ivorybunny

ivorybunny has 9 years experience and specializes in Cardiology, Psychiatry.

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1. Shared Governance Council--Need New Ideas!

   ivorybunny replied to chenselmom's topic in General Nursing

   We also have a Shared Governance model at our hospital. Our UBC- unit based council- has been up and running for about 3 years now. The CNO my hospital is a huge advocate for SG on the unit level with the focus on quality. We also have a UBC Board (w...

2. Hourly Rounding

   ivorybunny replied to Erianne1074's topic in Safety

   I'm glad to see I'm not the only one dealing with this. We have been told that we should not tell the patients to call us if they need us because we should "anticipate" their needs. I'm sorry- but I always let them know that if they need something to...

3. Getting the spark back....

   ivorybunny posted a topic in General Nursing

   This year is my 7th year of nursing and over the last few months I seemed to have gotten my "spark" back. I'm suddenly energized to work with new nurses and feel as though I can make a difference. I'm involved in my unit's unit based council and afte...

4. What to do when there's no one to turn to?

   ivorybunny replied to ivorybunny's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone that has replied. I've actually got my MSN- ironically, though, I've been unsuccessful at passing the ANCC certification test. It has rattled my confidence so much that I'm afraid to take it again (third try). But maybe this is a w...

5. What to do when there's no one to turn to?

   ivorybunny posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm in need of some advice. I've been working on the same floor for six years now and I'm to a point where I have ethical problems with what occurs. Before I even begin explaining- the simplest answer is if I don't like it, leave. However, my concern...

6. "size of the paycheck"

   ivorybunny replied to agnesj23's topic in General Nursing

   I work in FL, in a hospital, on a cardiac floor with an LPN- she is allowed to give IV drugs pushes- however it is a very limited list. For instance she can give 1mg of Dilaudid but not 2mg. She's not allowed to give heparin boluses. There's also bee...

7. nurses attacking nurses

   ivorybunny replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting, I came on here today to ask for some advice about this going on currently on my unit. One of the things that has bothered me so much is that dayshift complains about night shift leaving an outdated IV and the response is well they'll (me...

8. Medication Shortages

   ivorybunny replied to registerednutrn's topic in General Nursing

   We are currently using the Morphine 10mg/ml vials because of a shortage. Not too long ago it was IV Vasotec and premixed heparin bags. I haven't noticed a dosage increase with using the 10mg vials- to me it's such a waste since most of our patients o...

9. HIPAA Compliance- posting patient names on assignment board

   ivorybunny replied to ivorybunny's topic in HIPAA

   Unless if a patient is indicated NO INFO- we are allowed to give a room number- no other information is made available. When someone calls asking what room Mr. Smith is in- we are allowed to give that information. We, however, must have a pin # befor...

10. Med Errors vs being "slow"?

    ivorybunny replied to sasha2lady's topic in Safety

    I completely understand what you are going through. I've been working in the same place for 6 years now- and for that entire time we've always had one RN that comes in every day for her shift late. We are suppose to be ready for report at 645- she do...

11. Effective communication at work

    ivorybunny replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital hosted a 3 session class on effective communication. It was geared towards the shared goverance, the unit based council members. There was actually a lot of good information in it. At times it actually made me stop and think about the way...

12. Tattoo's on Nurses

    ivorybunny replied to gentlemother's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital recently revised the tattoo policy- it now just says no offensive tattoos. I've got a lot on me- chest, neck, back, legs, feet... not that I have to worry about patients' seeing my feet. Usually most scrubs cover them up- sometimes they ...

13. HIPAA Compliance- posting patient names on assignment board

    ivorybunny posted a topic in HIPAA

    I was wondering if anyone has heard about this or is experiencing this as well. I work on a cardiac tele unit with 52 private rooms. It's a very large unit and it has two distinct nursing stations. On each nursing station there is a board by the sece...

14. I don't understand the diff between ADN & BSN????? Help!!!

    ivorybunny replied to Misslady113's topic in ADN/BSN

    Our hospital has recently started a nurse residency program which has been a great success. Any one starting out either ADN or BSN needs extra guidance when they first start. Having a BSN does give you a broader educational base, but ADN or BSN... fi...

15. Student loans - how much are you paying monthly??

    ivorybunny replied to red.tm's topic in General Nursing

    My student loan for my MSN came to 28K, payments are $287/month. Completely affordable because I'm starting out at 80k as an NP. I was lucky enough to have a scholarship for my RN and BSN. If you know you will be making enough money to cover the stud...