one that my schooll had on sale for $35 and it worked wonderfully until about a year after I was out...

  11. Hospital Romances

    dansamy replied to 2bnursejacksonrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yup, we throw wild orgy parties at least once a month.

  12. texting at work

    dansamy replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    *Just to play "devil's advocate"* And that may very well have been that nurse's only break all shift. Most of the time, I only pee once during my 12hr shift. If I am lucky, I get to wolf down my lunch...

  13. I can't hear a thing!

    dansamy replied to Sprouts's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Definitely get a cardiology scope. I love

  14. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    dansamy replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    This soooo sounds like something I would do. Seriously. Markers and crayons and colored pencils just take me back to childhood. I would totally sniff the markers and get a touch of color on me in the...

  15. Nurse being above emptying a foley catheter bag??!!

    dansamy replied to LPNfurever's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a tech and going through nursing school, I had a nurse come find me while I was on my lunch break, clocked out by the way, to tell me that my patient needed me. She didn't tell me what was...

  16. Shady shift change

    dansamy replied to 86toronado's topic in General Nursing

    Patient abandonment. And I would be making an anonymous report to the board. You're not ACLS certified. You hadn't even received

  17. Insurance - The Latest Outrage

    dansamy replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    I am so grateful for my husband's insurance through his employer. His premium is 100% paid for by them. The "family" coverage, which includes spouse and any/all children, is $69.24 per month for...

  18. assignment due to acuity with points??

    dansamy replied to ChristinaNcRN's topic in General Nursing

    Will you call my hospital's CNO? Some days are worse than others. One day I started with 7 patients, discharged 5 of them and admitted 6 more. By the end of the day I had been responsible for and...

  19. I'm in the market for a stethoscope

    dansamy replied to foreverLaur's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I like my Cardiology III. I have a hard time hearing on a stethoscope with just one tube/sound path. The cardiology stethoscope has a "two tubes in one" design. I can actually hear with it....

  20. Family members and Visitors telling me HOW to do my job!!!

    dansamy replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I put them to work. "You help momma to the bathroom while I change her

  21. It's FRUSTRATING that....

    dansamy replied to ernoc333's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ummmm.....they both involve quite a bit of injury and insult to the surrounding musculature. Both surgeries are painful. I certainly hope you are not diminishing or belittling a woman's pain from a...

  22. Mobile Nurses

    dansamy replied to Tgirl27's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Providence starts new grads about $20-21ish. Diff is $2.50 nights and $2.00 weekends, I think. YMMV since you have prior

  23. Is immediate, undisrupted breastfeeding needed for long term success?

    dansamy replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After my own experience BF'ing 3 preemies, who were gavage-fed and then nipple-fed using those REALLY soft preemie nipples, I'd say that yes nipple confusion is a factor, but if you are committed, a...

  24. I had my first clinical today & I cried in the pt room in front of everyone.

    dansamy replied to Angels_wearScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I would have been traumatized and possibly quit nursing school. I prayed every day when I was in my Critical Care semester that my patient would live through my

  25. assignment due to acuity with points??

    dansamy replied to ChristinaNcRN's topic in General Nursing

    We're staffed by a matrix of "x patients = y nurses + z cnas". I hate it because when you do have higher acuity patients, then you feel short-staffed and over-worked because one patient is really...