WillowNMe

WillowNMe

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  1. Do your Managers and Charge nurses work on the unit?

    WillowNMe replied to pilotnurse's topic in Emergency

    Our charges work on the floor if they are not working as charge, but they do not take a patient load while charge. I like it that

  2. How Long?

    WillowNMe replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    I had accepted both of my jobs in May, passed the exam the end of June, state shut down so I had to wait until August to

  3. How to deal with no sleep?

    WillowNMe replied to pink_shoes99's topic in General Nursing

    Good nutrition and a little cough syrup or Benadryl normally does the trick for

  4. Confused about Carpuject???

    WillowNMe replied to newexcitednurse's topic in Patient Medications

    Threw it in the sharps container the first time I used one - THEN I swore very loudly in front of my pt and my preceptor. Fortunately, my preceptor was very calm and cool, and so was my pt. After...

  5. Preceptorship advice!!

    WillowNMe replied to laceface24's topic in General Nursing

    I picked cardiac, and I was put on an awesome tele floor that is considered cardiac/pulmonary/renal/observational, so I get a great variety of pts. I ended up getting hired on the same floor and love...

  6. Uniform color by discipline

    WillowNMe replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    I like it. The scrubs have to be "mostly" the selected color... Mine is Navy, and I have some cute scrubs that have white, pink and navy... I like it because pts are more likely to remember colors of...

  7. which stethoscope would fit me best in your opinion?

    WillowNMe replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm a new grad and I love my Littmann Cardiology III... I am on a tele

  8. What is the fate of the new graduate RN?

    WillowNMe replied to Aubrianna's topic in General Nursing

    Two years ago, in my area, was worse then it is now. The nurses were getting laid off by the boat load. Last year, there was a massive nursing strike right around the time most nursing schools...

  9. New Grad-Hate my Job

    WillowNMe replied to ajb96278's topic in General Nursing

    I don't necessarily agree with running... I am a new grad, and I find that although sometimes I am uncomfortable doing something, I do the following: 1.) Stop and think. A lot of times if I just give...

  10. Overnights hangover - one day off

    WillowNMe replied to WillowNMe's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your input, everyone. That is sort of along the lines that I was thinking.... and speaking of... better get a quick nap in before tonight :) Thanks

  11. Overnights hangover - one day off

    WillowNMe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Howdy and hello ~ I am a new grad, I graduated this past May. The hospice company I worked for as a TMA kept me as an RN, and I also got a job at a local hospital on a tele floor. Both are 12 hour...

  12. dover business college fails whole class

    WillowNMe replied to Kimberly M's topic in General Nursing

    Same thing happened at my school, but with a different test. We had 82 graduates, only 20 some passed. There are some who have not be able to get their grades released to take NCLEX, and we...

  13. Why does everyone seem to want to work L&D?

    WillowNMe replied to IowaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    No desire to work in L&D... should have seen me in my clinicals for school trying to teach my young mom how to breast feed. My clinical instructor was kind enough to step out of the room before...

  14. Um... Really?

    WillowNMe replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, just scared the bejeezsus out of my sleeping cats from laughing at

  15. defeated.

    WillowNMe replied to sogreenrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Deep breath. Last night was my second shift off of orientation, and as i told my mom... I felt perfectly inadequate, but strangely enough I fortunately still loved it and was able to leave on time. I...

  16. Preceptor gift

    WillowNMe replied to stumaxtan's topic in General Nursing

    I thought not having to deal with my bs was enough... ;-) Nah, I got him a card and said some mushy stuff... Funny, because neither of us is mushy. But I appreciated everything I learned from him and...

  17. UAP d/c-ing peripheral IV's

    WillowNMe replied to Lorien_LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work at a level 1 trauma hospital and our CNAs pull IVs. If a catheter got left behind, it sounds to me like it wasn't inserted

  18. Two careers, is there anybody else doing something similar?

    WillowNMe replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    What I would wonder about would be benefits and things like that... I think if you want to do it, you will make it work. Although when life comes up -aka family, hobbies, etc. You might end up...

  19. Oh my gadd i'm so embarrassed. Please help me..

    WillowNMe replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a computer in the room? If you weren't sure of something, I would think it would be ok to say, "I'm not sure, but I'll look it up

  20. Giving Report! Ugh!

    WillowNMe replied to AKA_Glamour_Pearl's topic in General Nursing

    In my acute care job, we record on the phone and the max is around a min and a half. Some people go over, some are less, but mine are about a min in length. The oncoming shift listens, if they have...

  21. What is your policy for suicidal patients?

    WillowNMe replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Same as Roy... Any threat of suicide, elopement, or danger to staff, they are put on a

  22. Night shift -- can you just take it easy, please?

    WillowNMe replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Hm, if it is stressing you out that much I would definitely think about moving to nights, bringing this up when a nurse does this, discuss with management or go to a different unit. I have worked...

  23. How Far Do You Travel For Work?

    WillowNMe replied to sweetsleep28's topic in General Nursing

    32 miles one way for my primary job in a not so gas efficient truck :) I just purchased the truck because I have a horse trailer to pull, so getting a smaller vehicle is out... And where I live, 4...

  24. ER wait time clocks????

    WillowNMe replied to bonestAx's topic in Emergency

    One of my local hospitals has one of those... I always wondered until one day I had to use it this past spring for kidney stones. Clock said nine minutes, and I literally walked through the doors,...

  25. $450 scrub top... yeah, I know, for real.

    WillowNMe replied to A&OxNone's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Looks like they put a regular scrub top over a bowling shirt and matched it with some super hideous shoes.