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1. Dressing changes????

   rntg replied to loriaz's topic in Orthopaedic

   Most of our docs are using Acticoat or Mepilex silver dressings. Applied in the OR, they are not removed for at least 7 days, or at their first postop visit, unless they have excess drainage.

2. The best nursing advice you've ever received

   rntg replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

   1. If you think something is wrong, it usually is. 2. Nursing is a 24 hour job, everything does not have to get done on your shift. 3 Never mention a former patient's name (especially the trying ones), they will show up in a hurry!

3. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

   rntg replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

   I get that part, but how does the charge nurse and the manager stay informed about each patient so they can help where needed, answer questions and make appropriate assignments.

4. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

   rntg replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

   From what I am reading, those who like the process, it is really a way to check up on the nurse you are following and make sure they have left nothing over from their shift for you to do. I am seeing nothing about the patient involvement in the repo...

5. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

   rntg posted a topic in General Nursing

   I need help- Our CNO and hospital administrators are now making manditory on all units, bedside reporting. We call it Walking Rounds, but it is really bedside report. A little backround on our unit: We work on a busy orthopedic unit where most pati...

6. Your Pet Peeves in Nursing..

   rntg replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

   1. Nurses have to take up the slack for all departments, and when something isn't right it always come back on the nurses. 2. New policies instituted by the hospital governing body for changes in nursing policies without ever consulting the floor ...

7. How to become an effecient nursing director ???

   rntg replied to florence09's topic in General Nursing

   "Make it a point to understand the realities of the floor. Pick up various shifts every couple weeks...you can't really effectively make rules up for people when you don't understand what their job actually entails." Amen to this. We have a new CNO ...

8. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

   rntg replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Almost on a daily basis, I hang up the phone and work and wonder why we on the nursing floors are expected to be nice to everyone, but we have to take everyone else's cr__! You talk to any other department including the doctors, and they can be rude...

9. Patient Call backs

   rntg replied to erlissy's topic in Emergency

   It is all about Patient Satisfaction scores.

10. Walking Rounds

    rntg replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    If all you say in front of the patient is what you describe above, then where do you get the rest of the report. If you have never had "patient A & B" then you know nothing about them and "ok" just doesn't cut it.

11. Walking Rounds

    rntg posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering how many floors use "Walking Rounds" as a means of shift to shift report. 1) How do you go about it? 2) What if a patient needs something during this time (call lights,help to bathroom, pain meds, dr phone calls, etc). 3) How do c...

12. Knee Replacement

    rntg replied to zenman's topic in Orthopaedic

    Out total knees and hips length of stay is generally 3 days on our ortho floor. That means if they have their surgery on Monday they are ready to go by Thursday, regardless if it is single or bilatteral. We have a few surgeons who do the bilatteral,...

13. Ortho Floor only takes care of ortho problems?

    rntg replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    [ My only thought was thank God I am such a stubborn nurse! If the patient had an ortho nurse, she may have gone home with a PE. Has anyone else noticed that mentality in the hospitals? treat only the problem you specialize in? Wow! Not sure what t...

14. Walking Report and HIPPA

    rntg replied to rntg's topic in HIPAA

    I would have felt this way long before HIPAA also, but what HIPAA has done is make people more aware of this. I just felt really uncomfortable giving and receiving report this way. I asked some of the nurses on the floor about this, and they seemed...

15. Walking Report and HIPPA

    rntg posted a topic in HIPAA

    Do any of you have experience with walking report? I was floated to another unit yesterday where they have instituted this. (We still use taped report on our unit) While I understand the premise, I am not sure how this can coincide with HIPPA. I m...