roadkillnurse

Most of the time, it depends on your attitude. If you have the attitude of "I'm a nurse, you should let me off with a warning," expect a ticket. If you instead are "Yes, I was speeding, I know I shouldn't" you will have a better outcome. It also depends on how fast you were going, was it just speeding, or something else. I know of one nurse that popped off to a highway patrolman and told him he better hope she's never his nurse (along with several other things.) She ended up getting called before the nursing board...wasn't pretty. This has not only been my experience, but I'm married to a cop also...I asked him what his guidelines are...I know some officers that ticket everyone regardless...if they pull you over for speeding, you are getting a fast driving award. But they are the exception, not the rule. I myself try not to push it, just because I don't want the spouse to have to justify to his bosses why I should get a break all the time, and others don't...so its just easier not to speed (ok, a little, but not much...most cops wont pull you over for 5-10 miles over the speed limit...they have better things to do.)

I work in a rural hospital ICU, where we too, mix our own drips. Just make sure you have a good resource available for information on mixing, storing, and administration. What might also come in handy is a resource for telling you which drips are compatible with each other, for those wonderful evenings when you get a patient that is crashing, need four drips, and in report you are told..."oh, by the way, they have one IV site, and there wasn't time to start any more!". This has happened more than once, as most people here can tell you. I made a compatibility chart for our unit a few years ago, and it has been great to have in a pinch! (I had our pharmacist verify it for accuracy before I made copies to hand out, just to be safe). Smartphones also have lots of apps that will do the same thing for you! Good luck!

First, just because you were hired doesn't mean you have "earned" your spot-work hard and listen more, observe much, and talk less, and maybe one day you will have earned it. There is a good reason for orientation and preceptorship. Second, I read many subjective things, nothing specific-is it possible you may be reading the situation wrong? If you "feel" this way, but you really can't put your finger on anything in particular, maybe you are reading the situation wrong. If it really is happening, and not a feeling, speak up-if you don't stand up for yourself, how are you going to be a patient advocate. As much as I hate to admit, some nurses still play the "let's see how much she can take before she breaks" game...ER and ICU seem to be famous for it. They want to see just how tough someone is in the face of adversity...there are much better ways of finding out, but that is the reasoning. And lastly...I have NEVER been intimated by someone with a BSN...and the attitude behind that statement is EXACTLY why older nurses eat their young!!!