hollyann12 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing
I love IV starts. Didn't always, but at my current job I start up to 20 a day. I just love seeing that flash on pt's with difficult veins and I love when I can make their day by getting it on the...
We do informal team nursing at my job (GI). It's one of my favorite things about my job--that you're never truly alone. We help each other out. It's never just my patient; it's your patient too....
hollyann12 replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing
IVs don't scare me at all. I've let many people start them in my hands and arms--I have really good veins but sometimes inexperienced people have trouble even with really good veins. I've personally...
If you can somehow make it work financially, I would say go for it! I switched from med-surg nights to endoscopy days about a year ago and I am so much happier. On top of being on days now, having...
I don't really know what to call it because it's not my boss or my co-workers but, every time we get a young, male, hypersexual patient on our floor, he beelines straight for me. I have lived in bad...