JZ_RN

JZ_RN

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  1. Mandating to work on days off

    JZ_RN replied to amk7223's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. My days off are important and I will not be forced to come in if I don't want to and didn't agree to it. I agreed to a full-time schedule, I agree to certain days, I don't agree to just come in...

  2. What would you think of dropping "Licensed" from our title.

    JZ_RN replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think that lumping us into more categories or simply referring to us all by generic titles is not acceptable. An LPN is an LPN. I know what that is and most people who know anything about healthcare...

  3. Need input from NIGHT SHIFT nurses

    JZ_RN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Scheduling invasive treatments (wound care, etc) at night to give "day shift a break from how busy and overworked they are" that means I have to wake people up at 1 am after med pass and dealing with...

  4. Need input from NIGHT SHIFT nurses

    JZ_RN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I don't want 1430 meetings, ever. I just plain won't go. Do it right before or right after my shift or I'm not coming. I don't expect them to come to work in the middle of sleep hours. No food or even...

  5. What is it like to work in a clinic?

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I start this week orienting. I will get to care for all kinds of populations, urban community health. I'm so excited. Will let you all know how it goes. I have a good feeling about this

  6. CNA getting negativity from other CNAS because of acceptance in nursing school!!

    JZ_RN replied to pumpkinfuturelpn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This happened to me when I was a CNA and got into RN school. They were jealous. They didn't make the cut or didn't even try. I just told them I was ready for something new and I knew I could handle it...

  7. Getting ready to self report

    JZ_RN replied to sharkiern357's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I agree with the above posters. STOP working as a nurse now. Stop the access to drugs, stop putting yourself and others at risk of dangers from impaired practice. After you resign or take a leave of...

  8. Womens interest in male nurses

    JZ_RN replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I love a good male nurse coworkers as much as I do a good female nurse coworker. And although my SO is not a nurse, if he wanted to be, I'd support him, and then he would understand all my

  9. A Diabetic rant

    JZ_RN replied to veggie530's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I am not diabetic, but this is just a case of not really knowing your drugs. If a person has a low BS, you can bring it up in 15 minutes with a snack/juice/whatever. You can still give lantus, because...

  10. Ageism in Nursing: A Pervasive Problem

    JZ_RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I already left there. They cannot keep any nurses there, besides the ones that have been there forever. One of the many reasons I quit. But they weren't being fair to me simply because I was

  11. Do Nurses eat their....lunch?

    JZ_RN replied to massrn116's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was once the only nurse on the floor for 50+ patients all night, there were no breaks,no leaving the floor. 12-16 hours straight, no food, no drinks, no bathroom

  12. Nurses reusing vacutainer hubs, tourniquets & blood-soiled trolleys for blood draws

    JZ_RN replied to AtheistRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    EWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEEEEEWWWWWWWW NO. Just. Ew. No. So unsafe, So

  13. Question on skin to skin touching

    JZ_RN replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    A lot of my patients are chronic "diggers" as in, they dig for gold in their noses and dig for oil in their briefs, I can't sit and monitor each one all the time. Unfortunately with elderly dementia...

  14. Ageism in Nursing: A Pervasive Problem

    JZ_RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I am given a double-patient load assignment compared to every other nurse in the building (As in, OVER 50 patients, ALONE) because the other nurses "don't like that assignment", and it's the only...

  15. Question on skin to skin touching

    JZ_RN replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    Let me clarify a little... my last job was working with dementia patients. I would go into a room with one patient in particular and find her with BM smeared all over her bed, under her nails, in her...

  16. Right or wrong? Need some advice

    JZ_RN replied to Miknsha's topic in Patient Medications

    Better to have it a little late rather than not at all, unless it was closer to the next dose than it was to how late it was (if that makes any sense). You can always have the order changed to...

  17. Question on skin to skin touching

    JZ_RN replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    Germs or no germs, I still don't want anyone else's non-visible but present feces, urine, mucous/boogers, sneezes, genital secretions, snot, etc., touching me if I can help it. I work with a ton of...

  18. Ageism in Nursing: A Pervasive Problem

    JZ_RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was the RN, I should have been caring for the more difficult patients, dealing with IV's, etc. Not stuck caring for all the IV patients, doing all the wound care, AND stuck on the long-term floor...

  19. Question on skin to skin touching

    JZ_RN replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    Considering that most of those patients do not get a shower or bath daily (And I'm sorry, a bedbath is not enough) and that especially elderly/confused patients often have all kinds of things on their...

  20. sleep schedule-first night shift job

    JZ_RN replied to smokeoverfire's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I quit 7p-7a 3 days a week (not all in a row) because my 2 extra days off, I just spent sleeping, and I couldn't live any kind of normal life, plus my facility was a nightmare, you can read about it...

  21. Ageism in Nursing: A Pervasive Problem

    JZ_RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where I worked, I was the only RN. But the LPNs were older and had more seniority. So while they had 15 patients each, I had 50, plus every IV in the building, just because I wasn't the one with...

  22. Ageism in Nursing: A Pervasive Problem

    JZ_RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find it's the other way around. You're new, excited, have the knowledge and skills to function safely and you want a job? Sorry, need 5 years experience. You want a normal shift so you can handle...

  23. Bedside report

    JZ_RN replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I realized that halfway through my post. I just was interested in letting you guys know about how bedside report can have some downfalls as well. I had one lady in OB, she was positive for lots of...

  24. Bedside report

    JZ_RN replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OB is a little different from general hospital floors, I understand that, but no place I have ever worked besides when I did my clinical rotations in OB had all private rooms. Which is why my post was...

  25. Bedside report

    JZ_RN replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I realize that my experience isn't in OB GYN but I'll give my 2 cents as a nurse in with the varied adult population. I'm sure it's slightly different in mother/baby and all of course. As much as I...