KimRN41514

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1. Death of Spouse

   KimRN41514 replied to KimRN41514's topic in Emergency

   Thank you. I've been a nurse for 27 years and am so taken aback. In shock really. Help me to understand as I'm not an ER nurse, why in the ER would he have been defibrillated multiple times while in asystole? I'm just not processing this well.

2. Death of Spouse

   KimRN41514 posted a topic in Emergency

   I recently lost my husband. He had a strong cardiac history. MI x 2, 5 vessell bypass 7 years ago. Was sitting and talking to me, mid-sentence he arrested. I did CPR while family called 911. I had his pulse back and was doing rescue breathing when EM...

3. Too Much Paperwork!

   KimRN41514 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I work at a small rural hospital. Most of our nurses complain about the amount of paperwork necessary to admit a patient. I can't help but agree with them. We want to form a committee to help reduce the amount of paperwork needed and still meet all o...

4. Question regarding AMI Core Measure

   KimRN41514 replied to sleepy48's topic in Emergency

   We put the patients in and use our ACS protocol. If you would like, I could share it with you.

5. Nursing Documentation Forms

   KimRN41514 replied to KimRN41514's topic in Management

   Thank you for replying. I Like the report sheet. I'm interested in seeing other admission history forms and things like that too. We have a good care plan/interdisciplinary education form as well as many protocols- skin care, chest pain, pneumonia, c...

6. Nursing Documentation Forms

   KimRN41514 posted a topic in Management

   Hello Everyone! I would like to find colleagues who would like to share their nursing forms. I have PLENTY to share if anyone is interested. I plan on working with the staff to do some paperwork reduction in the near future and am interested in what...

7. is this what its really like? 2 wks in...

   KimRN41514 replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

   I feel your pain..with our preceptor program, the preceptor and the preceptee meet weekly with the manager to just check in and see how things are going- are you learning what you need to, how are the two of your getting along etc. to help catch mism...

8. Help Needed to treat wounds effectively

   KimRN41514 replied to KimRN41514's topic in Wound

   We have used Unna boots in the past. Should be no problem getting them stocked again. We currently use Convatec products for wound care and have seen good results with pressure ulcers. Thank you so much for your suggestions :)

9. Help Needed to treat wounds effectively

   KimRN41514 posted a topic in Wound

   We are seeing more and more venous stasis ulcers and diabetic ulcers at our rural hospital. Unfortunately, we don't have a Wound Care nurse. We have protocols for decubitus ulcer treatments. Does anyone have any wound care protocols that they would s...

10. Customer Satisfaction..

    KimRN41514 posted a topic in Med-Surg

    Just curious.... besides the wonderful nursing care, what keeps your patients coming back?? What special perks do you do for your patients to make their stay more comfortable, etc. Thanks!

11. Customer Satisfaction

    KimRN41514 posted a topic in Management

    Just curious.... besides the wonderful nursing care, what keeps your patients coming back?? What special perks do you do for your patients to make their stay more comfortable, etc. Thanks!

12. What does your hospital do for patient satisfaction?

    KimRN41514 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious.... besides the wonderful nursing care, what keeps your patients coming back?? What special perks do you do for your patients to make their stay more comfortable, etc. Thanks!

13. Hello - What state are you from?

    KimRN41514 replied to KimRN41514's topic in Rural

    Hi Again Everyone, Thanks for posting. Very nice to meet all of you.

14. JCAHO coordinators- need a sounding board

    KimRN41514 replied to DianeK4HVCH's topic in Management

    I'd like to exchange information re: JCAHO NPSG etc with you. We are expecting survey anytime :):stone Do you have any suggestions in meeting the CORE requirements for pneumonia vaccination compliance. We have it on the admission history to ask pati...

15. JCAHO coordinators- need a sounding board

    KimRN41514 replied to DianeK4HVCH's topic in Management

    I would be glad to share our form and policy for reconciliation. Any other of the NPSG's that are particularly problematic?