brainkandy87 replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing
Some nurses are just terrible people. It's like anything else. I finally had to report a nurse on dayshift (I'm nights) a couple weeks ago and now refuse to take pts from her. It was always something...
brainkandy87 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing
1.) Stop talking bad about patients when giving me report. How would you feel if you heard a nurse talking bad about your mother to another nurse? These are human beings. Treat them accordingly, even...
To the OP: yeah, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, especially if they have active MRSA/C-Diff. At my hospital, we put them on contact isolation if they have active or just a history of...
I'm glad I ran across this thread. I just graduated in May and did my preceptorship in the ER of the hospital I'm employed at on the Step Down Unit. In other words, I've seen both areas of my...
We've got these protocols in place at the hospital I'm working at. It's awful. Even when the pt falls within normal ranges, we are still replacing elytes "per protocol." Luckily a few of the...
Ok, so ever since I was a kid (ruptured ear drum), I've been really susceptible to getting ear infections in one ear. When I started nursing school, I noticed that after using my stethoscope even for...
brainkandy87 replied to teenmommy's topic in General Nursing
I just graduated a couple months ago and have been working on a cardiac floor. I did my preceptorship in the ER as I loved the environment and fast paced action. Ended up not finding any new grad...
I had my Mom's old Classic II from the late 90's during nursing school and it worked great for school, but there was no way I could use it for work. For one of my graduation presents (almost two...