unhappynurse

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1. How to handle nurses who "Don't get it"....? (Kind of long)

   unhappynurse replied to JSRN81's topic in MICU

   That's scary! Lucky the patient was in ICU and not on a floor. Had they been on a floor they might not have gotten the immediate attention needed. Do you need XRAY's for placement before you start TF with NGT's? We used to as we had more than one pt ...

2. DNR - What would you do?

   unhappynurse replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

   I deal with issues like this nearly every day I work. Sad to say, but unless you can convince the family that a DNR is what the patient wants and there really is no hope for recovery, then the pt will remain a full code. I try to get them off my unit...

3. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

   unhappynurse replied to lee1's topic in Safety

   I work for an HCA hospital in Florida, which may explain my username. Yes, we have both computer charting, meditech and computer MAR's, EMAR. One is worse than the other. In the last year, the amount of charting we do has nearly tripled. Supposedly t...