ckben

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1. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

   ckben replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

   that's a different scenario. the pt. can refuse what they like, nobody's arguing that. but i, as a nurse, am not required to provide bad care to a pt. simply because they prefer it that way. they have a right to good care, and continually giving cand...

2. Protect your profession...

   ckben replied to markdanurse's topic in ADN/BSN

   there's a very good reason that nurses aren't allowed to mix drugs on the floor anymore - many, many, many critical med errors that resulted in patient injury and death. yeah, it sucks to have to wait for meds, but unless your pharmacy has severe pro...

3. What are the first signs of burnout?

   ckben replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

   i'll add this: when you wake up in the morning and dread the next time you go back to work, even if it's 3-4 days down the road. another thing i've noticed: if you start losing your patience with people and things that you would never have lost patie...

4. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

   ckben replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

   we've had lots of these same situations. basically, my philosophy is similar to yours in that i will not personally hand them something that is restricted from their diet. i just won't, for personal and professional reasons. but, as you said, if it's...

5. When to start applying.....

   ckben replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

   start applying now. you can inform your employers of when your preferred start date and when you actually graduate/take the licensing exam. if you wait until you're ready to start working, you may find many jobs already taken by nursing students from...

6. What would you have said to this??

   ckben replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

   thing is, i've had a similar situation like this come up lots of times. upon asking other nurses/charge nurses what to do, they usually just say, "chart exactly what the doctor said in your nurses notes, watch the patient real carefully, and call him...

7. What do nurses do?

   ckben replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Career Support

   as a nurse, i spend a good 2-3 hours a day minimum charting. this isn't because i like charting or because i have nothing better to do. believe me, i would rather be in patient rooms all day. i may be sitting at the nurses station, but believe me cha...

8. Courtesy Assessment

   ckben replied to kdbsmom's topic in Safety

   frankly, these nurses sound lazy. not only that, but apparently documentation of patient care is more important to them than actual patient care itself. if you charted that you did the assessment on their shift, would that protect them in a court of ...

9. Has this happened to anyone before??

   ckben replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   my sister-in-law and my mother both had reactions the first few weeks they worked nights. not with vertigo, but with severe nausea and reduced appetite. i'd say give yourself time to adjust (flip-flopping days and nights does NOT agree with some peop...

10. Dilemma regarding Per Diem....anyone???

    ckben replied to KellieNurse06's topic in General Nursing

    what you are describing sounds like what we call prn - you have to work predetermined shifts (ex. 7-3 or 7-7), but can generally pick the days you want to work ahead of time. i think this is what you were describing. what we called per diem is someth...

11. Burnout or what

    ckben replied to sunshines66's topic in General Nursing

    having worked both telemetry and med/surg, i can honestly say this is NOT good advice. the patients may be less sick, but you will have more of them. and they and their families will NOT be less demanding, i can promise you that. no, telemetry and an...

12. What would you have said to this??

    ckben replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    in all honesty, i probably would have just said, "okay thank you." then i would have gone straight to my nurses noted immediately and charted what he said, using direct quotes. what a jerk.

13. Private vs. Semi-private rooms

    ckben replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    in terms of: patient safety: shouldn't matter IF you are doing all the checks you are supposed to. and if you aren't, the two patients in one room isn't the problem, you are. this kind of goes along with medication errors... communication/confidentia...

14. Telephone Orders- Perplexed in MA!

    ckben replied to kathybMA's topic in General Nursing

    i personally feel that there is absolutely no excuse for taking a phone order and not writing it yourself. you cannot ask anybody else to do that for you. is there anybody who wasn't taught that in school? i don't think i'd want to be a patient on th...

15. Please come discourage me...

    ckben replied to albedo's topic in General Nursing

    don't forget that in many places, you will never know when you will be getting off of work. if the end of your shift is 7:15, you may have a high chance of still being on the floor waiting for the oncoming nurses to get there or to finish getting rep...