BGgirl

BGgirl has 15 years experience and specializes in Stepdown progressive care.

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1. Best hospitals in the Detroit area

   BGgirl posted a topic in Michigan

   I'm relocating from Ohio to the Detroit area and am wondering if anyone can give some insight into the hospitals around Detroit. I'm leaning towards Henry Ford but I don't know anyone that currently works there. I've been at the same level 1 trauma...

2. Nurses "on-call" related to low census; Am I rightfully angry?

   BGgirl replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

   We are ALWAYS putting nurses on call now. I'm a charge nurse and even after a call in and taking our float to another floor I had to put one nurse off and 3 on call. It's not fun but they have an hour to come into work and then get time and a half. ...

3. discharged a patient wearing telemetry

   BGgirl replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

   I know ours cost a few thousand dollars. We had a pt leave AMA with one of our tele boxes and didn't seem inclined to return it. We told out security dept about it and they have a unit that will actually go out to people's houses or wherever to get...

4. assertiveness/confidence?

   BGgirl replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

   I think with experience comes assertiveness and confidence. At least with me that's how it is. I was very timid in nursing school but I really can't say that about me anymore in regards to nursing.

5. Floor nursing without techs/aides

   BGgirl replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   1. What kind of floor? tele step-down and m/s pulmonary 2. Ratio patient:nurse?4:1 on nights on tele and 5:1 on m/s 3. Is it functional? depends on what day you're talking about. Both floors can be super busy. 4. Have you worked in an environment tha...

6. switching to bedside report

   BGgirl replied to justjRN's topic in General Nursing

   We call ours bedside handoff and we basically still do a written/verbal report at the nurses station and then both the oncoming and outgoing nurse go to the pts room and introduce the new nurse, and make sure the room isn't a wreck or your pt isn't. ...

7. How long were you held before being allowed to transfer?

   BGgirl replied to Jean1313's topic in General Nursing

   We can be held for a max of 45 days which is usually how long everyone is held for. My manager takes every transfer personally so she likes to keep holding onto you as long as she can.

8. Colour-coded hospital bracelets

   BGgirl replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

9. We need visiting hours!! Does anybody have them?

   BGgirl replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   We have visiting hours that usually end at 8p and they are announced overhead. I normally let people stay a little longer if they are not in my way and are not being overbearing. Otherwise I tend to mention that visiting hours are over. Some visitors...

10. My life in Ireland and US...still learning but worth it!

    BGgirl replied to caycay's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for the info. It's only a dream of mine to work there but very interesting how they operate compared to here. I miss how absolutely green it is there. Can't wait to travel again. :)

11. My life in Ireland and US...still learning but worth it!

    BGgirl replied to caycay's topic in General Nursing

    Aww. I had the pleasure of visiting Ireland when I graduated from nursing school and I loved it there. They were so very nice and accomodating. I've always wondered what it would be like to work there.

12. Home Med Documentation?

    BGgirl replied to core34's topic in General Nursing

    We usually encourage pts to either have their families take home their meds or we lock them up with security if they're controlled.

13. Nursing Unions

    BGgirl replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in Union

    I agree. I'm a union nurse and I feel at least some security with my job having a union in place. Some of the bad things include union dues every pay and it is MUCH harder to fire bad nurses. They are protected and you have to document, document, ...

14. Working the Holiday

    BGgirl replied to Looking4Seaglass's topic in Emergency

    We work either the holiday or the eve. I worked Christmas Day and had the eve off. I work New Year's eve but get New Years Day off. I also had to work the day after Christmas. My night at work was so horrible though, that I took on call. Also, if...

15. So sick of people running to management and telling lies.

    BGgirl replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Do we work at the same place? We have this same exact problem. In fact, it has come down to people on days assigning baths to the night shift. It's rediculous. I'm a nurse, I can tell when someone need to be bathed and when they don't. Some peopl...