40thEditionRN

40thEditionRN

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  1. It's time to vent!!!

    40thEditionRN replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not an NP, so forgive the intrusion here, but I had a student the other say who walked in with a Dunkin Donuts iced coffee and said that she thought she had strep because her throat had been...

  2. Is a fall occurrence of "zero" possible?

    40thEditionRN replied to nursidosis's topic in General Nursing

    How humiliating to be put on a bed alarm if you are awake, alert and

  3. Public health nurse job offer but will receive paycut...Opinions?

    40thEditionRN replied to EmRN14's topic in General Nursing

    I took a pay cut to leave the hospital setting too. I worked mostly nights, so I got that differential, plus weekend differential too. My current pay is about on par with day shift at our local...

  4. Somebody remind me again !!

    40thEditionRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Dying.

  5. Resigning after 3 months

    40thEditionRN replied to sarah620's topic in General Nursing

    Can I ask how difficult it was for you to get back into nursing after an absence? Just curious. I left the hospital for school nursing and worry about my prospects later if I should choose to try a...

  6. Advice Needed

    40thEditionRN replied to NurseAdjoa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a friend who just transitioned from dialysis nursing to ER nursing. So moving on with limited med-surg experience is possible. You can always take the full-time job and attempt to get a PRN...

  7. Tell me why you regret about becoming a Nurse

    40thEditionRN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I regret not doing it sooner. Being a mother and going back to school was nothing compared to working 3-12s in a row. In my late 30s, I was honestly unprepared for how exhausting it all was. Had I...

  8. New school Nurse, Struggling!!

    40thEditionRN replied to KSM-RN's topic in School

    I assume you're asking me? I just found it the traditional way: through an online ad. It was perfect for me. I have youngish children and needed something part-time. Nightshifts were KILLING me; my...

  9. Words You Hate

    40thEditionRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Bolus. I didn't mind it in regards to giving fluids, but I hate the term when it refers to the wad of food you've chewed and are about to swallow. Nasty. Also, sputum.

  10. Help me! 24 and burned out!

    40thEditionRN replied to swestfall's topic in Nursing Career

    Look into local universities/colleges and see if there are any openings for RNs in their student health centers. Some of the larger colleges practically have a hospital wing. It would be more like an...

  11. Have any of your patients ever told you that you're a good nurse?

    40thEditionRN replied to EquinoxSolstice92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, and it was a wonderful thing. When I'd replace an IV quickly, and they didn't even flinch; when I reassured a knee post-op that she was on the right track, had gotten up with PT and was using her...

  12. Hello from the Other Siiide..what I learned about pt discharge when the patient is my dad

    40thEditionRN replied to MasonDixieChic's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!!!One of the reasons discharges stressed me out so much is this right here. Patient education takes TIME. When you have a bunch of other patients being discharged, or are getting hit with a...

  13. New school Nurse, Struggling!!

    40thEditionRN replied to KSM-RN's topic in School

    I'm a nurse in a college health center ( do I qualify as a school nurse? :)) and there are definitely things I miss about the bedside. I was just telling friends the other day HOW MUCH I missed...

  14. New school Nurse, Struggling!!

    40thEditionRN replied to KSM-RN's topic in School

    "Deciding not to decide is a decision." Excellent. I'm gonna use that somewhere

  15. Absolutely miserable

    40thEditionRN replied to slippersocks's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just want to give you a hug. I am sorry, and I honestly don't know what to tell you outside of "I've been there." I spent two-plus years at big city hospital with some of the toughest patients. I...

  16. How to get away from bedside nursing

    40thEditionRN replied to beeenieweeenie, RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I found my current job on (don't laugh) Craigslist. I am a student nurse, and sometimes people use multiple avenues of outreach to find appropriate candidates, along with your standard job websites...

  17. The every year Snow thread

    40thEditionRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    This post makes me SO glad I take public transportation (although this can pose problems with weather delays) and also SO glad that I work a school schedule. If school is cancelled or delayed, I am...

  18. New RN ready to give up

    40thEditionRN replied to andie78's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh OP, I feel you. I was at a hospital for 18 months, my first hospital job, and believe me, it took everything in my power to eek out those 18 months. Nursing school is NOTHING like floor nursing,...

  19. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    40thEditionRN replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting tidbit. The last hospital I worked for was in the process of trying to re-attain Magnet status during my tenure there. During the three-day Magnet site visit, our unit manager had an extra...

  20. Report vent turned mega vent

    40thEditionRN replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Nursing

    At change of shift, there were ALWAYS a small handful of nurses that I hated giving report to. One was a literal nightmare. Questioned everything, at times berated the outgoing RN in front of family,...

  21. IV Insertion in School?

    40thEditionRN replied to meganec17's topic in General Nursing

    I learned on the job, which is a hoot when you're looking at someone in the hospital bed and they're looking back and forth between you and your preceptor wondering what they've signed up for. You'll...

  22. Are we doing good for our patients?

    40thEditionRN replied to GeologistRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    The Institute of Medicine recently put out a lengthy report entitled "Dying in America." It really does an amazing job highlighting all the ways we disservice critically ill patients. The crux of the...