eatmysoxRN ASN, RN

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    NEW CNA: Running behind on workload! Feel awful!

    eatmysoxRN replied to panjia's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'd ask the other CNAs how they manage. My floor has 1 NA at night for a 24 bed unit. She manages well but doesn't have to do baths since days does them. The RNs help out as much as possible but I'd...
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    How do ya'll wear your hair? can you have bangs?

    eatmysoxRN replied to Reckless96's topic in General Nursing

    My hair touches my waistband and hasn't been cut in years but I still have "bangs" because my hair there just won't grow. It helps that I have a huge bald spot on the side of my head that everyone...
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    Pediatric patients...parents are KILLING me!

    eatmysoxRN replied to lovelane78's topic in Private Duty

    Sounds terrible. I've never done private duty. Not sure that I could hold my tongue in your situation. I'd probably let it fly. I almost did when working peds in a hospital. I had to check my badge a...
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    reading a tb skin test

    eatmysoxRN replied to kimd's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility you have to have special training to administer and read TB tests. Without it you cannot place or read the tests. I'm not sure if that's standard
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    New Grad, 8 patients. HELP!

    eatmysoxRN replied to circularstaircase's topic in Medical-Surgical

    IMO, nights is better for new nurses. I find nights to be more manageable usually. It gets busy but there seems to be more support. 8 patients is too many and sounds overwhelming. See about nights...
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    Low blood sugar, juice or D50?

    eatmysoxRN replied to mappers's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    So... What if the patient were NPO for a test but the blood sugar was around 50? Or what if the person had a gtube? At 39, would you put o.j. through the tube or do the d50? Our policy is juice (don't...
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    Anyone using API Healthcare Time And Attendance?

    eatmysoxRN replied to filovirus's topic in General Nursing

    We use API and my logon is my employee name. Nothing
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    Be Careful When Posting

    eatmysoxRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    While I agree, I hate the fact that we truly lose freedom of speech with our career choice. I wouldn't dare to share phi, but if I want to rant about something that actually happened and it offended...
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    Working night shift, difficulty sleeping during the day!

    eatmysoxRN replied to gloryfied's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Although still a med, I, as well as several coworkers, take melatonin. I keep my room dark and cool. Usually it isn't too bad as long as I don't have to do something during the day. After that, my...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    eatmysoxRN replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    I usually work on a tele floor with 6-8 patients. I've been pulled to almost every other floor in the hospital, including the ICU. I love the unit. I got an amazingly thorough report for the outgoing...
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    What is the point of becoming a nurse?!

    eatmysoxRN replied to newRN121's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Perhaps off topic, but nursing isn't the only profession that is saturated. Times are tough. If you want something badly enough, you have to go get it instead of waiting for it to come to
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    What happens if the nurse forgets to get AMA form signed and pt leaves hospital??

    eatmysoxRN replied to Kyliemarie8588's topic in General Nursing

    That has happened to me as well. Document thoroughly that you taught them the risks and that they understood. I think the usual reason most leave AMA is due to them wanting to
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    Double Standards

    eatmysoxRN replied to Flyboy17's topic in Men in Nursing

    I concur that it is sexist. I think the issue lies more in the patients though. Many men would have no problem with a female nurse inserting a Foley without a male present. However, females may feel...
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    Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their Facebook professional?

    eatmysoxRN replied to Bortaz's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree with you. I keep my facebook clean on the rare occasion I post something. I think facebook could give employers reason to terminate employees depending on the policies in
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    Still Feeling Crummy Months After an "Incident"

    eatmysoxRN replied to devyn renee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry that happened to you! I just wanted to let you know that everyone makes mistakes, and although you could have said something, I wouldn't let a volunteer hold a responsibility like that on my...
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    Discouraged new RN

    eatmysoxRN replied to NuevaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hated my first job. I posted a long thread about it previously. I stayed from November to march before I called it quits with no other employment opportunity awaiting me. Within a month I had two...
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    OMG, wash your hands!

    eatmysoxRN replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like am excellent teaching opportunity. Teaching is part of your job. Reinforce every time. Inform them how important it is. Carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer and offer them
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    Does it sound like I can get my job back?

    eatmysoxRN replied to hfullerCNA's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Why didn't you report that she posted it? I don't even list my workplace on my facebook. If someone posted anything about work on my facebook, I'd probably delete it and tell them I didn't want...
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    This made me laugh

    eatmysoxRN replied to Bec7074's topic in Nursing Humor

    Were the thrusts to the rhythm of "I'm sexy and I know it"? Ha, this is simply hilarious
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    Nursing habits

    eatmysoxRN replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Humor

    One sentence :: You may want to talk to the doctor about
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    The "one thing"

    eatmysoxRN replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    During one of my rotations through LTC, a classmate and I were changing a patient's diaper after lunch. It wasn't incredibly foul or anything. About two seconds after I started wiping the large...
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    Therapeutic Lying With Dementia Patients

    eatmysoxRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I learned to do this in school. My instructor explained it similarly. I couldn't imagine breaking a patients heart for no reason aside from it being truthful. Oh, and you write the BEST articles!
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    My NCLEX Story

    eatmysoxRN replied to KBRN2011's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    How inspiring! Congrats!
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    Questions about chest pain

    eatmysoxRN replied to Candyn's topic in Cardiac

    Agree with the above. As a new cardiac nurse myself, I have encountered the FF CP patients. I always take their pain seriously, but always ask if it is different than usual. Most of the time the...
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    Tired, broke, and frustrated

    eatmysoxRN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I've been a nurse for a little while and I'm still on a tight budget. A dollar just doesn't go too