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  1. Where are the jobs?

    mentalhealthRN replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Rochester NY and there are many postings for both experienced nurses and new grads.....if you want hospital. If anyone is interested I would be happy to share info on the hospitals around...

  2. Ever hear of "rollover charting"?

    mentalhealthRN replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    not a good practice I know but the reality is that it is happening. I have seen it in the hospital but even more so in the nursing homes. Personally I think being expected to do meds, treatments and...

  3. Help!!

    mentalhealthRN replied to Darknights's topic in General Nursing

    Does this not warrent the involvement of the authorities (the police)? If in a country where euthanasia is illegal how is this not

  4. Low diastolic = 911?

    mentalhealthRN replied to JLForever's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes you can sometimes get a SBPand have a difficult time hearing the DBP--not all that uncommon with the geriatric population. And yes I was also taught in nursing school as well as EMT training of...

  5. Burnout, bad hours, heavy patient load, what to do??

    mentalhealthRN replied to Nurse Blondy's topic in General Nursing

    Lord you are wayyyyy more patient then I would be in your shoes. They are really taking advantage of you. I would be out of there......asap. Especially seeing as its not like you would be out of work....

  6. Vent/Request for advice about work situation.

    mentalhealthRN replied to MissChloe's topic in General Nursing

    You are Per Diem so if you don't pick up shifts for a couple of weeks for a vacation or injury that is not calling off. If you signed up for a shift and needed to call off of it that is calling off. I...

  7. Contact precaution question

    mentalhealthRN replied to SchoolNurseLaura's topic in General Nursing

    If the wound is covered and you are going in for the PICC only and gloving I would think that would be okay. You could check with the ID docs in your hospital to be sure, if you want an answer without...

  8. Nurses with tattoos

    mentalhealthRN replied to Deargceann's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked for years in psych and never had a problem--never asked to cover my tats. I also had a nose peircing when I worked in psych ER and so did a couple of other nurses. No one ever said a...

  9. Wanna Be "RN"

    mentalhealthRN replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    It seems I have heard that often from nurses and CNAs on here who work in LTC--that the residents call everyone "nurse". Regardless of the setting or that most of the residents are elderly I still...

  10. Do you take Ativan ?

    mentalhealthRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Be careful--I have posted on this several times--if you are pulled over while driving for any reason and they check your urine ANY benzo in your urine --worn off or not-- will land you a...

  11. Aides being "nurses"

    mentalhealthRN replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes agree with the others.....you must go to someone over your NM. The patients on your floor are at risk. I have to say I had a really bad aide on a floor and was lucky enough to have her be so mad...

  12. Aides being "nurses"

    mentalhealthRN replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    OMG that is sooooo scary! I would be RUNNING to the Office of professions. That is so illegal--for both the nurse delegating to unlicensed persons and to the aide practicing without a license--in this...

  13. Aides being "nurses"

    mentalhealthRN replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    I think that before you make any more assumptions you should ask to be sure. You could speak to the nurse manager. Hard to know weather or not there is "practice outside of scope" for sure seeing as...

  14. If you don't know...please ask!

    mentalhealthRN replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    Not for nothing but I doubt any of us--agency or not would work for free, no matter how much we love our jobs. lol. I am going to be "sweden" here and say I think that, yes, in this particular...

  15. any advice?

    mentalhealthRN replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    Curious....have you told the administration at your hospital of your issues and that you have interviewed for another job. If they knew that you didn't want to leave and like it there but are only...

  16. Sleeping amenities

    mentalhealthRN replied to Geneve RN's topic in General Nursing

    white noise machines can be purchased cheaply for each room. The one time I was a patient for 5 days I definately found it hard to sleep. One of the things that was hard was the CONSTANT beeping of...

  17. Finished BSN not sure where to go from here help please!

    mentalhealthRN replied to texasbsn's topic in General Nursing

    depends on where and what you want to teach. Some schools hire with MSN of some kind and some a Doctorate. Many CNS in mental health do teaching as a resource person for a mental health unit. So there...

  18. wrong order

    mentalhealthRN replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes if this is your biggest mistake you're doing okay. And test wise think about it this way.....if you ordered a cx instead of the tox the culture one day later will just show more growth if +.A tox...

  19. Just looking for some other opinions on a topic that came up on Oprah

    mentalhealthRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just finished watching todays episode of Oprah Winfrey and wanted to post here as I was curious as to how others feel. Okay so her guest today was a woman who married a man and found out shortly...

  20. health professional while married

    mentalhealthRN replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    I find my fiance` who doesn't work in the health care field has a hard time with the fact that its hard to find a job thats Mon-Fri days. She works those hours and wants me to work them

  21. what makes a good nurse?

    mentalhealthRN replied to shley's topic in General Nursing

    Well you said you're shy. As a nurse you do have to talk to new patients daily in most settings....other then maybe LTC......the patients and their families and you do need to be able to go in and...

  22. questions about your first code.. from a student nurse

    mentalhealthRN replied to tinker72's topic in General Nursing

    All your posts are why I don't do peds....I have been involved in many codes with adults over the years and I have been okay with dealing with it. Better then I ever would have thought I would. But I...

  23. Infant CPR while holding the baby on your arm...What?

    mentalhealthRN replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    yup....never done CPR on a baby--only adults--but yeah I remember this being the way I was taught every time I have re-certified. --In NY

  24. I feel overwhelmed

    mentalhealthRN replied to littlemammanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes so sorry. One night of orientation and it sounds like not even another person--aide of some type to help with ADL type things. Sounds unsafe and if you don't feel comfortable say no. Its your...

  25. Need help with a question?

    mentalhealthRN replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you have to do anything. If you hold an RN licence already your licence isn't going to be different. Your change from ASN to BSN doesn't change your RN license-- it's the same licence...