KYnightnurse

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1. I Could NEVER Do PICU!

   KYnightnurse replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in General Nursing

   Thank You for what you do, and Thank God for you! :) And thank goodness we all have our specialty areas. I couldn't do PICU because I enjoy a lot of interaction with my patients. I've been pulled to PICU and felt like I was just treating the pumps ...

2. Nurses writing up nurses?

   KYnightnurse replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

   We do a 12-hour chart check with the oncoming nurse (or 4 or 8 depending on how much time has gone by since a change of care givers). Going back 24 hrs is overkill, imho. And it is not done for the purpose of finding errors and writing them up. I c...

3. Is Joint Commission more hindrance than help?

   KYnightnurse replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

   Here's what 'Joint' did to us last year: we now have to lock up our IVF bags, which were in a Staff Only supply room to begin with. Now they are in a locked med room and locked AGAIN in a cabinet, in other words double locked. As are other supplies ...

4. Entitled Generation

   KYnightnurse replied to javajaydon's topic in General Nursing

   I want to work nights at your hospital, where there is only paperwork and no docs, no no orders written, no pharmacy and not busy patients. *L*

5. Entitled Generation

   KYnightnurse replied to javajaydon's topic in General Nursing

   Three cheers for you!! I couldn't agree with you more! My husband calls it the 'microwave generation'. They want everything now and they want it quick. I've read numerous articles about lack of social skills being due to all interaction being done ...

6. Nurses writing up nurses?

   KYnightnurse replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

7. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

   KYnightnurse replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

   No kidding on this one: "Strict eyes and nose"

8. plantar fasciitis ouch!

   KYnightnurse replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

   I dealt with this for years before realizing what it was. Here is my experience. I tried to fix it myself by using motrin and icing my heel a few times a day. I got to the point I was driving to work (an hour drive) with my heel on ice and would ic...

9. Joint Commission?

   KYnightnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Does your hospital make you go in the patient room with the oncoming nurse at shift change, introduce yourself, check IVF, etc. etc? The floor I work on just started making us do this, they are 'blaming' it on Joint Commission, which I don't buy. I c...

10. Nurses-Louisville Kentucky: Do I need to pass local nursing board to practice in US?

    KYnightnurse replied to countmein1981's topic in International

    I work in Louisville with a nurse from the Phillipines. She has been here less than a year, here is what she said (she isn't sure of the cost): take the local exam, it is the prerequisite to take the CGFNS, after passing that take the two English ex...

11. Nurses-Louisville Kentucky: Do I need to pass local nursing board to practice in US?

    KYnightnurse replied to countmein1981's topic in International

    Just curious, how and why did you pick Louisville?

12. Nurses-Louisville Kentucky: Do I need to pass local nursing board to practice in US?

    KYnightnurse replied to countmein1981's topic in International

    Once you get to L'ville, go to the hospital you are interested in working at and ask to see the Nurse Recruiter. He or she should be able to guide you in the right direction.

13. Do cell phones interfere with telemetry?

    KYnightnurse replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure it is cell phones that your hospital is handing out to the staff? Where I work they hand out cordless phones. No cells allowed in the ICU areas but they are allowed on the general med/surg floors but must be kept at least 3 feet away f...

14. Computer Charting

    KYnightnurse replied to sstromberg's topic in General Nursing

    The biggest negative to computer charting is the time it takes to log in and wait for the screen(s) you want to pop up. I work on a floor with high pt. turnover. The average pt. stay is 3 days. It would be so much quicker to put I's and O's on pap...

15. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    KYnightnurse replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in pediatrics (but not a PICU). When I start IVF's on a pt. I show the parents where the Alarm Silence button is located. I've learned over the years if I don't show them, they start pressing all the buttons, inevitably turning off the pump....