tepbsmith

tepbsmith has 3 years experience and specializes in ER.

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1. If it wasn't charted it didn't happen

   tepbsmith replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

   at the place i was working at the time, most of the charting was done by checking off boxes. i don't remember whether or not the fall precautions were specifically listed. what i do remember is when my 70ish pt faceplanted in the bathroom after i nar...

2. If it wasn't charted it didn't happen

   tepbsmith replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

   there isn't going to be any way to write additional notes? i find that hard to believe. i would suggest asking your nurse manager how that will be handled. hannor- charting is not only for things we do for/to the pt. ex: you have a pt that is high ...

3. ER Prioritizing/communication help please!

   tepbsmith replied to cmarn's topic in Emergency

   its great that you are communicating with the docs so you'll know what to anticipate. i'm sorry about your coworkers that are unhelpful. i'm glad you mentioned it to the charge... since you are new there i'm not sure how you being direct about it wi...

4. ER Prioritizing/communication help please!

   tepbsmith replied to cmarn's topic in Emergency

   1. pts placed in rooms. they should be telling you when they do, esp if its obvious you're in the middle of something and they should be writing atleast a note, if nothing else. also, as for your note i would suggest something like "initial contact w...

5. Need Advice Please !!!!

   tepbsmith replied to Jenbred's topic in General Nursing

   i got fired for something lame. you should accept your part in your termination, be brief in your explanation. "the facility felt i mismanaged an unhappy family" and then say what you learned from it. (as in, end on something positive so they are not...

6. On being a mom in a female-dominated profession

   tepbsmith replied to Vida's topic in General Nursing

   idt i felt my coworkers were/are more helpful because we have kids. before i had kids, if i was off on a holiday (like christmas) i would usually switch w/someone that had kids they wanted to stay home with i personally feel that everyone should work...

7. What if men dominated the Nursing profession?

   tepbsmith replied to **All Heart RN**'s topic in General Nursing

   well, if men dominated nursing then women could dominate medicine. all that said, i prefer to work w/men and working momstly w/women is one thing i strongly dislike about nursing

8. What type of laptop pc do you use?

   tepbsmith replied to rn2bn07's topic in General Students

   thats so genius i dl this progran to more quickly delete all that shoveware but it didn't work out to answer the orginial question, i have a dell, i hate it and i want an apple consumer reports has a new mag out w/laptop and pc reviews

9. Exit Hesi

   tepbsmith replied to adamsmom's topic in NCLEX

   i thought they were pretty similar (HESI and NCLEX) but HESI had a lot of delegation questions on it. seemed like half the test but thats just the lvn-idk about RN

10. regretting going into nursing school

    tepbsmith replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    oh are you in a BSN program? can you sit for your RN boards?

11. regretting going into nursing school

    tepbsmith replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    hang in there- nursing school and actually being a nurse are SO totally different not to mention, you only have 1 semester left and even if you decided (once you start working) that you still don't like it, you can work as a nurse in other capacities...

12. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    tepbsmith replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    thats hysterical! i seriously would be all kinds of irritated if a charge nurse came up to me and asked me to go clean her pt and she just went and sat down or finished her med pass, etc. i work in a nursing home and i don't *have* to do any of that ...

13. Temple College vs Central Texas College

    tepbsmith replied to 2bnursesteph2010's topic in Texas

    this late, i'm assuming you got into the RN am i also correct in assuming you are military and thus closer to CTC? i just finished the TC LVN program in 07. i will tell you unequivocally that TC is the better school and i have been paying out of dist...

14. new here- read sticky- ? about EC

    tepbsmith replied to tepbsmith's topic in Online Learning

    well, at first i rejected EC on the basis of cost. but its a lot cheaper now that i have more core stuff out of the way. i would really prefer a distance learning course, because i HATED clinicals and i prefer my online courses. i don't have to stay ...

15. nights

    tepbsmith replied to redhairboy's topic in General Nursing

    my mom started doing a lot of it once she went back to work because its closer to her job than my house. the daycare is 17miles away...so there aren't many in my town that send their kids there after 18mos of that commute, she is starting at a new sc...