Canrckid

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1. Problem with charge nurse& MD's order

   Canrckid replied to L. Swanson's topic in MICU

   WOW! Is this nurse in deep do-do! And rightly so! Where did she go to medical school? All sarcasm aside, she cannot "order" a medication.......if she so strongly disagreed with the MD's ordered dosage, then she should have refused to give it, or ...

2. Additional info for S. Johnson@abc news

   Canrckid posted a topic in Safety

   I too received an email from Sylvia today.... She is still researching the use of UAP's but would also like to know if there are hospitals out there that are training dietary and/or housekeeping personnel to do patient care.........If this is happeni...

3. New Treatments in Bladder Cancer

   Canrckid replied to PJM's topic in Urology

   PJM............. I work at a university based hospital here in California, and a large portion of our patient population are urological surgeries. A continent "pouch" can be created using a loop of small bowel and even connected to the urethra so pat...

4. giving UAPS badges titled under nursing

   Canrckid replied to TEK's topic in Safety

   ...........what a sneaky underhanded way to deceive the "public" (read: patient)! ------------------

5. Please Tell Us If You Are Contacting Legislators/ANA, etc. Re: Nursing Concerns

   Canrckid replied to barton's topic in Safety

   Barton.......... I have to disagree with you on some of your statements.......First of all, many of us (the public) didn't "choose" HMO's. If we were lucky enough to have an employer that offered health insurance at all, (remember, they are not requ...

6. Nurse-Patient Ratios

   Canrckid replied to KTB's topic in Med-Surg

   TessaG............ PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do more than post here about your inappropriate staffing ratios! Didn't you read the post just before yours? Send your observations and errors that may have been caused, or treatments you were unable to g...

7. SURVEY: Nurses, short staffing and patient safety.

   Canrckid replied to Brian's topic in Safety

   Michael..... No one means to underestimate the help that "unlicensed" assistive personnel can provide to the RN's in the care of their patients. What we are referring to, is the practice of some hospitals and healthcare facilities to decrease the ac...

8. Please Tell Us If You Are Contacting Legislators/ANA, etc. Re: Nursing Concerns

   Canrckid replied to barton's topic in Safety

   Pearl........ As Barton said, thanks for your support..... I hope you use some of that documentation and send it along to Sylvia Johnson at ABC news. I was also getting a little disappointed that more of us weren't passing this info along to the med...

9. Reply to Barton

   Canrckid replied to Gigi Dues's topic in General Nursing

   Brian............ Good for you! "Nurse-zine", is the perfect vehicle for getting out the word to all those "stressed out" nurses that they now have another route to express their concerns over patient care/safety issues. Please post Sylvia Johnson'...

10. Reply to Barton

    Canrckid replied to Gigi Dues's topic in General Nursing

    Barton et al............ I was perusing another Nursing BB, and came across an individual who says she works for a major TV news magazine requesting some info on the use of assistive personnel to replace RN's at the bedside. I've emailed her explain...

11. Reply to Barton

    Canrckid replied to Gigi Dues's topic in General Nursing

    Barton........... Yea! Here it is! Sending you her response. Make the best of it! Go ahead and post my name, email, and phone. I am interested in staffing issues involving nurses and techs, and am willing to hear from anyone who has a specific con...

12. Sundowning

    Canrckid replied to Penrod's topic in Geriatric

    In my experience as an ICU nurse, sundowning is not only manifested in individuals with a known/diagnosed cognitive disorder.....take any elderly patient, place them in an alien environment, under the influence of pain and/or sedatives, then disrupt ...

13. staffing info needed-urgent!

    Canrckid replied to Joellen's topic in CCU

    Leanne, ............what a day you had! Thank God here in California we have Title 22, which will not allow ICU nurses to take more than 2 patients, which is not to say that it doesn't sometimes happen, but at least not intentionally.......nurses ma...

14. staffing info needed-urgent!

    Canrckid replied to Joellen's topic in CCU

    .It's been a few years since I've worked in a CSICU, but ALL of our patients spent the first 24 hours in the ICU and were all 1:1's. But then they were all on vents, had multiple drips titrated to cardiac output and SVR, and if they had concommitent...

15. Hospitals in Trouble

    Canrckid posted a topic in General Nursing

    ....face it! There is no way you can keep up good patient care while you are inadequately staffed! There are limits! That fact that you are asking HOW you can give good care under those circumstances is exactly what the hospital is counting on! A...