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  1. Traveling with no specialty direction

    freckles23 posted a topic in Travel

    I have been an RN for 3 years and working on a med-surg tele unit at a local community hospital. I am looking into travel nursing but im trying to figure out what to do with my specialty. I work...

  2. Depression/anxiety

    freckles23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, im looking for some guidance in my current situation. I have been an RN for 2 years, I am 25 years old and work night shift at a community hospital. I am starting to realize I have some...

  3. Depression/anxiety

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I actually did see my primary like a year ago for a check up and I told her I was feeling kind of depressed and all she did was ask if I was suicidal which Im not and then asked if I wanted to start...

  4. Med/ surg nurse to patient ratio

    freckles23 replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    Mind you dependig on your patients as well, you can have 9 good patients or 9 who are all complete care. If something goes wrong with one, you can guarantee I wont see my other 8 patients til later...

  5. Med/ surg nurse to patient ratio

    freckles23 replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly I run into the same scenario. We will have 4 nurses on the floor and max of 9 patients each most nights. If we have 4 nurses and census is like 25 they will slam us with admissions til we reach...

  6. New depression/anxiety

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I was offered a day shift position but nights kind of works for me and I feel ive gotten used to it. I have become a night owl but just become very stressed and I feel like a completely different...

  7. New depression/anxiety

    freckles23 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi everyone, I have been a nurse for 2 years and I am 25 years old. Ever since working at my job I think I am suffering depression and anxiety. I am very anxious at work due to the overworking of...

  8. Family videotaping patient care

    freckles23 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi there, I have to bring up an incident that happend last night on my shift. I have this patient who was newly diagnosed with stage 4 cancer w mets to brain. Patient went from being independent to...

  9. Family videotaping patient care

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for the replies everyone. It just really took a quick hit to my ego when it all happend so just wanted to get it

  10. ER rushing patients to the floor

    freckles23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I wanted to run something by everyone. I realize at my hospital, the ER try to push their patients out of their unit and onto the floors. I work on a med surg tele floor. Last night I walked into...

  11. Really need help with electrolytes and fluids

    freckles23 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I need help! My test is next Monday and it is supposed to be the hardest of the semester! I am learning about F&E and our professor told us to just focus on potassium and sodium. I am having...

  12. ER rushing patients to the floor

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    That is a great point on how to handle the situation. I felt at a loss when the family member was yelling at me and she wasnt necessarily blaming me as a whole, she saw the whole unit in chaos, but I...

  13. ER rushing patients to the floor

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and mind you, the nursing supervisors and managers wont allow for an extra nurse. They said it would never happen. I guess this is upper management's doing. They are sipping on their champagne...

  14. ER rushing patients to the floor

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for the replies. I see the topic at hand in different perspectives as you each state in your reasonings. Yes our hospital is very short staffed and they do not care about having safe...

  15. To tell or not to tell?

    freckles23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, so I have a question regarding patient load since this will happen every so often. What do you do when you have a heavy patient load at a hospital and one or a few patients take up the most...

  16. To tell or not to tell?

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    she had a one time dose of 2mg ativan but with her heart rate so low i wasnt going to give

  17. To tell or not to tell?

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I had to start a heparin drip then pt was confused and brady in the 30s as she had been and i kept having to go back and forth to the room because the pt kept trying to get out of bed and the whole...

  18. New nurse. What do I need?

    freckles23 replied to ChiMan360's topic in General Nursing

    I always have alcohol pads, dead enders for the ivs, saline syringes, penlight, scissors, chapstick, sharpie marker, dry erase marker, highlighter, pulse ox, stethoscope, All of these in my pockets....

  19. CEUS

    freckles23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick question I am an RN in NJ and we need 30 CEUs every two years. Can you tell me how many contact hours I will need to do if my modules are 0.1 contact hours? I came up with 180 contact hours to...

  20. Forgetting to chart?

    freckles23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I had a new admission a while back and she had primary dx of CHF, I never got around to get a weight on her because she was on bipap and a little restless so I never did it (aides are really...

  21. Last days of life

    freckles23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just need to vent a little bit. There is a patient I have grown close with throughout his stay at the hospital. I was there when he first got admitted when he was somewhat functional and able to help...

  22. Frustrated, Tired, and Burned Out

    freckles23 replied to KnightRN22's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. Our unit has 35 beds and usually staffed with only 4 nurses on nightsso that means we can start with anywhere from 5 patients and get admissions all night long or have a max of 9...

  23. Last days of life

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the wonderful insight. I really wasnt looking at it that the patient would die naturally of the disease process over dying because of the pain meds. You have opened my view of this...

  24. Easily annoyed

    freckles23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I need to vent and would love advice. I have been an RN for a year and a half at a hospital and I come to notice I am a very easily annoyed person and basically can come across as a Bi***. I...

  25. Easily annoyed

    freckles23 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for the wonderful replies. Glad to see things from a different perspective and other peoples opinions. I really never thought id be in this situation as a nurse even though I did CNA for 4...