ladybyrd

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1. Saving your back in Rehab

   ladybyrd replied to germain's topic in Rehabilitation

   Worked in rehab for over 12 years with no injury, 'cept the usual aches and pains that go away after a good nite's rest. Our secret: USE CONSISTANT TRANSFER TECHNIQUES FOR EACH PATIENT! My biggest suggestion: go to the gym with the patient and watch...

2. suspended license

   ladybyrd replied to jmb62's topic in General Nursing

   Similar thing happened to acquaintance who was a fairly new nurse. The narcotic count was off, and due to his inconsistant documentation (due to understaffing and overwork) there was no way to *prove* he either did or did'nt do "the drug-misdeed". H...

3. Patient falls

   ladybyrd replied to kcs's topic in Rehabilitation

   Rehab patients DO fall more...but many of the falls are because the patients are attempting to practice their newly learned skills without waiting for appropriate supervision by the staff. Look at a baby who is learning to walk...They fall, not becau...

4. Difference between 22" and 27" stethoscope: Which is better?

   ladybyrd replied to Rileycat's topic in General Nursing

   Never take one to work that you wouldnt mind loosing!!! Had a friend who took her "top of the line" to work... had it less than a week before it came up missing Whether it was borrowed,lost, or just plain stolen was never determined. However, sin...

5. A nurse is a nurse is a NURSE???????

   ladybyrd replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Curlytop said...."I even had one MD who had the AUDACITY to say "it doesn't matter what you chart in your notes besides vital signs"!!...." CurlyT...which floor do ya work at my hospital?? The first words outta the MD's mouth in the morning is "wher...

6. Nurse Tracking Devices: Whats Your Opinion?

   ladybyrd replied to ladybyrd's topic in Activism

   The feeling among the most of the staff has been: "keep an eye over your shoulder, and your back to the wall"...Recently, I spoke to a former middle manager, who said our perseptions are correct and that she couldnt take the control from up above any...

7. Survey: Do you use humor to help put your patients at ease?

   ladybyrd replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a Rehab nurse, the evening shift was in charge of the bowel programs and showers...We would put the patinet in the shower chair, gave them their suppository, push the shower chair over the toilet, let them make a deposit, then give them a ...

8. A nurse is a nurse is a NURSE???????

   ladybyrd replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   per Dr. William Goodall, vice president for regional medical affairs for Allina Hospitals and Clinics: quote: "There is a national standard for physicians and nurses, and the nurses, whether I'm drawing on a pool of nurses from Minnesota or Californi...

9. Nurse Tracking Devices: Whats Your Opinion?

   ladybyrd replied to ladybyrd's topic in Activism

   To those of you who currently use these devices, a few questions: Does your hospital/floor have "standards" for minimum or maximum time in a patients room? Does that minimum/maximum standard change for shifts? IE: you would naturally spend more time ...

10. Which Shoes Are Best?

    ladybyrd replied to shyviolet78's topic in General Nursing

    My rule is: the shoe MUST be 100% comfortable from the first minute it's on my foot! Tennies makes my large feet seem enormous and with a skirt I look a bit like Minnie Mouse in white! I have found SAS leather shoes come in "D" width and I can buy a...

11. Nurse Tracking Devices: Whats Your Opinion?

    ladybyrd replied to ladybyrd's topic in Activism

    "...when you have a cna who spends a total of 75 min in patients rooms in a 12 hour shift you have good reason to be looking into this..." I agree that this system can be benificial for dealing with "problem employees". However, for arguments sake, ...

12. Jury Awards $1.5 M in Pain Case ...excessive?

    ladybyrd replied to Chellyse's topic in Activism

    We have been instructed to evaluate the patients complaint of pain as the fifth vital sign and to document it along with the vital signs. This sounds reasonable...right??? Recently, I had a patient who had been out of drug rehab for 3 weeks and was i...

13. Nurse Tracking Devices: Whats Your Opinion?

    ladybyrd posted a topic in Activism

    The hospital I work for has changed our classification to "associates" and "partners in healthcare". They are redoing our evaluations to reflect "objective criteria" for evaluations rather than the current "subjective criteria". They have instituted...