wino73

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1. just a vent about a nurse brown noser!

   wino73 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

   I think you should approach him on his attitude at work. Not necessarily the brown nosing because if you and others notice it Im sure the doctors notice it and believe me it is not gaining him any points. However, if he is grumpy at work and it affec...

2. Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

   wino73 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   What I have seen with cellphones at the workplace is that it is out of hand and a distraction from patient care. You can not compare a staff nurse with a cell phone to that of an administrator with a cell phone. The nature of each job is completely d...

3. RRT nurse

   wino73 replied to wino73's topic in MICU

   Don't you have a regular Supervisor or Charge nurse on your shift or do the bedside staff act as CN? How is your management tiered?

4. RRT nurse

   wino73 replied to wino73's topic in MICU

   We do get recognized for RRT. We are careful in who we chose to do RRT min 2 yrs in ICU, CCRN prefered, and acts professionally while at work and must not be in any discipline. We all have polo shirts and each quarter we have a drawing first prize is...

5. RRT nurse

   wino73 posted a topic in MICU

   Is your Rapid Response Nurse out of the count and available for all calls? We were told this is the standard out there, however will be activating family response and have concerns about the amount of calls that will pull the RRN away from her patien...

6. Restraint procedures

   wino73 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just wondering if anyone has a process in place for the doctors to sign the restraint orders to be compliant with JCAHO and the state? Seems like we are constantly chasing them down and still are non compliant at times.