Bizyfe0415

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1. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

   Bizyfe0415 replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing in the 70's/80's. Wow. White shoes and the beginning of wearing pant suits. Paperwork was on paper with different colors of ink for each of the 3 shifts. Getting to know your patients and actually care for them. 8 hour shifts! In those early ...

2. Am I crazy or is this doable?

   Bizyfe0415 replied to maplesyrup_5's topic in General Students

   I, too, have been in similar shoes. In my view, an important consideration is how many nights those 28 hours make up. I would talk with the manager about working primarily on Friday and Saturdays (assuming your school doesn't do a lot of Saturday cli...

3. When Your Patient is an Addict...How to Deal

   Bizyfe0415 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Very good article. I have had a few 'Janes' (I work Women's Services) who fit this description to a "T". My problem is with the Pharmacy. The doc knows his patient and adjusts his/her order plan to allow for a little more and/or on a more frequent ba...

4. Older nurses

   Bizyfe0415 replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

   Our Postpartum/Women's Service area has 5 nurses over the age of 50, both shifts, 15 total nurses. One (me) will retire next year and pass off my part time slot to a current same age full timer. Another is part time also. So we are still here, workin...

5. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   Bizyfe0415 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   Back in the days of paper charts, an order was written periodically "Add progress notes to chart". The same doc was known to also write at the very bottom of the order sheet "Add order page to chart". All he had to do was ask!