peasandonions

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1. Nursing blues.. :/

   peasandonions replied to nursingnow's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I too have had this same experience, I am in medsurg, and many days I feel as though I will not survive until I become "mean". I feel like when you are nice you are taken advantage of. I hope you find...

2. Please help a student nurse

   peasandonions replied to keepcalm's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Yes, play nice with others. One of the most shocking things that I have learned is that nurses do not support each other like they should, and until we do, we will not be able to advance like we want...

3. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

   peasandonions replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

   The law states that the employer has the right to offer the mask option, and mine does not. The point I am trying to get across is just because you get the flu shot it does not mean the patients are...

4. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

   peasandonions replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

   It is not the matter of getting the flu shot. It is the false belief that it is 100%

5. Casting Nurses for the Walking Dead

   peasandonions replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   LOL

6. State-Mandated Nurse Staffing Levels Alleviate Workloads, Leads to Lower Patient Mortality

   peasandonions replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   I am in Texas, and we have a lot of new grads from California here because the unemployment rate is so high there. Right now, we are way overstaffed too. I don't know where this nursing shortage is...

7. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

   peasandonions replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

   And I think they are using the same strains this year that they have the past three, and they were the wrong strains the previous two

8. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

   peasandonions replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

   That is both sad and scary. I heard something similar from a pharmacist also. And that same pharmacist shared the same frustration with me about the 100% immunity

9. Would you become an RN again if you had the choice?

   peasandonions replied to eminthesr's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Well

10. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    peasandonions replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What people seem to forget is that even though you get a flu vaccine, it IS NOT 100% that you will not get, or pass on the flu. They have to predict and pick the CORRECT strains! That is so...

11. What color do you wear?

    peasandonions replied to Lorien_LPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At the hospital I am at, it depends on the position. We wear navy blue (RN), LVNs royal blue, telemetry red, and on and on. I think this is much easier on everyone so they can easily recognize who is...

12. New RN in med/surg internship

    peasandonions replied to ffliper27's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think this is very normal! It also depends on how busy the unit is, how it is laid out, and how good your resources are. There are nights when we are all running way behind on meds and everything...

13. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    peasandonions replied to Starfish, RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a medical/surgical floor, and the hospital has no step down/progressive unit (that is us too). We have 38 beds, and 5-6 patients per RN on days and nights (because it is just as busy on...

14. "You look tired"

    peasandonions replied to nickel78's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It annoys me when they add in the " I didn't think you guys were so busy here, especially on nights." I have actually had a patient say "they run you here like scalded

15. "You look tired"

    peasandonions replied to nickel78's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This was hard for me to learn when I first started working as a nurse. I was so used to doing everything around the house, (and so was my dear husband ). I finally just had to tell him that I needed...