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  1. How do I return to work?

    TracyRN replied to stprdi's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I have no experience in psych or anything so please don't think I'm diagnosing or anything like that. When you say you feel empty it reminded me someone else who was in the grieving process....

  2. Pet Peeves about new hires

    TracyRN replied to TracyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Before I start, I'd just like to say that I hope I don't start any fights. Not that we nurses are argumentative or anything... I'm just trying to write this rather tongue-in-cheek so I'll have to...

  3. Nurse utilized as translator

    TracyRN replied to iris's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm one of the ones guilty of asking fellow nurses to translate for me. Mostly we try to use auxillary staff but sometimes our only recourse is bug Carmen (name changed to protect the innocent...

  4. blood pressure

    TracyRN replied to brettswife's topic in General Nursing

    I guess the only way to become comfortable is to practice on every willing subject you can find. Go slowly and have a little faith in yourself. Sometimes I'll still do it twice to be sure. Good...

  5. small hospitals

    TracyRN replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    I really enjoy working in my small hospital. I know pretty much all the nurses working my shift throughout the 125+ bed facility enough to have at least a short conversation with them in the...

  6. You've been asked this before but.......

    TracyRN replied to Beth1977's topic in General Nursing

    Beth, if you don't know the difference between PA and NP, have you considered working for awhile and figuring it out with experience? I'm heading back to school (as soon as my husband is done with is...

  7. nursing pay incentives

    TracyRN replied to jcstratton's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My hospital is doing a point system: 0.5 for 4 hours, 1.0 for 8 hours, 1.5 for 12 hours of unscheduled work for full-time and part-time employees. For every 8 points earned, RNs get $500, LPNs get...

  8. BOARDS: Good or bad if computer shuts down @ 75??

    TracyRN replied to e-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    My thought was "If I've failed, it better have dang well taken more than 75 questions to do it!" Relax, now that its computerized, you'll know in a few days. Take deep breaths... we've all been...

  9. ER to OR switch...need advice

    TracyRN replied to TXERRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know how hard it is to contemplate going from the known & comfortable to the unknown. I'm heading out to OB next month after eating/breathing/sleeping med-surg since I started nursing. Took me...

  10. What am I doing? Am I insane?

    TracyRN replied to zdjoe's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, one more comment to SubQ, I know, totally off the original subject but I don't know where else to put it. Sorry to zdjoe and everyone else in advance for prolonging the agony :-) I have to...

  11. What is a real nurse?????

    TracyRN replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    Duckie, I've been a nurse for 3 1/2 years, on med-surg with a little PRN home health. My mom works in a LTC facility for the profoundly mentally retarded who require skilled nursing care. We...

  12. This is a great board!!!

    TracyRN replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    Duckie, Thanks for the encouraging words. I just have to say that I don't think I can function OUTside of the hospital at this stage of my life!! Good thing our profession is made up of all...

  13. What am I doing? Am I insane?

    TracyRN replied to zdjoe's topic in General Nursing

    zdjoe, I have to say that the posts on this site tempering your enthusiasm for nursing isn't all bad. Too many start nursing school with unrealistic ideas about what nursing is. Maybe that's why so...

  14. Staff ratios

    TracyRN replied to kewlnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Don't come to Florida: you have it better where you are now. Sorry to say that the grass isn't always

  15. to be or not to be

    TracyRN replied to mililani's topic in General Nursing

    Why not apply for a job in the setting you'd like to work in after graduation as a CNA? The license is easy to obtain, jobs are plentiful, you'll get your feet wet and make the decision about nursing...

  16. two year RN degree programs

    TracyRN replied to almostrn's topic in General Nursing

    OOOOh, them's fightin' words!! So what if they're true?!? I went thru an Associate degree program: no experience to RN in only 3 short (yet agonizingly long) years. Don't let that LPN discourage...

  17. RN"s and LPN's mandated to work as CNA's

    TracyRN replied to chili2641's topic in General Nursing

    We have alot of Snowbirds here in the winter and work our behinds off in season, but in the summer get called off. Instead of getting called off in the off season, licensed staff will fill in in...

  18. Nurse to nurse communication

    TracyRN replied to MartyL's topic in General Nursing

    Just yesterday I finalized plans to go back full-time. For the last month, I've talked to people who work full-time in all the units I was considering, at two different hospitals. Just introduced...

  19. exposure to hiv in the work place

    TracyRN replied to psychnurse01's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am very aware of the antics of the states attorney's office. You would be shocked at the number of cases that aren't prosecuted: child abuse, sex crimes against children to name two. Why?...

  20. Florida nurses

    TracyRN replied to KarenHalse's topic in General Nursing

    I live in South Central Florida. From the topics I've seen on this site, nursing life is pretty much the same across the U.S. Short staff, although here in Florida, due to the Snowbird population,...

  21. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    TracyRN replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I float to OB and function pretty well there with mother/baby. In talking with the full-time OB nurses, they admit freely that they couldn't function on MS. Perhaps you could suggest that your...

  22. Correct I&O?

    TracyRN replied to ClariceS's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was shocked when, in assessing a patient at the beginning of the shift, his urinal was filled about an inch with nasty dark brown, thick urine with dark brown specks. I asked him how long his urine...

  23. PCA's?

    TracyRN replied to Julie, RN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmm... we must be odd. I do ortho with every pt on a PCA from surgery. Our pumps are not cleared. The number is the total dosed to the pt since started. Our flowsheets are q4h with total dose,...

  24. Please help! I'm eager to hear from YOU!

    TracyRN replied to Born 2 B In OB's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school, in retrospect, is a cake-walk in comparison to heading out to work under your own license, not your instructors' or preceptors' license. I, along with about 80% it seems, of...

  25. Catching Hell

    TracyRN replied to [email protected]'s topic in General Nursing

    Just as an aside: that dream Wal-Mart greeter job? I know a sweet older lady that has that job. Part of their duties include loss prevention and checking reciepts for TVs, stereos, etc. My sweet...