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  1. Is night shift healthier for some people?

    s0ad replied to s0ad's topic in General Nursing

    I was hoping to just give it a whirl first for a very short time to see if it would be a good fit. I just remembered that in school (Jr. high and HS) every time in the summer, I would go to sleep...

  2. Do pt families every drive you crazy?

    s0ad replied to purple10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh yes... I can go on and on and on. Sometimes I LOVE the patient and just hate the downright mean families. I really wish hospital hours were limited sometimes. I think it would help in providing...

  3. Registered Nurses: Do you like your jobs?

    s0ad replied to mamba24's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have to say overall, no. In nursing school I thought being an RN would be so much money, but considering all we do and the huge responsibility we have, I don't think thats really the case. Faith...

  4. Nurses 6:1 Patient Care Techs 25:1 in an Acute Care Setting. Is this fair??

    s0ad replied to KatieCutieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is awful. Our aides have 8 or sometimes 12 if on our sister unit. Depending on the patients it can be crazy when people are total care, and some nurses will help while others will not. I...

  5. What degree do you have?

    s0ad replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    I have a bachelors. I think I am the only one on days with a bachelors. The other nurses have associates or diplomas from hospitals. Also because we are magnet, unless you already work there (like as...

  6. Nursing trends in oncology/nursing pharmacist?

    s0ad replied to Lapaul's topic in Oncology

    At our facility chemo is mixed by the pharmacy. They deliver to the floor and a chemo nurse verifies it. The chemo nurse does the calculations, as does another nurse and the pharmacist to ensure the...

  7. What is it like to work in a hospital

    s0ad replied to mcclot1993's topic in General Nursing

    You might inquire about shadowing a nurse in a hospital, that could be very helpful. My typical day is usually this (I work on med/surg unit with a focus on oncology, with tele monitors. Typically 5...

  8. What are tasks that nurses can do with or with out a doctors order

    s0ad replied to mcclot1993's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This def. depends on your organization and state, and even area. For instance in our ED nurses have basically standing orders, depending on a person's complaint (ie stomach pain) of things they can...

  9. HELP!! No charge nurse, no supervisor and OUTRAGEOUS ratios!!

    s0ad replied to ncrn4806's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Occ. I will have 7-8 patients on days if we are short, but that is usually not the case, and I always feel unsafe when it happens. Our charge nurse usually doesn't do a ton, but I can see where you...

  10. breakdown at work

    s0ad replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I cried at work once. I was stressed with my own life, having a stressful day, and then I had a doctor yell at me and degrade me, which just put me over the edge. Normally I wouldn't have cried, but...

  11. Can you remember your first day as a nurse?

    s0ad replied to Dtermnd2Bgreat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember exactly what happened my first day on my own - but I remembering being completely nervous and scared. If a family member had a difficult question I could no longer say "let me get the...

  12. Unit Secretaries

    s0ad replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I think your reasons are why the ICU cut some of the secretary hours there. The staff were very upset, but they are still getting along with a secretary a limited amount of time. When I went over...

  13. Unit Secretaries

    s0ad replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    We have secretaries about the same amount of time, and we need them! About half the doctors are computer, half are not. Some of the secretaries will occasionally help the aides. They also take the...

  14. shift report

    s0ad replied to MendedHeart's topic in General Nursing

    I noticed this was one of my weaknesses in nursing school. So I made head to toe report sheets, which made getting and giving report much easier. They go in order, so on the top is the name,...

  15. Any advice on IV insertion skills?

    s0ad replied to Emma_H's topic in General Nursing

    During one of my clinicals, there was nothing but IV starts, but on relatively healthy patients, and I got pretty good. Now I might have a chance to start an IV once a week on very sick patients, with...

  16. Low census

    s0ad replied to mstoltenberg's topic in General Nursing

    Not here. I'm in NY and our unit is almost full all the time. The hospital census has generally been middle of the road to high. I think we had a couple of days where it was low enough for people to...

  17. Question about heparin

    s0ad replied to SGroRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an oncology unit, but have a large amount of general med-surg patients. I have given heparin before for counts even lower than 80k because they are very high risk for clots. It would...

  18. Your first time with a student

    s0ad replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I still don't have a year's experience (August is when I was a full functioning RN). I loved having a student initially - I taught some things and felt like, "wow, look what I know." Now I don't...

  19. What meds to keep

    s0ad replied to laderalis's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have had hospice patients on no medications, and hospice patients on up to 10 medications or so. The key, I've noticed, is comfort. While having fingers poked may not be comfortable, neither are...

  20. Unsanitary practice?

    s0ad replied to GraceNotes's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Who are you talking to about this? We had a similar issue - no sink in the hallway of our new unit, just in the med room which has locked access. Nurses complained about it and nothing. A nurse asked...

  21. How are male nursing students perceived?

    s0ad replied to erikmm291's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hi, not a male here, but I went to school with a few males and I also have had a few male students work with me as an RN. My males students did not have an issue with my patients - though I could tell...

  22. end of life care.. how could I have done better?

    s0ad replied to miniangel729's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an oncology/hospice floor, and it does take working with a few dying pts to really learn what to do. I probably would have titrated up the dose if it looked like there was some labored...

  23. Call to organ donation center post pt death

    s0ad replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an oncology floor with many deaths and have made many phone calls regarding possible organ donation. I've only had one "maybe" (for eyes) which was later a no. None of my patients have ever...

  24. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    s0ad replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Was bending over the patient to do something so my face was pretty close to the patient's, and he said, "You look like Adolf Hitler from here" I'm a 23 year old Italian female, so don't think I do,...

  25. 2011-2012 BAT - Decker School SUNY Binghamton hopefuls

    s0ad replied to coffee and toast's topic in New York Nursing

    My GPA was around 3.5/3.6, science GPA around the same, maybe slightly lower. Had a patient advocate internship and my original degree was in nutrition. Had some other misc. volunteer experience. I...