RNdiva505

RNdiva505

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  1. No Names....I'm just Saying That .....

    RNdiva505 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Ok so I clock into my shift....lalala hmhmhm....walking to my area...ka boom..everything hits the fan...the nurse giving me report states "this ones going down to get an EEG any minute now and I'm...

  2. No Names....I'm just Saying That .....

    RNdiva505 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Not night shift vs. day shift by no means...Just know it all nurses vs me... As much as I love their input sometimes just hacking on my nursing judgment bothers. I understand hospitals are 24/7 just...

  3. Surviving the effects of shift work... How do you do it?

    RNdiva505 replied to M_Andrews's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights and don't have a problem...I love nights! :redbeathe Sometimes I have to attend day stuff for work. But I went to nursing school during the days and went to work as a CNA that very...

  4. Transition from CMA to RN

    RNdiva505 replied to stumaxtan's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA before I became a nurse...Big difference! I wanted to be the one who helped and did the minor things on top of doing all my nursing things. I had a hard time in the beginning delgating...

  5. Surviving the effects of shift work... How do you do it?

    RNdiva505 replied to M_Andrews's topic in General Nursing

    Are you working 2 day shifts followed by 2 night

  6. How fast is too fast to transfuse blood?

    RNdiva505 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    wow great info...thank

  7. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    RNdiva505 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why do some doctors take their degree to their noggins! ....Us nurses are the ones who spend hours with the patient and have a sense of what the patient might need or want...We build that...

  8. New and needing some encouragement

    RNdiva505 replied to coopman712's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in the same boat....Been off orientation for a month now on a med/surg floor and boy oh boy I do feel imcompetent at times...What is the right procedure or right policy for this or that....but at...

  9. Hospital frequent flyers??? Whatever happened to it being an acute care facility!

    RNdiva505 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why oh why can Nursing not be so simple ...A policy may be used for this this but tweek it just a little it can be used for that. For instance, a patient could be a young gentlemen continuously...

  10. Hospital frequent flyers??? Whatever happened to it being an acute care facility!

    RNdiva505 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Lol....I agree...Woo shaa (close your eyes and pray to baby jesus to relieve your stress with this paitient) :bowingpur Thnx for all the story tellings....Keep them coming... Question: Does the...

  11. To implement suicidal precautions or not to implement suicidal precautions

    RNdiva505 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a working new nurse since May 2011. I did my 3 month orientation on med/surg and now I am on my own!! I am so excited until last night. My patient fired me Ok from the beginning to catch you...

  12. Night shift -- can you just take it easy, please?

    RNdiva505 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Whining and complaining just is not going to get the job done....These are human beings we are taking care of...If you day shifters can not get the job, I personally dont mind picking up some of...

  13. I GOT THE JOB!!!

    RNdiva505 replied to PchezRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse LoveJoy love the

  14. remember the flight attendent who quit creatively?

    RNdiva505 replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    I'd take a patient load....Go to lunch....And Drive off into the horizon....Silant departure is always

  15. Doc have right to get upset with me?

    RNdiva505 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Some docs are orifice holes *lol* and let there "status" get to their head... especially the new M.D..... I once had a new M.d. ask me what my patient was wearing on their legs and to take them off......

  16. Do you wear rings at work?

    RNdiva505 replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I don't wear any rings to work either...I can just imagine cleaning up a patient and my ring breaks through the glove and I get **** all in it....ewww....so I would rather not mess up my wedding...

  17. I GOT THE JOB!!!

    RNdiva505 replied to PchezRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! Eyez on the prize! Now the prize is

  18. To implement suicidal precautions or not to implement suicidal precautions

    RNdiva505 replied to RNdiva505's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for your positive posts. Definitely will make this incident an educational moment. Next time, because I know there will always be a next time, I can take a slightly different approach to...

  19. Should I have implemented Suicide Precautions?

    RNdiva505 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have posted this also on another forum....Just looking for advice I am a working new nurse since May 2011. I did my 3 month orientation on med/surg and now I am on my own!! I am so excited until...

  20. Should I have implemented Suicide Precautions?

    RNdiva505 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your comments....I was really being hard on myself about the decision that I made that night, but now feel much better and confident on the choice I made...Being in this profession...