susiern06

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1. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   susiern06 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   Today I had a doctor (oncologist) ask me what happened to his patient, so I explained how he had PEA in the OR. Then he said, "Yeah, I saw that in the chart. What's a PEA?" Kind of stunned I replied "Pulseless Electrical Activity. He coded." He lau...

2. Best place for Handover

   susiern06 replied to theophania_jean's topic in General Nursing

   We give report for all our patients outside of the rooms, then go in together to introduce ourselves, say hello/goodbye, check IV's, fluids, etc. Our whole report process takes about 20 minutes, longer if complicated.

3. What Constitutes a Telemetry Unit

   susiern06 replied to Pudnluv's topic in General Nursing

   We are a 43 bed Telemetry Unit in NY. Our nurse to patient ratio is 1:6. We have worked as 1:7 and even 1:8 if there are sick calls or if one of us floats, but always with a protest of assignment. We always have a tech on monitors. They watch our flo...

4. Question... are we supposed to help? Good Samaritan.

   susiern06 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with Running with Scissors. I just graduated in this past May and this subject came up when I was in school. We were told that it is our choice on whether or not we wanted to stop and assist with aid, but we had to realize that because we ar...

5. Getting called to work an extra day because of short staffing...

   susiern06 replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

   How funny is it that just as I was reading this thread, I got a call asking me to come in tommorrow! I usually will come in (if I can arrange child care and have no other plans) even if I don't need the extra money, but there are times when I just ca...

6. Does anybody utilize admission nurses?

   susiern06 replied to KatWright's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a 44 bed tele unit, and as fast as we discharge people the beds fill up again quickly. They just posted an Admission Nurse position for my floor to help us out. In the meantime, management may ask us if we'd like some extra hours to come in...