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  1. Caring

    ajw49886 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has recently started the ICARE program. This teaches us all how to interact with people aka scripting. We have to answer the phones and interact the proper way, sticking to the scripts...

  2. Caring

    ajw49886 replied to ajw49886's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my point was mostly with that fact that I work in an area that's stressful and a lot of times we get no breaks and late lunches (we do procedures). If I want to walk to the cafeteria to get my...

  3. "Floating"

    ajw49886 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I started my nursing career four years ago in orthopedics with a little med surg thrown in. After a year of that I went to an endoscopy clinic while working ot on the ortho floor. Well last night they...

  4. Job frustration

    ajw49886 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a RN for three years and currently work for a clinic that sees inpatients as well. Until recently, I loved this job. Loved it. Recently an efficency company came in and deemed us...

  5. Job frustration

    ajw49886 replied to ajw49886's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Everytime he wants to end an argument during meetings he brings up doing what's best for the patient. It makes me so mad because I do care about the patients and its insulting to imply...

  6. Hospital budgets and cuts

    ajw49886 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So today at work we were gathered for a meeting and basically told of impending budget doom. We were told that after making 350,000 in budget adjustments that our department needed $156,000 more in...

  7. Pain meds

    ajw49886 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    A friend of mine emailed me to ask a question. Her husband is in the hospital with pancreatitis. His pain meds make him nauseous so he is ordered zofran every four hours and dilaudid every two hours....

  8. Pain meds

    ajw49886 replied to ajw49886's topic in Patient Medications

    Honestly since I work in endoscopy now we see pancreatitis patients all the time and even when I had them on the floor they never had

  9. Acls and pals course

    ajw49886 replied to thomas76's topic in Critical Care

    Never done it online, our hospital offers these certifications taught by our docs and nurses. I don't think I would have learned as much if I hadn't been to a class but that's just

  10. How long did it take you to get your first RN job?

    ajw49886 replied to coffeemama0112's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I work in Danville pa. It is a level one trauma center and it continues to purchase other hospitals left and right. It is rural but compared to classmates that got hired in a more urban area this...

  11. Textbooks keep/rent?

    ajw49886 replied to Mysticmomma's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I bought all my texts except maternity because we had to use them throughout the four years. I would def buy them and keep the main ones. As for when I was done with school, I got rid of all of them....

  12. I Hope No One Hires You

    ajw49886 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe implement a job shadow to be sure people know what they are getting into? Unfortunately maybe they just wanted the

  13. I Hope No One Hires You

    ajw49886 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Did you ever think that maybe there is a reason? Yes there are some bad apples but maybe it is a terrible place to work? I left a floor with terrible turnover for "greener pastures" after 10 months...

  14. Weight loss in Nursing

    ajw49886 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have had no luck with diets. I tended to lose 10 lbs and then would stop. I had no will power at all and working nights just packed the weight on. In January I saw the gi/nutrition doc and she...

  15. Wrist tattoo in Nursing

    ajw49886 replied to futurenurseLisa's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    In my department and my old floor. I don't have to cover any of my tattoos unless they are offensive. It's not a big deal there but it's kind of annoying having people ask you about them all the time...

  16. How long did it take you to get your first RN job?

    ajw49886 replied to coffeemama0112's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am in pa, I got my job 3 months before graduation. The hospital here has also hired grads 6 months before

  17. Endo/GI lab

    ajw49886 replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    I work in a endoscopy unit with 10 procedure rooms. You typically work in three different areas. Pre, post, or procedures. The procedures vary, we have a peds rooms, a bronchoscopy room, 4 anesthesia...

  18. Endoscopy Center without RN in procedure room ??

    ajw49886 replied to hatfieldrocks's topic in Gastroenterology

    I find it funny that your techs are starting IV's and ours aren't even allowed to make an IV bag. All these little cost cutting ideas seem rather shady. In our hospital facility the RN's prep and...

  19. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    ajw49886 replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't feel that this is true. I have taken care of many unhealthy patients with normal BMI's and when doing pre surgery assessments there are plenty of thin people on Bp meds and with many health...

  20. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    ajw49886 replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    If you had read my comment, I said that your previous comments implied that monkeys could do the jobs of nurses. If you go back and look at your comments you appear to have a lack of respect for...

  21. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    ajw49886 replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I wasn't comparing you to housekeeping but let's face it, you seem to believe that RN's are below you and are no better then trained monkeys. Your arguments have basically implied that you could do...

  22. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    ajw49886 replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    To sit there and say it is alright for RT'S to insert PICC lines because it is a trainable skill is akin to saying you don't need nurses you can train anyone in the hospital to do it. I like to think...

  23. How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

    ajw49886 replied to allevi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ugh, our hospital plans week long events that in all honestly "working" nurses don't get to attend. It's pretty much all for the office/management types. We have an awards ceremony, dinner, poster...

  24. Hospital budgets and cuts

    ajw49886 replied to ajw49886's topic in General Nursing

    They try to explain to us that without doing all this now the hospital will be in trouble next year and all other hospitals that aren't cutting back will be in big trouble. We also mentioned the big...

  25. Hospital budgets and cuts

    ajw49886 replied to ajw49886's topic in General Nursing

    Actually they didn't have to tell us. Every year our local newspaper puts in the top 75-100 earners bonuses and salary. These consisted of admins and physicians. I guess they can do that because we...