NativeNurseBre

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1. 2/27 What I learned this week: crying on the job feels so much better when they're happy t

   NativeNurseBre replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   You our cannot give NSAID's before SX.......you want to see a surgeon come unglued? It is a blood thinner and highly contraindicated for SX. Fact: that is one of the meds they tell you to stop taking 2/3weeks before SX.

2. Bad situation

   NativeNurseBre replied to NativeNurseBre's topic in General Nursing

   I dont don't feel six mos renders exp, unless you're in the counties where the movie "Deliverance" took place. She has only been at this facility 3 mos.

3. Bad situation

   NativeNurseBre replied to NativeNurseBre's topic in General Nursing

   Believe me I have my doubt and my watchful eye is open! And this is just half of the story of what transpired since I accepted this job....sigh

4. Bad situation

   NativeNurseBre replied to NativeNurseBre's topic in General Nursing

   I found out she was at a hospital, one of our biggest and finest, on the ICUNero, she was let go. So how can she juggle this if she cannot stick it out there? The hospital gives you six weeks of training; she never made it out. I was in the same hos...

5. Bad situation

   NativeNurseBre posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have an issue and I am in need of feedback on how to handle it in a constructive, professional way. I am a six-year RN, with a bachelors degree. I have worked in the hospital atmosphere in cardio, special procedures, have been a Summer camp nurse, ...

6. WHY do so many people hate nursing? Sigh.

   NativeNurseBre replied to RachealAnne's topic in General Nursing

   I'm just going to say this and I'm going to be frank ; I'm a 52-year-old nurse who decided to go into nursing after 12 years of working as a CNA in hospice care. Some of those years were working on my own and not under a company. I absolutely loved i...