anotherone

anotherone BSN, RN

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  1. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    anotherone replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    sometimes, especially in these ities were this never happens the orders to evacuate come quickly . ugh i dont have children so i understood my life and saftey is worth less to many, @@ but i...

  2. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    anotherone replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i work tonight but i doubt it will be really bad where i am at, althought it is affecting all if ne us and mid atlantic areas. what worries me is the conditions hospitals will be in ....

  3. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    anotherone replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    anyone a nurse in atlantic city or on the south jersey coast? some of those areas are already flooded and people were told to evacuate yesterday now many roads and bridges are closed i...

  4. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    anotherone replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    wow. op can be in 40s with toddlers!!!! or might not be biological kids. math and thinking skills are needed to plan for these things! also this rarely happens in nyc so few people have an...

  5. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    anotherone replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This storm is affecting almost every area in a northeast or mid atlantic state. nyc has closed public trAnsport i believe dc and philly have also. many in these cities do not own...

  6. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    anotherone replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    When the power/ or computer system is down and we have to use paper charting. I have no idea how this will work as I have never delt with it and neither has most of the current staff. Maybe 1-5...

  7. Need career advice

    anotherone replied to wecan11's topic in Nursing Career

    In the LPN to RN program will you have peds clinicals? Can you chose a clinical? I have no idea at all how LPN to RN programs work. Like a previous poster said, some jobs let you shadow once you are...

  8. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    anotherone replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Last state of emergency I was involved in the following happened: People there worked up to 16.5 hours. after that they were made to stay in the hospital or parking lot and be ready to work on any...

  9. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    anotherone replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    professional ice skater, actress,

  10. The Disrespect Of Nurses

    anotherone replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    typicAl blame the victim garbage. wow some of your (multiple posters) patients should be on a locked psych ward. it is a typical customer service job but about a million times worse on the...

  11. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    anotherone replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    realistic ones now- pt or ot, endocrinologist, dermatologist,infectious disease dr, something in finance or accounting. there are so many different professions. police officer but i dont...

  12. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    anotherone replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    not realistic just ruffling some

  13. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    anotherone replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I change my mind constantly but : flight attendent, police officer, Media star, financial advisor, pop star, professional ballerina, restaurant manager, retail store manager, waitress.Reality...

  14. Experienced nurses

    anotherone replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply. I work on a med surg floor. It is the nature of the game . This was an issue back when i started and has always been From what I've

  15. Wrote up a CNA, but I was the one who got the boot!

    anotherone replied to MotherRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand you completely. It is complete garbage and bs. This was a big issue on my unit.. It was a huge problem. resolved only when the manger really started cracking down on it, and some quit and...

  16. Wrote up a CNA, but I was the one who got the boot!

    anotherone replied to MotherRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am not suprised. I saw this at my own job. There are a few that will actively get together and decide to gang up on some one else. Nurses and aides get involved. If you are the chosen one, there is...

  17. compassion

    anotherone replied to Cro-Magnon's topic in General Nursing

    I can complain about anything. I try not to, at work, at least. But I can still manage to do it. I understand why the patient might want to preserve "independence" but that doesn't mean I wont...

  18. When you became a nurse...

    anotherone replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    This can be a big issue for new nurses and even non new nurses that are just new on the unit. After months of insubordination and terrible incidents I would just tell the tech, cna, aide that I would...

  19. How did you handle your first patient dying?

    anotherone replied to rubato's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't remember anything about the first patient aside that it was a palliative care only pt. I think when you go through it a couple of times it will all start to blur and become easier. Personally,...

  20. New Customer Service Initiative

    anotherone replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    hahahahaha seems like a great idea. I am picturing baseball like cards with the doctor's face and narcotic prescribing

  21. Bedside report

    anotherone replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    i do not like it, cant stand it actually! the reports are worse. i prefer to just do report outside of the room then ongoing and offgoing nurse can both go see the pt quickly! maybe check...

  22. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    anotherone replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    i guess i dont care. holidays can be easy or some of the worst shifts ever. short staffing and alot of traumas and post ops. i dont live near any family or friends so i would just be at home...

  23. Suggestions for when I am overwhelmed

    anotherone replied to CrystalSSA's topic in First Year After Licensure

    pts and their families have no clue most of the time. we have emr so while i am standing paging a dr about something stAt, behind on meds, pts ringing , randome visitors come up to me with a list...

  24. Suggestions for when I am overwhelmed

    anotherone replied to CrystalSSA's topic in First Year After Licensure

    it is gonna happen over and over again. explain to pt with a smile that there is an emergency ( they probably wont care and your manager might reallly not like this. might be accused of poor time...

  25. I am now too expensive and too experience to get a new job!

    anotherone replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    it is pretty typical in most fields so it would not suprise me at all. the right is experience is probably 2-5years. that person wont need training nor will he/ she get paid much more than...