ObamaRN08

Latest Activity

1. Are your Nurse to patient ratios changing

   ObamaRN08 replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

   No I am in Indiana, nothing is mandatory. we will sometimes get nurses that come from places with 1:6,7,8 pts and when we tell them we only ever get 3 or 4 they nearly keel over, when we tell them we have an admission discharge nurse they say I thin...

2. Are your Nurse to patient ratios changing

   ObamaRN08 replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a magnet hospital, and it is no where near as bad as what you all have written. Our ratio is 1:3 in our stepdown, and 1:4 in med-surg, however is is not uncommon to only have 3 on medical. We have rapid pt turnover, we may discharge 2 an...

3. Burnout

   ObamaRN08 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

   I completely agree, how many times have you seen a coworker doing the "dance" because they can't find time to use the bathroom?! or found yourself 9 hours in without having had a single minute to catch your breath or have a drink of water? We have s...

4. assignment due to acuity with points??

   ObamaRN08 replied to ChristinaNcRN's topic in General Nursing

   OMG... The nurses where I work are sooooo spoiled. our max Med/surg assignment is 4 pts to 1 RN PCU max is 3:1. Plus we have CNAs. So if my unit is full (14 PCU and 18 Medical beds) we get 11 RNs (if we are fully staffed) and 4 CNAs and we have an ad...

5. Im a nurse! Not a doctor!!!

   ObamaRN08 replied to ObamaRN08's topic in Safety

   The drug in question was calcium chloride. and the root analysis went well and they didn't point fingers so that was good. I made the suggestion that it no longer be an option to treat these infiltrates or not treat them. that we treat every one o...

6. Im a nurse! Not a doctor!!!

   ObamaRN08 posted a topic in Safety

   I am so sick of my facility expecting me to be a nurse doing total care of critical patients AND expecting me to be a doctor. I did not go to medical school. I went to NURSING school. yeah sure I need to question crazy orders and get orders for cra...

7. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

   ObamaRN08 replied to grace90's topic in Humor

   Perfect Circle, orestes, "give me one more medicated peaceful moment" Another by Perfect circle, The Nurse Who Loved Me "she's got everything I need, some pills in a little cup, Im takin her home with me, all dressed in white, shes got everythng i ...

8. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

   ObamaRN08 replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

   "When you have a party, do you clean before bed or in the morning?" Umm..that would depend on how much I had to drink.