rn undisclosed name

rn undisclosed name

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  1. Night Shift? When do you exercise?

    rn undisclosed name replied to Rabid Response's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It is tough. I haven't been working nights as long as you. Only about 6 months and it is killing me. With any luck I will be going to days very soon. The shift differential just ain't worth it....

  2. To tell or not to tell

    rn undisclosed name replied to mejajo08's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you have to disclose a reason? You need to go to part-time for personal reasons. You're not comfortable discussing personal issues at work. Period. If they can't accomodate you, then you'll...

  3. What do you wear to work?

    rn undisclosed name replied to Dawn Vylet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Message deleted b/c I don't work ob/gyn and figure my post is probably of no use to you.

  4. Best Chicago Area Hospitals

    rn undisclosed name replied to ahammer's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Some other magnet hospitals include Loyola, Northwestern, University of Chicago, and Good Samaritan (Downers Grove). I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them right now. Rush and Christ...

  5. What is the best unit to work in and why?

    rn undisclosed name replied to wnb4's topic in General Nursing

    For a new grad I would have to say telemetry. You get a touch of med/surg, cardiology, and some things you may see in an icu. You also get exposure to some drips. As others have said, the best...

  6. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    rn undisclosed name replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would not be working as a nurse for minimum wage. If it ever came to that I would leave the field. To me it's not worth it to go through what I go through in a shift for minimum wage. Yes, I...

  7. Nervous about giving resignation

    rn undisclosed name posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have only worked in my current position for 8 months. I haven't really been happy where I am at. I have several reasons for leaving, but, having worked in other facilities the place I am at now is...

  8. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    rn undisclosed name replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure I could think of plenty, but, then this would be a pretty long post. So, I'll keep it to just a few. Docs who don't like to return pages until you've paged them 3x. I guess they figure with...

  9. Great metro areas to work in the U.S. Today?

    rn undisclosed name replied to PraiseMariahCarey's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you read about certain regions and what people are saying about those areas. I am in the chicagoland area and there are quite a few threads about new grads having a hard time even getting...

  10. salary negotiation for registry position

    rn undisclosed name replied to livingston's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I am in the chicagoland area and it has always been my understanding that there was no negotiation on registry positions. It was a flat rate regardless of how much experience you have. So what is...

  11. 12 hour shifts...3 is plenty

    rn undisclosed name replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    I love 12 hour shifts and enjoy my 4 days off. Well, right now, I am working nights so I don't really feel like I have 4 days off. Hope that changes very soon. I did have a manager once try to...

  12. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    rn undisclosed name replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Heparin, lopressor/coreg, tylenol, nexium/protonix, and

  13. What's the scariest thing you've ever seen as a nurse?

    rn undisclosed name replied to Nurse0621's topic in General Nursing

    You double check every single med. Well, I think that is a bit over the top. I understand certain medications being double checked but NS. Good nursing practice. I don't think I would say that....

  14. Zithromax IVPB question

    rn undisclosed name replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, when you run the amio into a line that was previously flushed with saline some of the amio hits the ns that it was flushed with. Get my drift. So, are you supposed to flush with dextrose and...

  15. feeling towards the end of my chapter in dip nursing

    rn undisclosed name replied to deepurple's topic in Cardiac

    I'm not exactly sure what you are asking. Your post was very difficult to read. Maybe english is not your first language, but, maybe if you reword it so we can understand you may get some

  16. Amiodarone education

    rn undisclosed name replied to bnaiya's topic in Cardiac

    Sticky notes??? Those things fall off. Anyways it works much better to program your pump for 6 hours so it will beep and you know to change the rate. Unless, of course you have an IV pump that...

  17. Becoming friends with patients?

    rn undisclosed name replied to kablo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I personally think it is inappropriate. You are acting in a professional capacity and this has crossed those boundaries when you develop a

  18. gastrophy , esophagitis and gastritis ..oh my

    rn undisclosed name replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    One other thing that may be beneficial to try is sucralfate. It coats the gi tract and may provide some relief if taken prior to meals. I don't know if that's been tried but it does work for some...

  19. How long did you stay?!

    rn undisclosed name replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Never did med-surg. Started out doing tele. Stayed at first job 20

  20. Looking outside of downtown Chicago for a job

    rn undisclosed name replied to GoBlue's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Have you looked at Loyola. They are in Maywood. I am not overly familiar with them, but, from what I can gather they a cancer day hospital. Are you looking to work in an infusion center again or...

  21. OR vs ICU

    rn undisclosed name replied to LivewellRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would think that if you want to do OR that it would be a good idea to do ICU. At least that way you get experience with some of the additional monitoring that you don't see on the regular floors...

  22. How long does it take you to calculate the doctor's med/IV order?

    rn undisclosed name replied to RescueNinja2013's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked staff at 3 different hospitals and done agency at another hospital. I have never been made to feel stupid about a question that was asked. There's enough other crap that goes on between...

  23. 25 Craziest Interview Questions of 2010

    rn undisclosed name replied to SweetBabyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I like that one and it is so true. I couldn't live without writing down things on my to do list and refer back to it very

  24. case manager - what can you tell me about it?

    rn undisclosed name replied to abc987's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you doing LTC? I am assuming you are an RN. Have you tried hospital nursing. I think you'd be happier. I am an RN and would never do LTC. I have, however, worked in LTC as a nursing...

  25. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    rn undisclosed name replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Just an observation. Those "foreigners" who have made the attempt to learn english and who have gotten more education obtain much better jobs. This goes for spanish speaking individuals as well as...