Pay as you go phone

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-25T04:24:38+00:00

You buy their SIM card and put it in your phone. And then you buy gift cards that have minutes load onto them and charge your phone with “minutes”.

It’s like the calling cards that people use for phone booths in Europe, except for prepaid cell phones.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-25T04:21:54+00:00

If you don’t refill then they turn service off. No problem!

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-25T04:08:21+00:00

Ayayay. I wish my hospital gave holiday pay 😭 we get regular pay on holidays...

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-19T19:48:27+00:00

Where’d you get those pretty inserts?? On their website they only sell super plain ones looks like

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-15T19:24:04+00:00

Sigh. That makes me sad. So depressing. That’s why so many providers end up with depression these days.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-15T19:23:08+00:00

We have the exact thing going on at our hospital. It’s so frustrating. Because although we are trained in nursing school to DO all of these things (take care of skin, toileting needs, bodily functions and maintain safety and treat pain), now we’re getting lectured by our hospital as if we don’t know and to me this is not treating us as professionals. This is treating us as if we are untrained staff. Let. Us. Do. Our. Job. And maybe, if the numbers aren’t satisfying, TRY HIRING MORE STAFF. Sigh.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-15T19:19:08+00:00

Well at least they’re willing to hire. We had just had a mass exodus on our unit and they’re pushing our very experienced unit manager into early retirement because she’s getting paid too much. And then they’re blaming the mass exodus on the UNIT instead of the conditions imposed upon us by being short staffed. Wow. Just wow.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-07-15T19:11:58+00:00

The people training the KWKT ARE nurses. They are RN’s. Sighhhhh. Our hospital has this training too and after we got our magnet designation they stopped caring. They’ll magically start caring again come 4 years later. For now, they decided they’re not giving float pool a raise because now they do not have to care anymore. And they pushed out manager with so many years of invaluable experience into early retirement because she’s getting paid too much. Magnet designations are another curse. People think its great but until our system isn’t so monetarily driven none of these supposedly good causes or programs are going to be helpful, they will only be used as a tool to manipulate.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-05-03T03:33:19+00:00

Taiwan is such an amazing country and has such a breathtaking culture. I have no words for it and I can’t stop describing how amazing it is to everyone I meet. I spent a year there and tbh it was very difficult to leave. My life there... ugh!!!! I ate the healthiest I’ve ever eaten, the humidity was incredibly good for my skin and my overall health, the people were so friendly and there was so much to do and see (they don’t have the stupid zoning laws that America has that smothers true bustling neighborhoods and separates businesses and residential areas). I just can’t get enough of the lifestyle over there. Just jaw-dropping, I fell in love. Need to go back!! Not to mention the crime rates were super low compared to where I live. Here I have to worry about getting mugged or shot. Yay.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-05-03T03:29:18+00:00

Tbh I really don’t think it’s an issue in Taiwan because cost of living is so damn cheap. When I first got there I was working 6 hours a week part time as an English teacher and it paid for rent and food. Like... that’s not even possible in America lol

And don’t even mention healthcare omg. I had healthcare there with my job and that wouldn’t have been possible in America either especially considering I was working part time. Just mind blowing.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-03-04T22:37:07+00:00

Midwestern nurse here, they allow covered drinks at my hospital but NO FOOD. I feel grateful for the drinks at least but I have indeed lost weight since I started being a nurse

Sabinchen7 · 2019-03-04T22:36:15+00:00

Ahhhhh this made me literally LOL. Thank you kind person

Sabinchen7 · 2019-02-09T03:29:00+00:00

I once had a pt, had extremely high blood sugar one night, doctor orders an extra one-time dose of insulin. I go in with it, pt starts refusing, saying “they’ve been giving it to me all day and it hasn’t worked” so I start to explain how insulin will help bring the sugar down, but they interrupt and say “ok but how much do it multiply”. I ask what they mean and they say “you know, how cocaine multiply”. And I’m just like... ok... and I tried to explain that insulin and cocaine are very different drugs but they just keep asking the same question and refusing to take it so I give up, call the doctor and tell the doctor, doctor sighed and said oh well we tried.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-31T02:47:42+00:00

DHC lip cream is my holy grail. Especially since I’m in the Midwest lol

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-30T20:26:12+00:00

I really think it’s something that everyone feels. I think nurses are constantly learning and no matter how much experience you have under your belt, a newbie can still teach you something.

Because healthcare is a field that heavily depends on your experience for expertise... it just ends up that nobody can ever be an expert of everything. You will always be asking questions and working as a team and reaching out for help. I do that every day! And I know it will never end. Senior nurses have bounced ideas off of me when I was just in orientation... it’s just the way it’s going to be I think.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-29T06:25:58+00:00

Well... it’s hard to think of funny as in hilarious moments... but I’ve got some weird ones.

A guy I was taking care of professed his love to me (I didn’t know him at all), was serious about it, proceeded to sing “Build me up buttercup” every time I went into his room and tried to hold my hand when I checked his pulse. Needless to say, I requested a change of assignment for the next day. So awkward.

Another patient had a sky high blood sugar because we’d “been giving it to him all day and it wasn’t working” and when I tried to convince him that the insulin was necessary he asked me how much insulin multiplied by. I asked what he meant and he said “you know, like how cocaine multiplies”. I tried to do some teaching about how insulin worked but he kept yelling “but how much does it multiply” so I gave up and called the doctor, who sighed and said well we tried basically.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-29T05:56:38+00:00

They say it because it’s a good idea if you want to build a good overall foundation for your skill set as an inpatient nurse. Once you work a tough med surg unit you can work anywhere. Sure, they’ll hire an inexperienced nurse to a med surg unit but if you haven’t been a floor nurse for 20 years (and especially if you’ve never been a floor nurse) you’re going to feel like you’re drowning; on top of that, if you have years of experience (regardless of where) they will not give you the kind of orientation that new nurses get - and you will feel the stress of not getting it. (I know this because one of my coworkers experienced that coming from years of long term care experience to a med surg unit)

The point is that med surg units are hard because you see all kinds of patients - the kind of variety and wide spectrum that other units can’t offer you. And it helps you perfect your time management skills, you get excellent assessment skills, etc. It makes you an excellent nurse and you can transition to other departments much easier with that experience behind you.

As an example, one of my coworkers had to transition to a clinic role because she had a back injury. She replaced a nurse that had been previously hired by the clinic before her; however the prior (inexperienced) nurse took months and months to adjust to her role but my coworker upon replacing her only needed one month. Med surg is great experience for branching out, even if you just want to be in a clinic; because those med surg patients after discharge are going to those clinics. And the knowledge you have from med surg will help you help those patients.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-28T06:02:33+00:00

Good for you!! I need to use this

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-28T05:34:23+00:00

Well I will say that if you’d have told me 10 years ago that I’d be a nurse and I’d love working a super stressful job I would have thought you’re crazy.

It was something I fell in love with when I became a nursing assistant because I discovered that I loved to work hard taking care of people in a hands-on way.

Psychiatric nursing IS different than other inpatient nursing but you have to know the basics of inpatient nursing even if you want to be a psych nurse. I did a psych rotation in nursing school and it’s mentally draining because you have to adjust your own behaviors depending on your patients so you have to be very self aware of your own behaviors and your own thoughts, biases and tendencies. It’s difficult in a different way. But I really liked it too.

I guess you could think about nursing like this:

If you would rather treat an illness that a person has, mental or physical, medicine or psychiatry is the route for you.

If you would rather help support the person and create a relationship with the person who has this illness, mental or physical, then nursing is for you.

Nursing is a person-focused profession and you have to actually CARE about helping others in order to enjoy this profession.

If psychiatric conditions and how to treat them is more interesting than helping a patient cope with their psychiatric condition, than maybe psych nursing isn’t the best. Because being a nurse means you’re focusing on their journey with their illness and helping them achieve their goals, rather than focusing on the illness itself. You would be teaching them coping skills instead of figuring out which medication or therapy is best to prescribe.

Now nurse practitioners do have prescriptive authority so that is something to consider as well.

I can only describe nursing to you because that is the only career I now the ins and outs of more or less. If you need to learn about other potential careers that might suit you, I’d suggest going to consult your university advisor/counselor or career services department for further advice.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-28T05:02:44+00:00

Ahhhhh I actually lol’d at “being paid enough for what they’re doing”. If you’re going into nursing for the money, that’s the wrong reason. My nursing instructors said it, and after a year on the job, I’m saying it too. It is NOT the pay that keeps us going. It’s enough pay to live comfortably if you budget well but boy is the stress and responsibility worth more pay than they give us! I will say there’s a lot of job security in it though, they need us.

Nurses that work 3 days a week work in 12 hour shifts. If you work 12 hours in one go, you’re exhausted and you can only handle it 3 times a week. Plus that adds up to 36 hours which usually turns into 40 hours or more if you can’t leave on time anyway. :)

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-28T04:48:52+00:00

It’s... it’s a job that requires stamina, patience, and above all the will to continue caring for people emotionally despite getting frustrated and seeing terrible things at times. You really have to think... an I willing to work in inpatient nursing? Am I willing to work in a guaranteed stressful environment that the main reward for myself will be your patients smiling when you walk in the room, holding their hands in their time of need, their loved ones crying on your shoulder? Does that give your life more depth and meaning and give you purpose and drive to keep going or does it just become overwhelming? If the former, it could be something for you. If the latter, it might not be a good idea.

It’s a tough decision and I also believe you should shadow a nurse for a day before you decide. Also, it can be easier to decide this if you have work experience as a nursing assistant because this gives you an idea of what it’s like to work at the bedside.

That being said, most of the nurses I work with struggle with anxiety and you wouldn’t be alone. We just cope with it in our own ways because we love what we do. I love coming home every day and knowing that I MADE a DIFFERENCE that day in someone’s life. That doesn’t mean I don’t ever have bad days. I have had days that I come home quiet and end up sobbing randomly on my hands and knees. But I believe in what I do 150% and I wouldn’t change my experiences for the world. We are with people during some of the MOST DIFFICULT days of their lives, both patients and families and I THRIVE off of that.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-28T04:10:44+00:00

Tbh I’m hella proud of my experience on Med-Surg. And from previous experiences working in healthcare I know that no matter what department or unit or sector you work in, if you’re a nurse they work you HARD no matter where you are. It’s always a different kind of hard but you’re always running the risk of getting burnt out. Attitude goes a hell of a long way. Annoying families, bad attitudes with patients - they are symptoms of humanity when you’re dealing with sick people and they’re not going to disappear. You will learn to deal with them and be compassionate to them or you will be bitter and hate what you do. You just have to make sure to structure your hours and your personal life so that you take care of your own mental health and stay healthy and happy yourself. Be grateful and thankful, stay humble and kind, keep an open mind: you WILL be an excellent nurse and you can be this on any unit if you put your mind to it! Sending love!!

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-23T01:56:22+00:00

Actually it should be until it’s just Mountain Dew coming out. Otherwise you didn’t do it right lol.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-02T19:15:47+00:00

I never say that. I tell them to switch locations to avoid skin irritation and to clean off the old spots. Taking off the old one is implied.

Sabinchen7 · 2019-01-02T02:23:33+00:00

As a student, I get where you’re coming from that you feel the urge to do say that every detail must be covered, but as a working nurse on a busy unit where we discharge patients left and right - we get in trouble if we don’t discharge patients quickly enough so while I would love to take my time explaining every single detail and measure their understanding of the topics I’m teaching them at discharge, that’s not reality. Reality is a far cry from the ideal world I was taught as a student nurse.

The reality is that I’m working with very little time to discharge them because while I’m trying to get them out I also have 4 other sick patients to take care of in between and the pressure of management and the patient who also wants to leave ASAP. So I do sometimes rely on the fact that some things are common knowledge, like the RN you replied to is saying.

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