carecrafter

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1. Older Nursing students

   carecrafter replied to MarieD's topic in General Students

   Forget age --- its just one factor of many. A word of advice --- do EVERYTHING you can to avoid identifying yourself as a "new nurse". Unfortunately, nurses do tend to eat their young and when you say "new nurse" - they hear "FRESH MEAT"! Use you...

2. North 14 - The room where the patient died.

   carecrafter replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

   hmmmm ----- Some one fill me in on what the "Q" word is........... is it the one you use when things are easy and slow?

3. Help!! Problem with charting

   carecrafter replied to RN1212's topic in General Nursing

   this chartin stuff is making me batty I was told that I CANNOT chart that I patient told me that she thinks she is impacted, even if I use quotes Then I was told i cannot say a patient was cyanotic because that is a "diagnosis" ??????? What about ed...

4. Appalled at LTC standards of nursing care

   carecrafter replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Geriatric

   Good for you ---- my place is such a mess I am seriously considering a career change. Chart to CYA -- but - hmmmm - that will get you too! Forget it - I will go back to loving my freinds and family and advocating for them and this litigous culture c...

5. Appalled at LTC standards of nursing care

   carecrafter replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Geriatric

   OMG - I am on here tonite because I am in the same boat. This is NOT the way the LTC place I did clinicals in ran at all. I have listened for two shifts to a patient on multiple meds who is now unable to swallow and she has been hollering LOUDLY fo...

6. Questionable Employer Policies

   carecrafter replied to carecrafter's topic in Alabama

   Even scarier - it is a multi facility company and growing!

7. Questionable Employer Policies

   carecrafter posted a topic in Alabama

   Ok - in a nutshell - I am leaving a place (urgent care clinic)where the corporate philosophy is that ALL office staff should be trained in nursing, x-ray and lab. They are then casually referred to as "nurses" SOme of them are MAs or X-ray tech or ...

8. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

   carecrafter replied to nursehunnie's topic in Professionalism

   HIt a sweet spot with me --- Worked my HINEY off to pass a nursing program and then had to pass STATE BOARDS ---- it's a freakin LICENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chiks at my place have taken to using a magic marker to cross out medical assistant an...

9. Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

   carecrafter replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

   ummmm, just a thought - but if staff "announces" to visitors anything regarding the patient's continence or lack thereof - isn't that a HIPPA (dreaded word!) violation. It is afterall, a MEDICAL condition! If it was my family member I would DEFINIT...

10. Your desired specialty

    carecrafter replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Pre-Nursing

    This may make me the weirdest person on the planet but L and D depresses me --- sending those angels home to lord knows whatl..... and why do some iffy people get to "pop em out' and I know plenty who would be wonderful parents who aren't able. One o...

11. maternal care plan

    carecrafter replied to carecrafter's topic in Student Assist

    a school assignment - it had me stumped for a bit but I got an A on it!

12. maternal care plan

    carecrafter replied to carecrafter's topic in Student Assist

    thanks - its always so obvious AFTER some one points it out to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13. maternal care plan

    carecrafter posted a topic in Student Assist

    Good morning - I was wondering if I could get someone to give me a nudge to get me started on my care plan ..I am normally pretty good at them but this patient has no apparent issues to tag with an ND - the patient is 41 2/7weeks, blind but has supp...

14. Why dont' nurses help each other?!

    carecrafter replied to scorpio24's topic in Relations

    someone had a great line on here the other day - don't know how to find it but someone else might. It started out with "I have confidence in my level of intelligence so your opinion is of little consequence....." words to live by

15. Why dont' nurses help each other?!

    carecrafter replied to scorpio24's topic in Relations

    I hate to say it but I think it is common in many professions. Its a matter of personal ethics. I see it in teachers and in students ( in and out of NS). Its just especially disappointing in a "caring" profession. But there are some absolute gems...