DookieMeisterRN

1. Oregon 2. 6 years 3. Cardiac, Magnet hospital 4. 42.25 5. Nights 5.30, weekends + $2.00 6. Union

Sounds like you went to Excelsior College. If you want to work in Georgia I think you have to jump through those extra hoops. Washington State is the same way and California would not let an Excelsior grad work in their state regardless of the RN's e...

Like previous others have said, there are ACLS protocols to allow drugs to be administered. I've worked in many hospitals from a small community critical access to large university and have never seen mandatory physician attendance to a rapid respon...

I have seen vacs placed over sutures before. It sounds like this is not your typical patient and that other measures have failed in the past but it used to be that wound vacs were contraindicated for osteomyelitis. But there are atypical cases like t...

The DON of this facility obviously needs a current course in hospice and what the hospice orders mean. What you did is what I presume to be common nursing practice. Unless it specifically stated do not give prn dose within a certain time frame of the...

Unfortunately RN endorsement is a tad more complicated process than CNA. I'm sure it wouldn't take 2 months for a CNA endorsement!

Do you have a unit secretary? Our CN has a sign out sheet and a basket with voceras, tele pagers near the daily assignment sheet. The tele pagers are assigned by number and faxed to the monitor techs and the # of the pager is written on the assignmen...

1) I can't believe it's ethical to call the evening shift nurse a liar about the blood sugar and amount of insulin she gave. YOU should have called the MD for the CBG >400 that YOU checked on YOUR shift and just reported objective facts about the...

There IS always time to use the bathroom (I hope you also take all your breaks too). Don't dehydrate yourself b/c you 'think' you're too busy to pee. You aren't. You also aren't going to be doing anyone any favors by being found passed out, withered...

Ask to shadow in departments you're interested in. Honestly though, in my neck of the woods it's almost impossible to get into a specialty besides M/S without a good 2 years of experience. Only YOU truly knows what would best fit your interests ,whi...

Oh no, another student who is never going to have to vent because she poops sunshine and vomits rainbows. And she will never, ever be like one of us. Why is it that some people think they're so unique and special? Just because I don't go spewing out ...

Unfortunately your situation is NOT unique. It's too bad the nursing programs aren't being more factual about job prospects for new grads. It's too bad future grads didn't research their chosen career BEFORE starting school than they wouldn't be broa...

[color=#cc3300]isn't that the truth! we have slang in different parts of the us that not everyone in our own country understands. in certain parts of the country, a "spoon" could be a "redneck", and we do discuss "teeth to tattoo ratio" a fair bit...

Oh I'm pretty sure our NM never checked the credentials of this "specialist" she always wanted the cases that would make her look like NM of the year at the cost of her employees. It's funny after I transferred 6 other RN's left within 3 months and t...

The "proof" was her letters from the allergist in Dallas. Oh and everyone had to speak 'softly' too. Her teenage children were there and I figured they would be a little off but actually very normal, nice kids. The WHOLE family though revolved around...

This pt I had was allergic to nearly 100 things and had a specialist in Dallas, Tx.Allergic to nuts, all food dyes, preservatives found in most medications, all fragrances, lactose, wheat with all types of health issues along the lines of fibromyalgi...

I have had nothing but problems with a new contract I recently started.I was working per diem as a local for a well known national for profit facility starting with a "K". Than I started a 13wk contract.The acute care facility itself I love working i...

Oh I know I unfortunately do know that, it's not that I'm mad at the facility just ticked at this agency I'm with.So I'm thinking if I can get hired on at this facility technically the agency has no recourse since I've asked for a contract 3x's and h...

Also:I slipped down the stairs and landed on said object.

A patient circling the drain, in respiratory distress with sustained HR in the 150's needing NT suctioning s/p esophagectomy... Dear wifey complains " but he hasn't slept for 2 nights, he has to get some sleep!""Ma'am in all due respect I'm worried a...

AMEN. I would much rather be in the "world famous medical center" than take 1 patient but have to be super-nurse. I would also much rather rely on our awesome docs and residents who are always around somewhere 24/7. The only thing we get to do on my...

I've gone through this before and it's a difficult transition to make.After learning protocols/procedures I do admit it's easier most times to do yourself vs waiting around for another person to mosey on down taking there own sweet time. Your post ...

It would be wise to take a job from whomever offers one. Insurance benefits are important but it's not like jobs are so abundant they're falling off the trees.