Grobyc82

Grobyc82 has 1 years experience.

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1. End of Life Research

   Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in Hospice

   Survey is closed, thank you for your participation.

2. End of Life Research

   Grobyc82 posted a topic in Hospice

   Hello Nurses! I'm conducting a study with regard to nurses' comfort level regarding end of life care. This is a 32 question survey that will only take 4-6 minutes to complete. I would really like to target nurses primarily with med/surg/icu/tele back...

3. Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

   Grobyc82 replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like the nurse was paranoid and probably a bit uneducated. I know sometimes it hard to remove certain stigmas when it comes to things like infectious disease when it comes close to home. Just as the forum mentioned already, no bodily fluids......

4. Failed dosage calc test and feeling like a failure.

   Grobyc82 replied to jessang16's topic in General Students

   I have not applied for CRNA but I'm not new to the struggles of dealing with exams. Just keep your head up high and not let it bog you down. If the will power is there, you'll find a way to get through it. If not, then there are worse things in life,...

5. Big grey areas

   Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in HIPAA

   Yeah, I always ask the patient if its okay to give the results to tests now if they're within capacity. I remember sometimes I would ask the relative to hold on the phone while I put the patient on the phone to confirm it was the right person. Thats ...

6. Big grey areas

   Grobyc82 posted a topic in HIPAA

   So I was speaking to a friend of mine about how to deal with phone calls from relatives of patients. What exactly constitutes a violation of HIPAA privacy? Generally I give people status updates and vague information like "they are doing well" or "th...

7. Unions vs Non Union Hospitals

   Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in Union

   Thats a great point. When you work for management that is fair then the union is not really necessary and seems kind of superfluous. Ive worked in a unionized hospital for many years and it seems like with every contract renewal there is drama and ni...

8. Nursing supervisors

   Grobyc82 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Whats your general opinion of them? Are they helpful? Do they general tend to blow you off when you need them for something? My experience various as to some are good and some are really awful. You can tell some of the interim nurse supervisors are j...

9. Education and end-of-life care

   Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

   Home hospice seems like a great thing based on the idea and what i've heard. My experience is only limited to the hospital. I would think if you had a terminal illness and you didn't require much resources in the form of hospital equipment, you would...

10. Education and end-of-life care

    Grobyc82 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I remember that I didn't really have to much in terms of education about end of life care in nursing school. And if it was, it was probably covered in a lecture that was 5 minutes. I know this can be a touchy subject for many on both the patients ...

11. What do you wish you were told prior to graduating nursing school

    Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Students

    A lot of us are hard on ourselves when we get out of graduation. We expect the training we receive to be sufficient and sometimes even management expects us to operate at a level we may or may not be at. Time and experience just like anything else h...

12. Whats your favorite part of nursing?

    Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of healing comes with just listening to people. People have to vent and that includes patients. They are probably at the worst and most scared. There is a sort of therapy by just sitting down listening to someone even if you don't provi...

13. Whats your favorite part of nursing?

    Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    You definitely get a lot of stories from being in this line of work. How many stories do you hear about performing CPR on someone in the bathroom and having to assist in an intubation on the women next door?

14. Nurses replaced by robots

    Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in Headlines

    How would you even design a robot that would be able to differentiate signs and symptoms of things going on like a hypoglycemic attack, even a guy in respiratory distress? How would you have sensors that can replace the human eye and brain that would...

15. Nurses replaced by robots

    Grobyc82 replied to Grobyc82's topic in Headlines

    Yes it feels like that at times. Especially when were given things to say during our meetings to address the wonders of HCAPS putting pressure on administrators. I never really listened.