Goldenhare

Goldenhare specializes in ob, med surg.

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1. What is something you never thought you'd have to say to a coworker?

   Goldenhare replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   Once, to a new nurse. If you find your patient unresponsive, your first action should NOT be to come look for me. ???

2. Nurse Staffing Costs

   Goldenhare replied to stewstew03's topic in Professionalism

   Re: gswifty Can be? Used to be! I used to love it here! But over the years, I have seen this site go from being a helpful friendly place, where people used to freely share knowledge and help. But I've often seen posters get personally attacked like t...

3. Nurse Staffing Costs

   Goldenhare replied to stewstew03's topic in Professionalism

   The treatment of this poster is why I rarely come to this site anymore.

4. Medical Assistants being called nurses

   Goldenhare replied to Ethicsrn4life's topic in Relations

   The staff at my son's doctor's office refers to their MA's as nurses. Drives me crazy. And I correct them every time. Having said that, the vet tech's at my Dog's vet, call themselves nurses also. I don't know if I should laugh or cry.

5. Top 5 Do's Top 5 Dont's

   Goldenhare replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Nursing

   If an experienced nurse tells you that you are doing it wrong, (the top of the Solumedrol stays ON the vial!), and you don't believe it, ASK another experienced nurse before you do it again.

6. Need thoughtful opinion

   Goldenhare posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Not sure that this is an appropriate place to post this but I work on a very small med surg floor in a very small hospital. We have LPN students in twice a week. The instructor used to work here, I'm told, years ago. Recently, we were giving turnove...

7. Afraid for my License

   Goldenhare replied to Goldenhare's topic in General Nursing

   Ok that's what I was thinking. I have been to see management twice. I am going to put things in writing to them. I am keeping notes. I have spoken to one of the preceptorship and she has told me to mind my own business. The other civilian nurses are ...

8. Afraid for my License

   Goldenhare replied to Goldenhare's topic in General Nursing

   I am civilian, which adds to the problem because I am told over and over again that the military nurses cannot be sued, which I don't believe, but they do. Many times there are only 2 nurses on the floor. Many times I have had to correct things he ha...

9. Afraid for my License

   Goldenhare posted a topic in General Nursing

   II'll try to keep this concise. I work at a small military hospital-please don't move this thread! A new graduate nurse, smart, but cocky, has joined our ranks. He is not being precepted well. In fact, you could argue, not at all. He rarely goes into...

10. What's the difference between a graduate nurse and an experienced nurse?

    Goldenhare replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

    A Graduate Nurse puts patients back to bed without regard to personal safety. An experienced nurse calls the lift team. A lift team? Talk about a humorous thread! Lol!

11. Calling a doctor question.

    Goldenhare replied to iwashere's topic in General Nursing

    If MY phone rings in MY house, I have a right to know WHO is calling. It's courtesy. Maybe I don't have caller ID and maybe YOU misdialed!

12. Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    Goldenhare replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Professionalism

    I had to go for a TB bleb test at the local 'Doctor's Clinic' branch. The MA that did the test was repeatedly referred to as 'Dr. Smith's nurse', by the office staff till I said "Oh! I thought she was a MA, not a nurse, to which the staff members twi...

13. Favourite Doctor Moments

    Goldenhare replied to NO50FRANNY's topic in Relations

    I'm at a new job at a small hospital. I previously have met some good docs, but some real drama queens too. A couple of weeks ago, I took a completed, ordered EKG down to the doc to look at and figured I would return later to pick it up and put it in...

14. Question from a nursing student

    Goldenhare replied to sairybear's topic in General Nursing

    Don't announce a list of things you need to see, ie wound care, or things you need to do, like place a foley, have me acknowledge that 'yes indeed, you can come with me this and do these things', and then DISAPPEAR OFF THE FLOOR! If you no longer wan...

15. Have you ever witnessed a Miracle?

    Goldenhare replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    Took care of a woman once who was extubated and brought to our med surg ward to die. She was a ward of the court and had no nearby relatives. She was expected to die almost immediately but hung on and on as the shift went by. I was trying my darnedes...