Nytenurse

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1. Midnights vs Day shift

   Nytenurse replied to mamabear's topic in General Nursing

   I work nights (obviously) at a trauma hospital. Although I rather enjoy nights, I enjoy the people that I work with, I don't enjoy how we are treated. By that I mean the following: calling the drs in the middle of the night, they are downright crank...

2. How is code blue announced at your facility?

   Nytenurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting, I had my first code a couple of weeks ago, They call it Code 30. We are a teaching hospital so like 50 people show up. Surgical residents, medical residents, respiratory, nursing coordinators. It was my patient and there was no room ...

3. need advice desperately!!!

   Nytenurse replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

   I feel like the wool has been lifted from my eyes. I have been comtemplating my current situation and with the help of those who have responded I feel a little better. While I am still afraid of quitting my job and finding something else (even some...

4. most and least favorite DX to care for?

   Nytenurse replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

   Favorite: I love anything ortho. Especially the elderly with a little dementia. I love the stories they tell. My desk was outside the room of an elderly woman who after a touch of haldol was talking to unseen people for hours. She was laughing a...

5. need advice desperately!!!

   Nytenurse replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

   part 2, regarding the i and o's. I showed her the check system that I do now inorder to make sure the i and o's are always documented on. I showed her every note that I take and told her that at the end of my shift I check every chart to make sure...

6. need advice desperately!!!

   Nytenurse replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

   my dear friends, you have been very supportive to me through this and your support is again needed. I was written up for an incident that occured the other day. This is what happened: They way our floor is divided we have a 28 bed floor. 2 rns a...

7. need advice desperately!!!

   Nytenurse replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

   I think that everything happens for a reason...signs are all around us if we choose to see them etc... It just so happens that last night at work one of my patients was an RN in our OR, she was happy to talk to me at length about it and it sounds gre...

8. need advice desperately!!!

   Nytenurse replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

9. need advice desperately!!!

   Nytenurse replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

   I am the last shift to chart on the flow sheets. Soooo, you gotta be blind to not see the missing documentation ahead of me. Regardless, I am getting pretty meticulous about my charting. The last thing that I do before I walk out the door is check...

10. need advice desperately!!!

    Nytenurse replied to Nytenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much for your replies. You have given me much to think about. Here is what I have so far and let me know if I'm on the right track... Once bitten, twice shy. Wanna bet it will be a really long time that I ever miss charting I/O's?...

11. need advice desperately!!!

    Nytenurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have recently been targeted by my nurse manager, I have been an RN for a year now on her floor and she has been on me like white on rice the past couple of weeks for the most petty problems. One bad night I forgot to document the I and O's and sh...