SheriLynnRN

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  1. What Gets to You??

    SheriLynnRN replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

    Nothing gets to me... if I'm in the presence of it. But I gag like heck when someone describes something gross. I must be an auditory

  2. Need advice on changing direction...(long)

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am hoping that some of you will have faced the same decision and will be able to give me some advice. I have year of ortho/neuro-med/surg experience and was three weeks into ICU orientation when we...

  3. Oral care for pts. - or lack of...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SusanJean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ok, I generally don't respond like this when something I read makes me yell at the computer, but this time I feel like I HAVE to say something. The current literature that I've read, and my facility's...

  4. ARE YOUR PATIENT ASSIGNMENTS "FAIR?"

    SheriLynnRN replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I just left my position, due to a military move, on a unit that made assignments in about the same way as you describe. I worked nights, so our ratio was usually 7 or 8 to 1. If four of us had eight...

  5. If BON accepted my ADN but not my BSN?

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I earned my ADN at a community college in my home state and had no trouble with taking NCLEX and licensing in my current state (not my home state). My ADN program is accredited by the NLN, and I have...

  6. Career Ladders

    SheriLynnRN replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a career ladder system available. The pay increases aren't much, about 50c per level. IMO there are just too many hoops to jump through, and not enough reward. The only reason I've...

  7. Worst nursing experience

    SheriLynnRN replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    My story isn't as emotionally heart wrenching as some of these others, it's was just gross. I was on my first day of orientation to ICU (I had one year of med/surg). My pt was s/p femoral artery graft...

  8. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    SheriLynnRN replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    This happens to me almost every time a visit my local

  9. Why do unit nurses have bad reps?

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I just finished my third week of orientation in ICU. My preceptor's evaluation notes, which I thankfully got copies of, indicated that I was a "good nurse" and that I obviously knew what I was doing...

  10. needle stick

    SheriLynnRN replied to pedrn's topic in General Nursing

    My other friend on the other hand was collecting blood off a piccline using a needle and somehow during the procedure accidently stuck her self. No that was serious since it was direct contact with...

  11. Pregnant Nurses - Any changes in duties?

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering how y'all have handled being pregnant and working ie lifting, isolation pts etc. ? Or, what if anything have your co-workers done differently when they were

  12. Mat Leave

    SheriLynnRN replied to Chicklet2's topic in General Nursing

    Are y'all talking about a year of PAID leave, or just a year off with a gaurenteed postion when you come back? In the US, if you have worked somewhere at least 12 mos and the company has more than 50...

  13. rectal foley???

    SheriLynnRN replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    Our ICU uses something that sounds like the zassi tubes. The tube is long and flexible, like ziploc bag plastic, baout two inches wide. Held in by a doughnut filled with water. They seem to be working...

  14. Wedding rings that sit "high" up vs. gloves

    SheriLynnRN replied to fyrelight74's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't sauder my wedding band to my engagement ring or my anniversary band. The wedding band is very thin and smooth, I never take it off. The diamonds i just leave at home and wear on my off

  15. Abx and PCA morphine

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work ortho, and we use PCA's all the time. The hips and knees have IVFs and abx along with pca morphine. Usually the ivfs do not have dextrose, but sometimes they do. Anyway, we run the fluids...

  16. Nurse/Patient Ratios

    SheriLynnRN replied to justmanda's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Here's how it works on my unit (ortho/neuro/med-surg): I work nights 7-7. I have 6-8 pts. At least two aides for 20-25 pts, 3 if we are full which is 40. Aides do vitals, turns, toileting, bathing,...

  17. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    SheriLynnRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I am 22 yo, one year out of nursing school. i don't know what kind of "work ethic" she's talking about, but in my personal experience, it is the younger nurses who don't sit down to chart until we've...

  18. Why do unit nurses have bad reps?

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I hope that I will be know as "the NICE ICU nurse as well." I got a chance to job shadow in the unit for 8 hrs and didn't experience any witchy stuff. They did all say that they think I will love it...

  19. An ICU nurse manager told my wife that her Med/surg experience was hurting her!?

    SheriLynnRN replied to Roland's topic in MICU, SICU

    I graduted a year ago, and have spent this past year on a floor that gets ortho/neuro and general surgery as well as overflow medical pts. I am transferring to the ICU next week. Our hospital has only...

  20. Why Are 12 hour shifts the standard?

    SheriLynnRN replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    I think that 12 hour shifts also provide greater continuity of care for pts, when everybody works 12s consistently. My unit has 8s, 12s and even 4 hour shifts to fill in the gaps from 7p-11p. I think...