AtlantaRN

AtlantaRN RN

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  1. ER to ICU?

    AtlantaRN replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Do what makes you comfortable. I've worked alot of different areas. I like the ED, i like that it is task oriented.

  2. Professional personal persona?

    AtlantaRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Dont change how you are for your patients. MOre often than not, I have people saying "it's so nice to have someone cheerful!"

  3. Does Your Hospital give extra $$ for Shifts?

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry your bonuses didn't come back, I just get irritated with the song and dance. Also, we have sooooo many nurses with clipboards that don't produce anything. I think we would have plenty of...

  4. Does Your Hospital give extra $$ for Shifts?

    AtlantaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious. Our Facility has, for years, offered extra pay for shifts; rather than paying an agency to fill staffing needs. Once a year we do this "dance" where they institute "NO MORE BONUS...

  5. Does Your Hospital give extra $$ for Shifts?

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Nursing

    ""you all just need to work more, no bonuses"" I'm taking it as a vacation... I think they have chosen to do this NOW because it's right before Christmas and they feel they can guilt folks into...

  6. Does Your Hospital give extra $$ for Shifts?

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Nursing

    "song and dance" I remember when I worked for another facility they had a guy come in and tell us that nurses..."you are a commodity", you know, like orange juice and pork bellies, to be bought and...

  7. The Today Show

    AtlantaRN replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend is 90 yrs young, and she too longs for the "good old days" when the nurses wore caps and white crisp uniform dresses... I like scrubs, NOT white...but butt is too big for white pants......

  8. Suck at Clinicals...Should I just Quit Now?

    AtlantaRN replied to Melcia060's topic in General Students

    DO NOT let this clinical instructor inhibit you from achieving your goal!!!!! DO NOT give her THAT satisfaction!!!! I had NEVER worked in the healthcare field EVER until I went to nursing school at...

  9. AIDS and HIPAA

    AtlantaRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Why wouldn't this be in the patients history? if he had been at the facility previously... just a thought. but we use "universal precautions" on everyone... we treat everyone like they are infected...

  10. RN bashing

    AtlantaRN replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    We can either stand together, or surely we will fall apart.

  11. Career Day?! YIKES!

    AtlantaRN replied to nurseingeorgia's topic in General Nursing

    see if you can get anything from your education department at work, like a heart that they can pass around the class...Kids that age just love things they can touch... I was asked to speak at my sons...

  12. Croc shoes Worth it? Or forget it??

    AtlantaRN replied to RNSacht's topic in General Nursing

    I like mine, i have a pair in black (i don't do white, can't keep them clean). I alternate mine with a pair of Klogs.

  13. Recently Transferred in IMCU, ready to transfer back OUT!!!

    AtlantaRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I've been an RN for 10 yrs and have loved it! ready for a new challenge, and transferred to IMCU (12 bed unit), I was really excited at first, but now i'm ready to transfer back out! They are so...

  14. Very bad clinical evaluation from my instructor

    AtlantaRN replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

    Sometimes we just don't mesh with out patients, i'm usually really chatty, and i've had patients ask me to just be quiet and leave them alone...hurt my feelings a bit, but if I was getting on their...

  15. made a big mistake in clinical.... now what?

    AtlantaRN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    You made a mistake, learn and go on... That is WHY we have clinicals...so we LEARN and go on... It's not like you tried to attach a tube feeding pump to a central line!!! it happened while I was in...

  16. Sick of working short

    AtlantaRN replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in General Nursing

    protect your license...I worked at a tenet facility in middle georgia and they said "we are never unsafe," except we were taking up to 7 patients on day shift on a med/surg floor...I'm sorry, but I...

  17. Knowledge Based Charting? Computer documentation

    AtlantaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are starting KBC, knowledge based charting. We have just started training our "superusers," who will help educate the nurses, docs, rd, rt, etc, ALL disciplines will chart using this format... Are...

  18. NCLEX results 75 questions

    AtlantaRN replied to becky88's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed at 265, and best bud passed with 75...

  19. Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    AtlantaRN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    he should be told "better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt..."

  20. RN Scrubs

    AtlantaRN replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    any color, as long as it isn't a denim material... they were talking about doing a color thing..and some depts do that... respiratory is burgandy, PT is cecil blue... but for nursing, you never can...

  21. Should a 'old dog' change?

    AtlantaRN replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    if your cheese has moved, go and find new cheese... read "who moved my cheese," it's a great book and it can really open your eyes about what you consider important... I've got an interview at a...

  22. Student nurse, What I saw very upset....

    AtlantaRN replied to crb613's topic in Medical-Surgical

    THAT is just so WRONG!!!!!! I'm so sorry that you had to witness such a brutal act, and I am so SORRY for that poor patient!!!!!!!!!! Can it be reporting to the medical board? anonymously?

  23. A nurse health?

    AtlantaRN replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    No, if anything, I am sick less because i'm exposed to so much...

  24. Patients always needing something no matter what.

    AtlantaRN replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    "the patients all of sudden become invalids"--THAT is what I call tyrannisaurus Rex Syndrome.... They could reach their butts at home, but now that they are in the hospital, they can't. Barring a...

  25. Hostile work enviornment; need advice

    AtlantaRN replied to Nursesuzi's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm so sorry that some small minded and insecure nurses are giving you a hard time... It's hard to be the new nurse in a mix of sharks... Hang in there!