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  1. Older nurses eating the young? Maybe it's the opposite...

    Gamecock73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are taught in school that "nurses eat their young". But I have found the opposite to be true, and that it's more personality-driven. I joined a busy med-surg floor in a rural hospital earlier this...

  2. Bedside Reporting

    Gamecock73 replied to Bluebell.'s topic in Medical-Surgical

    Bedside reporting... meh. I'm divided. Sometimes if you're following a nurse who's known to be a ditz, bedside is a Godsend. I've had nurses tell me about IVs that magically switched extremities and...

  3. The Nurse on the Other Side

    Gamecock73 replied to sheilagood52's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP's point was to demonstrate something wrong is happening with patient care, I would certainly agree. I purposely do NOT tell any medical staff that I am a nurse when I am undergoing care....

  4. #NursesUnited: Can we continue the momentum for necessary change?

    Gamecock73 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! It's easy enough for nurses to get behind a "cute" campaign on Facebook, but to really enact change, we have to put in the time to hound the legislators. Sadly, with the majority of us female...

  5. Nurse Retention ideas

    Gamecock73 replied to CCU-Flight RN's topic in General Nursing

    The best answer I can give you, OP, is in the first nursing job I worked. I worked at a for-profit hospital that was considered second-rate to the non-profit, larger hospital across town. I will never...

  6. What is your dream unit?

    Gamecock73 replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    I HATE adult med-surg. I fell in love with NICU in nursing school, but everybody said you have to pay your dues in MS. So I have. I hate every day I go to work. I have applied to NICU, had great...

  7. how long did it take you to end up in the NICU?

    Gamecock73 replied to tinybbynurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did the same route as OP. Got a job in the same facility as the NICU I wanted to work in. I have contacts galore there. I made initial contact with the manager there in 2010. I still am not in NICU....

  8. I've lost my joy (AKA NICU heartbreak)

    Gamecock73 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I began nursing school not really knowing what I wanted to do with my life. I was working a dead-end data entry job, and all I really knew was that I wanted to do something far more enriching with my...

  9. Reporting med errors...

    Gamecock73 replied to Time4dilaudidyet's topic in Patient Medications

    I reported myself for a med error 3 weeks ago. I almost immediately recognized the error (pt got maybe 30 cc's of another pt's antibiotic). I felt so awful. I had to report it to the charge nurse...

  10. UA/drug test failed

    Gamecock73 replied to neuron's topic in General Nursing

    I was drug tested once when I showed up to our designated site, post-bite. I was absolutely flabbergasted when I was asked to pee in the cup. He bit ME, not the other way around. I was very lucky. In...

  11. Pt selling drugs out of room

    Gamecock73 replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had an elderly pt with a trach and PEG tube ask us to call "Junior" repeatedly. She would rattle off his phone number by heart. Upon further questioning, "Junior" turned out to be her dealer.

  12. My Poor Legs!

    Gamecock73 replied to nynursey_'s topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have similar problems. I've been fine after two straight 12 plus-hrs on my feet. But I've picked up more shifts recently, and after finishing a round of 4 straight nights (then having to sit thru an...

  13. Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    Gamecock73 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Guilty as well. Felt like like a total dummy in front of my pre-op pt who was totally with it and watching my every

  14. Patients that fire everyone/demand everything

    Gamecock73 replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have seen families like this, only with adult patients. I had a post-stroke patient who'd already had a 100-plus day stay in rehab, only to come back thru the ED a week or two later with a medical...

  15. Getting eaten alive at an LTACH...

    Gamecock73 posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Started my new job at an LTACH Nov. 11th. I took the job because I wanted new challenges in my career, caring for vent pts and in general higher acuity pts, because I've been caring for more stable...

  16. Getting eaten alive at an LTACH...

    Gamecock73 replied to Gamecock73's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Thanks for the comments, everyone. I was extremely frustrated that day when I left work. Mad and frustrated at myself for not being more skilled, but also mad at myself for not speaking up (either in...

  17. Unemployed M/S nurse looking at job options...

    Gamecock73 replied to Gamecock73's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    As an update: I have two interesting job options dangling in front of me at the moment. Both are centered around the hospital I worked at prior to my last job. I have the option of working PRN or a...

  18. Unemployed M/S nurse looking at job options...

    Gamecock73 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had posted before about leaving my previous job due to burnout a couple of weeks ago. Since then, I've been networking with my old classmates/coworkers and applying like crazy for jobs. Even though...

  19. Burned out and hate nursing

    Gamecock73 replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I can so relate to most of the posters on this thread. Feeling beaten-up, abused. If it's not the doctors making you feel like crap, it's the patients, and if it's not the patients, it's their family...

  20. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    Gamecock73 replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    In a word, maggots. Got handed a pt from home one day with questions about home environment. The admitting nurse told me she had questions about the patient's living conditions, and that's when the...

  21. Unemployed M/S nurse looking at job options...

    Gamecock73 replied to Gamecock73's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks, LLG. While I would normally advise to dump someone unsupportive, this is the same guy who stood by me through breast cancer. He cared for me through chemo (with full hair loss) and mastectomy....

  22. ER in my area requiring ACLS and PALS

    Gamecock73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I graduated in 2010, the private hospital in my area didn't require much of anything of RNs applying for jobs. (I live in a small southern area.) Now that I'm back in the job hunt, I'm finding...

  23. Workplace bullying

    Gamecock73 replied to BamaRN2004's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A nurse I worked with at the last job had a horrible rep as a bully. She was actually a good nurse, but the problem was not so much bullying in my mind, but gossip. She would offer to help you with a...

  24. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    Gamecock73 replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Read through all the comments and totally agree with OP and some of the other posters. I worked at a SNF for almost a year, after almost 2 years on an acute care floor. I left the acute care area...

  25. Non-compliant patients

    Gamecock73 replied to tpecina's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a lot of diabetic patients refuse sliding-scale insulin. Often, they are on an oral regimen at home, and they do not want to take the shots (which have been standard orders at both...