Cafelattee

Cafelattee

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  1. In the old days, 10 patients on med/surg?

    Cafelattee replied to dudette10's topic in Medical-Surgical

    God I remember that crap as for charting a lot of time the charting was done after the next shift came on there just was not enough time to do meds, dressing changes, resp tx, lab draws. We did not...

  2. ICU RNs floated to floors?

    Cafelattee replied to jamisaurus's topic in Critical Care

    get over the idea that a ICU nurse is any better than a floor nurse period. I worked floor and step down and was pulled to SICU for a couple of years before actually going to SICU. The SICU nurses...

  3. Problems with ER

    Cafelattee replied to ReggieN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    from someone that was a floor nurse 23 years ago and now working ER its dangerous and wrong period. I worked on a med-surg floor night shift back then we routinely had 11-13 night shift can't...

  4. NCLEX- how many attempts is too many?

    Cafelattee replied to dinah77's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think 3 times is the limit. My best friend through nursing school knew her stuff but got "HUGE" test anxiety. She would just freeze up. We took boards back the old fashion way. The test was 2...

  5. Day nurses who switched from nights, is it better?

    Cafelattee replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked evening - nights for about 18 of my 22 years. I've a night owl and just feel full of energy. I'm also very independent and do not like the whole day shift culture. There are just to...

  6. Ebola- Quarantine/Quasi quarantine Yes or No?

    Cafelattee replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I personally find her a total embarrassment. I do think that there are some civil liberties lost with the idea of public safety. I also can see from the stand point that politician who we vote to...

  7. Planning my education around conflicting messages

    Cafelattee replied to gearedup's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure about msn but you are looking for a program "second degree accelerated bsn program" There are many colleges that offer this type of program. I would think it basically gives you a BSN...

  8. Started in Med Surg? Where are you now?

    Cafelattee replied to sugar12's topic in General Nursing

    a year of med surg, a year of surgical step down, 5 years SICU, 4 years CVSU, 8 years PRN house wide (except surgery and labor delivery- 600 bed hospital) with many long term fill-in roles for...

  9. No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    Cafelattee replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It seems that a private company has a "cure". The doctor was given one dose and was walking around within 24 hours. The nurse was given 2 before she became better. I think the "cure" is why they...

  10. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Cafelattee replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've taken care of many infectious folks over my 20 +years. WHen I first became nursing the HIV still was not fully understood. The transmission of the disease was still not understood. There...

  11. Almost 2 years and Im Exhausted

    Cafelattee replied to melliandre1985's topic in General Nursing

    Pharmaceutical companies would love you. I have a friend that started out RN on the floor and went on to pharm. sells. Then into management without the duel degrees. She is a few years younger...

  12. Um... Can you hit before you get hit?

    Cafelattee replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    I hate to give you more bad news but the ER is not the only place you will have patients that are violent. I've had a patient jerk me over the rails in MICU 20 years ago. I would of been hurt more...