missninaRN

missninaRN

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  1. What Exactly Does a Case Manager Do?

    missninaRN posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I saw an ad in the paper over the weekend for a Hospice Case Manager position. In the hospital where I work, "case manager" means discharge planner. Is it the same in hospice? Or are all hospice...

  2. What Exactly Does a Case Manager Do?

    missninaRN replied to missninaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you so much for your reply! I was wondering if it was something I would want to do. I did end up applying for the job and have an interview this week. It will be nice to go into it with some...

  3. SAD interfers with me successeding in nursing

    missninaRN replied to msjam54's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have SAD. I did not tell anyone at work about it, at least not at first. If it comes out now as part of a casual conversation, I don't worry about it. My first winter as a nurse was rough. I don't...

  4. So What Constitutes Clinical Experience?

    missninaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a newer nurse with 15 months experience in Med Surg. I am contemplating leaving hospital nursing for something less stressful while I work on my Bachelor in Nursing degree. I may even go part...

  5. What's so stressful about working 3, 12hr shifts?

    missninaRN replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in General Nursing

    Twelve hours is just a really long time to be responsible for the lives of 7 or more people. Things can change very quickly, pt family members can drain the very life out of you, and constantly being...

  6. Who Benefits More?

    missninaRN replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    I chose the high school girls. The key to prevention is to start early. The girls who are presently sexually active are at risk for pregnancy already and the majority of those who are not will...

  7. All white uniforms? Eek...help!!

    missninaRN replied to Always_Learning's topic in General Students

    My floor requires white scrubs, so I wear them all the time. Do not wear white underwear. It will show through your clothes. Some of my co-workers wear white bras and you can see them through their...

  8. Need to Interview a FNP

    missninaRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am an RN, working on prerequisites for an RN-BSN program. I'm currently taking Medical Terminology and one of my assignments is to interview a medical professional with a job I am interested in...

  9. Need to Interview a FNP

    missninaRN replied to missninaRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Bumping this in hopes that a FNP will see this and be willing to answer just a few questions. It wouldn't really take much time, I

  10. Design and use of medical bed control panels...

    missninaRN replied to RMCS's topic in General Nursing

    This has nothing to do with the controls, but could you please pass it on to the bed design team? Please make beds that will accommodate tall people! Even 6 foot tall patients are too long for the...

  11. Lab values to study Pre nursing school

    missninaRN replied to krltdy's topic in General Students

    Though it sounds like a good idea, I just want to point out that your school's lab values may not be exactly the same at the ones you memorize now. The hospital where I work doesn't even use the exact...

  12. Almost at the year mark, and still unsure...

    missninaRN replied to nursealanarae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm right there with you-close to my one year anniversary but still feeling overwhelmed and wondering what I got myself into. I hate the fact that documentation, transfers, discharges, and admits take...

  13. What's the biggest problem, or issue, that you face in your profession?

    missninaRN replied to PediNurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Ever increasing workload. (Just got back from a meeting in which we were told that we have 2 more forms to fill out every shift on every pt.) High nurse to pt ratios without enough support staff. I...

  14. Priming blood tubing with...blood??

    missninaRN replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    Great tip! Thanks! We prime our tubing with blood and have an extra pump set primed with NS and ready to go in case of a reaction. I haven't had a lot of problems with it, other than that little bit...

  15. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    missninaRN replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was just starting to feel like I was getting the hang of it when there was a major shake-up at work. Lots of people left and now I'm being floated almost every shift to cover for short staffing on...

  16. Do you take any stimulants?

    missninaRN replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    No stimulants here. I was a caffeine/chocolate addict for years-I was having 4 or 5 cokes and candy bars a day-but chose to get off of that emotional roller coaster. I also wanted to stop gaining...

  17. 5 Months In, Seem to Have Hit a Rough Spot

    missninaRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, I thought things were going well. My first couple of months went really well. I dealt with a lot of little crises, sudden changes in pt status, etc and managed to get through them and keep...

  18. new nurse feeling defeated

    missninaRN replied to nursealanarae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new RN too and understand how you feel, Nursealanarae. I work days on a medsurg floor, taking up to 7 patients and usually doing several discharges and admits in a shift. Fortunately, I'm...

  19. Timeline when you graduated

    missninaRN replied to almostthereindc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Graduated the last weekend in April. Started working mid-May. Passed NCLEX mid-June. I have now been an RN for 3 months. I love

  20. scrubs and ironing

    missninaRN replied to CT Pixie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I iron mine. No creases,

  21. do you have a scrub "theme"

    missninaRN replied to CT Pixie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    At my hospital our scrubs are dictated by the floor we work on. OB wears one color, for example, and most of the med surg floors wear white. My theme? Well fitting, attractive scrubs! I hate boxy...

  22. Greatest Nursing Item You Ever Bought

    missninaRN replied to Sponkie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Shoes: MBTs. Best investment I ever made. My back no longer hurts while standing and I now have a very toned bottom and thighs. Scrubs: Koi. Love the Lindsey pant-and the tall is actually long enough!...

  23. Orientation ending...am I smart enough?

    missninaRN replied to KourtneiNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt the same way at the end of my orientation. I've been off for about 3 weeks now. My preceptor was very efficient too and I often felt that I missed things because she took care of them before I...

  24. do i really have to do med surg

    missninaRN replied to lflyew's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it depends on the facility. My hospital's OR won't even look at your application until you've had a year of medsurg. Some of my friends went straight into a specialty and I think that's...

  25. Question for Koi Wearers

    missninaRN replied to DLRN312's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Mine haven't shrunk so much that they don't fit. I just have to use a steam iron to stretch them back to the original size. I wear a medium in Urbane so I ordered large in the Koi scrubs because I had...