RNforLongTime

RNforLongTime

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  1. What do you say when calling out sick as a nurse?

    RNforLongTime replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Nursing Career

    At my facility, we are permitted one sick call in a 12 week period. Any more after that and you are written up. I'm sick about every 4 months or so. We ALL take mental health days now and then. There...

  2. Do you have to start everyone's IV for them?

    RNforLongTime replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ICU at my facility....no IV team. I'm pretty good with a needle and RARELY have to have someone else start my IV's for me. I DO However get called to go all over the hospital to start their...

  3. If I hear this one more time....

    RNforLongTime replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's possible because in my area, LTC facilities are always looking for a few good RN's. Same with the local Rehab hospital. I guess it just depends on the area of the country you are

  4. wanted: thoughts on bedside reporting

    RNforLongTime replied to SiennaGreen's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I'd like it because #1 what if your assigned relief nurse is late?? Then ya gotta wait for him or her to show up. Happened all the time at my last job...the day shifters would be walking...

  5. What do you do if your friend is "THAT patient?"

    RNforLongTime replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    I'd unfriend her in a

  6. What do you do to destress?

    RNforLongTime replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Drink

  7. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    Me

  8. Night-shift workers, do you think you could successful work days?

    RNforLongTime replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Health, Stress Management

    In previous positions I've worked days and nights. When I started my current job I did both shifts, sometimes in the same week. I KNOW I could do day shift if I HAD to but I choose not to because...

  9. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I think is how it should be. If my patient is that critical where turning causes a desat...I'm gonna turn as little as possible...NOR would I allow a tech to bath such a critical pt alone...

  10. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I start my shift at 7pm so I'll offer the bath in place of HS care if time

  11. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work day shift so I can't speak for what they do or don't do. I believe that alert and oriented patients should be bathed on day

  12. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    RNforLongTime replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You must work with some lazy nurses. I'm always the one in there changing and turning my patients...have to BEG the CNA to help

  13. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    Not all hospitals are JCAHO certified and sometimes NOT being JCAHO certified is not necessarily a bad thing. I on the other hand am CCRN certified and I take great pride in that as I am one of two...

  14. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I have taken plenty of my own patients to the bathroom, filled their ice pitcher, etc....all those things that the nurses YOU work with are above. One hospital I worked at, the CNA's LOVED to work...

  15. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    When I was making that $10/hr, I already had passed my NCLEX-RN and was a full fledged RN but working as a CNA because that's the job that was available to me at the time. That was the MAX rate my LTC...

  16. What is the best unit to work in and why?

    RNforLongTime replied to wnb4's topic in General Nursing

    ICU!!! I did my time in the trenches on a med-surg floor before venturing into critical care. That said, I LOVE IT! I would never go back to med-surg. I do think that new grads should have to start...

  17. Is it really this hard for Filipino nursing graduates to transition working as US RN?

    RNforLongTime replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    US nursing grads are having a hard time finding jobs in this economy. So it's no surprise that an immigrand from the Phillipines cannot find a

  18. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    RNforLongTime replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Backatit...you seem to have a big chip on your shoulder regarding what is and isn't in your job description. You are a CNA......You do NOT have a license to pass medications, call Dr's, write orders,...

  19. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    No, I disagree with you. When I am the only RN in an ICU for up to three patients,bathing is NOT a priority. Titrating vasoactive drips, giving blood, weaning pt's from ventilators, entering orders in...

  20. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in an ICU where there were no aides at all....Days bathed half of the patients and nights did the other half....the vents were split up between the two shifts...all shifts were 12 hr...

  21. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I used to be a CNA in an LTC before becoming an RN. I was abused by the nurses on a daily basis...they would all tell me how they can't lift because they had a bad back...so because of that I NOW have...

  22. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

    RNforLongTime replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

    And with administration such as described in the OP is a reason why bedside hospital nursing is such a pain it the butt!! ONLY in nursing is it acceptable to be pooped on peed on, hit, kicked,...

  23. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    RNforLongTime replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My hospital is NO PLACE for new grads. There is no formal nursing orientation in place. You'll be assigned to 10 different preceptors...or because they are short staffed, your orientation will get cut...

  24. Do you have time to give baths?

    RNforLongTime replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I work ICU on night shift. Some places, it's night shift's responsibility to bathe ALL the patients. Not so at my hospital. I don't have housekeeping OR Respiratory therapy after 11pm so I'm...

  25. You shouldn't be visiting this ICU patient if . . .

    RNforLongTime replied to Rabid Response's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't think the pets belong in the ICU...wait till the patient is out of the unit before you bring Fido in to see them. I'm all for pet visitation but not when the pt is in ICU. Some people are...