Reyn04 MSN, RN

Reyn04 has 7 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. New Grad hired in the ER, question.

   Reyn04 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

   I am of 2 minds on this. As a new grad, I was hired into a Progressive Care Unit. Critical care in which I had 5 months of orientation. With the right preceptor I learned a lot & soon, experienced nurses who floated to us were looking to me fo...

2. Essential Oils in the ICU

   Reyn04 replied to beanrn1202's topic in MICU

   I know this is an old post but had experience with a family that slatheted the pt in scented oils (they were "treating" him with oils & refusing many meds but thd pt was so slick with oil its a wonder he didnt slide off the bed.) Out experience w...

3. Which Area Has the Most Compassionate Nurses

   Reyn04 replied to RNite's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked in 6 hospitals. Med surg, icu, pcu, procedural... I've never seen things like that. Sounds possibly specific to that unit/ staff. I mean - not everyone you meet will be the "super nurse" with the heart of gold. But even in a worst ca...

4. Many nurses do not chart?

   Reyn04 replied to Guest716906's topic in General Nursing

   Perhaps its a time management issue? I chart regularly throughout my shift & rarely leave late & have never been "dinged" for charting through 5 hospitals both paper AND electronic. I do a final chart check 30-45 mins before incoming shift...

5. Not Applying to Nursing Residency

   Reyn04 replied to Meabso's topic in General Students

   I was hired to a unit but all new grads had a separate new grad training period for 3 months where we spent time in different hospital departments & lunch meetings with nurse educators. Next place I worked, the new grads had a floor job but spent...

6. Nurses with children always go home early?

   Reyn04 replied to Agatha12's topic in General Nursing

   As a non parent I cant say i entirely disagree to a point. I get that kids mean a lot of unexpected juggling but I know from my own childhood thats why it takes a network of people. Parents, friends of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles... someti...

7. Fired from my first RN job after only 2 weeks.

   Reyn04 replied to Mountainrnbsn's topic in New Nurse

   As a new grad in PCU I was given 5 months of orientation but most of my classmates who accepted med surg positions were given 6 weeks. That being said, it sounds like your preceptor was not meeting your needs. If you were started with 5 patients in ...

8. Dear preceptor

   Reyn04 replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   My first preceptor as a new grad was my worst. I came into a Critical Care position that afforded me 5 months of orientation but at 6 weeks in, when my fellow new grad (with different preceptor) was moving from managing 1 patient to 2 (it was a 3 pt...

9. The Men in OB Debate: Help!

   Reyn04 replied to jay_prn's topic in General Nursing

   If you're good at it & you love it, I say go for it. As with any other nursing you will respect the patient's wishes so, if a patient is uncomfortable with a male nurse I'm sure wherever you work will find a way to reassign that patient. Clearl...

10. BSN is a joke

    Reyn04 replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Every facility that I wored that wanted it or had it wanted BSNs only or at least a higher percentage of BSN to ASN. As magnet journey can take some time once facilities decided to try to obtain that, I recall it being amoung the first notices to go...

11. BSN is a joke

    Reyn04 replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    In a breakroom years ago I worked with a BSN who (surrounded by ASN & ASN students) whi groused that he should be making more money than ASNs. Someone, rightly, pointed out tgat they all had the same license & all did the same job but when h...

12. I hate nursing

    Reyn04 replied to Neezy84's topic in General Nursing

    [quote=~♪♫ It's not them who don't understand, it's you. You are choosing to be miserable and to slowly kill yourself because of a belief that you must continue to do a job that you hate... not one which you dislike or which isn't fulfilling or ...

13. Just another "no friends in nursing school" rant

    Reyn04 replied to prettywishes's topic in General Students

    I tend towards quiet & while in the day program found a few people who were friendly but nobody ever got together. When I switched to the evening program it was different. I was invited to an organized study group, we shared resources, we went ...

14. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Reyn04 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I had a M*A*S*H* glass iv bottle vodka dispenser... But even in my secretary days the bags were always plastic. But we DID have carts of dressing supplies on the unit unlocked with boxes of scalpels wide open on the top in the halls. & a push b...

15. Why do we do codes?

    Reyn04 replied to scrubs0204's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of good answers in some of the responses I read. Its true, we code people because of the 20% who might make it. We code people because they or their families have stated they want to be a full code. But, I think a big part of it is ...