ontheway2crna

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  1. Critical care nurse who misses Med/Surg

    ontheway2crna posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in a neuro ICU for a year now and I have tried so hard to like it but I just don't. Before this I worked on a Med/Surg floor for a little over a year, and while I really enjoyed...

  2. Change of shift admissions

    ontheway2crna replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    I am an ICU nurse who used to work on the floor and none of what you said is true. Floor nurses get stat orders, their patients may still need imaging or additional IVs, and their diagnosis may be...

  3. How much is a normal raise

    ontheway2crna replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    Ours are 2 percent to 6 percent annually based on an

  4. Do crnas deserve that much salary?

    ontheway2crna replied to jasy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No salary is "deserved", it all comes down to economics. I dont think professional athletes "deserve" millions of dollars every year, but it is all about

  5. Nurse vs Para

    ontheway2crna replied to 117800's topic in School

    You can hear breath sounds and the heart by putting your ear against someones chest, a stethoscope just helps you maintain a comfortable distance when you are doing that, so I dont see why you are...

  6. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    ontheway2crna replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    I think experience is the best teacher, not earning a BSN. I am currently doing a BSN online program and much of the content is repetitive and is what I already learned in my ASN program. I feel that...

  7. Is this low?

    ontheway2crna replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I accrue 5.3 PTO hours biweekly and I feel that as long as you are not taking PTO a lot, you will get enough hours to take a week off here and

  8. How in this world do you ever get 1 year experience?

    ontheway2crna replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Try to apply to Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL. It is a large teaching hospital that always hires new grads. At least you can get your 1 year of

  9. Still unemployed; Why am I not getting calls for interviews?

    ontheway2crna replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Check your inbox I am going to PM

  10. Favoritism in assignments

    ontheway2crna replied to wildlaurel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Only because it was all under the search results of this

  11. Favoritism in assignments

    ontheway2crna replied to wildlaurel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You had a much different tone in one of your posts from 2006 when you were getting crap

  12. Other departments trying to skip on work with RN's "blessing", aka lazy people wanting som

    ontheway2crna replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The rad techs always pull pillows out from behind patients and never replace them, so the other day I made 2 techs help me reposition the patient before they left the room because we had just turned...

  13. Pt asks: Is my surgeon any good? Your response is...

    ontheway2crna replied to CrunchBerries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I fortunately work with world-renowned surgeons and I am able to reassure my patients they are at the best hospital for the treatment of their

  14. PLEASE HELP! fired/demoted RN still on orientation

    ontheway2crna replied to jrobbin44's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of the things you mentioned sound like newbie "mistakes" I guess you could say... It takes time to learn how to properly delegate and I dont think it should be something mastered when you are...

  15. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    ontheway2crna replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have heard docs throwing their peers under the bus during rounds a few

  16. Strange requests from patients

    ontheway2crna replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    Lol. I am sure I had a crazy expression on my face, it was just astounding to be asked

  17. So what dooo you do as a nurse???

    ontheway2crna replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Even CNAs, clerks, PTs, doctors, etc, etc who work with us do not know what a nurse "does" unless they themselves were to become a nurse and finally "get it". Everyone thinks they can do it, cuz we...

  18. Strange requests from patients

    ontheway2crna replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    I had a 18 yo female patient, who was close to being discharged, ask me to shave her lady parts!

  19. ICU RNs floated to floors?

    ontheway2crna replied to jamisaurus's topic in Critical Care

    whats wrong with

  20. Critical care nurse who misses Med/Surg

    ontheway2crna replied to ontheway2crna's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your thoughts. I think I may hang in there one more year and then try SICU. MICU, as others have said, has a lot of patients with chronic issues and may have frequent fliers, which...

  21. Easter??

    ontheway2crna replied to breane3's topic in General Nursing

    I am working Easter too. My hospital does not consider it a paid holiday, although I think it should be. We are going to have a party and everyone's bringing in food, so that should make it a little...

  22. "He wants his Ativan? Well I'm not giving it to him"

    ontheway2crna replied to learnfromthis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Next time, by the 2nd request, I would ask the nurse to please explain to the patient why he is not getting

  23. Pixus waste never witnessed

    ontheway2crna replied to bella14k's topic in General Nursing

    They will call you at home to waste your meds if you forget at the end of the night. I would not personally let other nurses get narcs out under my name. If you return a narc, you should have another...

  24. Second career nurses: what if you ended up not liking nursing?

    ontheway2crna replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    Just take a leap of faith and go to nursing

  25. Not getting charge nurse position

    ontheway2crna replied to frisky's topic in Nurse Management

    I work with nurses with 20+ years of experience who are also nurse practitioners and they run the other way when they are offered to charge. I always hear it is not worth the extra 2 dollars for the...