78BugRN

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1. What do patients say that irks you?

   78BugRN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was working as an ER tech one night, sitting at the triage desk and answered the phone. It's a man on the other end with a question... "My wife is about 5 months pregnant and she's having some...

2. Is working night shift expected of new grads?

   78BugRN replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

   I wanted night shift when I graduated. I've been happier as a night owl since I first got the opportunity to work the shift in nursing school. My first two sections of orientation were on days. Very...

3. What shifts do you work? Do you like it?

   78BugRN replied to TRINI_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I prefer 3 12s and prefer nights even more. It always feels like I've got more time to myself. The trick for me is to have the scheduling manager put my shifts together so I'm not switching sleep...

4. No Overtime Pay after Forty Hours

   78BugRN replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

   I know that at my facility I'm not permitted to work overtime while I'm in my internship but, that my internship ends before my probationary period does. I can work overtime after my internship is

5. My Shadow is MISSING!

   78BugRN replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

   I just spent a day last week shadowing a nurse on the floor I'll be starting on soon. Most of the day is just watching the routine of a new place (meds, pyxis, doc's, charting, breaks, staff...

6. Starting school...need to vent

   78BugRN replied to Amberlynn1181's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I worked my local for a year and a half during nursing school. Even floating the hospital for a few weeks after graduation is enough to reinforce the fact that I am glad for a change of pace. Do not...

7. In Trouble With The Bon!!! Please Advise Me...

   78BugRN replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

   I'm hoping for you that they handle this internally. If they reassign you and send you to some classes, it will also remove you from the other problems in this unit (the competitiveness, overwhelming...

8. I passed!!!

   78BugRN replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   YAY!!! Way to go!! Can't wait until I can post the same. All the best to you in your

9. Medication Aides

   78BugRN replied to M&MRN2005's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   WOW... that's more than a bit scary. As nursing students, we have pharmacology training and prepare for each clinical day by looking up ALL medications and knowing their effects, side effects, and...

10. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    78BugRN replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've put in 3 years in secretarial/office jobs, 6 years as an Aircraft Electrical and Environmental Systems specialist with the Air Force and wound up in nursing school as a way to be able to teach...

11. pregnant? not preg? help!

    78BugRN replied to cna2005rkfd's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The norm is a couple days after the first missed menstrual

12. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    78BugRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    By the same token... Don't EVER tell a patient "I've never done this before so you're gonna have to bear with me." It took us the entire day to calm down a patient during clinicals and he never did...

13. Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

    78BugRN replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a fairly small ER and even we have some REALLY bad nights. Two nurses short and the techs have only worked for three months... 6 ambulances show up in ten minutes with - 1 respiratory...

14. Shoes...omg my feet are in heaven!!

    78BugRN replied to RainEdayWoman's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Croc doesn't seem to have any that cover the whole foot but, Quarks have a couple of styles that cover the whole foot. If you search for Quark nursing shoes on Google, it pulls up all kinds of places...