westieluv

westieluv

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  1. 50 Minute drive to work.... would you take it?

    westieluv replied to Encast's topic in Nursing Career

    How alert do you feel while driving home from your present job in the morning and how many minutes is the commute? Will you be driving in heavy rush hour traffic? Have you ever had any close calls...

  2. Still Very Anxious Working as a Nurse After Three Years

    westieluv replied to makeadifrence's topic in Nursing Career

    I think that after 23 years in this profession I have finally figured out why nurses are so catty to each other and badmouth each other to others. What it all comes down to is insecurity. In talking...

  3. Giving an awesome verbal report?

    westieluv replied to Maddy_Rose's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work nights, so there may be a little more time to do this than if you work days, but I always make it a point to take a few minutes to look through each of my patients' charts and jot down any good...

  4. Still Very Anxious Working as a Nurse After Three Years

    westieluv replied to makeadifrence's topic in Nursing Career

    I feel so sad reading your post, because you sound so miserable! I know that you can't be nearly as bad of a nurse as you think you are, or you would not have survived three years and three different...

  5. Ever have the spike come out from a hanging bag of blood?

    westieluv replied to Billy_Ruben's topic in General Nursing

    Not quite the same scenario, but once when I was a brand new nurse I spiked a 3,000 ml bag of TPN and poked the spike right through the other side of the bag. I was scared stiff because I had been...

  6. Not Sure What to Do...Fresenius Nurses?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks for your reply. I was actually offered the job today and I am going to take it. I am really excited about learning a new type of nursing, and getting away from bedside med/surg nursing. I also...

  7. New job in short term rehab/ALF with in-house dialysis

    westieluv replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Never take a blood pressure, lab draw, or finger stick on the arm with the AV fistula. If your facility doesn't already have a policy in effect where they place a sign over the patient's bed and/or...

  8. Feeling Like a Real Dirtbag...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks, julz68, that's what I thought about the consecutive days off, but when I went in to discuss it with my boss she had each and every date listed individually and counted as one occurrence each....

  9. Feeling Like a Real Dirtbag...

    westieluv posted a topic in Nursing Career

    because I applied for and interviewed for a transfer within my company without realizing that I am under discipline for attendance. This past winter, I had a bout with sciatica. When it started, I...

  10. Feeling Like a Real Dirtbag...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for your kind, supportive replies. Jeanette73, I missed more than the allotted number of days of work within a couple of months. My job is contingent, so there are no official sick days, we...

  11. Am I a Good Candidate to Work in the ER?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the support, SweetMelissaRN, your name seems very appropriate.:) My second interview is tomorrow. I just got off the phone with the manager and she told me she thinks that I am an excellent...

  12. Am I a Good Candidate to Work in the ER?

    westieluv posted a topic in Emergency

    In a nutshell: I am an RN of 23 years who has several years of experience in various types of Med/Surg and Cardiac units and hospice. I am currently employed by a huge healthcare company that owns a...

  13. Questions about nursing.

    westieluv replied to mcfox's topic in Nursing Career

    You would want to be an RN, because for the most part, LPNs have been phased out of hospital nursing. If you can get your BSN so much the better, because more and more hospitals are showing a...

  14. What else can I do?

    westieluv replied to H3ISMAN's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, you will probably need to gain some actual RN care giving experience before you can try to climb the ladder into a non-bedside position. Who wants a manager who has never been in their

  15. Am I a Good Candidate to Work in the ER?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Emergency

    Thanks, SweetMelissa, I"ll look up some of those videos and watch them. That's a great

  16. Am I a Good Candidate to Work in the ER?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Emergency

    Thanks, Altra, I can definitely see where this would be a big difference between floor nursing and ER nursing. On the floor, I can usually plan my shift pretty well as long as I don't have a patient...

  17. Am I a Good Candidate to Work in the ER?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Emergency

    Wow! Thanks so much for both of your encouraging and informative replies. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond and for encouraging me to try ER. You have no idea how much better I feel...

  18. Truestaff

    westieluv replied to Sujette's topic in Travel

    Good point, I honestly hadn't thought of it in terms of the hospital terminating her. I keep hearing about how those contracts are ironclad and it's extremely difficult to terminate a traveler for...

  19. Fresenius called me today...

    westieluv posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    and it was quite out of the blue. I had applied for a position with them several months ago, but there was a lot of travel involved and on-call hours on top of the full-time hours so I turned down an...

  20. Truestaff

    westieluv replied to Sujette's topic in Travel

    Indirectly. There is a nurse who works for them that has an assignment on the unit where I work and she calls in sick at least once a week, often at the last minute, leaving us short staffed. There...

  21. Transfering out of Michigan, What transfers where? Where can I find this information?

    westieluv replied to samanthajo23's topic in Nursing Career

    Even after that rambling post I'm not sure if I answered your question directly so no, you cannot use your Michigan license in any other state. Wherever you work, you will need to get your license in...

  22. Fresenius called me today...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Renal patients are a very unique population too, and there is so much that goes on with them that goes beyond just the basic renal failure/need for dialysis. I've taken care of a lot of them over the...

  23. Fresenius called me today...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Oh, yeah. Easiest job on the planet, except you have to know how to do everything exactly right or risk the patient coding and possibly dying under your watch and having someone attempt to sue you for...

  24. Fresenius called me today...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Wow, good to know, and thanks for even more helpful information, NurseRies! I am a pretty (okay, VERY) type A person who is a big planner and likes to be everywhere, not just on time, but extra early....

  25. Fresenius called me today...

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thank you so much for the informative reply, I really appreciate all the information. One thing that is a bit of a red flag to me is that this position has been posted for at least a couple of...