Daqueengene

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1. Wrong side/omitted procedure

   Daqueengene replied to Ayvah's topic in Operating Room

   I cannot imagine WHY A NURSE WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO SIGN A PERMIT THAT YOU INDICATED WAS NOT CORRECT!!!!!!!! Having said that I am appalled and embarrassed by the lack of professionalism and disregard of patient safety and the WHO, Joint Commission, AO...

2. Nursing is slavery Period!!!

   Daqueengene replied to sonia211's topic in Relations

   It is so hard these days to find the balance in Nursing. It is true that times have changed and there are many different responsibilities and pressures to handle. I feel bad for nursing right now but I feel worse for the patients we serve. We are ...

3. Bronchoscope Disinfection

   Daqueengene replied to acauchi's topic in Gastroenterology

   Isn't it interesting that so many places have so many different ways of doing things. It just says to me that standards are so general and varied there is such a wide interpretation that no really knows what is the best and safest way to do anything...

4. Bronchoscope Disinfection

   Daqueengene replied to acauchi's topic in Gastroenterology

   Isn't it interesting that so many places have so many different ways of doing things. It just says to me that standards are so general and varied there is such a wide interpretation that no really knows what is the best and safest way to do anything...

5. Pushing before complete

   Daqueengene replied to winterblue's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Labor down Labor down Labor down:coollook:

6. Nursing Identity: is it to Dress in White?

   Daqueengene posted a topic in Safety

   I Listened to a news story this morning about Grady Memorial Hosp in Atlanta going back to all white uniforms for Nurses. The overall feeling is that we are indistinguishable from anyone else in the hospital. Other reports discuss the overall lack ...

7. Shared eye drops/multiple patients

   Daqueengene replied to switcher's topic in Safety

   In our hospital we do share eye drops for pre-op cataract clients. The drops are instilled by the holding room RNs and the tips arent allowed to touch the eye at all. The drops are then discarded after their use for that day. All the patients for ...

8. I am pregnant!

   Daqueengene replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations! You will do fine if you don't try to be super woman. Listen to your body it will tell you when to slow down take a break order out instead of cook and get the LB (lover boy) to help with the daily chores if living. I have had three...

9. Bronchoscope Disinfection

   Daqueengene replied to acauchi's topic in Gastroenterology

   Ours are the same and ENDORNs we use the olympus scope washer for all our endoscopes. The Colon and EGD scopes are on one setting and the bronch is a different setting about a 70 minute cycle (bronch)vs a 40 min cycle (endoscopes). The scopes are l...

10. 2 in PACU at all times?

    Daqueengene replied to sharann's topic in PACU

    I work in a small hospital and after our pacu facilitators became certified in pacu nursing the tide changed indicating that two RNs needed to be available for all recovery patients. We work it out during the day easily due to the number of staff th...

11. Difficult patients and families

    Daqueengene replied to bunky's topic in Safety

    I agree with many of you in that demanding patients and families can be a definate strain on the daily work load and time management for pt care. I am somehwhat troubled though by many of the negative remarks regarding pts and their families. (burn ...

12. Demerol is passe?? Can anyone fill me in?

    Daqueengene replied to steel magnolia's topic in Pain

    Demerol has fallen out of favor in pain management due to the breakdown of demerol in the body produces nor-meperidine. With prolonged use as in chronic pain management this build up can cause dangerous and uncomfortable S/Es. As nor-meperidine bui...

13. New Study:Patients have higher acuity, yet skill levels of nursing staff has declined

    Daqueengene replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

    nurses today are rushed and pushed through programs to be dumped into acute care hospitals. newly graduated rns are becoming the new face of specialty nursing units such as icus ers ors and the like. these new rns come out of school with a totally ...

14. hospital cutting benifits

    Daqueengene posted a topic in Activism

    Just wanted some feed back on benifits out there. The Hospital where I work has just cut benifits this year by taking our accured sick time and changed it to what they are calling short term disability. All the hours we had accured as regular sick ...

15. Your Thoughts Requested

    Daqueengene replied to weezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Weezie Sorry Girl but I know of no place that allows family to be in attendance when surgery is going on. The scrub sinks usually serve more that one room and others may be scrubbing for another procedure in another room. Pt privacy is a big issue ...