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  1. How soon did you get pulled?

    babysteps25 replied to Swellz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to float on my 2nd week off orientation. I work on a medsurg floor and was floated to another medusrg floor so acuity was the same. I voiced my discomfort but was told that they keep record of...

  2. Clinical rotation report from 1920s

    babysteps25 replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

    Thanks so much for sharing this! I love seeing things from the history of nursing. I can't even figure out what some of those skills would entail... pharyngeal douche = gurgling w/ mouthwash?! And of...

  3. Where do you work and do you like it.

    babysteps25 replied to DixieGrace's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where did you get your first nursing job? -- Med surg unit in a hospital How did you get the job? -- Just put out online or paper job applications everywhere, went to a couple career fairs, and...

  4. Quick Question: Job offer during interview or called later

    babysteps25 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you are currently working and you can remember, were you offered your job at the end of your interview or were you called later? If so how many days after the interview did you get the call? Just...

  5. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    babysteps25 replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I run across this problem a lot and ts so irritating. Just yesterday I had a patient admitted with right leg swelling, went for a stat ultrasound to rule out dvt. The physician ordered a bilateral...

  6. Ever have a patient complain about you?

    babysteps25 replied to love lilacs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It happens. The fact that customer service is pushed so much makes it stressful. Once, the daughter of a patient complained about me within a few minutes of meeting me. I was admitting the patient,...

  7. Manager elicits complaints from patients

    babysteps25 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Has anyone else experienced something like this??? I work on a medsurg unit. My manager occasionally goes and checks on a random patient and asks about how their stay has been. I am sure that is a...

  8. Manager elicits complaints from patients

    babysteps25 replied to babysteps25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    HouTx, you hit the nail on the head. She is pretty young (30's) and when she first started about 6 mos. ago she said this was her first "formal" management position. Not sure what kind of "informal"...

  9. Taking away chairs from nursing station

    babysteps25 replied to pinkessence_58467's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    To the original poster, I commend your positive outlook and you sound like someone who is excellent at their job. If it were me I would be furious. I really do wonder if it is against labor laws how...