Sapphy BSN, RN

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    LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

    Sapphy replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to give an update on this situation. We have a new supervisor who is specifically assigned to our unit. Last week, I went to bat for the LPN's and RN's alike with her. I told her how...
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    Anyone hate their first job?

    Sapphy replied to Jayla's topic in General Nursing

    I have been at my first job for 8 months now. There are good days and bad days for all of us. There are days where I feel as if my intelligence is truly being wasted because I am nothing but the...
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    What to ask a Nurse Manager

    Sapphy replied to angel_82's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Be careful about the answers to your questions though. I asked about staff/patient ratios and my answer was 8-10.... she was close... but I have never had less than 11 and sometimes I have had
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    Squeamish folks

    Sapphy replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I thought I was alone here!! I just do not DO grown up poop.... I gag every time. A few weeks ago I had a patient with C-Diff, and I gagged and gagged and got her to the toilet, got the door...
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    LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

    Sapphy replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, most of the RN's are new grads... and no the LPN's SAY they don't blame me but it is an overall feeling that has happened. And as far as co signing her narcs are concerned, I can SEE what I am...
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    LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

    Sapphy replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    We have one particular LPN who is probably one of the wisest most knowledgeable nurses I have ever met. She has what calls inferiority complex days. Those are the days that I feel really horrible....
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    LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

    Sapphy replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    The Co-signing of the narcs is really not the issue here. That was just an example. In this facility, until a year ago, the LPN's were taking a team, doing their own assessments and basically doing...
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    Palm Pilot software for nursing

    Sapphy replied to crnasomeday's topic in General Students

    I got my palm for Christmas this year and I LOVE it. I got a Tungsten E2. I started out downloading Eppocrates and it was ok. But I forked over the $42 for Davis' drug guide and never looked back....
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    LPNs at my facility feel they are being direspected

    Sapphy replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree 100% I do have to say that we all have to have our narcs cosigned... but the fact that only an RN can cosign is the real issue.... How did I, with my 6 months experience as an RN, become...
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    Nurses who smoke?

    Sapphy replied to Pete Venkman's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse who also happens to be a smoker. Would I like to quit? Yes Have I been successful thus far? No. But I resent the implication that I get any more breaks than my non smoking...
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    How does your facility handle holidays??Looking for advice on a problem.

    Sapphy replied to IrishNurseColleen's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility we have to work 2 out of 3 of the winter holidays. We were allowed to choose our holiday off though. The catch is the holidays fall on weekends this year. Everyone on the weekend...
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    wet to dry dilemma

    Sapphy replied to jenac's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    OK so I have a dehisced abdonimal incision... well I don't have it, a pt does. I just became a member of the wound care team last thursday (YAY!!!) so i am still learning. The wound dehisced on...
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    things that drive me nuts...care to add??

    Sapphy replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in General Nursing

    OK I have a few.... starting with all those spelling errors I see on MAR's...We had one unit secretary who wrote Hydrocortisone 5/500 q 4hrs prn on the MAR.... ummm try hydrocodone..... I would have...
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    I am sick and tired of being asked "Who is watching your kids?"

    Sapphy replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    My kids are 14, 10, and 7 and I get worse looks when I say dh stays home with the kids while I work than the people who send their kids to daycare do. I get these looks of sympathy like "ooohh you're...
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    I am SO excited and proud!

    Sapphy posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK so I LOVE wound care. I have been working with our Wound care nurse since the day I started 6 months ago. I really really love it. A few days ago she tells me that I am her number one wound care...
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    staying healthy in first year of nursing

    Sapphy replied to sliedberg's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think not getting too run down is the key. I am a first year nurse and have recently switch from 3-11 to the 7-3 shift. Not only do I hate it but I am exhausted all the time. And now I have...
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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Sapphy replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG I just has one of these the other night!! The whole incident started out funny and just got worse from there. The RNT's were doing HS care on their pts and one of them sees me and calls down the...
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    Did I do the right thing? (long)

    Sapphy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a "new" grad as of last May. I work in a freestanding rehab hospital with a fellow graduate. She started there like 2 weeks before I did. From my first day on the floor, people have come to me...
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    Did I do the right thing? (long)

    Sapphy replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I forgot to mention that just last week she got reamed out for taking the staples out of a patient just because she decided it was time for them to come out...no doctor's order nothing...she just...
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    Did I do the right thing? (long)

    Sapphy replied to Sapphy's topic in General Nursing

    To clarify...people HAVE spoken to her in the past and it has gone over her head. And on Monday, she had her evaluation and came to me and said "well at least I didn't get fired." So apparently that...
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    If you have a BSN did you get a minor?

    Sapphy replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I had to take so many fluff courses that I ended up with 2 minors and was 3 credits away from a third. Mine are in Psychology and (giggle) English. All my electives were English classes for the sole...
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    Health South Rehab Hospital?

    Sapphy replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    I work at Healthsouth in Erie, PA. It is a freestanding inpatient rehab facility. I LOVE my job for the most part. The work is hard but I have learned ALOT. The pay was better than at the local...
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    I am considering joining the Army, and have a few questions...

    Sapphy replied to erinhen's topic in Government, Military

    My husband was 8 years active duty in the US Army, and now that he is out, he would give ANYTHING to be back in. There were downsides to it I will grant you that....but there are downsides to every...
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    Fired for emergency room visit

    Sapphy replied to BCzito's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My husband is going through something like this as we speak. He was diagnosed with Bi Polar disorder 2 years ago. He had been working at the Post Office and when he cycled (prior to medications) he...
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    refugees hit home

    Sapphy replied to mandrews's topic in General Nursing

    The Salvation Army is not all it is cracked up to be either... I don't think any "charity" is. We had a family here in Pennsylvania who lost everything in a fire and they were told by the Salvation...