JustAdmitToObs

JustAdmitToObs

CDU, cardiac telemetry, med-surg

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About JustAdmitToObs

JustAdmitToObs has 5 years experience and specializes in CDU, cardiac telemetry, med-surg.


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  1. Calling BON

    BON took 3 years to contact me (via email) of an informal hearing date following a self-report submitted by the attorney I hired that whole 3 years ago. The snail-like pace at which they “protect the public” is mind boggling.
  2. "My pain is about an eight and a half"

    I never understood how people could rate something a 10/10 pain until 4 months ago when I gave birth via vacuum to a posterior facing baby with a failed epidural. The handful of kidney stones I've passed were a paper cut in comparison. Had I been on ...
  3. Help with CIWA & RASS

    May be a dumb question but can't find anything within my organization policies or even google that answers it. The paper form my organization uses to score a CIWA assessment has you total your CIWA score at the bottom and mark the RASS score below it...
  4. Night shift and cognitive function

    I've been night shift (6-6) for about 2 weeks now. This is my first time ever working late PM hours as I've only ever worked jobs that required very early morning starts. I learnt very quickly that flipping sleep schedules back and forth was not goin...
  5. The newish orientees must know what I mean. You go into a patient room with your preceptor, she overlooks you starting an infusion, you ask how to program that piggyback, and the patient has that look on their face like "OMG..." Then that patient giv...
  6. IVP admin rates?

    In my first month of orientation, the biggest challenge I am having is with the tactile skills that nursing school either didn't allow us to do or didn't provide many opportunities to practice. I'm very tentative with IVP's because I'm unclear of how...
  7. No specific training, total disorganization - is this normal?

    In terms of sink or swim, is it that the new hires quit or are fired?
  8. No specific training, total disorganization - is this normal?

    Instead of being relieved, I'm just confused and concerned. It's such a drastic detour from the risk management efforts that operate within hospitals. But I don't see any reason why LTC would not be just as concerned with liability.
  9. Recently started my first nursing job in a LTC (3 shifts off orientation) and while I don't dislike it, I'm weirded out by the total lack of support or supervision for new hires. I had four orientation days in which I was paired with a nurse but the...
  10. Re-directing tips needed for Alzheimer's/behavior pts

    What about those residents who constantly scream "help me"? Sometime accompanied by more screaming about peeing in pants. How done one deal....
  11. Questions for a paper on alarm fatigue

    I wish I could site your comments as references! I found one study that found that even if nurses didn't respond to alarms, hearing them prompted them to mentally "check-in" with the patient and then determine the urgency of the alarm.
  12. NH Residents without ID bands

    Is this normal? Only way to identify resident is to compare them against a tiny black and white photo on their meds. This will sound bad, but I have serious difficulties in distinguishing one geriatric resident from the rest. My preceptor says to ask...
  13. Questions for a paper on alarm fatigue

    Doesn't admin move conversations? I'm not sure how to.
  14. Questions for a paper on alarm fatigue

    Hmm all of your responses are in line with my research. I'm stumped because I have to do a literature review on the "pros and cons of alarm fatigue." I'm stumped in terms of being able to report any kind of argument in favor of it.
  15. Called to interview for dream job on first day at non-dream job

    Did you tell them in person?