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  1. how many patients?

    sofaraway04 replied to oreo75's topic in International Nursing

    I've never had to float somewhere else, I don't think I would mind for the odd shift, but I have said I wouldn't go to another unit for a month when they wanted me to. A very busy acute medical ward...

  2. "You'll be a nurse two years after you get your RN"

    sofaraway04 replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    My first thought on the comment that you won't be a nurse until after 2 years was that it meant it will generally take 2 years to be confident and really know what you are doing. I know that once you...

  3. How do you feel when you see family members and their Note pads in hand

    sofaraway04 replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like it. It hasn't happened very often where I work, but when it does it always put myself and colleagues on guard. These patients do get treated differently, they shouldn't but they do. If 2...

  4. An Atheist Outnumbered by Christians at Work (an ethical dilemma)

    sofaraway04 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I am in a similar position, I work mainly with Christians, but there is a few Muslims. I think religion is quite different in the UK to the US, but at work I do have a large amount of colleagues from...

  5. Do you give your 10 AM meds at 8 AM?

    sofaraway04 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember having 10am meds, at least not recently. But I do have 12:00 and 14:00 and will give them together, also 18:00 and 20:00 I'll give together. Unless it was a specific med that was...

  6. MRSA - hospital stay ?

    sofaraway04 replied to CaroleN199's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we screen everyone admitted for MRSA. If it comes back positive at any of the sites (nose, axilla or groin), they are isolated and start eradication treatment. Which is ointment for the...

  7. Lesbian L and D nurse

    sofaraway04 replied to AudreyHurston's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm glad to read that you will try for your desired job. I am a lesbian nurse working on an acute medical ward, and have never experienced any problems with patients or colleagues. I am pretty sure...

  8. How many patients are you expected to take report on?

    sofaraway04 replied to AnnaMary's topic in Medical-Surgical

    we have 23 beds (just shut 2 recently) always full and it's an acute medical ward. earlies should be 7 staff (4 RN 3 HCA) lates should be 5 staff (3 RN 2 HCA) nights should be 3 staff (2 RN 1 HCA)...

  9. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    sofaraway04 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    I work both shifts, occasionally we get a quiet night and I get to sit down and look at the paper and have a drink. That never happens on day shifts. But generally we are steadily busy through the...

  10. checking BP before giving BP meds?

    sofaraway04 replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I wouldn't give the med and would call the DR to inform them that I hadn't given it, then document the conversation right away. I would then recheck the BP and HR in approx and hours time, because if...

  11. How many patients are you expected to take report on?

    sofaraway04 replied to AnnaMary's topic in Medical-Surgical

    On my ward the whole staff, nurses, health care assistants, students take report on all of the patients (24) and we also have a printed handover sheet which has the details on all patients. We then...

  12. My most critical patient

    sofaraway04 replied to ayla2004's topic in International Nursing

    sounds like you did well. It's not easy, especially at first when dealing with sick patients. As I am a junior nurse on my ward, when pateints are like this then usually a more senior member of staff...

  13. How many hours would you work?

    sofaraway04 replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    If I could afford it I would work 8 hours a week only, or none at all. I like being with patients and the company of colleagues, So I'd like to go in voluntary. I would get to spend time chatting to...

  14. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    sofaraway04 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    thats me, first born, dad alcoholic, and to add to what some others have said mum- mental health issues

  15. nurses as patients

    sofaraway04 replied to cariad's topic in International Nursing

    I was a patient in my hospital earlier this week. I didn't tell anyone when I was admitted to A&E that I was a nurse at the hospital. But one of the porters recognised me and told my nurse, about...

  16. Letting a pt on suicide precautions out of their room to ambulate.

    sofaraway04 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    I think that I would have let the pateint walk around the ward and sit in the day room if they wanted, but I wouldn't have been happy about letting them go off the ward and wander around the

  17. how long in your first job?

    sofaraway04 replied to Sun*shine's topic in International Nursing

    my first job i stayed for 8 months, it was in community hospital, so mainly rehab, it was a good start and i enjoyed it but wanting a further challenge i changed jobs. I am now working on a an acute...

  18. Gay Nurses... help!

    sofaraway04 replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I am out at work to all my colleagues and haven't expereinced any problems at all. my partner was invited along to a works night out (couldn't go in the end because we were ill), people were very...

  19. Most Humorous Call-In Excuses

    sofaraway04 replied to jeffrey_rn's topic in General Nursing

    a few weeks ago one of our student nurses phoned in with the excuse that all her uniforms were

  20. Is Rehab the wrong place to start out?

    sofaraway04 replied to jml444's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started out working in rehab and it was a good first expereince that pateint's weren't that sick generally. It was very busy and pateints were quite dependent so it was heavy work. But it gave me...

  21. mistakes made during your first year...

    sofaraway04 replied to RNmaria's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've done minor things like I forgot a patient was due for IV antibiotics at 10:00, not a usual med time and it wasn't picked up until 14:00. a patient was switched from IV hydrcortisone to oral and I...

  22. How many times have you cried???

    sofaraway04 replied to CareBayer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my first week of my current job I cried when i got punched in the face by a pateint. I hated my job had no support and it was the last straw, and not to mention it really hurt. the other times...

  23. Am i being Discriminated against?

    sofaraway04 replied to WVnurse6608's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry to hear you've been unable to get a job. I also have diabetes and find working nightshifts challenging. it's taken a while for me to work out what i need to do to stop myself having hypo's...

  24. Bizarre Admitting Diagnosises

    sofaraway04 replied to MedicalLPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    one a couple of weeks ago "family can't cope with pateint" and what exactly are we supposed to

  25. restraints in acute care

    sofaraway04 replied to KneKno's topic in International Nursing

    We put another in, and again and again. We have a guy who 99% of the time is fine and just lays there, but every other day decides he doesn't like his NG or venflon and pulls them out. once had...