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  1. sorry, i have to vent, I am losing my MIND!!!

    mediatix8 replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you majoring in psychology AND prenursing? If you want to be a psych nurse... you do not have to get both degrees. There's a nursing crises most everywhere in the US and it is easy to get into...

  2. nursing signing doctors Rx's

    mediatix8 replied to curiousgeorge38's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from Illinois. Where I work, can take telephone orders (no verbal orders- per hospital policy) from physicians and sign the chart: T.O. Dr. So-and-so/Nurse so-and-so RN (no relation). I've never...

  3. Daily??? Newer nurses need "stand up" help!

    mediatix8 replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, when an admission comes that late in a shift we just make them comfortable, take their vitals, that's it. It's assumed that it's the next shift's admission. But if a patient came in...

  4. Daily??? Newer nurses need "stand up" help!

    mediatix8 replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    One more thing... She probably didn't even know HOW to flush the tube. Maybe you can show her how after your manager talks to her about how her shift is included in the word

  5. Daily??? Newer nurses need "stand up" help!

    mediatix8 replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    That is terrible. I've had similar experiences as a new graduate. All I can tell you is that if that happened at my facility, my manager would be upset at the other nurse for not being a teamplayer...

  6. No experience?

    mediatix8 replied to Applebed's topic in General Students

    I have a perfect solution for you. You can always put volunteer activities on your resume. I was involved in an organization helping adults learn how to read, which took a whole 1 hour of my time per...

  7. Hesitantly excited!?!?!

    mediatix8 replied to angelfire280's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't take any refresher classes... even then you likely won't feel "fully" ready. It's being orientated at your new job that teaches you the most. I would look for a job somewhere where they...

  8. Need some encouragement!!!

    mediatix8 replied to klleo27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you have a patient that's going downhill, you don't have to worry about panicking and doing the wrong thing. If you're at all unsure about anything, you involve all of the other nurses on the floor...

  9. Help! Need Advise On Nclex

    mediatix8 replied to jonear2's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't legal for them to keep you on after you failed. They won't be able to hire you back until after you do pass. Well, that's the law for Illinois at least. Where I work, they were happy to...

  10. night shift nurses-

    mediatix8 replied to stn2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sometimes you don't have to call at all- you can just put a note on the chart for the MD and tell the next nurse... or call at maybe 6:30am depending on the situation. Examples are: pt requests cough...

  11. question

    mediatix8 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am an RN in med/once with 9 months of experience and I have been thinking about moving to psych soon as I have a BA in psych and have a real interest in the field. However, I really don't have any...

  12. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    mediatix8 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a May graduate and during one of my clinical rotations in school they were still using a mortar and

  13. charge nurses

    mediatix8 posted a topic in General Nursing

    On our last schedule, we saw a note from our manager saying that from now on the charge nurse will take no new admissions and will only get 4 patients on days and evenings and 5 patients on nights. We...

  14. I am a cursed idiot

    mediatix8 replied to epiphany's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I read into what you said too much, but the way you worded your post it sounds like you wanted to get into this field because you thought it would heal you or give you a more optimistic view on...

  15. First Exam Result

    mediatix8 replied to NRSNFL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Every teacher is different in how they organize the class. Perhaps reading each sentence and underlining everything is the text is not the best way to prepare for this particular class. In nursing...

  16. tough time giving report.

    mediatix8 replied to janetrette's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Neutropenia is where the patient is at an increased risk for infection due to a low ANC, which is a calculation based on WBC x the percentage of neutrophils (segmented (fully mature) neutrophils) +...

  17. How difficult is nursing school?

    mediatix8 replied to FadedBlue's topic in Nursing Career

    The thing about my school... and I don't know about other schools... is that my class schedule constantly changed from semester to semester. I had veeery little, if any, say in my schedule. They...

  18. New Years nightmare?

    mediatix8 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    I don't work in the ER but I had a strange New Years Eve while working the night shift. When I got to work at 11pm, I was told that soon I would be getting a transfer from ICU. The patient was now...

  19. What is a "Sitter"?

    mediatix8 replied to august_snow's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah... one more thing... as much as you try, there will be a few occasions where a patient pulls out their IV with you in the room trying your best to prevent them from doing it. The nurse may or...

  20. What is a "Sitter"?

    mediatix8 replied to august_snow's topic in General Nursing

    I was a sitter while in nursing school. I just graduated in May. It isn't as good of experience as being hired as a student nurse and getting a patient load, sharing them with a nurse... but it is...

  21. Are there any Illinois hospitals I should avoid?

    mediatix8 replied to raindrop's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hey... I work for a Provena... what's wrong with them? No, really... I want to

  22. dumb questions

    mediatix8 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi I have a few dumb new grad questions. So if lab calls you at 3am and says a patient has gram positive cocci in their blood, and they all ready have it in their urine, which the MD's know about, and...

  23. Am I Cut Out For This?

    mediatix8 replied to Nutrix_de_Volcano's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just look at where you are right now and where you once were... your first day of clinical, your first day at this job. Don't quit... it would be disrespecting all the things you learned and all of...

  24. How to unwind after work??

    mediatix8 replied to DianeS's topic in General Nursing

    Take a melatonin, found at your local walgreens by the pharmacy section (it's considered a dietary supplement). It puts you to sleep, but doesnt make you groggy all day like, say nyquil or tylenol pm....

  25. shunned nurse

    mediatix8 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated not too long ago and got this job, right. And they set me up this this one preceptor. I was hearing stories about how some of the CNAs didn't like her, that she asks them to do things she...