westieluv

westieluv

Med/Surg, Tele, Dialysis, Hospice

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  1. Computer charting in hospice

    westieluv replied to coogabooga's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It is a huge learning curve, but I guess the best I can tell you is that you will get quick and proficient with it if you hang in there, and since it's a corporate decision, yep, their way or the...

  2. On call hospice nurse! Scary!

    westieluv replied to nixx7's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you! For me, experience is definitely the best teacher.

  3. Well, now I've heard it all!

    westieluv replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't had this happen as it relates to another patient's death, but I have had nosy people ask me if their neighbor, John Doe, is in the hospital, etc. I was working a couple of months ago and...

  4. CHPN Exam

    westieluv replied to ajitamamasita's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    At the testing center where I went I found out immediately after taking the exam. They gave me a sheet of paper that stated that I passed and had my score on it. My certificate from the NBCHPN came in...

  5. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    westieluv replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    They are nasty, and the facility that I just left took it one step further and had dry shampoo caps. You put the cap on the patient, massage the powder inside the cap into their hair, then take the...

  6. Am I alone, Have I jumped the shark?

    westieluv replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    You need to find another job ASAP. If you are working way beyond the point of mental and physical exhaustion just to have something to do, then nights is not working for you and you are putting...

  7. More Proof That Surgeons Are HUGE JERKS!

    westieluv replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Haha, the neurosurgeon who operated on my cervical spine likes to stick his hand down inside of the back of his scrub pants to scratch his buttocks, answered my husband sarcastically when he asked if...

  8. New Nurse, New Friends!

    westieluv replied to nursything's topic in General Nursing

    Always be willing to help the other nurses on the unit out when they need it, because we all get busy and overwhelmed at times. Whenever someone that I worked with would go out of their way to help me...

  9. I'm So Embarrassed! : (

    westieluv posted a topic in General Nursing

    I received a phone call today about a position that I applied for as a member of the internal float pool at a local hospital system. The phone conversation went extremely well, and the lady who called...

  10. Am I alone, Have I jumped the shark?

    westieluv replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked night shift for much of my nursing career and I can tell you that it's working nights that's doing this to you mostly. Even if you get the same amount of sleep or more as you do when you...

  11. I'm So Embarrassed! : (

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the kind, encouraging words. I do have some leads for a couple of other jobs, one of which I have an interview for tomorrow, and they are both hospice jobs, an area in which I have...

  12. Feeling Stuck!!!!

    westieluv replied to CJ33's topic in Nursing Career

    IMHO, it sounds like maybe you're being too selective. Just because you accept a position on nights on a tele unit does not mean you will always work nights, it's probably just all that they have...

  13. What is and isn't allowed on Hospice?

    westieluv replied to RachelRN25's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It can be confusing because, like Tewdles said, if a patient or their family make the decision to take the patient to the hospital for curative treatment and without contacting the hospice team to...

  14. Should I stay or should I go?

    westieluv replied to Nurse ABC's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as a middle-aged RN who found out the hard way that I can no longer physically do twelve hour shift in acute inpatient nursing, it might be a good idea to keep your foot in the door at the...

  15. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    westieluv replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ditto the drug seeking adult female with vague abdominal or headache pain. Years ago when IM Demerol was the standard order for pain control we would get the same couple of ladies on our floor every...

  16. What are you really good at?

    westieluv replied to proud nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a lot of empathy and compassion for my patients. Even the mean ones that no one else can stand I am able to see as being scared, or hurting, or whatever, and still treat them with kindness and...

  17. Expired license

    westieluv replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    I have dual licensure in Ohio and Michigan. When it came time to renew my Ohio license about four years ago, I had kept up my CEUs (I could use them in both states) but I had not completed the...

  18. What Do People Answer When Asked, "What Are Your Weaknesses?"

    westieluv replied to joanna73's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I always say that I'm a bit Type A and that this has caused me to have somewhat unrealistically high expectations for myself and the care that I give at times given the particular circumstances, but...

  19. Am I a Job Hopper?

    westieluv posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am currently seeking a nursing job. I have been an RN for over 22 years and have 10+ years of Med/Surg under my belt from the '90s and early "00s, then took seven years off to stay home with our...

  20. I feel stupid- just venting out

    westieluv replied to newnewnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ^^^ This. Plus, don't ever feel badly about being too concerned! It's if you were not concerned enough that would be the problem. When a patient is having trouble breathing, that is a potentially life...

  21. I feel stupid- just venting out

    westieluv replied to newnewnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I have been a nurse for 22 years, and I still do not laugh at new grads. There's nothing funny about someone being humiliated because they are still learning, and if any of us forgets that we...

  22. To the nurses: any advice for a shy nursing assistant in the float pool?

    westieluv replied to chariot's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the first time that you float to a new floor just tell the charge nurse on your shift that you are a new employee and were hired for the float pool, but that you have not floated to that...

  23. I get worried about my career choice....

    westieluv replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Practically speaking, yes, I would still be a nurse if given the opportunity to start over again, and yes, I would encourage my kids to be nurses if that was what they wanted (but they don't). I say...

  24. I feel stupid- just venting out

    westieluv replied to newnewnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Anyone who uses picking on a new nurse in front of other staff members as a way to boost his/her ego is an insecure jerk, and it sounds like that's what he was doing. Really, why would anyone go out...

  25. Am I a Job Hopper?

    westieluv replied to westieluv's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks for the support and understanding, lawandaluxnurse. I hope you find something soon as well. I guess one thing that I have going for me is that I did stay at a previous employer for eight years,...