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  1. Med-Surg Nurses Association

    grinnurse posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Can anyone tell me if there is such a thing? I know all the "specialty" feilds have their own organizations but does Med/Surge? Thanks for any and all

  2. NCLEX Study Session........Live Chat

    grinnurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will be in the "Live Chat" room tomorrow afternoon at 1200 noon CST if anyone wants to join in on an NCLEX study session. If you are unfamiliar with the live chat, to get there, it is at the top...

  3. Nurses and Physical Therapists!! Help, Question and Rant!

    grinnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Had an encounter with a PT yesterday and was wanting to poke pencils in his eyes. We had orders for at least 2 days for PT to come and get these patients up to begin walking them and they both needed...

  4. Letter of Resignation or just Two Weeks Notice

    grinnurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been orienting this week for a PRN position in a hospital that I want to eventually end up full time (trying to get my foot in the door). I have been offered the opportunity to work on 2...

  5. Dumb HIPPA codes

    grinnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    What's the dumbest HIPPA code you've heard? I admitted a pt yesterday and I had already suspected that the "elevator wasn't going all the way to the top" with this guy when I asked him if he wanted a...

  6. Thank you note to preceptor after orientation?

    grinnurse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Definately not weird at all to thank someone who has helped you out. I sent my preceptor flowers at the end of my orientation with a card that had a picture of painting that I had done so after the...

  7. Ethical Death Issue

    grinnurse replied to dinkysam's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would have done exactly what you did and as a matter of fact have done that several times to my patients that I have known (by clinical signs and symptoms) are in the end stage of life. I have also...

  8. Anyone Doing Rn Program That Had A Hard Time In H.s Math??

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

    I was kind of like you in HS math-just skirting by and when I was thinking about going to NS and found out there was math I was devestated!! But then I took a nursing math class and they give you...

  9. Patient Abandonment

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

    If you didn't take report and "control" of the patients then this is not patient abandonment IMO and I think it would be in the boards opinion as well. Sounds to me like she is just mad that you...

  10. How Many Days Do You Work?

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

    I am on self scheduling so I usually try to work3-4 days a week-depending on my financial needs at the time. Usually will work 3 in a row then 1. Although this week I scheduled my self for 5:uhoh21:...

  11. Psyching yourself up to go to work..

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

    The way that I prepare for each shift is I listen to music on my way. Thank goodness for XM radio, I drive 45 minutes one way and can always find something to listen to usually upbeat and sometimes...

  12. :confused: Ok..what happened...?

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

    Maybe ER isn't your "niche" and instead of quitting the field of nursing all together you should ask to be oriented to other departments. Maybe somewhere else would be a better fit for you and the...

  13. To clamp or not to clamp......that is the question

    grinnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    When a patient has a saline lock, do you clamp the site or leave it open. If you do..................why do you do it? If you don't..............................why not? I have always clamped and...

  14. Most unforgettable nursing instructor

    grinnurse replied to CaseManager1947's topic in General Nursing

    My most unforgettable clinical instructor was Amy. We were her first "real" clinical group. It was our first "real" clinical as well. She was so patient with us and tried to calm us down before...

  15. Help! I'm sinking!!

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

    Paula- Unfortunately-the first year is something we all have to get through:uhoh3: But like all the advice befor this post, the best thing is learn from your mistake and move on and know that there...

  16. Nurses Eat Their Young

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

    This is the time for you to make your stand. I have found in my short past as a nurse that if you don't put these remarks in their place then all you are going to do is build resentment toward these...

  17. Does anyone like med-surg their 1st year?

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

    I started on Med Surge right out of NS last year and at first it was a "stepping stone" to bigger and better position. Now, a little over a year later I wouldn't work anywhere else. You see such a...

  18. Med-Surg nursing... Who likes it? and why?

    grinnurse replied to mookieslife's topic in General Nursing

    Love Med/Surge here. Took the advice of my instructors and started on a Med/Surge unit right after grad in May 05 and haven't looked back since. There have been days when it has been really...

  19. New Grad-What should I do?

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

    Sorry to hear that you are having such a tough time. You spoke of the miscommunication about the BS of 377 can you elaborate on that? Was it a language problem? The last little paragraph said it...

  20. Feeling stupid...

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

    First off Congrats to the both of you on your new licenses!! RNLisa-everything that you are experiencing and feeling is normal and once you get on the floor with the preceptors stuff will start coming...

  21. Mistakes

    grinnurse replied to SeriphumRN2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The best thing that you can do in situations like this is to learn from them, try not to beat yourself up too bad (like we all have the tendency to do), and move on. Look at things like "what did I...

  22. Giving Report

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

    The hospital that I work at, per JACHO, has a sheet that is to be filled out, Kind of like a "portable" kardex that is supposed to pass from shift to shift with any changes but unfotunately, it is not...

  23. New Grad Thrown to the Wolves!

    grinnurse replied to IttyBittyCritty's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, I would be looking for a new place of employment and fast!! There is no way, I don't care how good of a student anyone was, with 4 weeks of orientation and no support can take care of...

  24. End of my first year.....time to move on????

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

    Hi Andre- Good to hear from you. Leaving that first job, especially b/c you have been with the hospital for 7 years has got to be a gut wrenching decision full of feeling obligated to the hospital...

  25. Would you or wouldn't you?

    grinnurse replied to White Shoes's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto