jessnurse05

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1. What are the Not So Good Things about working Private Duty

   jessnurse05 replied to pat8585's topic in Private Duty

   I have been working on two different cases for just under a year. The thing that drives me crazy is that both families take supplies! We only get so much per month so when it's gone, it's gone. One family takes gloves, luckily my agency reimburses...

2. I need some good resources

   jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for some great resources and some good insight. I totally agree that in a lot of cases my teen moms take better care of themselves than our older moms. Like one teen who bought herself prenatal vitamins before she even had a doctor's appointm...

3. I need some good resources

   jessnurse05 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi, I'm a nurse in maternity services. I go to homes of pregnant women and new mom's and I teach them about their pregnancy, what to expect during L&D, and newborn care. I've been seeing more teens in the last few weeks (my youngest pt is 12) ...

4. It's official, I'm stupid!

   jessnurse05 replied to gitterbug's topic in General Nursing

   Three 15 minute breaks and 30 minutes for lunch????? Where do you work? We get two 10 minute breaks and 30 minute lunch in 12 hours. Not that I even get that sometimes. Lunch break cut short and no 10 minute breaks so I can get everything done and...

5. med pass procedure on your unit

   jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was reading the thread about not giving meds that you didn't draw up and it reminded me of an issue that I've been having lately on my unit. I'm still fairly new so I probably have RN-itis and I also am still filled with some of the nursing school ...

6. evaluations?

   jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the input. When I've been sure that I was having problems at work and brought it to my manager she told me I was being "too hard on myself" so I hope that is still true when it comes to evaluation time. I don't know if I will get any fee...

7. evaluations?

   jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I've been working at a facility since September and we're coming up on our yearly evaluations next month. This is my first "grown up" job and I don't really know what to expect. I'm scared that it will be me sitting with the managers and being ...

8. leaving hospital nursing (long)

   jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I'm a single mom and I've been working in a hospital on night shift for almost a year now. I love the unit I work on and the people I work with (most of the time), but the 12 hour shifts are killing me. There aren't any day shift positions avai...

9. Why can't we treat eachother like adults???

   jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm not trying to generalize about nurses, just about the nurses in my facility on my shift. I had a great night last night, by 0100 I was completely caught up and had done my chart checks and all of my charting on my pts (it doesn't happen often, b...

10. Don't laugh, but... what if I throw up??

    jessnurse05 replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Nursing

    There was a lady in nursing school with me who threw up and peed her pants at the same time when helping to wipe a pt. This was all with the nursing instructor in the room! We had such a laugh about that at one of our celebration dinner after our f...

11. 800lbs plus man

    jessnurse05 replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think my hospital has any special lifts for obese pts. It upset me when everyone was telling the 400 lb pt we had to just have a bm in the bed and we'd clean her up. How humiliating is that? She was certainly continent of stool. I don't...

12. 800lbs plus man

    jessnurse05 replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    We had a 400+ lb lady recently (she might still be there). She was very difficult because she wanted to get out of bed but she was unable to walk and it took 6 of us to turn her. She had to be restrained for a while but was out of them last time I ...

13. Telephone interviews....

    jessnurse05 replied to Diana Lynn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I was hired at my current facility through a telephone interview. One question I would get was give an example of a time when I went above and beyond to help a pt. You could think of a couple examples and write them down. llg gave such good ad...

14. Nursing is 24hrs is just an expression

    jessnurse05 replied to angelique777's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I feel your pain. I'm new and I have exactly the same experiences as you do. Usually it's something that came up right at the end of my shift that I couldn't have planned for earlier in the night. We start giving report at 0645 so if an IV goe...

15. What happens to the nurse?

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Now that you mention it, this was the same nurse who, a half hour before, didn't have time to come up and start an IV that I couldn't get. The day nurse also had stayed and started blood for me since she felt bad for leaving the admit. Jessica