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  1. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Butterflyxx0621 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted some helpful advice. I have been a nurse for 4 years, I've been working at my current job at the hospital for about a little less than a year. I Don't like all the weekends and...

  2. autopilot mindset med errors

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to MelissaMooRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm not sure how your facility is but when I worked in LTC we scanned meds and I don't recall having to give heparin. In the hospital we scan meds, and we use different syringes for insulin and...

  3. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    I would only ever leave a position if something else is lined up first, and I'm only willing to leave for the *right* job. I have applied a few places that are of actual interest rather than taking...

  4. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    I have tried searching high and low! I live in a very small area (there's 2 hospitals in our whole county). I've tried looking into insurance companies, the biggest in our area is high mark blue cross...

  5. Thoughts on calling an RR?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I work on PCU. We did call the supervisor to let her know, she was actually on the floor with us at that point. Mandatory staff to respond is the NS, hospitalist, ICU charge nurse, and...

  6. Thoughts on calling an RR?

    Butterflyxx0621 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'll try to make this as brief as possible. I had a frequent flyer who was in with CHF exacerbation and a fib with RVR, who had just been discharged the day before for a GI bleed. Was taken off...

  7. Acute care vs. office nursing, which do you prefer?

    Butterflyxx0621 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Those of you who have worked both acute care and office nursing, which do you prefer and why ? I am currently working on a cardiac step down unit but have an interview for a cardiologists office this...

  8. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    What do you do ? It seems like the only non bedside positions available in my area are case management and I do not have the 5 years RN experience they

  9. Acute care vs. office nursing, which do you prefer?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I'd like 12's but I rarely get to work 3 on 4 off as I would like. The draw for me to the office is that I'd have the same schedule as my husband whereas right now we are not off together...

  10. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing open is CDU and ED, which I considered CDU but they close often/are put on call and I wouldn't want to have to constantly use my PTO just to have a paycheck. I do keep looking

  11. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    It is the nurse manager, who I spoke to. That's the one who said they print out a report to look at the shifts and they would take another look, which is how I ended up getting off the Sunday after...

  12. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is we get a print out of our schedule along with everyone else's on it.... So we can see first hand who is and isn't doing their required shifts. There are very few (probably 5) out of 30...

  13. Question about 12 hr shifts that are overnight

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Ggraf's topic in General Students

    I have never heard of a program requiring over night shifts, though I suppose it's possible. When I was in clinical, the latest we finished was around 5. On the floor I work on, the latest we have...

  14. Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    Little old

  15. Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    People say cost of living determines wage but where I live this is sooo not true. I live in this weird cross between farmland and the beach. So because we are rural and also a resort town our cost of...

  16. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a hospitalist ask an ED MD to come to the floor to confirm a patient was actually dead, after wanting us to give said patient atropine

  17. So fed up with my coworker

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You said this is your first ever job correct? I don't mean this in a rude way, but maybe you should sit down with someone to explain how things work in the workforce because your concerns seem to...

  18. So fed up with my coworker

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The beauty of PRN work is that for the most part you get to set your schedule. Why should another employee have to change their plans at the drop of a hat because another employee needs a day off?...

  19. How did you finally "know" when you found your niche?

    Butterflyxx0621 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Just as the title says, I'm wondering how you nurses who found your niche really knew it was right for you? I've been a nurse for 4 years. I have done LTC, home hospice, and for about a year I've...

  20. Do you have to enjoy being a cna to make it as a lpn!??

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Mkelly's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It doesn't mean you will be a bad nurse but I hope you know you will still be doing some CNA duties on top of your nursing roles. As nurses, we still bathe, toilet, answer call bells, and get things...

  21. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I didn't read every post (but I did read many), so I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but I personally feel like many nurses are going for advanced degrees not just because they want to but...

  22. will being a patient care tech look good resume for when i start nursing school

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to xyoshira's topic in General Nursing

    If it doesn't help with acceptance into the program, it will definitely help once you are done and looking for your first nursing job. The school I graduated from just started requiring all students...

  23. How did you finally "know" when you found your niche?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you!!! That's interesting about the effects on hormones. I already have a lot of issues with mine so I don't need anything else stacked against me.... I already have a very difficult time when...

  24. Am I cut out for nursin?

    Butterflyxx0621 replied to mj123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Grades in nursing school are not an indication of how you will perform as a nurse.... Pencil and paper are just that... If waiting is an issue, maybe this is the wrong career, but only you can decide....

  25. Does your hospice use standing orders?

    Butterflyxx0621 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I work for a hospice that has always had standing orders for the carekit, bowel regimen, DME if needed, oxygen, and catheters. After a recent survey, we are now doing away with standing orders...