MU/WVUGRADRN

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1. Partial foot amputee needs advice

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to chevyv's topic in Disabilities

   I am a below knee amputee and was fortunately blessed to get a job in my hospital that suits my needs. I have worked for 4 years after my amputation and have missed one week in those four years because of a problem with my amputation. I know others...

2. Do travel nurses have any choices other than "general floor" nursing?

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to forest2525's topic in Travel

   Our operating room has plenty of travelers. A long time ago we had more travelers than we did permanent staff (fortunately that has resolved).

3. A question about TB medication

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to Nursing4Sure's topic in General Nursing

   I know several nurses who have positive TB tests. When the rest of us are screened with the TB test, these nurses have their chest xrays done. As long as their chest xrays are negative they do not need any TB meds. Down and dirty, simplistic thinki...

4. Help with Hospital Policy

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to MuleMarine's topic in General Nursing

   What is your facility's policy about needle sticks? I believe at our hospital, if there is a needle stick, the patient does not have to give consent for HIV testing. No charge to pt since is done for employee protection. I think you could try to...

5. Unit Clerks are Useless!

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to HUCtoRNBScN's topic in General Nursing

   Jenni H I hate you are having such a tough time at your job. People write dissertations about how and why people treat others poorly.Others give lots of advice about how to manage people who do not treat others well. I will do neither. I jus...

6. Team Nursing

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an "old" (experienced) nurse and we did team nursing a long time ago. I loved it.

7. Lap chole

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to cndrn's topic in Med-Surg

   :yeahthat:

8. Working as a supervisor

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to lmonet82's topic in Safety

   Just an idea: Occasionally make your rounds WITH the staff person. Just say something like "Let's make rounds and see how things are with your patients" or "Would you like to go with me as I make rounds?" Use this as an opportunity to discu...

9. Let's play I Remember When.....

   MU/WVUGRADRN replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

   Love this thread. Glad it has been resurrected. I graduated in 1968. Previous postings bring back so many memories. Let me add a couple of my memories: Almost failing clinicals one day because my pillow case had the opening pointed towards the d...

10. On hanging blood...

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to spejsa's topic in New Nurse

    Let me share my transfusion horror story: Our policy was to stay with the patient for the first 15 minutes of the transfusion. VS were to be done q 15 min x2. I stayed with the pt. After about 2-3 minutes of the transfusion, the patient began acti...

11. RANT!! He left a dirty needle on my table!

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to nursejohio's topic in Ob/Gyn

    phriedomRN Obviously you are not the only one with this problem. Get the support of your peers (there is power in numbers). As long as nurses do not do anything about doctors' bad behavior (or unsafe) they will continue. We are taught in nursing...

12. Considering LNC

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Legal

    Has anyone begun to take the AALNC legal nurse consultant on line course yet? If so, what do you think?

13. making the transition to management

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to shearan's topic in Management

    When I took my management position I asked a fellow friend manager for advice about how I could succeed. Her quick response: Don't go to lunch with the same people every day. I chuckled, but respected her enough to take her advice. Best advice I e...

14. Can somebody please explain what happened in my clinicals yesterday? (Long)

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to debrasDD99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hope that you learned from the BEST thing (and the WORST thing) from this scenario. The BEST thing: a nurse identified that this patient should be taken to the OR to explore this wound. The floor nurses were not prepared with staff, equipment ...

15. JCAHO Prep quiz or game

    MU/WVUGRADRN replied to Debrajo MSN's topic in Management

    JCAHO Jeopardy is also an idea. A board with responses and the staff needs to come up with the correct answers. Some sort of reward for earning big points with right answers. Fun.