Roz, RN BSN, RN

Roz, RN has 36 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in LongTerm Care, ICU, PCU, ER.

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1. You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

   Roz, RN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

   Eighteen months ago, I retired from a 40+ year career in nursing. I absolutely loved what I did. I did not like the toxic environment I worked in. Management demanding way more than one human can do in a 12 hour period, meager pay in return for the ...

2. Help Wanted- Asking the Night Shifters for Advice

   Roz, RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Keep your sleeping area on the cool side. People tend to sleep better in a cooler environment. As has been stated before, arrange to work yourshifts in clusters, blackout curtains, white noise machines, limiting caffeine are all helpful.

3. Unit is Total Chaos

   Roz, RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I, too am looking forward to early retirement. In the nearly 40 years that I have practiced, I have seen tons of change. Most of it has not been for the better. We are mandated to use our old paper charting system for trauma patients, even though the...

4. Not just a waitress

   Roz, RN replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

   I had an extremely demanding and obnoxious patient (I drew the short straw that night!) who demanded that I bring him some coffee when I went in to assess him at the beginning of the shift. I had 8 patients (on a PCU) and no tech. I told him we had n...

5. Balancing Nursing and having kids

   Roz, RN replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from college 2 years before we had kids. The day care that my older two went to was wonderful, but each age group had their own fenced in portion of playground with age appropriate toys. I swear, it looked like a kennel! When our third ch...

6. Hating Nursing Currently

   Roz, RN replied to vanaly's topic in General Nursing

   I earned my BSN in 1980. Back then (Lord, I sound old!), freshman year was basic degree requirements. Sophomore year we learned basic skills; bathing, occupied bed change, physical assessment in the fall and moved on to first year med-surg in the spr...

7. Nurses' Week - Upended.

   Roz, RN replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

   Didn't you know?? Night shift doesn't exist! I've been asking the what about night shift question for years. When reps from our insurance carrier come, no consideration is given to night shift employees. When classes are offered and you have to work ...

8. Nurses' Week - Upended.

   Roz, RN replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

   In all of the Nurses' Week hoopla, night shift nurses are forgotten. We aren't around when management can see us, so we don't exist.

9. Share Your Favorite Motivational Quote - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   Roz, RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   "This, too, shall pass." Whenever one of my siblings or I were having a "crisis" our mother would repeat the above quote. Ma always said it very calmly, but with a twinkle in her eye. There were times when that twinkle made me think "this" might pass...

10. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    Roz, RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    I was caring for an elderly patient in ICU. She was confused, combative, and loud! I had done the gentle reorientation and reassurance thing until I was ready to join her on the crazy train. I reached the point of total frustration and asked her if s...

11. My own family is the PITA in the hospital

    Roz, RN replied to Dances with wool's topic in General Nursing

    They are never too old for a trip to the shed! My youngest (he's 31) loves to tell me that I'm old. My response is always "Not too old to kick your butt if I need to!".

12. Am I Too Squeamish to be a Nurse?

    Roz, RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    I've been a nurse for a looooong time. I have never been able to deal with vomit. The best I can do is to close my eyes, hold my breath, and think happy thoughts! If you feel like you are being lead to nursing, you will do fine.

13. Living Will Tattoo

    Roz, RN replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    In most cases, a living will tattoo is not considered legally binding. Neither are tattoos with blood type or allergies. If the patient is unresponsive, how do we know that the information in a tattoo is correct? It is much safer to carry a copy of y...

14. Patient's "right" to abuse nurses...I need your opinion

    Roz, RN replied to MsNewbee's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard the phrase "It's the same no matter where you go." many times. I wonder why we, as a group of professionals, tolerate "the same". Exactly who do patients, their families, and management think will provide complete care if we all decide to ...

15. Patient's "right" to abuse nurses...I need your opinion

    Roz, RN replied to MsNewbee's topic in General Nursing

    Once, I was assigned 8 patients on a PCU with no tech. One patient, who had already had an ugly confrontation with the hospitalist, demanded that I bring him some coffee. I explained that there was no coffee on the unit and I did not have time to mak...