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  1. Afraid as a new nurse

    I've been a nurse for 3 months. 3 MONTHS! and i have already reinvented myself 100X over. I was also the quiet type until i began nursing as a licensed professional. I LOVE what i do and even with...
  2. Drug seekers

    I know what you mean...but try working in a LTC facility with drug seekers! It's much, much worse! At least at the ER you can treat and street. That's not an option here. I have a pt that came to us...
  3. Orientation Hours

    And as for orientation...I followed a nurse one night and the next night i was on my own with over 20 pts. Oh and i graduated in June. So i definitely hope you get more orientation than i
  4. Orientation Hours

    I'm a new grad too and I work nights. And all of my orientation was at night. The only time i had to go in during the day was when I had to go in and fill out all those papers you have to fill out at...
  5. CNA not doing job

    I deal with CNA's like this daily!! I've learned that all you can do is DOCUMENT and take care of your residents/patients. I take care of about 50 residents on some nights and about 30 on others...
  6. Is this within our scope of practice?

    At our facility, we have a resident that has an MD order for ETOH (Mr. Boston's Vodka to be specific), I never question giving it. I mean, if you have alcohol induced dementia then there is a serious...
  7. So, I have to be a bad nurse to be a good nurse?

    I am also a new nurse i graduated in June, started my job at the beginning of August at an LC facility.. I have never thought of the "journal to self-assess" that is a fantastic idea! I've already...
  8. What is a typical day like for an LPN?

    I've been an LPN for only a few months now and I have heard MANY, MANY times that doctor's prefer to work with LPN's turned RN than straight RN's. We learn everything hands on. I suggest to everyone...
  9. Bed Alarms

    dajulieness...sorry!! i copied yours to answer for myself and accidently hit enter and it posted! I edited it but apparently the edit didn't go through. sorry about
  10. Bed Alarms

    1) What kind of facility do you work for? (Hospital, Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Home Health Agency) Nursing Home 2) How often do you come into contact with bed alarms? we have...
  11. Should I: get applications, send a resume, or both?

    BOTH ARE DEF NOT OVERKILL! I am also a new pn as of about a month ago. I always go to possible job interviews in professional attire with a resume on cotton resume paper and a resume envelope. I fill...
  12. I am in the SAME predicament. During orientation the nurse I shadowed, would literally say, "this is not the way you are supposed to do it" "do as i say, not as i do" "if jahco is here be sure to NOT...
  13. Air in the line!!! What am I doing wrong?

    A lot of times at a facility I did a clinical rotation at, the pump would beep but there would OBVIOUSLY be no bubble. A nurse there told me that if the tubing has any residue on it (finger residue,...
  14. Pre-req before A & P

    I took medical terminology before A&P and it helped ALOT! if your school offers it i would highly recommend it. I recommend it to all pre-nursing students i come in contact
  15. HEELLLLPPPP!!!

    Honestly, if my DON or charge nurse wouldn't listen to me and I just knew my pt wasn't him/herself and something was really wrong (and my pt had no advance directives or other statements stating that...