LandDRN

LandDRN has 10 years experience and specializes in CCU stepdown, PACU, labor and delivery.

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1. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

   LandDRN replied to jalvino1's topic in Relations

   LOL...I also just happened to note, and be amused, of the posts regarding intrusive/interuptive family members and visitors interfering with nursing duties and care.....they seem to have invaded and provided their opinions on a site provided for and ...

2. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

   LandDRN replied to jalvino1's topic in Relations

   Sort of off topic...but with the ever increasing rise of work place violence on nurses, studies are concluding that the unlimited, open access by visitors is contributing to the rise of this problem. In the "customer is always right" attitude rise, s...

3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   LandDRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hahaha! Love these! :) Staff irritants: 1. phenergan = phergran 2. O2 Sats = O2 stats 3. prostate = prostrate Patient/Family irritants (Education goes a long way! I don't mind those trying to learn. My pet peeves are the ones claiming they either hav...

4. Crappy Nurses Day

   LandDRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

   We don't even have a Nurses Day at our hospital.....we have Hospital Employee Day ( management stated that the former title made other workers feel "left out.":lol2:

5. A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters

   LandDRN replied to cpkRN's topic in General Nursing

   I guess the moral of the story is....if you are a nurse don't feel free to attempt to validate any negative feelings. You are to be the quiet, always smiling type or risk being called a martyr, selfish, or....eek..racist! How sad not to be able to le...

6. anyone seeing this maneuver?

   LandDRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes, I know that. And I did not say I agreed with the OBs decision for this proceedure. It was a dystocia case and we promptly wrote him up several times. He only practiced for 8 months at our hospital after receiving "counselling." I was just statin...

7. HIPAA Scenario???

   LandDRN replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

   We just tell them under the current laws we are no longer able to give out medical information over the phone. I also explain to them we have no way of verifying that the person is who they say they are over the phone if they insist on the subject.

8. pregnancy and night shift

   LandDRN replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

   We just had 8 of our night staff give birth within a 4 month time frame. I think the general consensus was nursing in general is alittle difficult ( but safe, you will be pregnant not ill) while pregnant. No one had fertility problems. I think my day...

9. Doing chest compressions while pregnant

   LandDRN replied to Dana07's topic in General Nursing

   LOL, no your baby is well protected. Before I became an L&D nurse I was a cardiac nurse and ran to the code with the code cart and started chest compressions while 8 mionths pregnant. Again another victim of malpractice wariness. Women have been ...

10. In your experience.......when a seemingly "stable" patient tells you they are

    LandDRN replied to JennRN65's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in OB I hear this every night by almost every patient ( and labored myself twice and had the same opinion! ) so in this case no. But I have had several years as a cardiac and PACU nurse and the answer is YES!! If those pts told me that....get r...

11. Non-medical Family Say the Darndest Things!

    LandDRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    OB nurse here. We've had a patient come in for traptions ( contractions) and another asked if there was mecnim (meconium) because she watches discovery health and knows all about that stuff.

12. anyone seeing this maneuver?

    LandDRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have seen this done but only to stabalize the decent of the head if "turtling" is a problem. Not a routine or even frequent practice here.

13. Scared of Needles??

    LandDRN replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    I defianately do not like them but I wouldn't say I'm scared of them. I always get a kick out of pts w/mulitple tatoos and piercing tell me thay are afraid of them though. Aside from that, I have to say I feel badly for alot of recovering addicts. Th...

14. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    LandDRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    The "but who cares?" reffers to our management. Should have been more specific. We are run but alot of transplants from up north that have no clue. Guess you didn't read my post all the way. I WILL stay for a 1-3. If "the big one" comes NOBODY ( with...

15. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    LandDRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I understand, I am a born Floridian. The idea of evacuation isn't to leave the state though. It's a matter of sometimes only moving a few miles away to be out of storm surge. Guess I am not very "devoted" since I don't fulfill my "responsibilites." B...