lucymalfoy

With patients with severe dementia who are more likely to try to refuse everything when given the chance, I try not to give them a choice when it comes to meds. That sounds really bad, and I acknowledge that patients always have the right to refuse a...

I don't have much advice on how to make connections or look better on a resume in Jacksonville, but if it makes you feel any better, I was in your shoes when I was just out of nursing school! I did not have any medical experience, and I completed my ...

I was not there and did not hear her tone of voice, but I personally don't think that the nurse acted out of line with you. It's also not something that I think you should take personally. Like you said, you often put your patient's needs above your ...

My hospital used to give every suspected sepsis case a vanc/zosyn regimen. Apparently now we have a zosyn shortage, so the replacement reigmen is vanc/cefepime/flagyl.

WBCs 150,000's, alive. Untreated lymphoma.

On my floor, we mostly use fracture pans because they fit under women more easily. We put some lotion or barrier cream around the top surface of the bedpan and layer the interior of it with a few paper towels. Our hip and knee patients are usually on...

Do you need a bladder scanner?

"and it's importance at each stage of patient care" Take out the apostrophe for "its." :)

My unit uses pumps and primary tubing cassettes where it is possible to screw on a syringe and program that into the secondary line on the pump like you would an IV bag. In fact, some of our antibiotics like Ancef come in a prefilled syringe that we ...

Cluster care when possible. Start out by getting report and jumping into getting an initial assessment, vitals, and blood sugar on each patient. Try to be proactive when you go to see your patients. Have all of your supplies with you when getting rea...

My very first interview as an RN was with the OR nurse manager for a nurse intern position in the OR that would lead to a permanent position upon graduation. My interview with him went very well. He was enthusiastic about shooting the breeze for a wh...

I feel like it is a better sign that you didn't know any answers for sure. Since the test changes difficulty in response to how well you are doing, I would be more worried if you thought the questions were all super easy because that would mean it wa...

I think a lot of people are missing the point here. I didn't get that the OP is lamenting that she isn't allowed to photograph her photogenic patients. I think it's more her being upset that camera crews were allowed to capture photo/video of dementi...

Hi everyone, I'm a very new nurse on an orthopedic unit. I find that I am sometimes kind of awkward when first getting introduced to patients by the departing nurse. I start out strong with "Hello Mr Jones, my name is lucymalfoy, I am going to be you...

Nursing school dress codes tend to be a little more strict than employers' dress code policies. So while a future hospital might let you get away with an industrial, a nursing school probably would not.

SoldierNurse, Not all RNs in a hospital have a team of patients or even work in direct patient care. I would think that this situation is about all nurses, not just staff nurses that would have to abandon their patients to help someone outside. What ...

Don't bring gum! I got in trouble for chewing gum during my TEAS because I didn't pay attention to the "please do not eat, drink, smoke, or chew gum during the test" announcement.

I see you are in Kissimmee. If that is correct, have you tried applying to Winnie Palmer? Right at the top of the job listings on the Orlando Health Career website is a listing for a L&D nurse at Winnie with at least 1 year of nursing experience....

If that is your real name and you are from South Florida, you should definitely change your username to something that hides your identity :)

Hello all! I recently got a job offer that I accepted on a Med/Surg floor. Last Friday, I had to go do intake paperwork at Human Resources as well as a physical, urine drug test, titer blood draw, and PPD skin test at Occupational Health. This Monda...

I didn't take not.done.yet's response to mean that you were being threatening. I interpreted it as the supervisor being in the right if they were referring a problematic employee to HR, but that it is inappropriate for the supervisor to act threateni...

If your unit is trying to phase out LPNs, do they have any sort of tuition reimbursement or assistance for returning to school to complete an RN bridge program?

I would opt to not attach the letters of reference unless requested and include a cover letter in the same file as my resume. That way, if you are only allowed 5 attachments, you can attach 5 cover letter/resume combinations for 5 of the hospitals in...