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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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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?...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  15. What happens to the nurse?

    jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What happens to a nurse when he/she gets written up? I'm a new nurse and I was working last night. I got report from the day nurse who isn't brand new, but I can tell that she hasn't been working...

  16. 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...

  17. What happens to the nurse?

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I wonder if that nurse has already had some writeups then because she was so worried about getting written up. I thought the charge was really jumping the gun for trying to write her up, though,...

  18. Lap tops and Phones..This is too much

    jessnurse05 replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, My facility has the computer carts, but most nurses leave them at the nurses station, or park them in the hall near their pt rooms. I've only seen one nurse who pushes the whole cart into each...

  19. Computerized Documentation Poll

    jessnurse05 replied to pendragon1980's topic in General Nursing

    1)In your opinion, what are some advanatages of computerized documentation? I agree with other posters that legibility is a big plus to computer charting. I also like that it prompts for things (I...

  20. Help me manage 2nd stage, please. New Gr

    jessnurse05 replied to SpudID's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi, I am not an L&D nurse, so I can't give you any info there. But I am a new grad and I had a similar experience with orientation. I oriented in Peds for 3 months with the same preceptor, but...

  21. Lost It at Work!

    jessnurse05 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ugggg, this kind of thing bugs me so much. I am a new nurse and, yes, sometimes I miss things. I work as hard as I can and do everything that I know of that's expected of me. I hate giving report...

  22. I'm so sad...sorry this is really long

    jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, This doesn't really relate to nursing, other than I'm a nurse, but I wanted your guys' advice. I moved down here to So Cal from WA because I got a good job offer and my dad and stepmom were down...

  23. I'm so sad...sorry this is really long

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you again for all of the kind responses. By the way, the baby in the picture is my dd.

  24. I'm so sad...sorry this is really long

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the encouragement. My stepmom "wears the pants in the house" and my dad will go along with whatever she says. I have lost any respect from them because of times when I was in tears at...

  25. What scared you most at first?

    jessnurse05 replied to tracey2705's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, The KCL sound dangerous if the caps were the same, our KCL bags come premixed so I don't have to deal with that. My biggest fear is of pts falling and getting hurt. I've been unlucky enough to...