NuGuyNurse2b

NuGuyNurse2b

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  1. How late after your shift do you stay at work?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to FLnurse1127's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of female nurses are the sole breadwinner of their homes. Maybe her life at home doesn't suck at all and she just needs the

  2. How late after your shift do you stay at work?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to FLnurse1127's topic in General Nursing

    My med surg unit was understaffed. no charting was done until end of shift. I usually stayed 1-2 hrs and rack up OT. Management obviously hated it, but with the revolving door of nurses, they...

  3. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your professional observation is

  4. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    yeah but people like you and the OP are the ones who are judging. If someone doesn't want to precept they don't want to precept. I'm not sure why that is a hard concept to grasp. If I don't want to...

  5. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    With some places, the turnaround in staff is so great, you have some poor experienced nurse precepting a new nurse every few months. So now that same nurse is taking anywhere from 8-12 weeks...

  6. Are new grads prepared for the bedside?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Robert.CFRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can honestly say that my clinical experience was a joke. I would read on here how people would advise student nurses to seek out opportunities and make opportunities for themselves, etc. There was...

  7. IV and Blood Withdrawal?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to rabidlark's topic in Nurse Registration

    After NCLEX, I applied to hospitals with 0 experience, and I took an IV class, paid for with my own money, and put it on my resume. It does help to stand out. Now in terms of being actually...

  8. Clinical vs hospital RN

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Rhinelander00's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital had that. It's when they reach for stroke status designation by whatever committee they're wooing and hastily put together a neuro "floor" by saying X amount of beds are designated for...

  9. Do I push out the air bubble?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    People do that all the time, and it grinds my gears. That along with the little flip green hanger for IVP infusion sets...one side has the raised dots, the other side has the indentation where the...

  10. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your frustration, but I also feel that you were wrong in volunteering someone who basically has made it clear that she did not want to be involved in the teaching process. I wouldn't want that...

  11. Was I out of place?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to rhkenji's topic in Emergency

    Agree, I think you could've handled it way better. It was passive aggressive, and at worst, downright rude. You asked for assistance, she stated her reasons for not helping, you should've accepted...

  12. Hidden camera in nursing home, cries for help unanswered

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Yes, I do notice that as well. In fact, the late comic Patrice O'Neal touched on it. Starts at 1:50. But in this case, I notice that the media outlets covering this story failed to acknowledge the...

  13. Is this normal practice-my unit feels unsafe.

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to krissyycupcake's topic in General Nursing

    Get out. Now. That is your license waiting to be forfeited cause that place and its managers sure won't cover your butt when something goes

  14. Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. Co-workers make you you feel valued; the corporations, not so

  15. How to find the best shoes -- & other ways to prevent aching feet and blisters?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to baby_nurse-'s topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Tennis shoes. I have yet to find a pair that allows me to go 8 or 12 hrs pain free, but tennis shoes come close to enough. Still a little achy but nowhere near limp

  16. Going to color coded scrubs.

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    We have a dress code and I hate it. It's different colored top and bottom, we look like penguins. I'd rather just be

  17. What should I do first

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Big_Mike's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school is extremely intensive, that is why you are discouraged from working during the program. With that said, it's not impossible. I've done it and so have others who've posted on the...

  18. Memorizing drug interactions!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Banana nut's topic in General Students

    Where's that internet meme ...the one that says "whoa we got a bada**

  19. Hidden camera in nursing home, cries for help unanswered

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    I actually

  20. Hidden camera in nursing home, cries for help unanswered

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    It's not relevant in terms of the treatment of patient in the hands of what were supposed to be competent caregivers, but I do notice that very few of the headlines are stating the obvious fact that...

  21. Successful as a nurse

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to satnam's topic in General Nursing

    I think the anxiety issue needs to be addressed with some professional help. But the one sentence that caught my attention is the one where you were told you were task oriented and not thinking....

  22. Hidden camera in nursing home, cries for help unanswered

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Absolutely

  23. Why so much Negativity in Nursing?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to lindsayCalifornia's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in it for the money, which has been very good to me. Made more money in my entire life in nursing than in anything else I've

  24. Medsurg nurse transition to ED

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to OCRN3's topic in Emergency

    Your M/S floor sounds like mine. The ER is just as crazy as that when you have that many patients, but in the ER your acuity is way higher so they actually do cap your assignment or they'll share the...

  25. Bedside Handoff

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to ryhudark's topic in Emergency

    It's both good and bad in my experience. It's good because it brings up accountability - you'll see the IV bag has like 100mL's on it, why didn't the outgoing shift put a new one up, or the IV is...