iluvgusgus replied to iluvgusgus's topic in Relations
I did feel put on the spot because these nurses are turning these pts every 2 hours whether I am there or not... so when they know I am coming around are they waiting for me to do the honors? I don't know. That's how I felt because they have had oppo...
iluvgusgus replied to iluvgusgus's topic in Relations
Yes Flexiseal! thank you. Whenever there is a BM to clean, I thought it was just "nurse etiquette" to be the one doing the cleaning while your helpers hold and roll your pt. And I like your screen name too. I personally do not like sticking my finger...
iluvgusgus replied to Birdy2's topic in Medications
I've never heard of doing push/pause for a PIV...that's usually for a PICC or CVL which needs more pressure to flush? Maybe that was too much pressure for the vein, she sounds like she had poor veins in the first place.
It all comes down to economics. Raising the minimum raise is inflation if it causes everyone to desire higher wages in relation with the rise in the minimum wage and the price increases that come along with it. People working the minimum wage jobs wi...
iluvgusgus replied to iluvgusgus's topic in Relations
Thank you all for your input. I was a teamplayer and did what they asked me, I am not a difficult person to work with I have earned merit raises based on my teamwork. I work in an ICU and turning 30 pts from 8-3, documenting, and doing multiple dsg c...
I am a skin and wound resource nurse for my unit and I have to do PU prevalence for my unit every wednesday. I have to turn 30 pts and assess their skin for PUs and clean BMs with the nurse if we find them, I even change dsgs for them of it is a PU u...
iluvgusgus replied to Subclavian Steel's topic in Critical
ICU is hard on the back. When I worked M/S I rarely had back pain. Now that I am in the ICU and I turn both my pts every 2 hours or more often plus transport them plus help get them on the mri/CT scan table when needed I have back pain every night. W...
iluvgusgus replied to graphicdesigner22's topic in Men
So when I was in nursing school, I barely had time to eat dinner and driving more than a half hour for a study group wouldve cut into study time and I wouldnt have ever done that. I think 8 hours in a study group is excessive, maybe 2-3 hours.... to ...
iluvgusgus replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical
They only require it for nurses trained as charge nurses and there are frequently 2 or 3 nurses who frequently charge on staff as "stat" nurses helping with new admissions and codes as they arise. They are very experienced and I would trust them with...
iluvgusgus replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical
Umm... I think you should be grateful that you are being given the privilege and PAID training to take care of your hospital's sickest patients. Yes, it is obviously specialized training, that they are paying for you to receive. You can take that tra...
I dont see how refusing a patient assignment would be patient abandonment if you didnt accept them as your assignment nor received report on them? That's not how it works and that would not be right, and yes I will be refusing to care for an ebola pt...