AtlantaRN

AtlantaRN RN

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  1. bad med-surg day-wake-up call

    AtlantaRN replied to lesrn2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you did well in a bad situation... when there are 3 md's on board, and a patient isn't doing well, if it's a surgeon I can talk to, I tell him/her; you 'Need to get in here"....Call them in the OR, or...

  2. Fired AGAIN!! HELP!!

    AtlantaRN replied to kwagner_51's topic in First Year After Licensure

    28 patients!!!! YIKES what about a md office? you can spend lots of time with patients! I couldn't do 28 patients

  3. How do you get through the "gross" stuff?

    AtlantaRN replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    oh yeah, you are normal...I was fine in clinicals until I witnessed a lady partsl birth...sucking chest wound, no problem, but lady partsl birth, I've got to sit down and put my head between my knees...

  4. Family members?

    AtlantaRN replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in First Year After Licensure

    THAT is why I don't do peds, unless i'm pulled....I remember clinical rotation in school, on the peds unit, mommy and daddy told a 3 yr old that tonsillectomy "won't hurt...and you won't get any...

  5. Endless Medication Administration....

    AtlantaRN replied to MrsMinor's topic in First Year After Licensure

    if you feel like the people in the circus that keep the plates turning on the bamboo sticks, yep, you are a nurse, especially if you are a medical/surgical nurse, I've worked at facilities that have...

  6. To study group of not to study group...

    AtlantaRN replied to Student_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't get anything done in a study group, i mean get a bunch of students together and you end up just yakking about everything else but nursing! I did best by myself, with flash cards I made, I...

  7. Made a big mistake

    AtlantaRN replied to jamieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    that is one of the reasons my facility has computer access for physians so THEY can look up their patients labs...I rarely give results over the phone unless I initiate the call, or I KNOW the...

  8. Suddenly making errors?

    AtlantaRN replied to SookeyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you just do what you can and go on... that is why a hospital is open 24h/day with 2-3 shifts/day...

  9. Got a thank you card from a patient!

    AtlantaRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    that is sweet! everyone needs an "at-a-girl"!

  10. How do you give a painless injection

    AtlantaRN replied to guzzebear's topic in First Year After Licensure

    exactly, same way I do IV"s, talk their heads off, so they are distracted!

  11. Help me help a new nurse

    AtlantaRN replied to ShayRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have new grads/employees follow me for a shift and see how I do things... Alert patients first, confused patients next, cluster meds and IV's...8am meds and 9am meds are given at the same time (and...

  12. Pt complaint - frustrated

    AtlantaRN replied to jamieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    people are people, and alot of them are jerks... Did you do what your patient had requested, YES; Did you leave the patient in dire straits, NO wife is a jerk, can't fix that and there is no vaccine...

  13. written up already!

    AtlantaRN replied to janetrette's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OH PLEASE!!! it's not like you missed 2 pages of orders, or sent a patient to surgery with LR hanging, and they are a dialysis patient!!! We are all HUMAN...we ALL make mistakes... I remember the...

  14. Shift Report

    AtlantaRN replied to ladytopaz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    sometimes the nurses that want such a diligent report, are the ones that don't assess their patients, and should you work a 16h shift, they are the ones parrotting back the same information you gave...

  15. Shift Report

    AtlantaRN replied to ladytopaz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My first hospital job as a new grad, the assistant nurse manager worked the night shift, and she was a *itch...she was giving me and another new nurse the business (after we had both worked a total of...

  16. Needle Stick on myself, Oops

    AtlantaRN replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    just slow down...thank GOD it wasn't a dirty needle

  17. I finally Cracked...

    AtlantaRN replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    sometimes at my facility they dump the heavy load patients on the ones that can do the best with them (hence, the best nurses get dumped on the most).

  18. I finally Cracked...

    AtlantaRN replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey! your only human! Just do what you can and be WILLING to delegate the rest! That is why we have charge nurses (that don't have any patients). They should be your resource nurse also... Hang in...

  19. What to wear?

    AtlantaRN replied to IcantThinkofaName's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I always wear scrubs (but I don't do dress clothes); i've NEVER been turned down for a RN position. Good luck!

  20. How many Pt do you take care of?

    AtlantaRN replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    depends on the unit, on med/surg day shift 6 patients and share 1 tech with another nurse.

  21. 3 weeks into nsg program, he wants to quit...

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Students

    he is doing better, at least I can SEE him studying now...he came home the day after my original post and said "I can do this..." he just didnt realize it would be so hard (he has NEVER had to apply...

  22. 3 weeks into nsg program, he wants to quit...

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Students

    actually, he defends nursing...some of the guys he graduated with (one working at a car dealership, another in the reserves) told him he was getting into "womens work," and he defended the...

  23. 3 weeks into nsg program, he wants to quit...

    AtlantaRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Students

    he doesn't want to do anything except play on the internet...not interested in computer programming or IT, just wants to play warcraft... he is doing better, he has refocused himself (still childish,...

  24. No More Bedside Nursing, I Quit!

    AtlantaRN replied to cameroondiva's topic in First Year After Licensure

    every facility is facing the shortage, but it's your license on the line...if anything happens and there is litigation, the hospital will hang you out to dry...I too am in atlanta, transferring to a...

  25. Question about horror stories

    AtlantaRN replied to nursehottie12's topic in General Nursing

    you "offer" to "set them up" for their bath, or assist them with their adl's, if they refuse, you document, and add "self care deficet" to your nursing diagnosis... also, if they are admitted for...