workingmama77 BSN

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    Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    I had a similar experience a few months ago. Hubby and I were flying from Bahamas into North Carolina. Just as we landed and people were exiting the plane there was a commotion. He and I look at each other and sure enough the flight attendant star...
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    Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    My better half works for the local cable company.
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    How do we do what we do?

    I used to work in a geriatric Acute Care unit with a large Hospice patient population. I have to admit that I loved taking care of my Hospice patients. I got to know them and their families, loved hearing their stories, and nothing was as rewarding...
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    NOC, where's the professionalism??

    I remember working nights and depending on what staff was working there was a tendency to get loud occasionally. Always irritated me, especially one certain staff member who had no problem talking loudly right outside patients' rooms about getting p...
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    Babies in hospital rooms. ..ugh!! *twitch*

    I floated to a different unit than my own this week & walked into the room of a patient with C. diff who had her family in visiting. No isolation protection on any of them, sitting on her bed and one relative was sitting right next to the bed bre...
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    The Start of a New School Year

    Thank you for this article. In all the hustle and bustle of working and getting two kids ready for back to school, I just realized this is the first time in quite a long time I won't be going back to school. Makes me happy and sad at the same time. G...
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    New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    Thank you RubyVee for this article. I am just finishing up my first year of nursing and I am just now starting to feel like I can handle a lot of my job duties better. Don't get me wrong, there are days when I think to myself "How did I think this w...
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    Full Circle, My First Year of Nursing

    Just found your wonderful article today. I am a little over a year into my first nursing job & just switched to days about a month and a half ago. Still adjusting and definitely still learning! Thanks for sharing:)
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    I cried at work is it embarrassing? How do I get over this?

    I floated to our facility's locked psych unit yesterday and was hit in the face when trying to give care to a patient. First time being hit by a patient and I immediately stepped back and started crying in the hall. Felt teary-eyed most of the mornin...
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    What can you tolerate the least?

    I can't handle my kids' loose teeth. Yuck. Forget about me helping if they have a bloody nose. I passed out one night while trying to take care of my daughter's bloody nose and whacked my head on the tile floor. My poor husband was stuck taking care ...
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    Full Moon Friday the 13th

    I must be a glutton for punishment because I volunteered to pick up an extra shift this Friday the 13th - and I work nights.
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    RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    I worked evenings as a unit secretary on the same unit I now work on as an RN.
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    May 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    "I feel like no one can really 'hear' me."
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    Night Shift Snack

    Yogurt, sliced apples with peanut butter and lots of water.
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    Feeling sad and anxious before night shift

    I agree RNperdiem. I'm a new-ish nurse (5 1/2 months) and I only get anxious once in a while, usually when I know census is low enough that I may be floated to a different unit. I had previously worked 3-11 in a different job and the days felt wasted...
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    Dealing with Death...

    Very true HouTx. It's important to be aware of how work affects you and know that there is help available when you need it.
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    Who should make patient assignments??

    I work nights & we don't have a charge nurse. Nursing staff decide and we base it on either who has less patients or less acute patients. Or we mostly work together to get everything done, although one of us is the main nurse in charge of the ad...
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    Dealing with Death...

    I work on an acute care floor in a nursing home, but we do have a lot of hospice patients. I usually have the hospice assignment. As a new nurse it wasn't easy at first, but I consider it a great privilege and honor to take care of these patients (an...
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    Sleepy Nightshift nurse

    I usually try to do that too, that way when I start to get sleepy between 3:30 and 4 am I don't feel bad that I didn't pull an all-nighter on my night off.
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    Few questions.

    I have been an RN for 6 months, graduated at age 35. Happily married for 15 years (anniversary was this past week). Two kids - one in elementary school & one in middle school. I knew two girls who were pregnant in their last year of nursing schoo...
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    Sleepy Nightshift nurse

    I'm a new nurse and have been on nights since October. I love the shift, where I work & my coworkers but getting my sleep schedule worked out was and is hard sometimes. Defininitely need a dark room and quietness, along with a winding down routi...
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    I hate being a Nurse

    Some of the long term care floors in my facility have anywhere from 40-60 patients to one RN or LPN on nights. I was just floated over there this past week as part of my orientation ( my usual floor is Acute Care with up to 7 patients per RN) and it...
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    How soon did you get pulled?

    We orient on not just our unit, but a few days on the others. We get a month on our own on our "home unit" then we can float just like everyone else. Some people do need more time & the facility will give it if needed.
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    Leaving the nursing field after 3 years

    As a new nurse (5 months) I appreciate your sound advice. I also respect the fact that you realized this is not where you want to be or what you want to do. Best wishes in whatever you decide to do. I think you'll be amazing at it.
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    Tired of nursing

    I have this posted on my fridge so I can look at it every day before work. So true .