Fairemaid

Fairemaid has 5 years experience and specializes in med-surg 18 months, respiratory 3.5 year.

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1. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

   Fairemaid replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   As someone who has always been the target of bullies initially, I would say it usually is my own fault because I will not stoop to their level:wink2: I left my original unit because of a very mean...

2. frustrating doctor

   Fairemaid posted a topic in General Nursing

   I took care of a alert and confused, non-verbal, CVA pt recently who was a DNR on HD and she was in for sepsis, needed to have her Tesio removed. One of the surgeons removed it in her room. Pt's...

3. If you could no longer work as a nurse, what would you do?

   Fairemaid replied to LockportRN's topic in General Nursing

   I always figured that if I flunked nursing school, I would become a tattoo artist, as I have prior art training....

4. Shift Assignments - Who bugs you the most?

   Fairemaid replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   There is a 11-7 charge nurse on my floor who makes out very unfair assignments for her overnight staff. This has been an ongoing issue for the past year. The 3-11 charge nurse is not even allowed to...

5. How do you get out on time?

   Fairemaid replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a new grad I worked on a med-surg floor and always left late. Part of the problem was my own time management skills, which have improved. The other problem was that the unit I was on was...

6. Do you enjoy nursing?

   Fairemaid replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for only 2.5 years, and I escaped from a very toxic environment on a med-surg floor, and now work on a respiratory floor, and I love my job, but a lot of the nurses I work with...

7. Huntington's Disease

   Fairemaid replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately, I'm very familiar with Huntington's as it runs in my family. I would like to add a few things that I don't think were covered in any of the posts, though they may have been covered in...

8. Do you ever forget your patient's names?

   Fairemaid replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

9. Where were u 9/11/01?

   Fairemaid replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

   I was sitting on the floor, sewing wedding dresses for my children, because though my husband and I had been together for 20 years already, we had picked Sept. 22, 2001 as our wedding day. My sister...

10. Happy Nurses? Anyone???

    Fairemaid replied to dmarie (GA)'s topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for 1.5 years, and I love my job, but I hate unit (med-surg)I've been on until now. Some of my first days as a new grad, I literally was breakfast for the day resource nurse:chair:...

11. C'mere and share your on-the-job laughs!

    Fairemaid replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had to look twice because I couln't believe my eyes, when I went to sign off the inhaler med for my pt, the previous nurse had written the pt's blood pressure under her initials. Showed my...

12. What's your holiday bonus?

    Fairemaid replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I got $60, but I only work part time and full times get more. Still it's enough for a nice ticket to the Christmas Revels show.

13. Walking rounds

    Fairemaid replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we have 30 min. overlap, and on my unit we are expected to do walking rounds. Normally we only have 3-4 pts/nurse. This is what I was told on rounds by previous shift RN. "In room...

14. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    Fairemaid replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    Today I learned that if you stick your finger in an electrical socket, you may have to have it partially amputated. And when this same pt wanders down to the nurse's station, with her IV pole in tow,...

15. Ok, lets flip this coin!

    Fairemaid replied to twinmommy+2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been an RN for 9 months now and I feel that some days I have got the hang of it. Only a few times have I had such a frustrating, unproductive shift that I can't wait to leave. Even on the bad...