Hellllo Nurse

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1. Nurse patient ratio

   Hellllo Nurse replied to gaulkari's topic in General Nursing

   I don't work in a hospital anymore for the same reason. When I worked med-surg, nocs, we always had 9 pts each, no unit sec'y, no CNAs. It was pure misery. This is the real reason for the so-called nursing "shortage."

2. Nurse patient ratio

   Hellllo Nurse replied to gaulkari's topic in General Nursing

   No, eight-to-one is not acceptable. I'm so glad you told the NM why you turned down the job. I agree w/ the Aiken study- any more than 4 pts per nurse is too many.

3. "When Anesthesia Fails" on Discovery Health Channel

   Hellllo Nurse replied to Sarah Kat's topic in CRNA

   This happened to my mother. She could feel and hear, but not move or open her eyes. The anethesiologist/anesthetist (don't know which) was able to tell by the change in V/S. My mother says she was terrified and in agony. They were able to put her bac...

4. throw away notes?

   Hellllo Nurse replied to iliel's topic in General Students

   I have kept everything from school. I have three huge trunks of assignments and papers. Plus, many boxes and shelves of books. I actually do refer back to them from time to time.

5. THE DRAMA KING strikes again

   Hellllo Nurse replied to Browneyedgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, sorry you are dealing with this kind of behavior in a husband. Only you can decide what is best for you. However, I could not deal with a spouse like that. I thank God for blessing me with the most wonderful, loving, kind, caring, responsible, f...

6. Nurses, Would you go into nursing if you had to do it all over again?

   Hellllo Nurse replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

   No, I'm sorry to say. I was a CNA for 3 years, and LPN for 7 years and have been an RN for 3 years. IMO, the higher up you go the harder and more stressful it gets. Then, it is even harder to leave the field, because you have invested so many years, ...

7. Dr. Dean (democratic primary contender) on Nursing

   Hellllo Nurse replied to geekgolightly's topic in General Nursing

   I must say I TOTALLY disagree w/ Tiddlwink. As a nurse, I would rather not give any care at all if the only choice I have (with the current working conditions) is to give half- azzed care. I am not a half-azzed type person. Many other nurses feel the...

8. doctors becoming nurses

   Hellllo Nurse replied to J. Tigana's topic in General Nursing

   I had heard a couple of years ago about foreign doctors becoming nurses in The U.S. Many of these docs are from very male dominated cultures.... how are they going to react to having females as their bosses? How are they going to react to taking orde...

9. Whiny nursing rant

   Hellllo Nurse replied to Hellllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I acknowledge the responses about official procedures, scope of practice and all that. I've been a nurse for 11 years and that stuff won't help. If I thought writing anything up or showing my mgmt documentation re: safe nursing practice, etc. would h...

10. Whiny nursing rant

    Hellllo Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of disrespectful, mean-tempered, insubordinate techs, I'm sick of trying to give good, quality care, and being told that being "faster" and giving the APPEARANCE of good care is more important. I'm sick of never being n...

11. Hospice Oxygen Therapy

    Hellllo Nurse replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked inpt hospice for 4 years. We had many pts on up to 15 liters (not a typo, that's 15 L) of 02 regularly. We (and our med director) saw this as a comfort measure and I do not feel that it prolonged dying in any way.

12. New Job and Scared to Death

    Hellllo Nurse replied to AndiMac's topic in New Nurse

    I worked LTC for years and it does sound like you have reason to be wary. Most LTC can't keep staff and are really desperate to find a warm body w/ a license. I think that when new nurses are overwhelmed, they tend to think "If I work harder and am b...

13. Do you use crit lines?

    Hellllo Nurse replied to nursefiggy's topic in Urology

    Never heard of this, thanks for the info and the link. Sounds great! However, I know it would be a cold day in heck before my facility would ever get these. $$$, ya know.

14. New question... is anyone else frustrated by this?

    Hellllo Nurse replied to jnette's topic in Urology

    Michelle126's reply is similar to what I wanted to say on this topic. When I worked LTC, I did not know a ton about dialysis pts, but I did know they should not have certain foods like bananas, potatos, tomatos or OJ. When I saw pts routinely getting...

15. New question... is anyone else frustrated by this?

    Hellllo Nurse replied to jnette's topic in Urology

    Shoot! I just typed a long reply, re: my experiences w/ dialysis pts in LTC. Got the "no thread specified" message and my post was lost in cyberspace. Will try again later!