valeriamariaflynn

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1. Patient death

   valeriamariaflynn replied to jamesTnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Talk to your supervisors and have them guide you to the right people to talk to, therapy would be helpful for you to help you find a way to articulate your grief. I can't imagine how hard it must be to witness the death of a child, that's why Peds wa...

2. ACLS help please my work just sprung this on me

   valeriamariaflynn replied to abells's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yea, you will do fine by the way!!

3. ACLS help please my work just sprung this on me

   valeriamariaflynn replied to abells's topic in General Nursing

   I took and passed the class as a new grad without problems. Before I even found a job. Will I be running a code anytime soon? Heck no. Did I know what to do and the roles and the drugs etc and did it give me the confidence to participate in a code d...

4. "I don't want an admit..."

   valeriamariaflynn replied to MessyMomma's topic in Relations

   You sound like a dream charge nurse!! Our night charge nurse has a full patient load so we do most of the admission tasks ourselves, caught up or not. But we are tight knit so we help each other when we can. And how about the fact that the managemen...

5. Too much to do for ONE PERSON, staying late to catch up

   valeriamariaflynn replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

   Dudette 10, you are completely on the money. It's as if I wrote that thread! I give patients that can call me my number, so I am in communication with them and they feel validated and I can tell them if and when I can be there to assist. They love th...

6. Night shift dinner time

   valeriamariaflynn replied to kantuta's topic in General Nursing

   I bring Polly o string cheese for quick protein, peanut butter crackers, coconut water; all things I can eat quickly that are nutritious for good energy. Almonds or pretzels if I have them. I make a veggie soup or pasta with veggies dish in case I h...

7. legal ramifications?

   valeriamariaflynn replied to nursecheryler's topic in Safety

   You clean it yourself first and ask questions later, it's your patient, you are their advocate and you make sure that room is clean. People that replied that they would dump it on the floor: really????

8. Night Shift Help!!

   valeriamariaflynn replied to Rn4life27's topic in General Nursing

   We pay for full time daycare for our toddler. My boyfriend takes him to daycare in the morning and I come home to a quiet house to sleep on mornings after my shift. If I am off for some days I get back to a day schedule by waking up at one or two tha...

9. Registered Nurses: Do you like your jobs?

   valeriamariaflynn replied to mamba24's topic in General Nursing

   People can suck sometimes with any job you have. Nursing is no different. I do it because at the end of the day I am proud of my hard work and I feel I am doing something worthwhile AND the pay is great.

10. Ethical advice needed for a new grad...

    valeriamariaflynn replied to AnnaleaRN's topic in New Nurse

    We scan our meds and so we can't ever fudge our med admin times. We can edit, but the time of the edit is also recorded. I work on a busy med Surg unit and with multiple patients and acute situations arising regularly we have to give late meds someti...