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  1. How to handle back to back admissions within 1 hours of each other while having 4 other pt

    NursingInChaos replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The hospital I work at is all paper charting- about 20 pages to fill out on a new admission, have to manually put a patient sticker on every page- mostly tedious busy work - we have to fill out...

  2. Want to get a hospice position - need advice

    NursingInChaos posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am 7.5 months into my first nursing job on a Telemetry unit in a medium sized 39 bed floor. I have every intention of making it to a year if I have to but honestly this hospital is rough, staffing...

  3. Would you tell a coworker they're going to be demoted?

    NursingInChaos replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any advice to offer, but wanted to say I'm sorry this is happening to you. Hope it resolves quickly.

  4. Charting!!??

    NursingInChaos replied to jhlpn's topic in School

    Just realized this is in the school nursing section- sorry! My hospital charting means nothing

  5. Want to get a hospice position - need advice

    NursingInChaos replied to NursingInChaos's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I agree Nutella, I am thinking maybe instead I will maybe apply at a different med-surge/ tele job after my year is up here - just to learn even more, the more I think about it - I don't think I...

  6. Charting!!??

    NursingInChaos replied to jhlpn's topic in School

    I am a telemetry nurse in a medium sized hospital, our tele floor has 32 beds I believe- ICU has 9 beds- and we still paper chart too - the meds, vitals and labs are all on the computer now and CPOE...

  7. Best area/ hospital to work in Florida

    NursingInChaos posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    I am starting to look for a new job somewhere in Florida. Currently I work as a MedSurg/telly nurse in North Central Florida and in June I will have been there a year. My husband and I have been...

  8. What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    NursingInChaos posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a new nurse I am a little confused about what results we are allowed to tell patients. All the nurses at my job have given me very different answers lol Some say it is their right to know it all as...

  9. New Nurse feeling a bit overwhelmed

    NursingInChaos posted a topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in May and took a job at our local hospital on a Medical-Surgical/Tele floor with 30 beds. (day shift- usually 6 patients a nurse, with at least one discharge and one admit a shift- more...

  10. Unhappy CNA on night shift. Help?

    NursingInChaos replied to michigan94's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I feel for you, CNAs work hard (most of them lol) I am not saying this is what is happening on your shift- but where I work I overheard a CNA state that she was mad I asked her to do something while I...

  11. New Nurse feeling a bit overwhelmed

    NursingInChaos replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Just an update, things are looking better- still have some techs that I don't trust to look at a patient but I am finding ways to make it work- 7 months in lol- got my ACLS and almost done with PALS...

  12. Bad job reference from my school...now what?

    NursingInChaos replied to Dreamscometru's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This worries me- your quote below about how it would affect YOU.. Your license... You do realize that maybe they were worried about the babies that could be harmed if you are not prepared to be a NICU...

  13. had an AWFUL night

    NursingInChaos replied to momof3al RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am sorry you had to deal with that. I work on a telemetry floor in florida and deal with this a lot on our floor- just trying to get my one year of experience and move to another city with more...

  14. New Nurse feeling a bit overwhelmed

    NursingInChaos replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    not union, I have raised the question about why they are still here- no answers from management. Up until the temperature incident they were merely a pain to work with, now it is a safety issue. I...

  15. Cardiac patient wants decaf

    NursingInChaos replied to Moooey's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL Some of them are so cute! I have had a few like that that just surprise me every day with the things they

  16. Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    NursingInChaos replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I used my husbands Nabu band tuesday (like a of brand name of fitbit lol) and it showed 14,297 steps on our tele unit (I had 6 patients with three of them discharged and then got three more...