thesundowner

thesundowner

Rehab, Neuro, geriatrics

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  1. bored. . .wondering if I should make a change?

    thesundowner replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Netglow, I know, I don't want to sound ungrateful for my job. Because it is great - great coworkers, decent pay, time with my patients. That is why I am torn. But I also don't want to just stay...

  2. How did you *know* your specialty and when?

    thesundowner replied to misscherie's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 3 years and still have no idea. . .no I take that back, I know that I do NOT want peds, OB/LD, ER, ICU or OR. So, I guess I'm narrowing it down

  3. Taking nursing care away from nurses. . .

    thesundowner posted a topic in General Nursing

    I feel like the longer I am a nurse, the LESS nursing care I provide and the more I have to focus on just meds and charting. I feel like I am losing skills and not getting a chance to learn new...

  4. Killing people in rehab

    thesundowner posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    Do you feel like your acute rehab floor gets patients who have absolutely, positively NO business being in intensive inpatient rehab? It seems like more and more of our admisssions are just hot messes...

  5. Taking nursing care away from nurses. . .

    thesundowner replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I know, but all of those skills are ways to interact with the patient - to talk with them, educate, even assess. I feel left out of the loop, no one tells the nurse anything unless there is a form to...

  6. Skin tears

    thesundowner replied to 84RN's topic in General Nursing

    adaptic held in place with 4x4s and kling - adaptic won't stick to anything! change q3day and

  7. Killing people in rehab

    thesundowner replied to thesundowner's topic in Rehabilitation

    11 patients!?!? On acute rehab? That is ridiculously unsafe - our CNAs don't even have that many. We usually have 6 patients with 7 being the max I have ever had. The days i have 5 patients are the...

  8. Interesting medical books from a patient's/family's perspective

    thesundowner posted a topic in General Nursing

    i love to read true stories about people's experience with disease and injury - i feel the perspective helps me to be a better nurse. these are my favorite books and i am hoping people will share...

  9. Thinking about cross-training as a psych nurse. . .advice please

    thesundowner posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hello, I am an RN on an acute rehab floor of a hospital. I have 6 mos exp as a neuro/med surge nurse and nearly 2 yrs as a rehab nurse. I like my job, but in the slower months often can be flexed due...

  10. How much of a raise did you get this year?

    thesundowner posted a topic in General Nursing

    (if any, I suppose) Just wondering how much of a yearly increase everyone got. I am a RN in Florida and was surprised to get 7.5% increase (equaling $1.84/hr). I thought it would be a lot less. I know...

  11. Murphy's Law of Nursing

    thesundowner replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Once I complete the extensive, time consuming, back-breaking dressing change on my MVA patient's lower extremities that took 45 minutes to complete, the orthopedic surgeon is certain to stroll into...