sarbo1010

sarbo1010

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About sarbo1010

sarbo1010 has 32 years experience and specializes in PCU.


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  1. False acusations?

    Of course, when any adverse event happens it seems to be human nature to find someone to pin it on. Hence documentation is the only thing that will save your butt. Several years ago I had a patient that had been on the floor for >24 hours when s...
  2. Medication administration confusion???

    you are correct about trusting the pharmacy and I did catch an error in a pharmacy draw of chemo about 25 years ago. a physician gave some chemo to a few patients through the omaya reservoir and 2 of them had adverse reactions. I pulled the syringe...
  3. We had this same problem in Florida when lobbying the Florida legislature about safe staffing ratios about 10 years ago. The legislators simply told us that since our governing body the Florida Nurses association and ANA do not support safe staffing...
  4. Heartbroken (long winded-sorry!)

    I know you are heartbroken right now, but this will probably lead to better things. It sounds like your manager did not communicate with human resources and I would accept that the reason you didn't get hired is because they have filled all position...
  5. Okay, so looks like you did the right thing, but it's not the only right thing. #1 yes her b/p was on the low side, but is that where she lives? Did it drop lower after a dose. This lady is not narcotic naive, so chances of actually doing her in w...
  6. Paper Charting venting

    Yeah, it is a requirement, but I think that they just pay a fine, lots of hospitals are still on paper. I travel nurse off and on and paper for me is non negotiable. Surprised to find a large hospital in New York City was still on paper and there a...
  7. Paper Charting venting

    Being raised in the paper charting era, I used to lament and glorify the old days of paper charting. I did an EMR conversion last year and OMG paper charting SUCKS. I will never accept a job that is doing paper charting. Just too time consuming tr...
  8. What's In A Name Badge?

    Yes, the diploma nurses were hands down the best nurses I ever worked with. And a masters trained nurse - the worst. I think she just never practiced actual bedside nursing until she finished her masters. I relieved her one day to find that she go...
  9. What's In A Name Badge?

    Amen, and I worked hard for my BSN, I want it on my badge, along with that PCCN that I continue to slave over to keep. It also keeps me current on topics i probably wouldn't normally seek out. This is again a problem with nurses, we need to encoura...
  10. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    1. How about entering a confused patients room to find them using their cigarette lighter to read something, because patients where allowed to smoke back then. 2. The annual education component where the fire department came and a patient's bed with ...
  11. Low census--what do you do?

    Run like hell before a fresh batch of patients hit the ED and they change their minds.
  12. Being called an idiot

    Yeah, this does remind me of the time I had a patient with radiation pnuemonitis and sats in the low 80's. He needed steriods and antibiotics but I couldn't get the fellow on call to do anything. On my third call to him he stated "do not call me ag...
  13. Doctor stole my stethoscope

    thanks for sharing, gonna have to look into this "tile" thing
  14. Doctor stole my stethoscope

    Often a doc will borrow a stethoscope they find laying around, carry it to another floor, realize it's not theirs and just drop it there. So I would start by sending a flyer out to the other floors. I hope you have some identifier on it - that will...
  15. 10 Survival Tips for the Highly Sensitive Nurse

    omg, just reading this thing lets me know I must drive the hsp crazy. I love the floors that are noisy, too quiet makes me nuts. Clutter - I can walk through it, around it, and under it. I love chaos and can toon out any and most noises. My short...