Awesomepossum

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1. Nurse to Patient Ratio

   Awesomepossum replied to flg2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I have the same problem, I'm on a med/surg ward with a lot of complex cases, like people who just had all of their guts taken out and are getting chemo. I routinely have 6-8 pts on a "good" day (we're...

2. Hourly Rounding

   Awesomepossum replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Yeah good luck seeing everybody when you have 7+ patients on daylight or 10 on nights. I'm lucky if I see everybody once every 4 hours let alone every 1. I do try to see everybody regularly...which is...

3. Should a gay male LPN reveal his sexual orientation...

   Awesomepossum replied to LPNTO's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   It's nobody's business what you do in your own home. Politely decline to answer. After all, nobody asks nurses if they're STRAIGHT do

4. Please Help Me Survive Med-Surg

   Awesomepossum replied to Nursemeg89's topic in Medical-Surgical

   My floor is like that too only usually we have 40-46 patients, but only budget for 36 surgical so we end up with 5 nurses on days and 4 at night with 2 aids on days and 1 (if we're lucky) at night. Do...

5. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

   Awesomepossum replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

   At my hospital nrew grads aren't allowed on nights all the time since "The floor is busier during the day and you need more experience" Um ok. I have 7-9 patients at night and we don't get breaks or...

6. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

   Awesomepossum replied to coco42rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I work in a city where if you say the word "union" the giant mega corp who owns the city (no really, they do!) will fire you and you never work in town again! I prefer nights...but at my "lovely"...

7. MBA in healthcare management or RN-MSN in leadership

   Awesomepossum posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

   Which is better for a floor nurse RN with a BS in another field? I don't want to stay on the floor ugh. My destiny is in the PACU/ICU/Surgery and eventually off the floor. But I can't decide which...

8. Facebook almost cost me my job

   Awesomepossum replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   This is why I use an assumed name for everything online, even facebook. I don't list my true town, where I really work etc. I also DON"T friend people I work with either. I had a problem with a back...

9. I give in to drug seeking patients

   Awesomepossum replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

   We are not here to judge; if you want to judge someone else's business save that for church. We're here to save lives, not souls as it were. The way I see it it doesn't effect ME if someone is a drug...

10. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    Awesomepossum replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    WOuld have been nice to know that there were no jobs back when I started but now I only have 1 class left so it would be stupid for me to stop now when I'm so close. Course I should be used to the no...

11. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    Awesomepossum replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes we are all very aware of the lack of jobs and how screwed all of us ADN students are even with another degree under our belts. HOWEVER it does nothing to help other people or yourself to spread...

12. New Grads We Have Hit A New Low...Work For FREE

    Awesomepossum replied to SparkleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    slavery is rampant in this country, we just call it customer service, volunteering, community service, and nursing school clinicals

13. Will certifications help get a job?

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I'm graduating this winter and currently am going on 2 years of being a pharmacy tech. I'm worried that my lack of actual nursing experience will keep me from getting a job. I've tried to get an...

14. Forearm bloodpressure

    Awesomepossum replied to Awesomepossum's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I did have a very hard time trying to get the stethoscope to lie flat. Where i could feel her pulse was right there on the edge by the thumb. Does it work better to listen a little further up on the...

15. Forearm bloodpressure

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So this week I had a patient who I needed to do a forearm blood pressure on and I just couldn't hear a thing with the manual cuff. I've practiced and practiced on other people and I just can't get the...