Green Tea, RN

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  1. How Do You Deal with Burnout/Stress in the OR?

    Green Tea, RN replied to lejohnson93's topic in Operating Room

    I would suggest a facility like a surgery center which is closed at night and on weekend. No call will be required in that case at least. Other than that, cutting back hours of work may be beneficial...

  2. OR NP

    Green Tea, RN replied to NonaManado's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would recommend you to work as a nurse in the OR first to see if you like the environment if possible. I have seen an acute care NP assisting a surgeon before, but I feel majority of assistants are...

  3. Old New Grad w/ 4 weeks orientation

    Green Tea, RN replied to shakeela1027's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why don't you go PRN for the psych job and take the tele job? By doing so, you can most likely go back to the psych job even if the tele job does not work out if it's not too late

  4. RNs Don't Help CNAs

    Green Tea, RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Every time when I see a topic like this, it makes me wonder why a nurse aid complains about her/his workload to a floor nurse. Each floor nurse has NO capability to put more nurse aids on the floor at...

  5. Hitting the Salary Ceiling 1 year in....

    Green Tea, RN replied to Leno182's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I enjoy reading your post, llg. It reminds me something important. Thank you. I had a nurse friend kept going and on with complain about her work. She complained about almost every aspect of work, her...

  6. Where can I get male only patients?

    Green Tea, RN replied to Firas5's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me a male nurse aid I worked with when I was on Med-Sur as an RN. When he had a female patient he didn't want to take care, he often reported me that the patient requested female staff...

  7. Ethical dilemma with DON

    Green Tea, RN replied to Apentti's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    So did you report the nurse practitioner that the dressing had not been changed for three days after

  8. Becoming an aesthetic RN or NP

    Green Tea, RN replied to Katya944's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the OR and have circulated in plastic surgeries (breast implants, breast reduction, tummy tuck, liposuction, etc). The surgeon's assistant was an acute care nurse practitioner. I don't know...

  9. Any advice or thoughts?

    Green Tea, RN replied to AddictedToCoffee4657's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am a native speaker for a non-English language. I tutored the language to American students when I was a nursing student in college in the us. From the experience, I don't think minoring a foreign...

  10. Quitting nursing school?

    Green Tea, RN replied to MSTLUV's topic in General Students

    I would recommend you to change your major to something else other than nursing before it's too late. Nursing is not for everyone unfortunately. I chose nursing because I loved to learn about human...

  11. How to explain reason for being terminated

    Green Tea, RN replied to sunsmilles55's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel float pool is simply not for a new graduate. It's for an experienced nurse who is comfortable working wherever she

  12. Rasmussen 2 year RN program advice

    Green Tea, RN replied to Bebe1341's topic in School, College Programs

    I think it's a matter of where you live unless you can relocate upon passing the NCLEX. If you live in an area where experienced nurses are saturated, I would not recommend to go to the program. I...

  13. New grad advice?

    Green Tea, RN replied to annoh113's topic in Nursing Career

    If you don't dislike the job, what about switching to day shift? I don't know if a day position is available on your floor though. It will not solve all of your problems, but I'm sure it must be...

  14. Why do we do codes?

    Green Tea, RN replied to scrubs0204's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the OR and have witnessed a surgeon in his 30s got a heart attack during a case. He had to be shocked more than a handful of times, but he made

  15. Hospital floor to Clinic Nursing

    Green Tea, RN replied to kristaRNBSN's topic in Nursing Career

    I have moved from a med-surg floor to OR after about a year of employment. I left med-surg mainly because of chronic, deliberate short staffing and unsafe ratio. My nurse friend from med-surg did not...

  16. I graduated with a BSN 10 years ago, I've only now decided to become a Nurse.

    Green Tea, RN replied to Discreet007's topic in General Nursing

    I had been out of practice for a couple years after I graduated from a BSN program and got licensed because I moved to the country where my family lived. I came back to the US and got a first nursing...

  17. New Graduate Blues

    Green Tea, RN replied to BSN_to_ICU's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It sounds paradoxical, but I find not aiming to be a better (or good) nurse is beneficial to deal with the stress caused by working as a nurse. I'm not saying to steal narcotics or to put patient in...

  18. OR for new grad?

    Green Tea, RN replied to YoYosama's topic in General Students

    I got a year of Med-Surg experience first and then moved to OR. I feel I should have chosen OR from the first time (and my hospital hires new graduates into OR.) I think I would never work on Med-Surg...

  19. Falsifying nursing documentation

    Green Tea, RN replied to jenack's topic in General Nursing

    On the floor where I used to work, similar thing happened to me. The manager demanded to document a certain assessment (pertaining to the speciality) q4 in the first 24 hours of post-op to satisfy one...

  20. Paper Charting venting

    Green Tea, RN replied to raindrops1234's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely cannot work at a facility where paper chart is required. Especially I don't know what to do with order or note written in cursive... I hear

  21. What to do to prepare for Anatomy

    Green Tea, RN replied to Lakielake's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I like to read a thread like this! When I was in college, I was like you. I purchased textbooks ahead of time and started reading. Because getting into the program was competitive, I wanted to do...

  22. Is nursing for me ?

    Green Tea, RN replied to slw2015's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a little bit of myself.. Soon after graduating from a School of Nursing and passed the board in the US, I moved to overseas (to the country where my family lived.) Over there, I worked for a...

  23. Scheduling harassment

    Green Tea, RN replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you are on call, you are not obligated to answer phone calls from work on your day off. If they really need extra nurses, they simply should hire traveler nurses. Don't let them take advantage...

  24. Dropped out RN school because of anxiety and now going for LPN

    Green Tea, RN replied to Brittanyyy0418's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    So you are in LPN school and working as a home health care if I am understanding your writing correctly. Meanwhile, you are saying you are intimidated by 8-15 Mon thru Fri, clinicals, and travels for...

  25. Overtime d/t short staffed

    Green Tea, RN replied to nursing4321's topic in General Nursing

    When I was working on Med-Surg floor, I regularly got a phone call from my manager to pick up a shift. On my day off, I never answered a phone call from her because I didn't want to pick up a shift. I...