sweet~revenge

sweet~revenge has 5 years experience.

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   sweet~revenge replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   It has been reported that some victims of torture, during the act, would retreat into a fantasy world from which they could not wake up. In this catatonic state, the victim lived in a world just like their normal one, except they weren’t being tortur...

2. Bullies at the work place.. vent

   sweet~revenge replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Relations

   So why didn't you talk to her about it before you ran off and tattled on her? How do you know she didn't give the med? Are you one of those people who pours over someone else's charting in hopes of finding something to get them in trouble for?

3. If you could ask your CNO one question....

   sweet~revenge replied to Byrnsgrl's topic in General Nursing

   She was telling us how we were going to be forced to wear uniforms from now on and how she was going to give us each a whopping $50 through an online website to spend on their crappy product. Another ridiculous attempt to increase HCAHPS scores. I as...

4. Too much emphasis on "caring"

   sweet~revenge replied to sweet~revenge's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, thanks for all the great replies. Many great points made here. I thought for sure I was going to get flamed. Exactly. That's why I say nursing is a necessary evil to hospital administrations. They need us to continue churning out revenue but ...

5. Too much emphasis on "caring"

   sweet~revenge replied to sweet~revenge's topic in General Nursing

   workingharder: You're right, I agree with you on both your original essay and what you actually wrote. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I can't help but think there must be a way to give nursing a chance. Maybe we just need to find a way to give...

6. Too much emphasis on "caring"

   sweet~revenge replied to sweet~revenge's topic in General Nursing

   I know, I don't know exactly what the solution is either. I think we need to start with billing for nursing care, but how do we do that? I read a paper about linking diagnosis related groups (DRGs) to an assigned nursing intensity weight (NIW). The m...

7. Too much emphasis on "caring"

   sweet~revenge posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've gone back to school to get my BSN. I knew it would involve a lot of nursing theory and writing papers, but I figured I could handle it. After having to read and write about Watson and Ray and all this caring nonsense, I'm ready to pull my hair o...

8. Why are hospitals more interested in taking on new grads in the ICU?

   sweet~revenge replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Critical

   Money. 3 new grads just got hired to my ICU. I was told by my manager that there is a government program right now that pays HALF of a new grad's salary while on orientation. That's a lot of money saved paying an experienced nurse for the same time p...

9. Motivating the Nurse in All of Us

   sweet~revenge replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   "If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger." I believe that was Conan the Barbarian Love that guy.

10. No success in refusing admits inappropriate to the unit...

    sweet~revenge replied to NBMom1225's topic in Safety

    Write incident reports every time this happens. Make sure to include full names, times, every detail of what was said. Document, document, document! As others have said, get infection control involved. Contact them through email if possible to have i...

11. Why did/are you getting your BSN?

    sweet~revenge replied to thesundowner's topic in ADN/BSN

    It's time. I've been an RN working med surg for 5 years. In all that time, I never had the desire to go back to school. When I interviewed for ICU at my current facility, they asked if I was planning on getting my BSN. It didn't affect my chances bec...

12. Worst night ever

    sweet~revenge replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree with what everyone else has said. Your charge nurse was out of line, if she thought she could handle it than let her take the patient and let it be on her license. You should write her up. There's a lot of important things I learne...

13. Advice needed for a nervous ICU newbie

    sweet~revenge replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Critical

    Wow, no wonder you're so nervous. That's a big transition from psych to ICU. Sounds like you're working at a totally different company too, which is a whole new charting system you have to get used to, different policies, docs you don't know, etc. Ha...

14. Advice needed for a nervous ICU newbie

    sweet~revenge replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Critical

    Wow, that sounds exactly like me! I couldn't agree more with you on everything you said, there is a lot of wisdom in your response. That's a good tip on taking home the report sheets. It's better for me to look up specific things than it is to try to...

15. Advice needed for a nervous ICU newbie

    sweet~revenge posted a topic in Critical

    So just got transferred into my hospital's ICU after 5 years on the med surg floor. It's been 2 years since my hospital offered a critical care course. I am so glad I got accepted out of about 20 other applicants, but I can't believe how nerve wracki...