Dani_Mila ADN, BSN, RN

Respiratory were on top with him, they were giving him medications, breathing treatments, suctioning him, but the mucus is inside the chest, he just could not cough it up. He has been given medications to thin it but he just have a poor cough reflex....

I've been a nurse for almost 5 years and this was my first Code Blue on my patients. Quick hx on my pt who coded, he is a dialysis pt, anuric. He came in for GI bleed. MD r/o that it's possibly from his hemorrhoids since his hgb is at 10 and has...

Just had a baby 3 days ago, did you guys use paid parental leave and short term disability concurrently?? My hospital policy offers up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. I've been approved for 6 weeks, I'm still pending for the other 6 weeks bonding ti...

My little background: I work in a progressive care unit/telemetry. I've been working at my hospital for about 5 months. I have been a nurse for about 5 years mostly working in subacute rehab then have recently transitioned to acute care at hospital s...

I found out that the reason why they did not take this patient was because they were short staffed in the ICU and since he was "sort of stabilized" that they did not want to keep him yet 😔😔

I just started working in a telemetry/step-down ICU unit. It has been 2 weeks post orientation I'm not a new nurse but it is my first time working at a hospital setting. I had a pt who was admitted due to COPD exacerbation (non-smoker, family member...

A little about me, I have almost 4 years experience in sub-acute rehab/ LTC/ hospice/ palliative/ and a little psych. I am currently working in a COVID unit initiated by my facility. My goal is to increase my critical thinking skills and be able to h...

Hey how are you? Just checking up, have you started your hospital job yet?

I would probably do some self-evaluation and ask myself why I failed the first and second time. Sometimes, you know why and you have the answer to that question. I would suggest to never give up. I would probably step back for a little bit, work as a...

It's definitely a learning curve for me. I still don't know when to call the doctor or what, at my other job if we need to doctor we cal the house sup and he comes and check the patient. It is really difficult also there are things I've never encount...

OP, I know this is an old post but I feel like I am in a similar situation. I am on my 4th week and I have been handling 2 patients still. However, I do sometimes help out with one of my preceptor's patient with assessments/meds/documentation, so som...

Show is your transition so far? I'm in the same predicament. I work in acute rehab and got a job in the hospital and I feel so lost. People are nice but they do give you that "newbie" look. I am definitely overwhelmed to the point that I'm having sec...

Oh absolutely! Whatever goes in your mind is the same for me. I am worried as well on if the new coworkers will be helpful or how they will treat newcomers. So far, I've seen most of them asking each other if they need help so that's a start, but the...

I know what you mean. I'm rusty too with lung sounds. Heck, I need to learn how to read EKG strips because one my floor everyone is on cardiac monitors. I'm also rusty with head to toe assessments. At the rehab/LTC, we mostly do focused unless you ge...

My hospital is very small too. It's a community hospital. I would also maybe try to review things you don't remember.I bought a med surg book that I'm going to try to review since there are a lot of things I have forgotten because I don't use it whil...

Hi how are you! Congrats btw about your new job! 5 weeks is not enough in my opinion. My friend who also went from LTC to a stepdown unit said it should be at least 10 weeks. I was given 8 weeks with an additional of another week if needed. You need ...

They up the pay rate now to $30. $18 is what CNAs make.

Are you Filipino? Because if you are, it is quite unusual for FIlipinos to demean their kinsmen. Normally, Filipinos help each other out. When you mentioned about the nursing staff as being cliquish, that is a warning sign there. Unfortunately, it is...

At my job, when my supervisor went on 2 months vacay, they were eyeing me to be the supervisor. I declined so many times, they even tried to be slick and put my name as the supervisor on the schedule list. Supervisor/Charge nurse is so overrated. Sur...

Don't have the answer for you, but your article reminded me of the time during my clinical when a Filipino nurse was working in the hospital. He was a Filipino doctor in the Philippines but became a nurse in the US. IDK why he decided not to pursue i...

Nope this would not be job abandonment. There was a supervisor in the facility and that person can take the keys. This is an emergency situation and technically someone has to actually relieve you. You also left the report sheet and the supervisor ha...

Did you sign up for this?

I was hired for a job that came with a sign on bonus. Only issue is that I have never signed anything this crazy before and I don't want to sign on something and I would fall short in the end and pay back more money that will be given. I am sorry in ...

I know what you mean and I get it. this is another issue why I am nervous because most places who applies and are offering sign on bonuses usually creams out "Stay Away" because maybe a lot of nurses does not want the job. I am nervous but if I do no...

Maybe look into insurance companies. They are normally hiring nurses for remote work.