Tephra

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  1. Any hints for organization?

    Tephra replied to rn4booboo's topic in General Nursing

    Did you have some sort of daily task checksheet you worked off in school? If that was helpful to you, you can modify that to help guide your work. If not, maybe you can make up a form that includes...

  2. Night-shift in ICU

    Tephra replied to charmed_icu_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Charmed -- welcome to allnurses. :) I loooooooove my ICU night shift job. You don't say how long you've been doing this... is this new and you're just adjusting? Or has it been a long time? Now for...

  3. Does you hospital have magnet status?

    Tephra replied to dawngloves's topic in General Nursing

    I was very impressed with the "Magnet Hospital" concept when the first few hospitals were announced. But...... ..since then, the concept seems to have been "diluted". My hospital was named this year....

  4. How many mistakes have you made?

    Tephra replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    Listen, hon, my nursing instructors told me (first semester), "If you meet a nurse who tells you she/he has never made a med error, they're either brand-new or they're lying." Been there, done that,...

  5. Is this insane or what?

    Tephra replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    32 weeks... holy carp!!! Sheepers, I've heard of training your replacements/filling a schedule but you're being YANKED. Most units that realize you're burnt on them, will be willing to let you out to...

  6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Tephra replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL I am LOVING this thread! :) Hmmm... Don't show up intoxicated on alcohol, cocaine, or other detectable drug, when you finally get "the call" for your solid-organ

  7. Hospital Acuities.........or NOT!!!

    Tephra replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    We have an acuity system in place. It's mostly a *retrospective* classification, used annually to justify staffing. Although it generates numbers that are used to determine "load" in M/S, i.e.,...

  8. Nurse fantasies

    Tephra replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    Sheepers... I just want enough frickin pillows without having to steal them from CCU or Dialysis... LOL! Oh, and that physicians and families let dying people, well, die, in peace, love, respect, and...

  9. Nursing's Love - Hate Relationship with CRNA's

    Tephra replied to kmchugh's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Kevin, way to go! Enjoy your career, it's one of nursing's many ways to represent and advance yourself. I'm working on the NP degree myself, and finding the role transition very weird and...

  10. What Freaks You Out?

    Tephra replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Jeepers...I've been reading discussions at this site for more than a year now, but this topic finally made me jump in and register! My worst grossout was just this past weekend...while cleaning a...