KatePasa

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1. The Last Dose

   KatePasa posted a topic in Hospice

   I'm a nurse on a med-surg floor that treats inpatient hospice patients along with our variety of other patients. I have also worked for our local hospice prn. Lately, I've had a a lot of hospice patients at the actively dying phase assigned to me on...

2. Nurses not prepared for report

   KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Med-Surg

   I've encountered times when the information on the Kardex was more accurate than the report given to me, and sometimes it's exhaustive to remember to give each item on there or detail each specimen that needs to be collected. Beyond that, after twel...

3. Nurses not prepared for report

   KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Med-Surg

   I did once. One of the new nurses said it was my "job" to tell her all of that stuff. I see report as an opportunity to share SBAR and information about what happened on the shift, not tell the other nurse what the standing orders are or the basic ...

4. Nurses not prepared for report

   KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Med-Surg

   Incoming nurses. We the custom on my unit is to get the basics off a Kardex, ie name, dob, diagnosis, allergies, monitoring, labs, specimens needed, diet, code status, activity, standing orders and so on. Some new nurses, who just graduated, fail t...

5. Nurses not prepared for report

   KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Med-Surg

   Sorry, I erased it because I felt kind of snarky, but this relates to dealing with coworkers coming to get report without even knowing things like the patient's name.

6. Nurses not prepared for report

   KatePasa posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Any suggestions?

7. Unit Manager Offered Me a Job Before Graduation. How to proceed?

   KatePasa replied to KatePasa's topic in Job Hunt

   Considering she asked me to submit an application and what shifts I would be able to work, I considered it a job offer.

8. Unit Manager Offered Me a Job Before Graduation. How to proceed?

   KatePasa posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I completed my preceptorship on a busy med-surg floor. It was a great experience and I worked well with the staff there. Evidently so well, they gave me recommendations to the unit manager, who told me "not to worry about a job and just pass NCLEX"...

9. Preceptorship

   KatePasa replied to katy81's topic in General Nursing

   I love you, Grn Tea! This is more or less what I tell all of my classmates when they complain that they about don't get to do or being sent to clinical sites where they just end up watching the nurse. Nursing school is so much more than poking, pro...

10. Nursing Diagnosis - Psychosocial

    KatePasa replied to Lemetria Whitehurst's topic in Student Assist

    Look at your assessment data provided above. Your nursing diagnosis is right there in your summary, twice! Best of luck.

11. Advice to New Nursing Students

    KatePasa posted a topic in General Students

    Have you ever fallen in love? If it was anything like when I started to feel something for my husband, you were nervous as all hell. I wanted everything to go right. And, any misstep or problem was a catastrophe. If he didn't return ...

12. Narcotics administration

    KatePasa replied to schoolmack's topic in Medications

    Just curious...is the cancer patient white and the SSC patient black? Just curious. Is suspicion of drug seeking ever driven by a patient's race? Just a reminder...Med-Surg nurses are charged with treating the patient's medical conditions, not addic...

13. Narcotics administration

    KatePasa replied to schoolmack's topic in Medications

    It's sad to see SSC patients labeled as drug seekers once again. Nurses have no business projecting what their idea of what a person's pain SHOULD be. Valuing a patient report of pain as more valid if the patient is apprehensive about taking meds is...

14. What is the average of a nursing student?

    KatePasa replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    I've heard the average age of a nursing student is 30. Impirical evidence from my program suggests that's true. I'm 32.

15. Finding Focus Amidst Turmoil

    KatePasa posted a topic in General Students

    I'll get it done. I always get it done. Maybe just writing this thread with provide me with the catharsis of talking to my peers and help me get through reviewing for the final exam that marks the gateway to my senior year as a nursing student. How...