turtlesRcool

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  1. Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    turtlesRcool replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My manager has requested we schedule our appointments so that we have a day off afterwards, just in case we have a reaction. I got the Pfizer on Tuesday just before leaving work. Wednesday I was...

  2. Covid Patients on enhanced droplet precautions in a regular room

    turtlesRcool replied to telenurse2009's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Not necessarily. Any rule-out unit is going to be mixed. The PUI patients move to regular floors if they test negative, or the COVID floor if they test positive (space permitting because there's...

  3. I don't know if I should call out or not r/t snow storm

    turtlesRcool replied to SoNan's topic in General Nursing

    While I'm right there with you about non-clinical workers getting vaxed before people with direct patient contact do, I disagree about the hours. If you (general you, of course) take a job with an...

  4. Unit Closed - Should I move on?

    turtlesRcool replied to Nurse1220's topic in General Nursing

    What protections do you have through your contract? If you are unionized, there might be specific provisions to make sure that if/when your unit reopens, the former staff will have their jobs back....

  5. A Staffing Perfect Storm

    turtlesRcool replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    True, but the pandemic did exacerbate things. In the Spring, we shut down just about everything that wasn't COVID. We had the PACU and OR staff helping in ICU. We had ortho and peds and...

  6. ABSN vs Traditional BSN

    turtlesRcool replied to NewPathForMe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Transferring to a traditional BSN is definitely possible. How easy that is depends on the individual school. Some schools don't have ABSN programs, and are happy to have people transfer in to...

  7. How far is too far of a commute?

    turtlesRcool replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    What's your endgame? Like many posters here, I don't see hour-long commutes on top of 13-14 hour shifts being sustainable long-term, but maybe you don't need that. If the job works out,...

  8. Best stethoscope?

    turtlesRcool replied to 1224_NS's topic in General Students

    It looks like Littman has moved on to the III as the basic model, but I'm still happy with my Littman classic II from a few years ago. It was one of the suggested ones for nursing school. A quick...

  9. Frustrated!!

    turtlesRcool replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    Wait - what??? Your district decided they couldn't maintain safety while students sit at their desks wearing masks in class, but somehow it's safe for them to run around in close proximity to each...

  10. Oxygen requirements & level of care

    turtlesRcool replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In the Spring, we were basically sending everyone who wasn't a DNI to be intubated once they passed 6L. They also didn't want to have high-flow humidified because of the aerosolization, so people's...

  11. Should I switch to days even though it is harder as a new nurse or stay at nights where it’s short staffed?

    turtlesRcool replied to Yadiya's topic in General Nursing

    New nurses can "make it" on days in some units. In others, it's harder. Sounds like your colleagues are warning you not just about the pace of the day shift (which is more hectic than nights, which...

  12. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    turtlesRcool replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's bad here, but the system is not yet overwhelmed. I live in an area that saw a big surge in the Spring. But even though we have fewer COVID patients hospitalized now than we did then, we are...

  13. Thoughts on ABSN/ELMSN School Debt

    turtlesRcool replied to beeeaanss's topic in General Students

    I did an ABSN at a state school. At the time, I think the cost was around 26K, though it's now closer to $40K. If there had not been the public ABSN option, I would have gone with the community...

  14. Nursing school worth the debt?

    turtlesRcool replied to Ummsantos's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    @Sour Lemon did a great job asking relevant questions. Also consider: What does "starting from scratch" mean? You don't have any college credits? You don't have relevant college credits?...

  15. They said they’d have me work night shifts and now they’re scheduling me for rotating shifts.

    turtlesRcool replied to ThatOneRN_'s topic in General Nursing

    The optimist in me says to start by assuming there was a breakdown in communication somewhere or the person who hired you forgot. There's a chance that if you simply address it as an error, you will...

  16. Will a vaccine actually solve the problem?

    turtlesRcool replied to SansNom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think you're ignorant, but I think you might be discounting the peace of mind that comes from not worrying about contracting the disease. I personally have no problem wearing a mask to...

  17. Is calling off for burnout a thing?

    turtlesRcool replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

    Physical health and mental health are linked; don't of them as separate things. Too often there's a bias that physical health is "important" (worth calling off for) and mental health is "fluff"...

  18. Taking time off to take care of my new baby? Bad for career?

    turtlesRcool replied to nurseinthecity11's topic in General Nursing

    While I was able to take longer maternity leaves with my first two kids (different field), I put my third baby in daycare at 11-weeks-old to work at the hospital FT. In my case, I was a new nurse,...

  19. Voluntary Post-Thanksgiving Quarantine?

    turtlesRcool replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Our state requires a negative test. Our district's requirements are more strict. Students must wait 3 days after their return to the state to get the test, which must be a PCR, and they can't come...

  20. Diluting Ativan?

    turtlesRcool replied to Guest838984's topic in Emergency

    I've always diluted it. I don't know how IVP lorazepam is packaged in your hospital, but we draw ours up from single-use vials with a label instructing dilution. When you dilute it, you can see it...

  21. New Grad Working Two Jobs

    turtlesRcool replied to Biggredd305's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with everyone else. You have only been doing this for 5 months. What makes you think another facility would hire a new RN with 5 months of step-down experience to work in their ICU without an...

  22. ADN program starting now vs my aspirations towards and MD or DO: What do you think I should do?

    turtlesRcool replied to MDBoy's topic in General Students

    We don't know you. All we know about you is what you write and how you write it. That's it. When @cynical-RN commented on your need to write more carefully, your first response was fine. It...

  23. Is it normal to hate my job this much?

    turtlesRcool replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    My comment was a reply to OP stating she was interested in nursing ED in a hospital or university (so ED as short for education, not emergency department). OP has worked 2 months with adults and 8...

  24. Nice coworker but I'm concerned

    turtlesRcool replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Unions don't make employers keep bad employees on the job. Unions make employers follow due process before terminating a bad employee. It sounds like the nurse manager has decided not to do her job....

  25. Covid: Protections for unsafe staffing?

    turtlesRcool replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Disaster Preparation

    A lot of nurses worry about losing their license. This seems to be something clinical instructors drill into our heads as a major threat. But go to a state's BOE website and look through to see what...