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  1. Advance Directives Ignored

    TracyRN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A short while ago, I had a pt who was going to surgery to have a leg amputated due to complications of diabetes. She had an advance directive and we discussed her fears concerning the surgery. In a...

  2. The Nurse's New Clothes

    TracyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anybody know of any good, cheap online sources for scrubs/uniforms? I'm transfering from a ceil blue unit to a purple unit and need new scrubs. Who came up with this color-coded dept. thing...

  3. med/surg or L&D

    TracyRN replied to lynne,sn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I think med-surg is the best place to start for any new grad. For an example, in the small (13 bed) LDRP in which I work, every new grad that has started there fresh out of school without doing...

  4. Have you ever been hit by a patient?

    TracyRN replied to sWolfie's topic in General Nursing

    The worst I've had is when a teeny little old confused lady grabbed my left breast in a death grip and twisted... and gripped... and twisted. Had an interesting bruise. Learned not to lean over...

  5. highest paying hospitals in florida?

    TracyRN replied to Roberto's topic in General Nursing

    I live in South Central Florida and have worked in a (somewhere around) 125 bed hospital, most recently in OB. Pay scale is somewhere around $13. for new grads, based on total years nursing...

  6. If an MD shoved you...

    TracyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, if, theoretically, of course, an MD shoved you, in front of a patient and the patient's family, what would you do? Not just the fantasy answers (although, as nurses, we can be quite creative in...

  7. The Big Money Question

    TracyRN replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure that there is a law somewhere that states that your output will always exceed your income by 10%. I make only $15.49 per hour as an OB RN which I see some of you wouldn't even...

  8. If an MD shoved you...

    TracyRN replied to TracyRN's topic in General Nursing

    On two separate occasions, in two separate units, he pushed two different nurses while having two different temper tantrums. Whew! That was a mouthful! Both were deliberate, hands-on pushing....

  9. 1 yr. of prerequisites before I can get into nursing program

    TracyRN replied to Gisele's topic in General Nursing

    I took 1 year of pre-recs. The average of the pre-recs multiplied by my NLN score was the basis for acceptance into my program. There were 76 applicants competing for 12 available spots. You'd...

  10. Importing Nurses to solve the shortage

    TracyRN replied to PeggyOhio's topic in General Nursing

    I posted something a few months ago in regards to importing nurses from Enland. My facility recruited approx 50 nurses from all over the world thru an international agency based in England last...

  11. Memories: Best & Worst of Clinicals

    TracyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I keep reading about nursing students who are nervous about clinicals for different reasons. Seems that IVs and foleys are high on the list of fears. I thought maybe there are some out there who'd...

  12. I graduate in 2 months, and I'm terrified!

    TracyRN replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    I think that because nursing school is so intense, we all go a little looney towards the end. I know that I had about a month off between graduation and boards/starting work. I went thru a pretty...

  13. If there are so many negatives to nursing, why would anyone choose this field?

    TracyRN replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, I don't think that nursing has a significantly higher degree of job DIS-satisfaction than most other professions. I have many friends in fields from stay-at-home moms to teachers to...

  14. Penile Implant emergency

    TracyRN replied to tangrene's topic in Nursing Humor

    I will always remember one of my penile implant patients from a few years back. The only thing remarkable about it was his name: Mr. Little. I guess it just goes to prove how juvenile we nurses...

  15. MSN for Non-nurses, your opinion...

    TracyRN replied to patty26's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line? Book learning only gets you past the Boards. Experience earns you respect. I won't go to an NP or MD that I don't

  16. switching areas of nursing

    TracyRN replied to CCox's topic in General Nursing

    I can offer an idea on why you haven't been offered OB. Since OB is such a highly specialized unit and since it takes so long and such a great investment in the nurse to end up with a first rate...

  17. Nurse Managers Abandoning [sinking] Ship

    TracyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at a fairly small, 125 or so beds, hospital. Last year we got a new DON after the old one who actually stood up for us got canned. In the last month, the director of surgery & OB nurse...

  18. best start in nursing

    TracyRN replied to V SPN's topic in General Nursing

    Med-surg is the make or break of acute care. If you can make it on med-surg for at least a year without going nuts, you can head into pretty much any specialty unit with confidence. School gives you...

  19. best start in nursing

    TracyRN replied to V SPN's topic in General Nursing

    Med-surg is the make or break of acute care. If you can make it on med-surg for at least a year without going nuts, you can head into pretty much any specialty unit with confidence. School gives you...

  20. Nurse Managers Abandoning [sinking] Ship

    TracyRN replied to TracyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a fairly small, 125 or so beds, hospital. Last year we got a new DON after the old one who actually stood up for us got canned. In the last month, the director of surgery & OB nurse...

  21. Demerol, YUCK!

    TracyRN replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to hear that there are others out there who don't like Demerol. My hospital practically bathes in it. On the same hand, though, I really think MSO4 doesn't do much good, either, on ortho....

  22. Demerol, YUCK!

    TracyRN replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to hear that there are others out there who don't like Demerol. My hospital practically bathes in it. On the same hand, though, I really think MSO4 doesn't do much good, either, on ortho....

  23. Pet Peeves about new hires

    TracyRN posted a 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...

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

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

    Just wanted to make sure that you all know that you can go to your state's web site and look up all state-issued licenses. Its possible to know in 3-5 working days whether you passed or not. It...

  25. 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....