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  1. Need info on where to work in DC

    rr82080 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Over the next year my husband and I will be moving for his job to the Washington DC area. I am currently a staff nurse in a trauma ICU at a level one trauma center. I have three years nursing...

  2. Dumb things new nurses do....

    rr82080 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At least once a month I hang a secondary, (antibiotic or whatever) return to a beeping IV to signify it's complete only to find I never unclamped it and the patients got saline from the flush bag....

  3. Ouch

    rr82080 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Is there anything else financially to consider? I work 7 to 7 and make a shift diff from 3-7 of three dollars an hour. So It's like I make an extra dollar and hour. My insurance is almost free...

  4. Why RNs cannot say 'That's not my job'

    rr82080 replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am not the floor cleaner, plumber or remote control repair man, but I AM the one who has to listen to it for the next twelve hours if family thinks the floor is disgusting, or if people keep...

  5. Washing patient's hair!!!

    rr82080 replied to Blueberries's topic in General Nursing

    One thousand

  6. Washing patient's hair!!!

    rr82080 replied to Blueberries's topic in General Nursing

    One of the ladies I work with actually turns the bed so the patients head is lined up with the sink, boosts the patient so head is off bed and in sink, and washes hair in sink. Its great but the...

  7. do you make sure your pts

    rr82080 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also glad your mother is doing well. I feel bad about her hair, I'm sure she was upset but you said she was in the ICU for six weeks and almost passed. Six weeks is a long time in an ICU and so...

  8. Admissions during change of shift

    rr82080 replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Nursing

    For those of you who have stated rules or policies, I think that is great. When everyone knows what they are supposed to do usually it gets done with minimal complaint. I have worked on a floor and...

  9. Working with student nurses

    rr82080 replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    Superstarlpn and the student who held the gloves until she took them; You will see countless examples of people doing things incorrectly or just poorly. If you call everyone out you will become...

  10. Is nursing really for me?

    rr82080 replied to <3 RN <3's topic in General Nursing

    Reading the posts from people who are brand new nurses almost brings tears to my eyes. I had such a hard time when I first started. I thought about work before during and after. I had nightmares...

  11. Need a new perspective here....

    rr82080 replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you've learned from this expirience. One more thing I'd like you to take away from it is: Don't treat your fellow nurses or any other hospital employees the way she treated you. It...

  12. Upstate NY Nurse Questions ?

    rr82080 replied to Erikadawn RN's topic in New York Nursing

    I also live in upstate NY and I say do it. You get used to the snow. You leave earlier in the morning so you get to work on time. Once or twice a year you get stuck at work late as the next shift...