LanaBanana

LanaBanana

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  1. Orienting a new nurse...need advice

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the advice everyone. I wanted to let you know how Friday went. She took 2 high maintenance pt's - 1 who was frequently asking for pain meds and on contact precautions and 1 who was a...

  2. Oklahoma introductions....

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Some of us in this forum have been here for a while, but there have been several new "faces" lately. :welcome: So maybe we can do introductions. Tell us : your first name (if you want) where you live...

  3. Orienting a new nurse...need advice

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everybody. I guess I just needed to hear that I'm not being completely unreasonable in what I'm expecting. I've had a lot of students and with them it's easy for me to say "I want you to be...

  4. Should I include reference letters?

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Okay, so I'm thinking several months ahead here...I'm getting married in December and will be moving about an hour away to a fairly small town. They have a hospital that's significantly smaller than...

  5. Haven't been around in a while...

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I haven't been on here in a long time and I'm seeing a lot of new "faces" so....Welcome to AllNurses! Here's a quick update on me: Last summer I broke off my engagement, started the LPN-RN program at...

  6. Occipital pressure wounds in neuro pt's?

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Our hospital is now a neuro-trauma center and my floor is the new NT step-down floor from the ICU. One of the complications we're now seeing is occipital pressure ulcers from where the pt's are...

  7. how long should you practice as a nurse before becoming a teacher?

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have considered going on and becoming a nurse educator but am wondering how many years it is recommended that a nurse practices in a hospital before teaching? I am currently in a LPN program and...

  8. float pay/ incentive pay?

    LanaBanana posted a topic in General Nursing

    Long story, question at the end! We have an issue on my floor and are planning a presentation to be presented to our Nursing Practice Council regarding the need for float pay. My floor has excellent...

  9. cna's who don't do their job

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I started my job 6 weeks ago and my 2nd day of orientation I went with another aide (we'll call her "B") who infuriated me. She charted all of her patients as "bathed" even though none of them was...

  10. Quick ? about TCC!

    LanaBanana replied to mistiffy's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Congrats!!!!!!!

  11. psych floor - but not enough sitters

    LanaBanana posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital recently closed the psych floor because of either not enough psychiatrists or budget - we've heard both stories. Problem is, we're a catholic hospital and one of the few truly "charity"...

  12. psych floor - but not enough sitters

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    And explaining to a family member that they're being put in restraints because the hospital is giving the sitters to suicidal pts hardly seems

  13. Being a preceptor means you can sit all day???

    LanaBanana replied to newnurseheadache's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could try asking her at the beginning of your shift if she could spend more time with you to help you with x,y,z (time management, interpretations, giving meds/IVs, etc - whatever you feel...

  14. nursing care plans.... lvn or rn

    LanaBanana replied to LVNwannaBE2007's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital we are to do daily goals sheets for each pt, which is essentially a care plan. My dilema is that forming a care plan is not within my scope of practice as a LPN. So here I am with my...

  15. meal trays + MRSA, C. Dif, or VRE

    LanaBanana replied to psalm51's topic in General Nursing

    My floor doesn't have a dietary staff to pass out or pickup trays - it's up to the nursing staff to pass them. However, we do put our "contaminated" trays from contact rooms back on the same cart...

  16. always tired...taking care of myself AND being a nurse

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm so exhausted! Let me give you a quick overview of my past several months because I need some advice from experienced nurses. I'm at the 9 month mark of being a new nurse. 6 weeks after starting...

  17. always tired...taking care of myself AND being a nurse

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in Health, Stress Management

    How long did it take for you to feel better? I'm only required to work 3 12's, but financially I need to work a 4th shift every other week. I've been online most of the afternoon looking at research...

  18. do you really need to start out as a cna?

    LanaBanana replied to ACorvette76's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Many nursing programs require you to have the CNA certification before starting because that gives you the basics and cuts out the need for covering bed baths, toileting, etc in your nursing program....

  19. insulin pens, safety needles, and needsticks

    LanaBanana posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night I had my first needlestick injury and it was from using our new "safety" needles for the insulin pens, particularly the Regular insulin. I had a pt s/p double AKA and recent abd surgery...

  20. Anyone work at st johns?

    LanaBanana replied to mistiffy's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Yes, the plan is for either 9west or 8west to be a neuro floor - particularly for the new stroke team. Dr. Anna (don't think I can list her full name here) wants all of her stroke pt's on telemetry...

  21. insulin pens, safety needles, and needsticks

    LanaBanana replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    those are the pens I'm talking about except the needles we use are kind of an auto-inject thing where you never see the needle and have to press it in to the pt to activate it, then the needle goes in...

  22. Anyone work at st johns?

    LanaBanana replied to mistiffy's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Because 9 west is a new floor, a lot of their staff has been training on my floor, including their evening unit secretary. Let's see if I can answer your questions... 1 - insurance for employee only...

  23. I set the curve on my Chem test!!!

    LanaBanana posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    FINALLY! I got the high score on our chem test yesterday! Woo hoo! I really can't belive it! On the last test, I got a 16/42, but the high score was 18/42 and he wouldn't curve it because we all...

  24. Tulsa Hospitals

    LanaBanana replied to dana204's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Welcome to Allnurses and WELCOME to St John's!!!!! I'm on 8west. Which unit are you working on right now? Is the new unit going to be on 8east or is the current 7east unit going to move back up...

  25. How Long Before You Felt Expert as a Nurse?

    LanaBanana replied to Pachinko's topic in General Nursing

    I ask this same question everyday! I've been off orientation for 3 months and feel like I'm constantly asking question. While talking with my manager last week I told her I often felt completely...