nelcoy4

nelcoy4

Rehab, Neuro, Travel Nurse, Home Care

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  1. Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    nelcoy4 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Picture This: I'm running around caring for my patients, looking like a chicken with its head cut off. The rest of the nurses are reading magazines, surfing the web, on the phone, and gossiping at the...

  2. Asking you to work an extra shift.....

    nelcoy4 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I don't answer the phone. My ringer is usually turned off in the daytime anyway because I work night (7p-7a) and they love to call at 11am or 2pm. My job also knows I never check my voicemail either,...

  3. How much is your pay?

    nelcoy4 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a RN for 6 years and work 12 hour nights. I make $39/hour. Work in

  4. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    nelcoy4 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    One time I was working at this hospital that had a nickname for ducolax tabs. They called it dook tabs (like dooky...I know nasty). So I was a brand new nurse and I was copying off the experienced...

  5. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    nelcoy4 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    On night shift we only have 2 RN and no aide. I asked the supervisor once and she get somebody down here while we take our breaks. She looked at me like I had 5 heads. Of course the answer was no,...

  6. How to deal with pt's sexual advances?

    nelcoy4 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I usually say this is inappropriate, if it continues I tell the charge nurse and manager. I also document in the chart and on silent report to let the next nurse know ( we do written report). Once I...

  7. Medical Terms Patients Have Misunderstood

    nelcoy4 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient tell me about one of the nurses that took care of him. He was saying positive things about her and when I asked her name he said a name of somebody that doesn't work on the floor. I...

  8. Do you talk about allnurses.com at work?

    nelcoy4 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I tell the nurses at my job about it all the time. Esp if we are having a issue and are racking our brains how to handle it. We have internet at work, so I search to see if the issue was ever...

  9. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    nelcoy4 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    My unit clinical specialist is good with this. She comes into work at 6am everyday. When she has to do little inservices for night-shift, she comes in at 5-5:30. My nurse manager does the same for our...

  10. Need Advice- non supportive SO

    nelcoy4 replied to STA29's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the link to watch in online on Nurse TV. It's called 13 weeks

  11. Hospital forcing RNs to participate in unit-base committees

    nelcoy4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My job has these unit-base committees and they have been around forever. I have gone to a few meetings, but they are not really geared for a night shift worker. Now management has made them manditory...

  12. What was the best assignment you had?

    nelcoy4 replied to jo272wv's topic in Travel

    Best- Rehabilitation Insitute of Santa Barbara- Santa Barbara CA Worst- Beth Israel New York

  13. Need Advice- non supportive SO

    nelcoy4 replied to STA29's topic in General Nursing

    I borrowed this DVD about the day in the life of travel nurses. It's like the series MTV Real World with nothing but nurses. I watched it with my boyfriend and he was so shocked to see what a nurse...

  14. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    nelcoy4 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in Cali as a travel nurse, I was the break nurse for the hospital on days when the census was low on my unit. Since the state law says nurses can not have more then 6 pts, the nurses...

  15. Hospital forcing RNs to participate in unit-base committees

    nelcoy4 replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    When the committees became manditory, I was on one that was interesting. But the meetings was at 11am. If I had to work on the night of the meeting, I would ask to be off (I work 7p-7a). This was not...

  16. Constipation Tricks

    nelcoy4 replied to caringRN's topic in General Nursing

    I mix Lactolose with warm prune juice. It works really fast, but this after I tried water, ambulation, and stool

  17. Permenent Staffing Question

    nelcoy4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this falls in the career advice or the agency section, but here it goes. I contacted a permenent staffing agency that found a case management job for me. I was interviewed and accepted...

  18. Need advice -- will I get pigeonholed into 1 type of nursing??

    nelcoy4 replied to amyrae76's topic in General Nursing

    I heard about hospitals doing that. There was a CNA (that worked at my last job longer than I have been alive) that was real close with the nurse manger and she told me that the manager likes to hire...

  19. No More Bedside Nursing, I Quit!

    nelcoy4 replied to cameroondiva's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was in your(threadstarter) same position except I have been a nurse for three years. I loved nursing at school and was so excited. When I got out everyday I wanted to quit. I even called my nursing...

  20. Crazy to Join??

    nelcoy4 replied to StephRN25's topic in Government, Military

    I'm in the same boat as you StephRN. I contacted a AF recruiter to get some info. When I sat down with my parents to tell them about my plans, they called me stupid because I already finished college....

  21. Advice about CNA's who don't follow orders

    nelcoy4 replied to dinkymouse's topic in General Nursing

    Daytonite, that's good idea. I had touble with cnas before, but I always went up the chain of command. By doing that sometimes nothing gets done unless the cna has a whole bunch of

  22. I Quit

    nelcoy4 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a nurse for 3 years, 25 yo, no kids, no life (all I did was sleep and work). My background is rehab, med-surg, and travel nursing. This year I was working on a med-surg unit. I had too...

  23. Relocating to Philly--Recommended Hospitals?

    nelcoy4 replied to TraumaRama25's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I live in South Jersey and work in Philly. It is only a 15 min drive. I don't want to pay the money it cost to live in Philly. I use to work at Jefferson and it was a good hospital, esp if you like...

  24. Have question for a Crozer or Riddle nurse!!

    nelcoy4 replied to Special_kay85's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I graduated from Widener University and it is a excellant school. Anybody that is interested in nursing in the Philly region I will always tell them about Widener :) . I worked at Mercy Fitzgerald...

  25. I Quit

    nelcoy4 replied to nelcoy4's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank to everyone. Especially cheerfuldoer. I thank everyone for all of their ideas and support. Some people have been mentioning case mangement. Currently I have been taking the Kaplan course for...