RNforLongTime

RNforLongTime

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  1. New Nurses Poorly Educated

    RNforLongTime replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I graduated from nursing school 4 years ago. I gave a total of 3 IM injections and NEVER had the opportunity to start IV's as the hospitals in the areas that I was training all had IV teams and...

  2. Unsafe future nurse! What do you think??

    RNforLongTime replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Kday--wow! It's too bad that that nurse is allowed to work with that kind of record! I wonder WHY the NC state board of nursing did not revoke her license! She must have hired a pretty good lawyer...

  3. Anyone allowed to nap on their breaks?

    RNforLongTime replied to dawngloves's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    break? what break?

  4. A nurses poem- for those who haven't read it yet

    RNforLongTime replied to leesonlpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think that you should submit this poem to one of the national nursing magazines--we have Nursing 2001, RN and AJN in the states --I know that RN and AJN publish poems written by nurses! I see that...

  5. Advise pls re: pointers for NCLEX exam

    RNforLongTime replied to yana94's topic in General Nursing

    I took my NCLEX-RN in August of 1997. I had 110 questions and finished in about an hour and a half. I passed! My advice to you would be to relax the night before the exam. Do not stay up late for...

  6. Co-workers with poor grooming habits

    RNforLongTime replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for 4 years now. I wear colored or print scrub tops and jackets with solid color pants. At my facility(a 226 bed hospital) I can wear whatever color/prints I want. I have never...

  7. Unsafe future nurse! What do you think??

    RNforLongTime replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Kristi, I agree with the other posters and say that you should report this person to your instructor or the Direcor of the Nusring dept at your school if the instructor doesn't believe you....

  8. How do you measure success?

    RNforLongTime replied to Mijourney's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'll be returning to work tomorrow after 4 glorious days off. I choose to measure my "success" from the following situation that I most recenlty experienced. I was taking care of a lady for...

  9. Poem for Night Nurses

    RNforLongTime replied to LUV4LIFE's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Luvlife, What an excellent poem! As P RN mentioned, I think that you should submit this poem and have it published in a National Nursing magazine! I believe that RN and AJN have a section for...

  10. ID arm bands on the wrong pt. 3X!

    RNforLongTime replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital that I work at has a policy that namebands be checked each shift and there is a place on our nursing care plans to document that this was done.. I work in a smaller facility and we don't...

  11. 2 tube stethoscopes vs. single tubed stethoscopes

    RNforLongTime replied to Kimmiesmom94's topic in General Nursing

    Sara, Brown suga is right www.estethoscope.com is the cheapest place to get a littman. The 33.95 scope is a select or light weight, My personal opinion is that they are OK but the best general...

  12. Casual Days

    RNforLongTime replied to NurseAllen's topic in General Nursing

    At the last hospital at which I was employed, every pay-day was casual day. There were guidelines such as no short-shorts or open toed shoes with out pantyhose or any t-shirts advertising alcohol,...

  13. 2 tube stethoscopes vs. single tubed stethoscopes

    RNforLongTime replied to Kimmiesmom94's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Kim, I say invest the extra money and buy a Littmann Classic II S.E.-- They run about $60 but are well worth it! The quality of this scope is far better than the 2 tube sprague type scope!...

  14. I turned in my resignation today!

    RNforLongTime replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Sharann, I work on a medical/surgical floor in Ohio and some-but not all- of the patients are on telemetry. The Maximum nurse patient ratio is 6. Sometimes an RN may have 7 patients but not very...

  15. ANA Cost?

    RNforLongTime replied to Zee_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I live in Ohio and the hospital which I work for has a union which is based out of the Ohio Nurses Association. Union dues are approximately 28 dollars a month (i think) so it costs about 250 dollars...

  16. more fun things to do, by my bro. nurse matt

    RNforLongTime replied to john privett's topic in Nursing Humor

    If anyone is interested in more nursing humor, check out www.weirdnursingtales.com. The stuff on this site is absolutely hillarious. You will be

  17. wild,suzy k, navy, buck,hollykate,level II, etc

    RNforLongTime replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Rick! My name is Kelly. I'm an RN,BSN. I'm originally from Fairview Pennslyvania(near Erie, PA) and moved to Conneaut Ohio 2 yrs ago when I got married. Conneaut is only 75 miles or so away...

  18. Mandatory Overtime???

    RNforLongTime replied to nanablue2's topic in General Nursing

    To brownms46- The reason I stay working at this hospital is because(believe it or not) they are much better staffed that at the previous hospital I worked at. There, I was always working short...

  19. Mandatory Overtime???

    RNforLongTime replied to nanablue2's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital at which I am currently employed has mandatory overtime. Last night I had to stay until 3 am. luckily one of the regular night shift Rn's agreed to come in at 3 pm so I didn't have to...

  20. CNA's Humiliation

    RNforLongTime replied to hanginginthere's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I too worked as a CNA in a nursing home while I was in Nursing school and let me tell you ther is no tougher job that I can think of. I agree in that I also think that all nurses should be required...

  21. Poll - what's important to you?

    RNforLongTime replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    1. Staffing 2. Money 3. Benefits(the ones I have now stink!!!) 4. Management 5. Hours that fit my needs 6. Job security-I really don't think that I have to worry about this one....

  22. Union input please

    RNforLongTime replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital at which I am currently employed is unionized(RN's only) and let me tell you that as far as I'm concerned, I have it better here than I did at the place I previously worked at. Sure we...

  23. Would you get out?

    RNforLongTime replied to bedhead's topic in General Nursing

    What I hate about being a nurse? Hmm...let me see..well I have having to worry every day that I'm scheduled to work whether or not I'm going to be mandated to work until 7 am(I work 3-11 shift). I...

  24. Anchoring nasogastric tubes

    RNforLongTime replied to ratsak's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I drop an NG, I use cloth tape and first wrap it along the tube and then cris-cross the tape acroos the patients nose. I've also seen some nurses us steri-strips to do this also...

  25. If you had to do it over again.....

    RNforLongTime replied to RitaS's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing I've ever wanted to do is be a nurse since I was 5 years old. My cousin is a dental hygenist, which only requires an associates degree and she makes $21 an hour, doesn't work weekends...