Jenni811

Jenni811 RN

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  1. Hard to get a transfer out of a psych department

    Jenni811 replied to theoj7's topic in General Nursing

    What is even harder is getting a patient on a med/surg floor to a psych

  2. Would you work this schedule...is it safe?

    Jenni811 replied to RNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    Actually studies haven shown that anything more than 12 in unsafe. there is now research saying anything above 8-10 hours is unsafe. Our hospital is starting to push for 8 hours shifts instead, while...

  3. Anyone have dogs and work 12hr shifts?

    Jenni811 replied to xokelly2's topic in General Nursing

    Yup!! i do doggy daycare on days i work or days i need to sleep. Totally worth it...he comes home dead tired. My neighbors also have a 10 year old son that adores my dog, so when i work night shifts...

  4. New grad applying to acute floor after just a week working LTC

    Jenni811 replied to mell260's topic in General Nursing

    usually won't count it unless its been like 6 months-a year since you've been there. Just put it as your current job, if they ask just tell

  5. X-ray for pre-employment screen?

    Jenni811 replied to Pedal's topic in General Nursing

    i had to submit to a chest x-ray...mainly for TB reasons. That was when i was hired as a CNA several years ago in a pulmonary unit. I was hired over a year ago as an RN in the same unit and i guess...

  6. Are nurses blue or white collar workers?

    Jenni811 replied to digitiminimi's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's actually a pink collar job. Not sure if that's a real term, but nursing falls under what is considered "pink collar." Pink collar workers are service industry that is STEREOTYPICALLY done by...

  7. No more piggybacking zosyn?

    Jenni811 replied to RENEfromLA's topic in Patient Medications

    Ok- i had to look this up. Giving it slower (4 hrs) makes it stay in the system longer. Some hospitals will do zosyn over 30 minutes but will do it more freqeuntly (i.e. every 6 hours). So if you are...

  8. No more piggybacking zosyn?

    Jenni811 replied to RENEfromLA's topic in Patient Medications

    well it makes since if you have maintenance fluids running, but if you don't then you need to run it piggy-back so all of it gets in. We still infuse over 30 minutes. Since when does it go over 4...

  9. Students nursing during EMR go-live

    Jenni811 replied to jappey17's topic in General Nursing

    i wish ours did that. We are a very large hospital and many nursing schools that do clinicals at our facility. i can think of ONE school that the instructor does morning medications with them. That...

  10. Students nursing during EMR go-live

    Jenni811 replied to jappey17's topic in General Nursing

    We do everything with our students. It sucks. But im not afraid to tell the instructor if the student is slowing me down that they need to step

  11. Students nursing during EMR go-live

    Jenni811 replied to jappey17's topic in General Nursing

    and let me add...a "young student" wouldn't help me out because they are "computer savy". I am only 23 years old...so i don't need a "young computer savy" student with me. Becuase i am computer savy...

  12. Students nursing during EMR go-live

    Jenni811 replied to jappey17's topic in General Nursing

    Out of curiousity... have you EVER actually worked with a nursing student?? I don't feel you should be making this call if you have never worked with a nursing student. A student slows you down. They...

  13. No more piggybacking zosyn?

    Jenni811 replied to RENEfromLA's topic in Patient Medications

    That doesn't make sense to me either. Do they want you running it as a primary

  14. I'm tired of it!

    Jenni811 replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't want people messing with my beeping anything either. i don't care if they silence things because EVERYTHING at our facility that makes a "beeping noise" has a safety that if the silence is...

  15. I'm tired of it!

    Jenni811 replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My favorite :). i would take that patient

  16. I'm tired of it!

    Jenni811 replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    if i can offer you one word of advice- please never ever forget how awful bedside nursing is, and how demanding it

  17. I'm tired of it!

    Jenni811 replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    oh...my! i feel like i am talking to myself. Literally, i come home and complain to my fiance all the time. I can't stand it.... Every body's answer is "speak to your nurse." I loved loved loved when...

  18. She got fired...

    Jenni811 replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is more to the story here.... the nurse failed to call an MRT or RRT (different facilities call it something different). If i need a doctor there NOW, i don't page him/her because it...

  19. Is nursing what you thought it would be?

    Jenni811 replied to Lucidity's topic in General Nursing

    I will say nursing has changed my personality in so many ways. Some good, some not so good. it is not all rainbows and butterflys like i thought it would be. Nursing is soooo different than what i...

  20. Baffled

    Jenni811 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    what even leaves me more baffled is when you get a patient who is total assist, up with 2, on oxygen, sets up their own meds, manages their own diabetes, puts on their own ted hose, and wipes their...

  21. Is this considered a HIPAA violation?

    Jenni811 replied to jadu1106's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    nope- not a HIPAA. because she didn't identify anyone's name...who knows, that person could have been talking about the TV show "i didn't know i was pregnant" rather than this patient. Still not a...

  22. Calling a doctor question.

    Jenni811 replied to iwashere's topic in General Nursing

    i identify myself when speaking to the doctor, but when speaking to his wife...i highly doubt she cares if my name is Jenni, or if it is Beatrice. The doctor may want to know, because he may need to...

  23. Calling a doctor question.

    Jenni811 replied to iwashere's topic in General Nursing

    My dad is a cardiologist. I can tell you growing up with him, and getting calls at our house...if a woman called and asked to speak to "Dr. ____" my mom, nor myself ever thought anything of it. We as...

  24. I'll be serving whine at my pity party

    Jenni811 replied to jadedjane's topic in General Nursing

    Have to ask...my fiance and i MAY be relocated to southern california from northern Wisconsin. How is the job market out there?? Cost of living is ridiculous. ok, since i asked a question i need to...

  25. Transfer advice please

    Jenni811 replied to ninja-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    you sound alot like me!!! :) Im still in med-surg though. i have my days where im like "this isn't so bad" and majority of my days are "I HATE WORK!! IM NEVER GOING BACK. THAT WAS TERRIBLE." i'm...