Sadala

I am about to start traveling. Just signed my first contract. I honestly don't think you'd have any problems at all finding travel work - particularly with your breadth of experience. ICU and ER experience is desired for travel. I've seen people travel after a year or two of nursing.

Well at our hospital, they won't test nurses (even with high levels of exposure - like their spouse being ill with confirmed covid) unless they are symptomatic. I'm very uncomfortable with this.

You're not admitting them? Where are they going. How are you even able...

Truly, our preparedness for this has been the worst roll out since Windows 95.

I'm guessing they've approved that grudgingly since we're short on N95s. Not really on what we SHOULD be wearing to protect ourselves, our patients, and our families. I base this on the fact that we were first told that N95s were essential. But hey, we only recently started testing here so we've probably already been exposed to a lot.

Contrary to a lot of other responders (meh, my computer underlines the word responders and I don't know why. It's bugging my OCD), I actually don't think its the worst plan in the world. IF you do a fantastic job in any capacity and are willing to work without calling in or slouching then people will notice and will want you for their team. You might have to put in a few months time at a lower pay rate, but if you're not independently wealthy and can't spend months looking, its not the worst plan in the world. In my opinion. First though, make sure that your resume contains the clinicals (also underlined btw, hmphh...) you've performed at different hospitals and apply at THOSE hospitals. Go to HR personally and ask what you need to get in the door. Its more difficult to ignore people who are there in front of you as opposed to nameless faces on internet submitted resumes. Good luck! PS... two weeks is not that long in the grand scheme of things ?

I don't really get this. Keep in mind I'm med surg and not recovery, but... I was thinking that family members aren't allowed back during that portion of pt recovery because 1) pts might be unstable and they need close supervision with no distraction and 2) sometimes the behavior/appearance/status of pts immediately post surgery can be upsetting for family. I have never been given to understand that it's because of HIPAA rules. People in ED's are frequently in bays with only sheets between them WITH their family members, and I dare say more medical info gets bandied about as pts are (ok - typically but not always) awake and coherent enough to answer questions and talk to the nurse about their issues. How many appts can this girl have? Or if she DOES have a lot of appts, maybe there are medical or psych issues to which you are not privy. Regardless, I guess I personally would be so far into the land of "who cares" about whether or not there is an extra bay in use for sleeping. I'd be more like, "Oh thank God, that will be one bay they can't use for a pt." i.e. one extra pt I won't get. Ha! It is rude that you have to remake the room after they go but on the other hand it is your BOSS and... Nursing is not my first profession. I guess I've had to take care of many more cumbersome tasks for different bosses in the past.

Not sure all of the vendors from the Eisenhower administration are still in business...

If it's a med and the pt consistently is insistent upon having it at a different time then I see about moving the time on the MAR (if it's ok with the provider, etc)

Oh, rrrrrrrrrrright. I just looked at the header and noticed which section I'm in. (being lost is typical)

Ha! I don't do that. But when I read your post it reminded me... I was a clerk for a time and when I counted change I would count by five's. It was just easier to group the change by five's in my mind and get an accurate count. I find I do the same thing now when I have to count narcs. Except sometimes they have narcs explicitly packaged in groups of four or ten so obviously I switch it up. But with singles, I still always count by five. Just funny the habits we learn. Where are you working that you have a cart and paper MAR. Is this Rehab or LTC or?

I was reading OP's post and thinking, "Wow. That's cumbersome..." Then I realized that really, I guess we do the same thing with a pyxis. You know, put an accurate count in, then scan the medication, have any waste witnessed by another nurse, and then at the end of the shift have a nurse from each shift count and enter the count on the narcs into the pyxis. I guess it is a lot faster though, not having to hand write it.

I haven't read the whole string, so there may be updates I haven't seen before giving my response. That said, based on OP's original post my advice is to tell the school the truth when this hits the fan. I might even go to them in advance and explain. See if they will give you another test. If they remove you from the program, then I would apply elsewhere and I would not disclose that I had applied to this program and been dismissed (just sayin'). I would just apply to new programs as if I was a new applicant. No need to have this follow you. And I would take the lesson from this and make sure to never do it again. If you had done this as a nurse your license could have been at stake. Good luck to you.

We typically don't don't call on the overnight for a systolic under 180. Let me rephrase... I won't call for a systolic under 180. That said, the parameters are typically systolic 170 / diastolic 100 for hydralazine and labetalol prn's.

call it under child abuse because you don't know if he has access to other children. You are a mandated reporter.