FlorenceNtheMachine

FlorenceNtheMachine

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  1. Please be nice to your aides.

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to IlliniHelper's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Crazy nurses working under the doctor's license! No, we don't. Grey's Anatomy, you fail us again. Haha, so

  2. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Happy Monday! Anyone learn anything nifty

  3. New Grad Traumatized After First Interview

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to rollieem's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry you had such a bad experience, chin up! In my interview, my manager said the same thing and said he was leery of new grads and that they tend not to work out. Went so far to say he would...

  4. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

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  5. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    So just to update our thread a little. Some things I'm glad I'm progressing in: my assessments. Somewhere in the past few weeks, I've noticed that I look at my patient first and mostly, and as an...

  6. How *not* to draw up morphine

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to anashenwrath's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Did the same thing, scared me to death.

  7. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Congrats!!! What type /size icu Will you be

  8. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    How'd your first night go??

  9. Win $100! February 2013 Caption Contest

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Zombieland Rule 1:

  10. Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I don't blame schools wholly. I was very aggressive when it came to practicing skills, saying yes to any opportunity. Even if I had to do it in front of ten people. I even practiced on willing souls...

  11. Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    How to talk with patients about death and withdrawing/continuing care and how to communicate with doctors without turning into

  12. Doctor texting order turned into a nightmare

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to Scotthudson1966's topic in General Nursing

    And this is what happens when you give an inch. Because its quicker, convenient, blah blah blah! Our bad habit is doing a telephone/verbal order when the doctor is sitting right there. But because...

  13. Advice for intimidated and overwhelmed yet dedicated new grad

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to throughaglassdarkly's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ruby that's such a good point. Some of my coworkers who are precepting (especially for the first time) get SO nervous, doubt their own nursing ability, and I can see how that strain could come across...

  14. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    KtLiz, Thanks for your reply, I hope I end up really liking it too. I've done a lot of evenings/late shifts in my life in past jobs, but it was a different time. No kids, no pets, no husband, no...

  15. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Etymed- RN!, I'm glad I"m not alone worrying about nights. Its so hard to get quality sleep in the day where I live, so many trains, cars, dogs, and kids. I worry about sleeping with earplugs too, I...

  16. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    I'm having some anxiety about starting nights. I know wah wah, everyone has to do it. Just having some apprehension about how it'll affect everything. I actually like the hustle and bustle of days...

  17. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Congrats

  18. Would you give a drug someone else pulled from a pyxis?

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    And I guess I would add that a Pyxis/med cabinet gets stocked by a pharm tech, so I would trust a nurse grabbing it, just like I have to trust the tech who stocked the cabinet.

  19. Would you give a drug someone else pulled from a pyxis?

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes, of course. If someone is that sly and can tamper a medication and reblister(?) the package, how could I possibly compete with that

  20. Do you take your work wherever you go?

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Some of my friends and family who are the most "germaphobic" are the sickest. Doesn't seem to help them much. I practice standard precautions and wash my hands before I eat and after the

  21. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Awesome! Your orientation sounds like it's very organized! Good luck next week! And KeepNpositive, that tech seems like he/she has issues, not related to "ignorant new nurses" but that's what they...

  22. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Nothing to say today really, but just glad I have gainful employment. High

  23. NP with a beard?!?!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to Erclifton85's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I like facial hair on men. I wouldn't find it unprofessional, unless it was an untamed mountain man level of unruliness. Even then, I'd still probably not care a whole lot. Basically what I'm...

  24. Co-complainers. Is anything good enough?

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to Ntheboat2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel ya, the techs in our unit have a cake job. And I say that as a former tech in that unit, so I know it's cake! They roll eyes, complain about the most inane things, like how they have to answer...

  25. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    FlorenceNtheMachine replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    So... I think I've went back and forth from I hate this! to I lurve this place a million times. Sigh! Utter