Geslina BSN, RN

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    Verbal orders for narcotics

    Geslina posted a topic in General Nursing

    The day shift nurse, who had left for the day, called the patient's MD from home and got verbal orders for PRN narcotics for a patient on a sub acute floor. I'm supposing she didn't have time to do...
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    Hating Nursing Currently

    Geslina replied to vanaly's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. I've been a nurse for 5 years, and I still have nights where I lock myself in the bathroom and cry. I have never been good under stress, and I find nursing to be the most stressful...
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    How do you feel about having other nurses as patients?

    Geslina replied to purplegal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with the elderly, and currently have 3 former nurses in my care, and there have been several in the past. I find that it can go either way, but mostly they are nice...and very understanding of...
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    New nurse. What do I need?

    Geslina replied to ChiMan360's topic in General Nursing

    Sharpies. Highlighters. Hand cream. A little notepad. A good quality tote bag or backpack. Lots and lots and LOTS of pens. You wil find that you spend a lot of time looking for lost pens. I...
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    has anyone failed nurisng 3 from bucks county community college!

    Geslina replied to SEJUP23's topic in General Students

    I failed the last semester in my program...and I wasn't alone. We started out with almost 200 in our class and just under 60 made it to the end. I was devastated to fail, being so close to the end....
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    Nurse Sues for Lunch Breaks

    Geslina replied to Mamanurse90's topic in Nursing News

    Wow. I haven't taken a lunch break in 3 years. I barely take my 15's either, because I like to get out of there at the end of my shift. i tried to get paid for them in the beginning, and was just...
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    The Opioid Crisis hits LTC

    Geslina replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Nursing News

    Sounds like where I work, we will take ANYONE. Even rapists and murderers. No one cares, as long as the beds are full. I've seen patients whose medical hx clearly states problems with addiction,...
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    Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

    Geslina replied to Maple2016's topic in Nursing News

    Haha, have to say I agree. Given a second chance, I'd have chosen another career. It's not that being a nurse is so bad, it's the daily staffing shortages, the constantly growing state documentation...
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    Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

    Geslina replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ha! Our current manager always wants to be the good guy. Someone was just fired, and the next day the nurse called me and told me that management told her she was out of there because I had reported...
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    Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

    Geslina replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I hate finding med errors, because we are legally obligated to report them. I've had to report a few, and I've made a few myself. If it's something I can fix without reporting it, I try to....but if...
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    Ugghhh, another new nurse...

    Geslina replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    My supervisor was doing an evaluation on a new nurse, ands the new nurse told her that she looked up to me and hoped to be the kind of nurse I was someday. And beleive me, I'm hardly Super Nurse. I...
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    A Rough Nursing Shift...

    Geslina replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh, that's me every single night. Sad that almost every problem that makes nursing overwhelming could be solved with just a little extra
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    Good grief...I came up Positive

    Geslina replied to SororAKS's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wait...I'm confused...why with 16 years of sobriety are u even IN a monitoring
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    Kicked off unit when Joint Commission arrives

    Geslina replied to Skittles767's topic in General Students

    The joint commission coming is serious stuff. Everyone is under enormous pressure, including CNAs. There will be enough to worry about for the facility without having "beginners" around. It's hard...
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    First week- will I die of boredom?

    Geslina replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

    Haha. Honey, you will be soon be so far up the creek in mind numbing unbelievably overwhelming amounts of information to memorize that you will look longingly back on your days of boredom and nursing...
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    How To Document Sleeping On Night Shift

    Geslina replied to Iggy123's topic in General Nursing

    I put "pt sleeping comfortably, call bell in
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    Nurses, do you feel respected by NPs

    Geslina replied to Buckeyeqt's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, NPs can be difficult, but that is because where I work, the NPs are miserable. They work long long hours, are on call all the time, get all the crap jobs the doctors don't want to...
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    Oh, you quirky night shifter you!

    Geslina replied to dannibeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work 3-11. I started on that shift, and though I've had many chances to switch to days, I just prefer the peace and quiet of the night shifts. I'd work 3rd shift if I thought I'd be able to sleep...
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    Love the Geriatric population, but not sure where to work in that field

    Geslina replied to Rocktheman's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a nursing home, I'm an RN. I work as both a floor nurse and a supervisor. I have more patient contact than I want sometimes. Our DON and ADON, our unit managers, they all have lots of...
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    Musicians, Artist career changers?

    Geslina replied to Elsa15's topic in General Nursing

    I was/am an artist - a painter. While I wish I could still devote my time 100% to my art, unfortunately, I need to make a living. Selling my paintings was feast or famine, and I had no benefits. I...
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    Least stressful nursing specialty

    Geslina replied to Svkd's topic in General Nursing

    One that doesn't require any patient care....like research, lab work, medical writing. I am seriously considering some of
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    Have any of your patients ever told you that you're a good nurse?

    Geslina replied to EquinoxSolstice92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Haha! So true. But I do occasionally get genuine compliments. We have this sad little Jamaican lady, with an accent so thick that very few of us understand her, and most will not take the time to...
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    Suboxone use and the Boards of Nursing

    Geslina replied to imfree's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Imodium??? Loperamide, the "opiate" in Imodium only acts on the intestines, it can't pass the blood/ brain barrier, so Cant actually effect the users brain or mood. Even not allowing Benadryl is...
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    My friend is still looking for work

    Geslina replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I had an almost 2 year gap after graduating, and no one cared. For one, it is typical that it takes time these days to find work, even for seasoned nurses in many cases. Second, people have...
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    Did I make a big mistake?

    Geslina replied to nurse.toni's topic in Excelsior College

    Me neither, except out of curiosity, or when making small talk. After all, does it matter? In the end, we all have to be able to pass the same state