Awesomepossum

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1. Nurse to Patient Ratio

   Awesomepossum replied to flg2008's topic in Safety

   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 only supposed to have 5 but hey, why keep nurses ...

2. Hourly Rounding

   Awesomepossum replied to Erianne1074's topic in Safety

   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 probably why I haven't had a break or lunch on th...

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

   Awesomepossum replied to LPNTO's topic in LPN/LVN

   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 they?!

4. Please Help Me Survive Med-Surg

   Awesomepossum replied to Nursemeg89's topic in Med-Surg

   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 the math...very dangerous patient ratios! Everybo...

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

   Awesomepossum replied to Bonnie86's topic in Med-Surg

   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 lunches. I never leave my 7p-7a shift before 9 for ...

6. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

   Awesomepossum replied to coco42rn's topic in Med-Surg

   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" hospital we routinely have 7-10 fresh post surg patien...

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

   Awesomepossum posted a topic in Post Graduate

   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 masters (if any) to get. I feel like getting my BSN i...

8. Facebook almost cost me my job

   Awesomepossum replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in 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 stabbing coworker a while back so now I'm extra ext...

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 seeker. Don't sue me and whatever.

10. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    Awesomepossum replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    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 job thing as there were no jobs for my old degree ...

11. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    Awesomepossum replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    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 all that negativity around! Maybe that Debbie Downer...

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

    Awesomepossum replied to SparkleRN's topic in New Nurse

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

13. Will certifications help get a job?

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in New Nurse

    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 aid or tech job for two semesters but haven't been a...

14. Most Annoying Nursing Stereotype

    Awesomepossum replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    "Eat their young" is very VERY true.

15. Forearm bloodpressure

    Awesomepossum replied to Awesomepossum's topic in Student Assist

    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 arm where it's flatter?