ruralnurse84

ruralnurse84

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  1. CRNAs: We are the Answer

    ruralnurse84 replied to Bluebolt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    In my rural hospital, we only have CRNAs. They practice autonomously and are very good at what they do. One of them did my epidural while I was in labor and now that I work L&D, I work with them...

  2. Two mistakes in 2 weeks

    ruralnurse84 replied to walxii's topic in General Nursing

    I think as long as you own up to your mistakes and verbalize what you have learned from them and will do differently in the future, then everything should be okay. We all make mistakes, it's learning...

  3. Scanning meds for refusal

    ruralnurse84 replied to Job33's topic in General Nursing

    I just click on not given, reason pt refused and don't scan the

  4. Sign off/low census policy???? Is this an issue????????

    ruralnurse84 replied to ronurse99's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is voluntary per our contract. Most of the time for night shift we don't have enough people scheduled to go low census, but we can go on call and we get $4/hr if on call. If we get called in,...

  5. What's your patient-nurse ratio at your hospitals?

    ruralnurse84 replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    We've been at max 1:5 for a while on nights but recently management decided 1:6 or 7 would be perfectly fine on nights, mainly because they don't want to fill the holes with another staff nurse. I...

  6. IV Medication Administration

    ruralnurse84 replied to audrey_'s topic in General Students

    I work in a small hospital in the states and we have to reconstitute most of our drugs ourselves but it's already entered in as an order to what bag size it gets reconstituted with. On the rare...

  7. Advice for a Washington State wannabe student?

    ruralnurse84 replied to bluebluerose's topic in School, College Programs

    Op I sent you a

  8. Moving to Montana in the very far future...

    ruralnurse84 replied to missyt439's topic in General Nursing

    I know this was posted a while ago but I thought I would give you an answer. Why oh why do you want to live in Montana? I only survived one year there and will never return, despite what my husband...

  9. That was close!

    ruralnurse84 replied to Memetop55's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Worst case actually could be that there's a huge infiltrate in that area. My friend actually had that happen to her in nursing school (meaning done to her, she didn't do it to a patient. She was...

  10. Did you contract anything from a patient?

    ruralnurse84 replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    I had a guy in for gastroenteritis (frankly something that should have stayed home but we admitted him for dehydration, insert eye roll) and wouldn't you know I was puking and had a fever the next day...

  11. Most Cringeworthy Thing You Did in Nursing School

    ruralnurse84 replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in Nursing Humor

    My first clinical day in the hospital I had a diabetic patient who had an insulin pen. In this particular facility the pharmacy dispenses the pens for each patient and then they're kept in a patient...

  12. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    ruralnurse84 replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    We moved to bedside reporting last year, which was actually an improvement because we used to have to listen to report on every single patient, frequently putting us into overtime. Fortunately we are...

  13. 2017 Nurse Salary

    ruralnurse84 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    Eastern WA experience: 3 years in July, Med surg in a critical access hospital, ADN pay: 31/hr base, 4/hr night shift, 3.50/hr weekends, extra $10/hr for extra shifts, OT after 12 hours/shift or 40...

  14. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    ruralnurse84 replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    Most of what we got was kinda laughable, an adult coloring book, a very strange jump rope that took some figuring out that it was a jump rope (had two handles with buttons on it and a clear tubing)...

  15. Got into my program but I'm nervous!

    ruralnurse84 replied to NPgoals's topic in General Students

    As someone who graduated two years ago, this is my two cents. Find a few people who you can form a study group with, you know, people who actually want to study and that you have things in common...

  16. Piggy back off "Irrational Patients"

    ruralnurse84 replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a patient like that now, has been "firing" all the nurses and even called the FBI on us...nursing supervisor came in and pretty much laid down the law that she couldn't fire anymore nurses and...

  17. How to help your relationship survive night shift

    ruralnurse84 replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work a set schedule or is it more random? If you are off for a stretch try getting back into a daytime routine so on your days off you can do stuff with him when he's home. I've worked night...

  18. Clinicals?

    ruralnurse84 replied to Ktrujil9's topic in General Students

    You will have no control on what group you are in and if you get to be in a group with your friend and it will more than likely change each semester/quarter. Ours was set up with 7-8 per group each...

  19. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    ruralnurse84 replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

  20. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    ruralnurse84 replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It definitely all depends on location and where you're willing to live. I got a job right out of school because my husband had already moved to middle of nowhere Montana and they were hard up for...

  21. Whats the Catch: RN to MSN?

    ruralnurse84 replied to sandiegotrish's topic in General Nursing

    Most, if not all, RN to BSN/MSN programs require you to be working as an RN so I don't think that option would be there for

  22. Another reason unions suck!

    ruralnurse84 replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I love my union. I far prefer this union facility I'm at now over the nonunion pos place I used to work at. Better pay, better and guaranteed raises, better premium shift pay. No mandatory low...

  23. I need to choose a college to complete my RN on line

    ruralnurse84 replied to Pride/hardwork17's topic in Online Distance Learning

    WGU is a really good online accredited school where you can do your RN-BSN. They start cohorts every month and the terms are 6 months long so you have some wiggle room in how fast or slow you do your...

  24. When can you start applying?

    ruralnurse84 replied to Sovey's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Our nursing program encouraged us to start applying for jobs as early as Feb/Mar before our June graduation. Theory being if we did get hired before graduating and passing nclex, our employment was...

  25. 2016 Salary thread

    ruralnurse84 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    1. eastern WA, RN 1.5 years 2. 30 base, 3.50 night diff, another 3.50 weekend diff, once I get my BSN extra 1.00; we also get paid really well when working holidays and if we pick up shifts, we are...