grinnurse RN

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 replies.

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 tool bar of the Allnurses.com page. Just click on i...

Give your study book the "bird" You start sounding like Captian Hook- Argggh :smiley_ab You'd rather clean the toilet bowl with your hands rather than the wands :barf01: You'd rather walk through 1000 acres of stickers Start laughing at all th...

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 trapezes on their beds. The day before was when ...

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 different floors as PRN until January when I will start...

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 to do a HIPPA code. I have found that most of th...

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 flowers died she would always know that she touched...

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 even prayed when I went home at night for God to ...

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 the formulas so that made it a little easier but I s...

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 called her on her errors and knows that you will proba...

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: . I like working the 3s as long as I have a co...

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 loud, but I am ready to work when I get there. On t...

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 personal goals that you have for yourself. How long...

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 thought that it helped to save the site but I am heari...

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 procedures giving us encouragement. She had the best...

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 will be more to come no matter how prepared we are...

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 nurses and in the ER I think it is all about team...

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 variety of illnesses and treatments it's like no ot...

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 stressful dealing with all the things that you have to dea...

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 all-you are not happy to be there and you don't feel ...

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 back but what's even better than that is it will ...

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 do wrong, did I have all the information that I nee...

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 used as intended. What helps me out the most, is ...

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 that many patients as a GN can be safe!! I starte...

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 (for keeping you while going through nursing school)...