TeflonNurse

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  1. Leaving the bedside

    TeflonNurse replied to Newbie4567's topic in General Nursing

    I left for Poison Control and I love it! Find your local center's website and look into it. I'll never go back to the

  2. BEDSIDE...run, don't walk!

    TeflonNurse replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    RIGHT ON! Agree with you 100% don't listen to any idiots who tell you bedside is the only "one true form of nursing". Self care is far more paramount than anything else. You can't help others if you...

  3. Quit While in Orientation (New grad)

    TeflonNurse replied to SillyFever's topic in General Nursing

    Some are ready some aren't. I went straight into ICU as a new grad and did fine. It was other things that got me burned out and lead to my leaving (I had already been a CNA for several years prior and...

  4. Those Who Have Left Nursing

    TeflonNurse replied to harumi22's topic in General Nursing

    When I got completely burnt out after years as a CNA then as an RN I went PRN and was seriously looking for something either outside of nursing or super chill and away from people like a job with...

  5. What's the dumbest thing you've done that you got written up for?

    TeflonNurse replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

    Not me but my friend had booked a trip to Hong Kong or Tokyo or somewhere similar a year in advance and when the time came for the trip we had a staff meeting scheduled during the time she was away....

  6. if you graduated in the last 5 years

    TeflonNurse replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    This is almost my exact story! Except i graduated last year. Best graduation present

  7. How do you feel about professors locking the door?

    TeflonNurse replied to Amnesty's topic in General Students

    Im feeling two emotions right now : I'm absolutely enraged at how the OP was treated (assuming her side of the story is 100% how it happened) and I'm honestly flabbergasted at the gall of all the...

  8. January 2015 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    TeflonNurse replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "Wow... It's like standing inside a Rorschach inkblot test." *World famous art critic happens to be strolling by* "The colors, the shapes, the intricate fluidity of the medium as it slides down the...

  9. How to not make patients nervous as an orientee

    TeflonNurse replied to JustAdmitToObs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know I realized this when I was going through orientation (only a few months ago.) In school they make a big stink about "never tell the pt this is your first time doing anything!" This all goes...

  10. Why do you think nurses leave the profession?

    TeflonNurse replied to Nacki's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Won't quote the whole thing for space but: I 'Liked' this comment so hard I almost broke my touch screen. What you said.... ALL of

  11. My patient dropped her baby!

    TeflonNurse replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    maybe he said he just wanted to give the baby a tour of the hallway or get an early start on drivers ed but when he didn't come back within minutes the mom panicked....I mean I don't know that's all I...

  12. We're supposed to be perfect everday?

    TeflonNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    *Everyday (thanks for messing that up autocorrect) I mean, that's it right? No mistakes, no foul ups, customer knows best, CYA x1000, smile (always smile, even though you feel like crying), *sigh* I...

  13. Nursing home as a new grad

    TeflonNurse replied to mathia2171's topic in First Year After Licensure

    From what I've seen and heard yes its normal and yes it sounds crazy to me to! It seems to be purely based on which piece of paper you came out of school with. Where I worked (unless a rare agency...

  14. Nursing home as a new grad

    TeflonNurse replied to mathia2171's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean about not being comfortable with giving BP/heart meds without vitals.It appears to be my post that you are quoting and I said that that was one of the...

  15. Do I take too long to learn new skills?

    TeflonNurse replied to lorichka6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are not alone in feeling this way. I too have to have hands-on experience to truly 'get' things. Oddly enough it's not the hands-on stuff holding me back and causing problems right now, it's the...

  16. Nursing home as a new grad

    TeflonNurse replied to mathia2171's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As someone who has worked in a nursing home (NEVER AGAIN!!!), I agree with the above poster. During my years as an aide there I worked nights and we only got BPs or temps when they were acutely ill,...

  17. How helpful/important is it to work as a CNA before going to nursing school?

    TeflonNurse replied to ReadyToListen's topic in General Students

    Exactly! The same folks who are in here nonchalantly saying " its easy to be a CNA! All they do is wipe butts and change beds!" are probably the same folks who will accidently spill a puddle of tube...

  18. Studer Group "Bedside Shift Report SM"

    TeflonNurse replied to DVorahRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You lucky dog! i was so looking forward to working in ICU and having set visiting hours with only 2 visitors allowed at a time. Of course I managed to get hired into an icu that doesn't believe in...

  19. How helpful/important is it to work as a CNA before going to nursing school?

    TeflonNurse replied to ReadyToListen's topic in General Students

    Depending on the type of unit you end up working on you may or may not benefit much from previous aide skills. I will say that working in ICU, I use my old CNA skills daily. The nurses and aides...

  20. How helpful/important is it to work as a CNA before going to nursing school?

    TeflonNurse replied to ReadyToListen's topic in General Students

    In this job market I'm thinking everybody whether ADN or BSN could use any kind of leg-up they can get. :) Every hospital I've encountered wants CNAs with 1-2 years experience before they'll hire...

  21. Inpatient carbohydrate counting?

    TeflonNurse replied to lovin's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I read the title as 'Impatient Carb Counting' and wondered why they were in such a hurry. To answer your question: At one hospital I worked at the pts ordered food from a menu by phone whenever they...

  22. Can you live a luxury lifestyle as a nurse?

    TeflonNurse replied to trustabdy's topic in General Nursing

    So glad to hear (see) you say this! I just graduated from a community college and I don't have any loans. Was so happy and proud to get that 1st paycheck. I worked the entire time I was in Nsg...

  23. strangest question a friend or acquaintance has ever asked you?

    TeflonNurse replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in General Students

    Ah yes, two days after passing the NCLEX I found myself kneeling on the bathroom floor staring at a spot on my grandmother's butt where she'd had a mole removed recently. All the while she kept...

  24. best way for a nurse to manage cuts on her fingers?

    TeflonNurse replied to RNexplorer's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a nurse use a small tegaderm over a cut. Getting cuts sucks. This happened to me just the other night, I'll try something like the derma bond next

  25. TV ad has no one from my hospital

    TeflonNurse replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol. That sounds like my old hospital and the new system I work for now . At the old one they put up pics of certain employees' giant smiling faces on the elevators throughout the hospital. My new...