chacha82

chacha82 ADN, BSN

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  1. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    chacha82 replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just received an email from the state health department. The takeaways: They recognize asymptomatic people can spread the virus. Awesome! They approve "alternative PPE" due to the shortage for working...

  2. Sterilize and Reuse Mask

    chacha82 replied to NurseSugar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sorry to be cynical but I'm looking at pics of nurses from Italy and China in head-to-toe hazmat gear. How are we protected in a yellow gown and ear loop

  3. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    chacha82 replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am considering it. We are already being told to use 1 mask for 12 hours. The hospital insists there is no shortage of PPE. People are being told they can wear a mask "if they want to," but I also...

  4. Bedside Nurses: Undervalued, Poorly Retained and What Experts Say

    chacha82 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize, I did not mean to sound like I was dumping on case management. I agree 100% we all need to help each other, and I know case managers work very hard. So I am sorry that my comment was...

  5. Bedside Nurses: Undervalued, Poorly Retained and What Experts Say

    chacha82 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to limit this because otherwise I could go on. 1. Have visiting hours twice a day AND STICK TO IT. I cannot provide good care in a cramped room of 2 patients and they each have 5 family...

  6. Question regarding overtime

    chacha82 replied to Hopefulnurse1823's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a ton of overtime and burned out. By the time you get to the 4th 12 you are exhausted. It's not the overtime shifts, it's the shifts you have to work to earn that overtime. I have had jobs...

  7. Leaving the OR

    chacha82 replied to Tpax's topic in General Nursing

    You will not lose skills at all if you go to procedure area. Procedure area nurses work with highly specialized equipment, often mix and titrate medications, watch several different screens at once...

  8. Rude nurses

    chacha82 replied to rnbsn2md's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What do you consider not nice? Genuinely asking. I worked with someone who I found frosty at times, but at other times she was thoughtful towards me. So I decided to just enjoy those times and maybe...

  9. "Not sure what unit you will be hired into..."

    chacha82 replied to TitaniumPlates's topic in General Nursing

    OK...then...if this was simply a job that may have been represented poorly, and that it didn't even happen to the OP, then the level of ire in this post makes even less sense. An ICU job was posted. A...

  10. "Not sure what unit you will be hired into..."

    chacha82 replied to TitaniumPlates's topic in General Nursing

    This would be a no brainer for me. If I accepted a certain position and found out what I would be getting was not well defined or not defined at all I would resign immediately. I was offered an...

  11. Getting confidence back

    chacha82 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for almost 4 years. Worked on a great floor for most of this time, went to a new job a few months ago. While there my preceptor and another nurse belittled me daily and criticized...

  12. Getting confidence back

    chacha82 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your reply, trauma! I have since left that position. I appreciate your response! As you say, I'm trying to get up to speed on the new

  13. New Grad and Rejected from First Choice Job Option

    chacha82 replied to Joanne15's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you were offered a position somewhere else, try to find joy in that and move forward (not as easy as it sounds I know). I worked at a facility while in nursing school as a CNA as well. When it came...

  14. My coworkers dont like me because I bragged

    chacha82 replied to esrun13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Never complain, never explain. Just be nice and helpful to everyone from now on. New gossip will come along soon enough, and I say this as someone who loves

  15. How do I become stronger clinically?

    chacha82 replied to alexamasan's topic in General Nursing

    Seek out opportunities to learn from your coworkers. Ask to be assigned to assigned to cases you would like to learn about. I always offer to take patients dumped on us from other areas so that I can...

  16. HIPAA violation and future employment opportunities

    chacha82 replied to kmcd90's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Real talk, not being nasty. Why did you not just text your

  17. I am new to nursing but I don't want to do this anymore

    chacha82 replied to newgradkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nursing is a difficult high stakes/low control job. It is promising that you leave work feeling good some days. After several years of inpatient nursing I still have VERY frustrating, sometimes...

  18. How do you deal with know-it-all family members?

    chacha82 replied to StephaneeD27's topic in General Nursing

    She's your mother-in-law, you have to get along with her in order to maintain your wedded bliss. If she says, "Oh, carbs are so bad for you, I know all about xyz..." let her drone on, when she's done...

  19. Commute!

    chacha82 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am seriously considering a job at a hospital 70 miles one way. Seeking the wisdom of anyone who's done a super commute for 12 hour shifts. It's a position I am very interested in on a well-staffed...

  20. Commute!

    chacha82 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your continued very helpful comments. It is 70 miles of straight road with 1 stoplight 35 miles in, and then 1 about 30 miles after that. I might try to do some per diem work to...

  21. Commute!

    chacha82 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your feedback. I own my house so I can't move right now. I think I just have to look for better opportunities in my community or closer than 70 miles

  22. Which areas in hospital least physically demanding?

    chacha82 replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    Home health (if you don't mind driving) or Case

  23. Nurse Imposters

    chacha82 replied to Nursemccaleb's topic in General Nursing

    You could say to the person you believe is an imposter: "I would like to speak with the Registered Nurse please. Are these your credentials?" Ask to speak with the MD and say to him, "I have to take...

  24. Wow embarrassed and really ticked off...

    chacha82 replied to ABRN2012's topic in School

    Go ahead and "dislike" this comment but I have worked with teachers for 5+ years...some of them (not all) can be quite selfish and territorial. You will have more luck asking them to stay after school...

  25. Poorest lack of judgment EVER!!!

    chacha82 replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I can't even. This is like me calling Wells Fargo and saying "I know you're a bank, can you give me some money?" I'd be having a meeting fast (like you did) about emergencies, liability, scope of...