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    New grads in specialties without the basics

    Nonyvole replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time I had it all figured out. I'd graduate nursing school - top of the class, naturally - and be hired at the best hospital in the city. In the ICU. Or ER, I wasn't picky because both...
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    What do you guys like to do in your free time?

    Nonyvole replied to PianoTiles's topic in General Nursing

    Travel. Read. Walk the dog. Knit. Crochet. Play video games. Surf the net. Clean. Right now I'm redecorating a few rooms in my house and trying to decide where I want to go for my next
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    How much do nurses make?

    Nonyvole replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad, I was making about 35K/year. Cost of living is so-so here; being married to someone who makes twice as much as I do is a very large stress relief. Currently, with differentials, I'm...
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    Nursing is becoming stupid

    Nonyvole replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    Drives me up the wall. Why I left a job, once - I was over the unit culture of making assumptions that then would impact patient care. And the patient getting medical help in the
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    Nursing is becoming stupid

    Nonyvole replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    And the minute you try to actually put your patient and their needs first, everybody jumps down your
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    Passing the boards

    Nonyvole replied to crazedrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yes. Burn a stick from the oldest cedar tree in the country, then... Wait, wrong trick. In three days start checking the state BON website, if you live where you can verify licenses. Check every day...
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    Missing my AN friends

    Nonyvole replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    Working nights just one time zone over, I generally say screw it and boot up the app on my
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    What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    Nonyvole replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Depends on the time of day. Can be as low as 1:1 and as high as 15:1, but that's when we're calling for additional nurses/techs. I try to keep it at 5:1 or
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    Feedback desired orienting new nurse

    Nonyvole replied to Rnwithwings68's topic in General Nursing

    She's had a week to start to learn her way around. Next shift, I'd say sit down with her and work out a, well, care plan for the rest of her orientation. Day 1: do all the communication related to one...
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    Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    Nonyvole replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When age comes into play on the unit. I've seen it happen - older employee ignores younger employee who is charge or in a position that is senior to older employee simply because of age. Problems then...
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    Are you Facebook friends with your coworkers?

    Nonyvole replied to BlueDawnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, but I only use Facebook for light and/or happy things. Nothing that could come back to bite me at
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    Need Tough Love Advice

    Nonyvole replied to hawkeyefan's topic in General Nursing

    Killing your career? No. Giving you potential difficulties? Yes. There are many options for non - hospital jobs, as you well know. However, you may want to think about just why you aren't happy - the...
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    Nurse on Pt end of Pain Mgmt - UPDATE

    Nonyvole replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    I too am a chronic painer, but haven't needed to see a pain specialist (yet). I also avoid my PCP sometimes because he is very quick to hand out the narcotics. Ummm, no. Of course, that means lots...
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    Orientee with untreated ADHD

    Nonyvole replied to ICU.RN23's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And sandwich the constructive criticism! Good thing - bad thing - good thing. Really, it doesn't matter if they have ADHD or not; that method seems to get through to my preceptees the best. Unless...
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    The Boy Who Loved Justin Bieber

    Nonyvole replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Tears on a crowded bus...awkward... Amazingly wonderful
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    New grads in specialties without the basics

    Nonyvole replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    So, seeing both sides here, but am firmly in the camp of starting where you mean to end up. However, I've seen new ER nurses that have done med surg, LTC, etc., and it's just like having a new grad....
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    Can scientific types go into nursing?

    Nonyvole replied to Young Tangerine's topic in General Nursing

    Ahem. I don't have the label of charge nurse to have somebody else - who knows medicine, sure, but not the finer points of the minute-to-minute operations of the unit - tell me how to run the...
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    Can scientific types go into nursing?

    Nonyvole replied to Young Tangerine's topic in General Nursing

    I was always told that I didn't have the mindset to be a nurse, that I was best served going into business. Then I got a biology degree because I was thinking about going into research. And went...
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    ER nurses a different 'type' than others?

    Nonyvole replied to Madigan's topic in Emergency

    I very quickly decided that I was no good at most units. Not because I doesn't have the abilities, but because I didn't have the patience. ER is definitely my niche. And yes, I have to be assertive...
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    About apologizing

    Nonyvole replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I have a hard time accepting the "I'm sorry you feel..." phrases. To me, they come across as a non-apology, blaming me for having thoughts and feelings of my own, and not taking any sort of...
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    What I learned this week (7/4/15)....

    Nonyvole replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    First year residents are adorable in how serious they are. And that as long as one asks them, they'll okay anything and let you do a lot. (Luckily for this one it was an IV, fluids, and some PO...
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    WELL, WOULD YOU???

    Nonyvole replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    I would! But, I'm okay with letting the world see my body. I mean, my usual work undergarments cover more than my swimsuit
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    New Grad...Is this typical?

    Nonyvole replied to MeganStar's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I wish I had more students on my shifts. As long as their clinical instructor is cool with it, I let them try almost anything. IV starts? Here, try it on healthy veins first, I'm cool with...
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    Drop the pen and back away slooowly...

    Nonyvole replied to Joe V's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a collection of cheap poems that I will lend out. My good ones are in my hand, my pocket, or (at the start of my shift) in my
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    Patients hitting on nurses

    Nonyvole replied to Lev's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Oh, it looks like the Dilaudid has finally kicked in..." In all honesty, though, I ignore it when I'm around them. I don't reply, I focus purely on the reason I went into the room. If I'm worried...