Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis has 1 years experience and specializes in oncology, geriatrics, psychogeriatrics.

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1. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

   Quo Vadis replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

   At my workplace, it depends on the staffing. We've had charge nurses with no patient load because the staffing was sufficient or they had meetings to attend. Sometimes the charge did have minimal patient load of 1-2. I've charged before with a patien...

2. Afraid of the *really* gross/gorey stuff

   Quo Vadis replied to mirem's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have a lot of eek moments - give me bodily fluids, foul odor or extreme wound care, it doesn't bother me much. Most of the time, my collegues even come and get me when it gets too much for them. The only thing I don't like is when a patient t...

3. If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

   Quo Vadis replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

   I would most definitely go for nursing again. Even though some days I wish I had kept with my previous degree (teaching), I love my job! And maybe someday I will combine the two. Although I have to admit that the idea of med has been toying with my ...

4. What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

   Quo Vadis replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked in oncology, each nurse had an entire hallway of patients to take care of. Which translates to roughly 12-15 patients a nurse (depending on how many double rooms there were in that particular hallway). We did have three CNA's though who...

5. I don't want to work as a CNA during undergrad

   Quo Vadis replied to outsidegirl's topic in General Students

   I was someone who did work as a CNA while studying. But mainly because I did not have the money to pay my studies and had to work during the weekends and holidays just to be able to pay my entrance fee and the books. Like everyone said before, it is ...

6. Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

   Quo Vadis replied to adventure_rn's topic in Humor

   When I got interviewed for a position as nurse specialist on a Huntington's Disease floor, I got asked which ride in an amusement park I identify with the most. I got hired with "the haunted house" as my answer and later the interviewer told me that ...

7. Although Women Dominate the Nursing Profession, Do Men Make More Money?

   Quo Vadis replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   In my country it's all about who is the 'head' of the family. Generally, it's the husband but if he doesn't have a job, it's the woman who's considered the head. You are paid a certain amount per month extra according to how many people you are in ch...

8. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

   Quo Vadis replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

   In my final year of nursing school, on my last day of placement ever, the chief of the floor told me that I'd do great in clinical and scientific research. She had worked closely together with my school instructor in the past and had heard that my re...

9. Nurse to patient ratio for LTC.

   Quo Vadis replied to Cruella de ville's topic in Geriatric

   My facility has several floors that each cater to different needs and need a different nursing skill level. Depending on the floor there are more nurses than CNA's or the other way around. The nurses typically rotate floors while the CNA's do not (bo...

10. How did you decide your specialty?

    Quo Vadis replied to Irish_Mist's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school, I made it a point to try out as many specialties as possible. When I started the program, everybody either wanted to go into pediatrics or emergency/critical care. Guess what? Only three of our graduating class went on to do pediat...

11. Use of cellphones while at work

    Quo Vadis replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

    My facility is very strict on the use of cell phones. We're not allowed to have them on us, even if they're set on silent mode. When I signed my contract, I remember to also have signed a statement that said we could not have our cell phones (or any ...