ThymeRN

I learned the hospital's new policy for handling illegal substances, as well as learning what meth looks like. Several patients snuck contraband in, but that was the only illegal one. The others were meds they wanted but knew the doc wouldn't order. ...

I was resetting the clocks, too. I got frustrated when they said it was time to go home, but I still had another hour to work.:-(

I'm late with my WILTW, and I don't remember half of what I learned. (Must not have done a very good job of learning it) Work has been hectic, lots of high acuity manic and paranoid schizophrenic patients who don't believe in sleep. School has been h...

No, because it's really stretchy. I can take it off easily, or push it up my arm. It's one long loop of stretchy fabric that wraps around the wrist until it's comfortable.

I'm good with the meal prep. I wonder how hard it is to hire someone just to do dishes?

Our tests don't seem tho be all that random. Most everybody gets tested, but the people with multiple tattoos and piercings get tested more often. I was expecting to be tested after spending a week in Washington state last fall. Somehow I didn't ...

I would go part time, but I wouldn't quit. A million dollars, depending on where you live, isn't that much money. I would downsize and travel and work less

My hospital randomly send emails, "please stop by HR." We all know what it means, you are going to be handed a cup and pointed tho the bathroom. It hasn't happened to me yet, but several of the nurses I work with have received the email.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/181021900/ivory-round-antique-bronze-wrap-watch My first tattoo is a rather bold wrist tattoo. (Go big, or go home, right?) It isn't supposed to be visible at work, so I bought this watch off etsy. Administration doesn...

I know, right?

The only unit I didn't float to this week was OB, so I experienced a lot of new things. 1. the med/surg rooms are too small for two nurses and the patient. I was cleaning a patient with the nurse, and got really hot, dizzy, and queasy. 2. an inguin...

Crap! Sorry about that

Above the comment box is a statement regarding the use of text speak in posts. When I see a person who does not take the rules here seriously enough to follow them, I have concerns. I find it hard to believe a nurse, who had to learn to effectively...

Land Orca!

This I have the easiest job in the hospital. Acute psych is the perfect job, probably because I love it so much. I find it very rewarding, and I'm good at it. 95% of the nurses in my facility will disagree with me. They find it overwhelming and sca...

I work psych, and occasionally float to ICU to care for a detoxing patient until they are medically cleared for my unit. It doesn't happen often, usually our census is too high to spare a nurse.

NCLEX will also have meds you've never heard of. If it helps, view this as enhancing your test taking skills as well as your pharmacology knowledge. NCLEX is also a "one test that determines it all." Your school may be trying to help people overcome...

This is FredBaby. He's not happy I woke him up. His favorite place to nap is his heated pad. It makes winter bearable. When I'm sleeping, his favorite thing to do is lick my nose till I wake up.

I'm so sorry for you loss. My heart hurts for you.

How does that work? If the kids go to the bus stop, does the bus driver refuse them? If mom drops them off, do they have to sit in the office until somebody comes and gets them? Will the school turn into a free babysitter?

If they are asking for PRNs often, maybe talk to the doctor to get the order changed. In the short term, until you learn the particulars of each med, pharmacy is your friend.

When I was working a low paying retail job and suddenly found myself being a single mother, I had 3 choices: Lose everything, because $10/hr would wouldn't pay the bills, commute 1.5 hours and get my masters in library science, or go to the local com...

I took NCLEX a few years ago. I read fast, and don't suffer text anxiety. (I suffer other anxieties, but not test). I had 75 questions in 15 minutes. At one point, I started to put my hand on my lap, thought better of it, and put it back on the desk...

Yesterday, I was browsing AN, and read >100 threads. Yep, I was procrastinating. Anyway... today something happened that would be a good comment for one of those threads. Does anybody know which thread it was? It had something to do with exercise...

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