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1. Judgement Free Zone Please

   CareBayer replied to sassyrn333's topic in MICU

   I agree with a lot of what you say......thanks for the post!

2. INR reporting issue

   CareBayer replied to HolyPeas's topic in General Nursing

   The nurse who passes the med is the one who is ultimately responsible for checking labs that pertain to that med.....what if the INR was 5 and they still gave the patient coumadin?

3. ICU visiting hours

   CareBayer posted a topic in MICU

   The MICU that I work in is closed between 7am-9am, 3pm-4pm and 7pm-8pm (for shift change.) We allow 3 visitors at a time, children may only visit between 5pm-7pm. One support person may stay overnight from 9pm-7am. Does a more open visitation policy...

4. The Many Hats we Wear...................

   CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

   In the past few weeks, I have made mental notes of the things that I do at my job that are not "on my list of job requirements" so to speak...... 1. Emptying trash in patient's rooms and cleaning up said rooms 2. Rearranging the room as to please t...

5. Dwindling jobs for LPN's

   CareBayer replied to Poochee's topic in LPN/LVN

   In my hospital, LPN's are no longer allowed to work in crital care nursing areas (step-down units, etc.) We lost an LPN who has worked at our facility as a critial care nurse for over 20 years. She had loads more experience and knowledge than most ...

6. Need To Vent About Yesterday @ Work

   CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a fairly new nurse....I just hit the 6 month mark not too long ago. I work on a busy step-down unit. I arrived at work yesterday at 3PM to four monitored patients and a new admission. The new admit was a SBO who was vomiting all over. I trie...

7. How many times have you cried???

   CareBayer posted a topic in New Nurse

   How far are you into your first year and how many times have you come home and cried? I've been off precepting for five weeks and have come home and cried three times....most of the time it's because I was so overwhelmed on the floor....once I almost...

8. ? for California nurses about nurse/patient ratios...

   CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

   I posted this in the California nurses forum but have not received any responses.... What type of floor/unit do you work on and what is your nurse/patient ratio? Has the mandated nurse to patient ratios increased or decrease the quality of patient ca...

9. Vent about a charge nurse....

   CareBayer replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

   I'm trying to make my way for awhile before making too many waves....

10. Proof that Magnet Status is a farce (read this article!!)

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.massnurses.org/pubs/positions/magnet.htm

11. Vent about a charge nurse....

    CareBayer replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    Fortunately, another nurse on the floor was able to look in on my patients......she witnessed the pandemonium that I was going through. Most of the nurses on my floor are awesome team-players.....it's the few that aren't that negatively effect us al...

12. Vent about a charge nurse....

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse....this is my second week on my own (off of precepting.) I have been taking care of five patients on a busy step-down floor with no major complications...until yesterday. There is a nurse on our floor who is sometimes charge. This...

13. The more I think about a comment that my coworker made to me, the more ticked I get!!

    CareBayer replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    There is a nurse that I work with who I HATE giving report to. She shows up and expects me to give her ALL of the info about a patient. I go early so that I can write down the names, doctors, allergies, diet, activities, etc., etc., and she is too ...

14. ? about latex gloves....

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why are hospitals still stocking latex gloves? Are non-latex gloves more porous (or more expensive) than latex?? I think that I may be developing a latex allergy. My hands are becoming red and irritated lately. How many of you have developed a la...

15. JACHO is a JOKE

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    If this organization truly cared about patient care, then they would be mandating SAFE nurse to patient ratios instead of harassing nursing staff about why there is a box of gloves propped on the handrail in the unit's hallway. JACHO is a bunch of b...