Is anything at your work that puzzles you

K+MgSO4, BSN · May 11, 2015

That I can mixTPN but to get rice krispies I need a dierican referral. That 6 months out from org wide accreditation the 2 depts who have done nothing about the recommendations made 2 years ago have money thrown at them and those that work hard get nothing?

No Stars In My Eyes · May 11, 2015

No call - no show, especially on a weekend or night shift.

.....why go to the trouble of getting or starting a job if you are going to just leave everyone in the lurch?

SWM2009 · May 11, 2015

Why when I offer a to help a co-worker because she is overwhelmed with an admission, a fall, and the regular med pass, she snipes back at me that she does not need any help. Then she proceeds to complain to the DON that I was questioning her ability to do her job. Except my offer to help was genuine. We work LTC, an admission and a fall on the same shift plus 30+ residents to give meds to is madness and that is why I offered to help. Oh well, guess who won't be offering to help a certain person ever again.

brownbook · May 11, 2015

Maybe I'm a little dense....seems like a weird homework question? But it is odd the OP hasn't come back?

But I do have a big puzzles....our paper work is crazy making. We don't have a standard pre-op form that surgeons have to use. We have a variety of surgeons from all specialties. We still get pre-op H&P's with vague consent's to read, hard to find orders for pre-op antibiotics or SCD's.

It really puzzles me that a surgeon will not, cannot, clearly state Consent To Read, in their pre-op orders. Of course we do not write out the consent in these cases....we leave a big bright red STOP sign on top of the chart that the patient is not ready for surgery, the consent is not signed, and make the surgeon write it out when they come in. And they often grumble and complain about it!

OrganizedChaos, LVN · May 11, 2015

When students don't want to attempt to do their own homework (& don't come back) or lay people come on here only to blast nurses.

lpn954 · May 11, 2015

For me its why a home health agency I work for can never pay me on time... 2-3 weeks late sometimes! I always turn in all my paperwork on time too.

brownbook · May 11, 2015

For me its why a home health agency I work for can never pay me on time... 2-3 weeks late sometimes! I always turn in all my paperwork on time too.

Every state (and country) has different rules...but there are legal guidelines for how long an employer can take to pay employees after their pay period has ended? Maybe you should look into this? It just took me a a minute to Google it!

NutmeggeRN, BSN · May 11, 2015

Why the LTC scheduling coordinator "schedules" people to be on a certain shift, AND NEVER CONFIRMS WITH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!

Happened this weekend, waiting for the 2nd shift, when one of the oncoming LNAs say,."I bet she does not know she is working" and do we have a current phone? But of course not!!!!

ARGHHHH

oh yeah, and the homework answer seekers!!!

blondy2061h, MSN, RN · May 11, 2015

I'm puzzled by Pentostatin. It's a chemo, but it's name makes it sound like it should be used for dyslilidemia. Riddle me that.

mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN · May 11, 2015

I had another med that had a "statin" suffix for a cancer pt, it wasn't chemo, but it wasn't a cholesterol lowering drug. They better not be changing stuff up on me! Sandostatin is the med. Suppose to decrease diarrhea in pt with tumors.

blondy2061h, MSN, RN · May 11, 2015

I had another med that had a "statin" suffix for a cancer pt, it wasn't chemo, but it wasn't a cholesterol lowering drug. They better not be changing stuff up on me! Sandostatin is the med. Suppose to decrease diarrhea in pt with tumors.

Oh yeah, brand name of Octreotide. We use it with our GI GVHD patients for diarrhea management, but only short term or it can cause illeus.

roser13, ASN, RN · May 11, 2015

It's puzzling to me how far this thread has come, given that no one really understands the OP.