I know it’s been a long while since I have written in my blog. I last wrote during covid and while the pandemic is basically over and COVID has become basically endemic my life has changed a lot since that time. I was tested for COVID a total of 67 times. The job I had …
Working in healthcare
Infection Transmission Precautions
Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precautions when use of standard precautions alone does not fully prevent communicable disease transmission. There are three types of transmission-based precautions–contact, droplet, and airborne – the type used depends on the mode of transmission of a specific disease above and beyond standard precautions. Many of these disease …
Nurses Don’t Play Cards
You may have seen the video above. While Senator Walsh is talking specifically about Critical access hospitals in Rural areas her words were said with such an attitude that it infuriated nurses around the country. She has no idea what nurses do or how their shifts unfold each day. I personally as a nurse currently …
More confident
Here I am nearly 9 months into my nursing career and I have had students with for probably 3.5 of those months. Sometimes it blows my mind to have students because I still remember being one of those students. I get students from my very own alma matter wearing those whiter than white tunics with …
What I learned today
I say in a Trauma interdisciplinary conference today. The topic was Thoracic Trauma. My area of interest. What I learned today. 1. I don’t think I want to be an oncology nurse. My interest doesn’t lie there apparently. Chest medicine is where it’s at for me. 2. I miss the vents, and the occasional excitement …
For nursing jobs, new grads need not apply – Jan. 14, 2013
I am so glad I got my first nursing job when I did. For nursing jobs, new grads need not apply – Jan. 14, 2013.
A month in update.
We are now into January and I have been on my own for almost a month now. It’s only gotten slightly easier as I gain more confidence but I still feel like an idiot much of the time. I feel inadequate much of the time as well. It has been stressful. I have to ask …
First day
Today is my first day off orientation. I have four patients. Wish me luck.
Sick call
I am loving my new job. I enjoy nursing a lot. But never thought I would work on a medical oncology floor. I am not chemo certified yet. I need to learn the job of nursing first. The end of my orientation is fast approaching. So far it’s been a great experience for the most …
20 health and safety tips for frazzled nurses!
From http://scrubsmag.com/20-health-and-safety-tips-for-frazzled-nurses As a nurse, you face a great deal of situations that can cause you and your patients harm—a daily fact that can fry your nerves! A hectic schedule that includes crazy drivers on your morning commute, a five minute lunch “break” and extra heavy patient loads, hazards to you and those around you …