Elaken

Elaken

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  1. Should I ask for a raise?

    Elaken replied to OnTheSearch's topic in General Nursing

    Discussing salary is NOT unprofessional and it is ridiculous beliefs like that which lead to wage gaps for women, POC, etc. If someone makes more than others than the *company* should be able to...

  2. Forced to Flex Off

    Elaken replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Being called off due to low census is just the nature of the business. I know it is rough when you can't float to other units so maybe PRN elsewhere is what is needed. The seniority thing is...

  3. So you're an RN - you must be earning big!

    Elaken replied to _littlemissBSN's topic in General Nursing

    If I had to do life over again I would have become an engineer. I am a good nurse but for me it is a job and not a calling. I live frugally so hopefully I can go to PRN, one day a week, at age 50...

  4. Retirement at what age, and how much $$ will you will need to retire "comfortably"?

    Elaken replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    From what I just found it is about

  5. Retirement at what age, and how much $$ will you will need to retire "comfortably"?

    Elaken replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    The not saving attitude has been around since ever. It is one of the reasons social security was created. Most millennials and younger assume there will be no SS for them even though paying into it...

  6. Retirement at what age, and how much $$ will you will need to retire "comfortably"?

    Elaken replied to Horseshoe's topic in General Nursing

    For most of us it is less about how much you make and more about what percentage you save. I am a big fan of the site MrMoneyMustache. It is all about re-evaluating how you spend. Is that 30k car...

  7. Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    Elaken replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Bwuahahhaha And no one has to do anything to please me seeing as I am sure 99.99...% of the population could not care less about my judgement of

  8. Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    Elaken replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I hate "miracles" like this because it is what people point to when they want to keeps someone artificially alive for ever, refuse DNR for their parent, etc. Medicine will probably always be a bit of...

  9. Hating Nursing Currently

    Elaken replied to vanaly's topic in General Nursing

    For months I would always think, is this going to be the day I don't know what I am doing and something horrible happens? It takes awhile to get over those feelings because our mistakes can have such...

  10. Legalities in Flight Emergencies

    Elaken replied to MNRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I read an article recently about this and essentially they were saying if you have any experience than you should volunteer. Because the odds are you will be more comfortable with terminology and with...

  11. Pre-op thinks I sent them a mess

    Elaken posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sorry, this is pretty long! I had a patient with a bad diabetic wound ulcer on her foot and was also on dialysis. Ortho-wound was consulted and he planned to do surgery that same day (like he has for...

  12. Pre-op thinks I sent them a mess

    Elaken replied to Elaken's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I see the validity in your comment but I guess I don't know how to learn from my mistake because not sure what I would do differently. I tried to alert the relevant parties to what was going on and...

  13. Med-Surg v. Telemetry/Step-down

    Elaken replied to Guest1033582's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Your unit sounds terrifying. At my hospitals all med/surg have the ability to be remote tele, where a monitor tech watches all the hospital (including the patients on tele unit). Too often patients...

  14. Patient Ratio 1:8 and no tech!

    Elaken replied to newgradamy's topic in Travel

    This is why even though I don't like my state I am scared to move. Arizona is very strongly not a union state and yet my hospital would never do that (yet). We get mainly 4 in the day but sometimes 5...

  15. Have I hurt my chances for traveling?

    Elaken replied to amedRN's topic in Travel

    As long as you are someone who can learn quick you are fine to travel. You won't be able to do tele because you don't have that experience but you can do med/surg travel. I am a float pool nurse in my...

  16. People are out to get me

    Elaken replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I don't think nurses dislike people who are afraid I think we are leery of them. I worked with someone in float pool who was that way and I got a lot of aides complaining to me. They felt she never...

  17. Who cleans the poo?

    Elaken replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    Finished reading others comments and I guess our housekeeping is pretty great. A trash bag is never too heavy. We can toss soiled bedpans in the trash. Hell, they even remove the tubing/bags from the...

  18. Who cleans the poo?

    Elaken replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital system it is nurses or aides. It doesn't have the be immaculate but the majority of the feces/urine/blood/vomit needs to be cleaned up. These housekeepers are often scrubbing filthy...

  19. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    Elaken replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who eventually wants to move to Oregon and doesn't care about big cities I would also love to know whereabouts your hospital is

  20. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Elaken replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    If a patient is up independently and been walking around their room/the unit, I always let them walk out if they want and someone is with them. I am not the only one. As far as I know my hospital...

  21. Fired By My Patients

    Elaken replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have had a few moments were I am pretty sure I would have ended up fired if I hadn't said I didn't want a patient back because we just weren't working well together. But so far in my little over 2...

  22. I am a new grad and can't wait to get out of orientation!

    Elaken replied to CRC12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As a relatively new nurse (almost at two years) I understand what you mean. Some people get the "basics" down pretty quickly. Definitely worth staying your full time in orientation but realistically...

  23. Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    Elaken replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I get frustrated by how infrequently doctors order it. When I have an ETOH patient, who is not there to withdraw and has zero interest in stopping drinking, what is the point of CIWA? How is...

  24. Low census--what do you do?

    Elaken replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like my hospital is the exception because low workloads happen. Part of the problem is I live in AZ and snowbirds cause a huge influx of people in winter. This last winter was crazy busy....

  25. Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    Elaken replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    All I can suggest is you and your peers give honest reviews about the clinical site and take it up with your school. Maybe they need to find new places to rotate. I am just finishing up my first year...