NuGuyNurse2b

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  1. Lost 15 yrs of Senority by changing departments

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Daytoe's topic in General Nursing

    It's the same policy at my facility. You move from dept to dept, you begin right at the bottom regardless of how long you were at your prior department. This has the added incentive of making people...

  2. New grad nurse in Emergency Department

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Miss_RN92's topic in Emergency

    RE: IV's, one of the best places to practice is the ED, so you're in the right place. As a new grad i started on med surg and it wasn't the same experience re: IV's. Once I got into the ED, within 1...

  3. Resignation, What To Do With Accrued PTO??

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    ^ That's why you schedule your vacation, come back, and resign

  4. Accused of not giving dilaudid

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to KMULL002's topic in General Nursing

    ^ really unnecessary, IMO. You have documentation (pyxis, MAR) that medication was taken, appropriate dose given. It's pt's words against yours - with you having proof of documentation. And a...

  5. Futile ressusitation

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    Funny I just renewed my ACLS...according to AHA, post arrest hypothermia (which they now call targeted temperature therapy) is still in the post-rosc

  6. Is Giving 2 Weeks Notice Ancient Practice?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to staple1027's topic in General Nursing

    I've given 2 weeks if I didn't like the place, 3 weeks if I did, never did the 4 weeks. That's just absurd. No other industry expects that from their employees; this is just another example of the...

  7. Anybody else feel this way?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Rocketskates's topic in General Nursing

    I have to get my BSN, too. I take 1 class a semester, including summer and winter sessions, it's annoying but nothing that seriously invades my social

  8. When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    ^ the "move along, nothing to see here" part wasn't mean to be taken literally. It's a trope used to identify that things like this are common and no change will come from it.

  9. Does nursing ever get easier?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Red_Diamond's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was a new nurse I was also overwhelmed with tasks at hand and prioritization. Different strokes for different folks but I've tried brain sheets, they're too regimented for me. I ended up...

  10. PSYCH RN to ER RN advice!!??

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Liz12345's topic in Emergency

    I work in an urban level 1 trauma center. Our ER is basically a homeless shelter. The same people coming in for vague complaints of chest pain or whatever, they get the usual workups for whatever...

  11. Discharging patients on the board

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Silverinkpot's topic in Emergency

    I don't see the logic behind removing pts who are still physically there, though. There's totally a more sane way around that issue. We use Epic and all we do is move them to one of the urgent care...

  12. ER patient wanting pain Meds

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to stephfoun10's topic in Emergency

    No policy here, we get "dine and dash" all the

  13. CEN as a new grad ABSN?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to cheezbawl2003's topic in Emergency

    I don't know how you'll master the CEN seeing that your reading comprehension is lacking. She was saying the OP wasn't

  14. CERNER

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Cerner > Epic

  15. I'm lost. I want to quit nursing.

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Amdecl6's topic in General Nursing

    Bedside/floor nursing sucks. Just my humble opinion. I'm not sure how some of these nurses do it for 2o+ years. The amount of responsibility placed on nurses on the floors is just staggering. I...

  16. Should I tell my manager I applied internally?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Cieritaqt's topic in General Nursing

    Just an FYI at a lot of facilities, your manager and directors actually do know when you apply internally for another position. They're not allowed to speak on it but they know via a quick email or...

  17. Denied from nursing school...

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to callmeachilles1's topic in General Students

    ^ yup. Increased applicants and not enough instructors. And it's almost comical cause majority of the new nurses are ready to leave bedside 2-3 yrs in and want to do other things so who knows how...

  18. Saint Barnabas Medical Center pharmacology exam for employment , tips ?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to NurseBabe1841's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work there but I know people who do, and the test isn't anything tricky. If you practice using their guide, you're almost guaranteed to pass (meaning no trick questions, no items not...

  19. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    We pay for parking but there are no restrictions on where we can park. Meaning if there's a prime spot in the first row aside from the handicap spots, it's anybody's to

  20. What would you have done

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to MJCRN4898's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure why you were calling the anesthesiologist, though. Foleys are usually d/c'd in post op or within 24 hrs after post op and the pt is put on a voiding regimen. It wasn't in there for...

  21. Infusion times....in a pickle...

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to mi_dreamin's topic in General Nursing

    In the ER we run it over 30 mins; on the floors, it's 4 hrs. Personally I've run it within minutes. I once connected it to the wrong port, set the pump, came back a few minutes later to see the...

  22. Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have no questions, just wanted to say congrats on finding your way. Too many posts on here about people who don't make it or made it out of nursing school and hating it and wanting to leave the...

  23. Catheter Came out. Should I reinsert it?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to fergsu22's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't understand how a medical facility can not have an on-call

  24. resigned

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to hopern84's topic in General Nursing

    It'll be hard to explain to potential employers and managers even though environments like the one you describe do exist. Personally I would've stuck it out for at least 6 months and see if there was...

  25. Everything Sucks: Red Flags?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to missmagee's topic in General Nursing

    Ours did it and then stopped (for SC) but for Heparin SC we still need a