arabstarRN

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1. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, I can only imagine the calls ER nurses can get!! Definitely some people have ulterior motives or just are so nosey and think that everyone's business should be their business... I had a guy question me yesterday about a patient that wasn't even...

2. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that a simple "hi, how are you doing and how is your dad/mom/brother/sister/etc?" shouldnt be a bad thing, but sometimes you just never know how a facility or someone else is going to take even the simplest, honest, non-probing question from ...

3. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   I knew what was meant, but it still prompted that slightly funny picture... maybe its the exhaustion of the week lol

4. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   This just brought a somewhat funny picture to my mind. I can just picture seeing a patient on the street and trying to avoid them because of the facilities policies. Talk about looking like you don't care LOL not sure why it struck me as kinda funny,...

5. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   The son was very grateful to me the three days I cared for her and kept thanking me for giving his mom such good care and keeping them up to date on her condition each day he called or physically came in and asked about her. He thanked me more than o...

6. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   Now here's another question: Say I am at work, but for whatever reason, am not scheduled to that set where a patient I had taken care of for several days was still in the hospital. Is it wrong to go into the room and just say hi to the patient and as...

7. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am not at work, I am home since I am currently on first shift and I transferred her down there after she went into respiratory distress this morning before noon. I do care, and I haven't called yet because obviously I am finding myself in an ethica...

8. Is it wrong if I....

   arabstarRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   is it wrong and a HIPPA violation if I were to call the hospital's ICU and inquire about a patient I transferred down there earlier today? I am very concerned for this little lady and really want to know how she's doing and took care of her for three...

9. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   arabstarRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   While in nursing school, we had rotations through the ER at a local hospital. One day, a girl came in because she was bleeding from the southern region and was freaked out. After thorough workups, girl saying she had cramps and everything, after runn...

10. Thanking your preceptor...

    arabstarRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am starting a job in a good hospital and will be with a preceptor for at least 8 weeks, if not 12. She seems really nice as I met her the other day and after all the hard work she is more than likely going to put into helping me (cant say for sure ...

11. abandonment issue

    arabstarRN replied to erbs's topic in General Nursing

    it was my last day and I had already put in my two weeks notice, so if I had walked out, wouldn't have mattered to me if this place wanted to say they fired me or not... I did work the shift, even though I wasn't properly trained for it only because ...

12. abandonment issue

    arabstarRN replied to erbs's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question, in regards to patient abandonment - if you come to work, and are assigned to one unit ALWAYS, and were only trained on that unit (I am a new nurse), and then you come in to work and find you are a assigned to a unit you have no tra...

13. Need some advice please...

    arabstarRN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric

    That is the biggest reason I left. Some staff had the attitude of give them their prn Med, and I do not agree with shoving meds at someone like that. Redirection for more than 3-4 is almost impossible when they feed off each other and are agitated. I...

14. Funny things they say....

    arabstarRN replied to joanna73's topic in Geriatric

    LMAO that last story made me bust out laughing. Thanks, I needed that!

15. Neuro or cardiac out of school

    arabstarRN replied to bumblebee2010's topic in Neurological

    Congrats!!! I wish I could have had an opportunity to get into Neuro right out of school! I graduated in March, but all the Neuro units around me want at least a year experience before they even consider you for Neuro. I would definitely go Neuro, bu...