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  1. I got written up and it's bringing me down

    porterwoman replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    In fact, the primary said something like, perhaps you should call the surgeon about this (uncontrolled nausea/some vomiting in bowel surgery pt). I said, do you think I should go ahead and call the...

  2. MedicalZebra Update

    porterwoman replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

    I am so, so sorry. Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers,

  3. DH dying-need prayers

    porterwoman replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    {{{{{{nursejoey05}}}}}}}}}

  4. Younger Nurses: Do you find people dont take you seriously? (semi-rant)

    porterwoman replied to TexasPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. I get the "how old are you?" all the time. I thought when I turned 30 it might change some. It hasn't yet. It gets tiresome. I don't have a very good response. I shrug and say, matter of...

  5. VAD protocol

    porterwoman replied to chaosRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Here's kind of a weird link that may be of no use--it's for one of the Duke CICUs and has the nurse manager's name--maybe you could contact her?...

  6. Frustrated New Nurse

    porterwoman replied to KTYRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I say, then what the smurf is she doing as a charge nurse??? :angryfire Grrr... As one of our charge nurses says, the job is about doing everything and anything that needs to be done, from changing a...

  7. Why is it "Med/Surg?" Why aren't they separated?

    porterwoman replied to ljds's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our hospital is too small to separate them. Our floor is 40 beds, med/surg/tele, not too unusual to see all three in one bed! We have another unit that has 20 beds and sees mostly fresh...

  8. NP w/no desire for RN?

    porterwoman replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ah, nursing, the great elephant, and here we each stand feeling a different part of it and telling what it is. In other words, everyone who has posted here is right about his or her part of it. We...

  9. Anyone call way after their shift to tell just one more thing? :)

    porterwoman replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Whew, I'm having such a "so-its-not-just-me" moment. I forgot to chart my pt's enteral intake for the whole shift, and called at 3:30 to tell the day nurse--he laughed and said, You're losing sleep...

  10. How Behind Do You Get?

    porterwoman replied to lisa41rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sigh...it's not at all unusual for me to be finishing up charting my assessments at 5:30, 6:00--checking all those stinkin' little boxes on the flow sheet makes me cuckoo :lol_hitti --and I've given...

  11. 3 months in and I hate my nursing job

    porterwoman replied to Serenyd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    On friday, when I did my final 6am round/am med pass on my busy med surg floor, and I found my schizophrenic pt covered in saline from where her IV had leaked at the insertion site, I literally had to...

  12. Scared

    porterwoman replied to Redd3's topic in Nursing Career

    And, let me add, you can get your kids involved in the action too. I practiced a lot of my hands-on assessment skills with my son--listening to breath/bowel/heart sounds, and let him listen to me,...

  13. Scared

    porterwoman replied to Redd3's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, you can do this, you can do this, you can do this you can do this. There was a woman in my class with 7 kids who became a single mom part way through. She graduated. You can get money from...

  14. Need advice-fulltime or PRN

    porterwoman replied to RN@34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It sounds like it could be a good thing to switch. I mean, time with your family--I personally think that's so very important. You could always switch back if you feel it's not working out. And...

  15. Have you ever done/wanted to do this?

    porterwoman replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Maybe they really are hurting because they're addicted? Ya never know... Does make you wonder sometimes, though...things that make you go

  16. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

    porterwoman replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I love this thread. Med surg haiku. Okay, deep breath: My Seven Knee lady's fine, husband's asleep on floor. 17 yo's WBCs *up* to 3, afebrile. Johnny's more alert. No BM, firm/distended. Wants...

  17. What is reasonable staffing?

    porterwoman replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Talino, thanks for that Medicare link. Very

  18. New med-surg RN picking up PRN night shifts in LTC=bad idea?

    porterwoman replied to porterwoman's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all. This is exactly the kind of advice I was looking for. Suzanne4, your points are exactly what my concerns are. Naturally, I would not take a position where I was taking on more than...

  19. New med-surg RN picking up PRN night shifts in LTC=bad idea?

    porterwoman posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, experienced LTC folks, I'd like your opinion. I'm a brand new RN, 2 mos licensed, working the standard night 7p-7a med surg fresh-out-of-school job. That's working out okay for me except that I...

  20. NNP options in Asheville

    porterwoman replied to My Sunshine's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    What about Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina? I don't know what kind of NICUs they have--I know there is a Shriners hospital there--Greenville's only about an hour from Asheville, even less from...

  21. For all the new nurses: who has had crazy dreams about work?! :)

    porterwoman replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes yes yes! Last night I dreamt I was working in an old elementary school that had been converted to a hospital; all my patients were bizarre, but the only one I can remember clearly is a guy whose...

  22. Tell us what a *stellar* nurse you are!

    porterwoman posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay, time for us to boost our morales a little. What did you do this week that you feel good about? Come on, even the little things like "I found the cafeteria without asking anybody" count....

  23. Tell us what a *stellar* nurse you are!

    porterwoman replied to porterwoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yay, go stellar first year nurses! I passed NCLEX this week. Then I went to Six Flags. Good enough for this week. :) porterwoman,

  24. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    porterwoman replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I like this thread. -pediatric psych scares me. It just doesn't seem like those kids have very good outcomes. -anything trauma. :uhoh21: No thanks. -for some reason, renal/dialysis pts scare me...

  25. Send your good vibes my way.........please

    porterwoman replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good luck! Report back to us, okay? Let us know how it went. You can do