dreamingofbeing

dreamingofbeing

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  1. How to teach an experienced nurse

    dreamingofbeing replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    i think this is exactly what you need to say. she needs to do the work and prove herself end of story. with my job i watched the first 2 days and then was in the case. mind you i'm in interventional...

  2. Dealing with work issues

    dreamingofbeing posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you develop thick skin when having to deal with work issues? I am currently dealing with a nurse who acts like she just wants me to fall off the face of the earth and with doctors who don't...

  3. Curious about sedation

    dreamingofbeing replied to AnewerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Interventional Radiology and our most common dose is 100 mcg of Fentanyl and 1 mg of Versed. This varies depending on the patient and I have administered anywhere from 25-300 mcg of Fentanyl...

  4. OK, ummm............well...........

    dreamingofbeing replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    This so reminded me of a patient that came to the floor I used to work on. He always wanted his temperature taken rectally and had every excuse in the book why we couldn't take it any other place. He...

  5. Improving patient care

    dreamingofbeing replied to fortomorrow's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking what if the nurses and UAP had different start times. For example UAP work 0600-1800 and nurses work 0700-1900. That would help with call lights and such but as for noise reduction I...

  6. H1N1 vaccine availability in your hospital/area?

    dreamingofbeing replied to learning08's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our hospital received 80 doses of the nasal H1N1 about 3 weeks ago but nothing since then and so far no word when we'll receive more. My son was swabbed and diagnosed with H1N1 on Monday, my husband...

  7. OB "Freebies"

    dreamingofbeing replied to malone2192's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not an OB nurse but I did just have a baby on Monday so I thought I'd add what I got from my hospital, which I also work at. I formula feed and I chose to use Similac so I received the diaper bag...

  8. Please help me ways to contact illinois board of nursing

    dreamingofbeing replied to marian14312's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just kept calling and calling and calling. It would either be busy for hours on end or would ring for 15 minutes before anyone answered. It took me a month after passing my boards to ever get my...

  9. Nurses and social networking sites (Facebook, Myspace, etc)

    dreamingofbeing replied to running_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it is totally inappropriate to have pt as friends on any public social site. I will never and would never do it. I do however have co-workers both past and present as friends and have no...

  10. Patient called me Chubby... LOL

    dreamingofbeing replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient tell me once I reminded him of his sister only I was fatter than her. *Sigh* He was confused at the time so I really didn't make an issue of it with him, what's the point? Now if it...

  11. Im Having a hard Time Deciding if I want to be a RN.PLEASE HELP I NEED ADVICE!!!

    dreamingofbeing replied to Angela.Tris24's topic in General Nursing

    I think we all have good days and we all have bad days as nurses and I truly believe with any other job as well. I have days where I wonder why the hell did I become a nurse to begin with then I have...

  12. Need advice about leaving a position.

    dreamingofbeing replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I quit a job because of the commute about 1 1/2 years ago. Like you I was working back to back 12 hour shifts and there were times I don't remember the drive home. I just kept thinking that one day I...

  13. Is it common?

    dreamingofbeing posted a topic in General Nursing

    When a patient you are caring for starts having chest pain is it common in your hospital to try and send them to a monitored unit before even treating the chest pain? I work on a cardiac unit and this...

  14. Would you get treated at the hospital where you work?

    dreamingofbeing replied to Goingthere's topic in General Nursing

    I am delivering my second child at the hospital I currently work at primarily because my OB has privileges there. If I had to be treated for any other medical condition I would go to the hospital my...

  15. Low motility sperm

    dreamingofbeing replied to nurseofalltrades's topic in General Nursing

    I have a 5 year old son and one on the way. I was diagnosed with PCOS and my husband was diagnosed with malformed, low motility, poor quality sperm. It is very possible after all you only need one...

  16. Re: Floating

    dreamingofbeing replied to brissygal's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a smaller hospital and we can be floated after 6 months. We go by how many total float hours a person has to determine whose turn it is. What isn't right is that those of us in the ICU or...

  17. Nursing and Astrological Sign

    dreamingofbeing replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    Pisces- Oncology, Telemetry My heart is actually in Oncology and I hope to return to it someday

  18. This is not my job?!?

    dreamingofbeing replied to Ally0981's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient last night that had an accident all over the floor. After cleaning the patient and getting him safely back into bed I used the sani-wipes and cleaned the floor. I then called...

  19. How are you going to Vote - US

    dreamingofbeing replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I will be taking my son to the polls with me tommorrow so I can vote for Obama and he can tell his class he went to vote with

  20. How do you waste medications?

    dreamingofbeing replied to WondeRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    At the facility I work at now they want you to flush any wasted meds including patches. At my previous facility we put all solid wasted meds and patches in the sharps box and the IV med waste went...

  21. Fed Up With Understaffing

    dreamingofbeing replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    I just received an e-mail from management the other day that say that even though we are understaffed our patients should never know it and how we should never let on to them how understaffed we are....

  22. Can Anyone Tell Me WHY.......

    dreamingofbeing replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why do family members always seem to call at the beginning of the shift wanting to know how mom/dad did through the night/day and then get angry when I explain I just came on shift and have yet to lay...

  23. PEG tube residual

    dreamingofbeing posted a topic in General Nursing

    A long story short we have a patient with a newly inserted PEG tube that just started tube feedings my question is how often should residuals be checked? I tried to find something in our policy and...

  24. License issues.

    dreamingofbeing replied to knob's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain and frustration. I had a problem along the same lines but instead of not being able to read my fingerprints the great state of IL lost my fingerprints. Mind you they let me sit for my...

  25. Telemetry Staffing Ratios

    dreamingofbeing replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Type of Hospital: Community Type of Unit: Cardiac telemetry/ICU stepdown/medical overflow Number of beds:33 Number of patients each RN has:4-5 but as many as 6 if deemed neccessary Do you have a...