Wade21

Wade21 ADN, RN

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About Wade21

Wade21 has 22 years experience as a ADN, RN.


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  1. Hates ICU Job

    You might want to reconsider about stepping down to something like Med/Surg. considering your physical condition. It's true that the level of acuity is lower than ICU, but you'll be loaded down to up of 8 pts, and a number of them will require turnin...
  2. Bedside Report

    When we did bedside reports, it was part of a plan for the hospital as they worked towards Magnet status. I think its ridiculous, too
  3. Day 1: 2016 Nurses Week Caption Contest

    I put this dingy to ya ta ta!
  4. Unit transfer

    If you have a supervisor you can be straightforward with and honest, then there's no problem with this procedure. But the potential is there that if you apply and you don't get the transfer, then your supervisor, and asst. supervisor, know your not h...
  5. Unit transfer

    I considered transferring from my unit to another unit. In the past, you would submit a transfer request, then the supervisor of the unit you applied would interview you and , if the supervisor wanted you, would then submit that request to your super...
  6. What exactly is PCU?

    I work on PCU and it was what would be considered a stepdown from ICU, but, it has since mored to another floor which holds more beds. Since this move, I find myself being assigned more pt.s who are more suited for MED/SURG. Is this the way hospital...
  7. Nursing Unions-what is the good,bad, ugly?

    I work in a nonunion hospital where a union has been trying to get voted in. I personally do not want to be part of a union, but I can understand the appeal to the other nurses at this facility. This union, if voted in, promises several things, inclu...
  8. Hourly Rounding

    I think, w/ our charting, placing our telemonitoring strips in the charts, charting, giving medications and dealing w/ pt.s that require high levels of nursing care, that this q hr rounding is going to be difficult to do, if not near impossible. I c...
  9. Studer Group: anybody dealt with them?

    The hospital where I work will start a "Rounding with Purpose" program later this month. We are assured that this will improve pt. care, less call lights, and better pt. satisfaction, plus, give the nurses more time to do our paperwork. Is this the S...
  10. Hourly Rounding

    When we attended the orientation for this new "Rounding with Purpose," we were told that if we came to a room, during an hourly round, and the pt. was out for a procedure, we are to place a "sorry we missed you" card in their room. After the orientat...
  11. Hourly Rounding

    I have been informed by the hospital I work that we will be going to this "Rounding with Purpose" program and it will start Set. 29th. The hospital assures me that this program will result in better pt. care, less call lights going off, and, overall,...
  12. Enough is Enough

    I understand what you are saying, but I think that customer service is a good thing, IF you have the time! Our unit plans to have the nurses make hourly rounds to each of our pt.'s rooms and sign a board in each room that we were there. This is to in...
  13. "The Disruptive Behavior of Doctors"

    I have worked with polite and disruptive doctors. If I need to call a doctor in the middle of the night because of a change in a pt.'s condition, the last thing I'm going to be concerned about is if the doctor is going to "chew" me out for bothering ...
  14. My God, these family members!!

    That's a thought! Though, I doubt the CEO is going to get the pt. a sugar free soft drink.
  15. My God, these family members!!

    At my hospital, the nurses, and techs carry cordless phones so that the front desk can contact you or the tech if I pt. calls them for a need. The hospital made a policy of placing a billboard in pt.'s rooms listing the their nurse's and tech's phone...