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  1. Thinking about trying night shift...

    Mommy TeleRN replied to LadyPhantom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have to ask - what are your routines on this type of floor? How frequent are VS and assessments? Do CNAs do VS? I work tele nights and typically take 6. This keeps me busy (I'm also about 8 months...

  2. BCLS course in Memphis

    Mommy TeleRN replied to dilleweed's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    you might make SURE your school takes the red cross one. My school required the AHA version..which is also what is taught at my hospital

  3. Urine Sample from Foley

    Mommy TeleRN replied to elysium's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Clamping allows some urine to build up in the tube so you have a decent sample. On our foleys the port is really close to the patient so sometimes if there isn't a lot of urine in the tube you have to...

  4. Am I eligible for CNA Exam?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to studentnurseNTN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I am in West TN too. Are you 2+ hours from Memphis? Jackson offers nurse intern positions too but not as much

  5. Am I eligible for CNA Exam?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to studentnurseNTN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I have heard it is possible. There was a nursing home I talked to way back when who said I could bring them my course info and they were going to set me up to take the test. However - what part of TN...

  6. Safe Nurse:Patient ratio

    Mommy TeleRN replied to hoopette34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    April - what kind of floor do you work and what state? I work tele and do pretty good with 6 patients. 5 is heavenly. But here lately I've been regulary having 7 and one night 8 and I was in crazy...

  7. DUH moments..

    Mommy TeleRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So new nurses..share some of your duh moments so far! Here is one I did last week: It was the end of a 12 hr night shift. Pt having weird fecal type residual out of PEG. Ended up hooking it to suction...

  8. For all student externs in the Memphis area...

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Cinqly's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I just searched and there are no positions posted right now. Try calling HR and asking for the recruiter. You would be looking for a "Nurse Tech I" position. Nurse Tech II is the title when you...

  9. For all student externs in the Memphis area...

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Cinqly's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    St. Francis hires externs - called Nurse Techs - after 1 semester. I think the other hospitals require you to be within 1 year of graduation. The pay last I worked as a tech was 15.00/hr + 1.88-2.18...

  10. med mistake/question

    Mommy TeleRN replied to hollyberry678's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am glad this topic was brought up. 1) Let's say it's a med that is to be given over 3 minutes and it's 1 ml. If your fluids are going at > 20 ml hr then doesn't that give them a bolus of the med...

  11. need advice badly please help

    Mommy TeleRN replied to RN0707's topic in First Year After Licensure

    NursHeather - I feel just like you do. I have also been told I spend too much time with my patients and that I have to get faster. I struggle to get everything done on time. I hate having to be so...

  12. Feeling wiped out, overwhelmed, etc.

    Mommy TeleRN replied to cherokeesummer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That sounds familiar! Critically think constantly about your patients but do it fast...and juggle 6-7 in your head and keep it all

  13. Same song, different verse

    Mommy TeleRN replied to lindy777's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can feel your pain. I work on a very busy tele floor. I am just now coming off orientation. I had a long orientation with a terrific preceptor. All the nurses on our floor have been nothing but...

  14. Ideas for Coping with Crappy Shifts!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to LauraMT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I like your ideas :) I had a TERRIBLE shift a few weeks ago and came home and just cried and felt like "what did I get myself into?" Thankfully I was going on a minivacation after that shift and had...

  15. What happens if you leave a sponge?

    Mommy TeleRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    I've been searching the web and can't find the answer. We've all heard of sponges getting left behind. So what would be the s/s of a sponge left behind? I have read it can take years to become...

  16. My nightmarish experience

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Anona's topic in General Nursing

    Anona- I had an incident this week also. I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes it's such a simple thing when we try to do the correct thing and we try to go above and beyond and you still make an...

  17. Best Scrubs for Fatties

    Mommy TeleRN replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

    Try Urbane. They fit shorter so you don't have to get them all the way down over your hips. I really like the cut and I wear an XL in them. Don't know if they offer a petite cut tho which I'd get at...

  18. Are croc shoes white enough??????????

    Mommy TeleRN replied to RNSacht's topic in General Nursing

    I ordered the specialist in the pure white. Should be here tomorrow! Hope I like

  19. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    Mommy TeleRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been pulled over twice. Once for speeding..I was super tired and didn't even notice the limit had changed..and once for expired tag..warning both times. I don't purposefully speed tho just...

  20. TN New grad pay

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I have not heard of any hospitals in memphis being union. Do you know which ones? If we had union I'd expect better working conditions. Seems everyone is short

  21. tennessee nurses

    Mommy TeleRN replied to newstart1's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I'm sorry I don't specifically know about those two areas. But welcome to TN. Do you know what part of the state you are moving

  22. embarrassed myself! Need to vent....

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Anjann's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh wow! I wasn't expecting that update to this story!

  23. How do you round?

    Mommy TeleRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious about other nurses routines. Especially the first few hours of the shift when it's so hectic. I am a new nurse still on orientation. I share a load with my preceptor but she allows me at...

  24. needle-stick injury

    Mommy TeleRN replied to livingroomcomputer's topic in General Nursing

    Cher - just curious for my own learning - you actually stuck the port with the needle? Any reason just the syringe could not be

  25. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to ExTechie's topic in General Nursing

    geez my hospital provides more orientation than that for experienced nurses coming to our floor! You need a new job