chacha82

chacha82 ADN, BSN

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  1. Please help :(

    chacha82 replied to %D#2's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm sorry, I can't." No further explanation needed. Even if someone ISN'T gossiping about you, you are under no obligation to cover their shifts. I have never expected someone to cover for me....

  2. Night Nursing: Precepting & Perception

    chacha82 replied to Larry2016's topic in General Students

    Oh boy. Larry, doctors do assessments and write notes...yes that is their job. However, we have to do our own assessments aside from that and it is never a defense to say "Well the doctor didn't catch...

  3. Night Nursing: Precepting & Perception

    chacha82 replied to Larry2016's topic in General Students

    News flash patients do not turn off at 1859...nor do facilities...you better believe they can and do go downhill at anytime. When they do on nights, you better know what you're doing, as there is less...

  4. Being depressed

    chacha82 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most everyone nowadays has some hurdle either applying to nursing school or staying in nursing school. I work in a hospital affiliated with a large medical school. If you are feeling tepid and...

  5. Advise! Real life with ASN degree

    chacha82 replied to abilail20's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have my ADN from a very well respected, old-fashioned hospital program. One of the last ones in the state affiliated with a hospital and not a 4 - year university or 2 year college. In order to keep...

  6. Job Hopping

    chacha82 replied to male2serve's topic in General Nursing

    The sign is...you are almost done with orientation and going to leave for another job that you just got an email about? Don't do it. Colorado may not care about this quick hop, but you are surely...

  7. Pt.s Ordering Food from Outside Hospital?

    chacha82 replied to annie.rn's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked as a substitute teacher, students ordered food to be delivered to the school. It was disruptive and inappropriate, to say the least. For some reason the admin allowed it. Patients in a...

  8. Gossip Girls... (And boys)

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

    If people say something to you to try and get you to talk bad about another person, I have always said "I like so and so. She's always been nice to me." And leave it at that. At the end of the day I...

  9. New Grad off Orientation

    chacha82 replied to froggy93's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations to you, OP, if you are off orientation and feeling ready to start working without your preceptor. I think that's a good thing! My floor was very good about assigning new grads the most...

  10. Question about nursing and RRT

    chacha82 replied to Ryan Walker's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure the job marked for RT is viable where you are, or start researching where you want to move. There are not an overabundance of jobs for RTs where I live, even though we have 2 large hospitals...

  11. Mobile IV infusions... for hangovers

    chacha82 replied to Dogen's topic in General Nursing

    Dumb dumb dumb...why would you risk all of the infections and other associated problems with getting an IV if you didn't have to? This is a trend on Instagram and Facebook that needs to stop. Nitwit...

  12. Age- looking young

    chacha82 replied to Newnurse1792's topic in General Nursing

    You can't change really how you look so I would not stress too much about this. When finishing my RN program we had a very helpful mock interview session and they gave us a rubric that included how to...

  13. Totally Disapointed

    chacha82 replied to OSUFan1's topic in Rehabilitation

    Yes, you might just get it! In my prior career the first two years there was so much I didn't know I didn't know. Yes, I was meeting expectations, but I was barely scratching the surface of doing what...

  14. Hey nurses!!! WE ARE PEOPLE TOO!

    chacha82 replied to AspiringNurse23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since you aspire to be a nurse, you will learn in nursing school that delegation and prioritization are essential parts of the nursing practice. I'm not doing vitals because I'm not lazy; I have...

  15. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    chacha82 replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You could change the title to be "We were wrong about ANY type of nursing." Or any type of job, really. The grass may seem greener in another setting but it also comes with a completely new playbook...

  16. I took the plunge...it feels weird

    chacha82 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! I always enjoy reading your thoughtful articles, comments, and posts. I hope you enjoy your new position! Let us know what it's life is like after the

  17. Are we doing good for our patients?

    chacha82 replied to GeologistRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    See the same issues on the floor, people determined to have procedures, get PEG tubes, get revisions...I particularly remember the phrase "He WILL be trached and you will treat him as if he's 20."...

  18. Safe to take new admit at shift change

    chacha82 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know that it is safe but it does go on. It is definitely a disruption in getting things going for the rest of the night. I would put eyes on my admission, get them on telemetry if that...

  19. Should I take the HUGE paycut to switch from ICU to a clinic?

    chacha82 replied to nirali.karsaliya's topic in General Nursing

    If you have an hour commute, you will be spending a significant amount of $$$ on gas. Not to say that justifies an $8 pay cut, but just keep that in mind. An hour is a long way before a 12 hour shift,...

  20. Need reasons why becoming a nurse first, then becoming a doctor, is a bad idea

    chacha82 replied to jeaux's topic in General Nursing

    You need to do what you

  21. Frustration with office staff

    chacha82 replied to zombieghoast's topic in School

    Wow! With as many hats as you are expected to wear as the school nurse, that's very disheartening that no one would step it up to help you. But I understand your dilemma. In most schools, when you...

  22. Your Patient

    chacha82 replied to Danielia95's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hopefully in every way possible; it's my job, after all. When do we stop doing people's homework for them on this

  23. new nurse thinking of leaving hospital job

    chacha82 replied to n1wgmp's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you are thinking of returning to the hospital setting in the future, I would stay at your current position for at least a year. And I would echo what has already been said; you need more...

  24. What am I qualified to do? OTHER THAN FLOOR NURSING!!

    chacha82 replied to Shackna13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Before signing up for more school, I would personally try a different setting. Would you like to work in a specialty clinic or a doctor's office? Those facilities are less hectic than floor nursing...

  25. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    chacha82 replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Not the profession for me but the nature of work in some places. High acuity, slammed with admissions, demanding family members. Increasing requirements on documentation and no time to do it....