HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone BSN, RN

HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone has 14 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in MedSurg, phone triage.

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1. What was she thinking?!

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

   I think calling it a "welfare check" was the mistake. I wonder if the ED nurse knew the patient was returning to a SNF. Was it by SNF/EMT transport or did a personal vehicle transport them there. Where I work, anytime a patient leaves before the nurs...

2. Inexperienced ER help

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone's topic in Emergency

   Thank you! This is an awesome routine! Thank you for sharing!

3. Inexperienced ER help

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone's topic in Emergency

   I appreciate this! Thank you for your honesty. Our COVID19 triage line has actually quite picked up in volumes so we’re needing assistance ourselves. Of course it’s not the same, but I feel like I am contributing being here. Thank you!

4. Inexperienced ER help

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone's topic in Emergency

   Great points! Thank you!

5. Inexperienced ER help

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone's topic in Emergency

   I’m not really sure of the base issue. We’re understaffed across the entire hospital and have been for as long as I can remember. Things got worse with COVID when they had to open new units and pull staff from already understaffed floors and units. W...

6. Inexperienced ER help

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone posted a topic in Emergency

   Please forgive the long story! Our ER is seriously drowning. As in patients waiting full DAYS (not hours), EMTs being requested to stay with instead of drop off patients because there is no one to care for them, etc etc. On a particularly bad day t...

7. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to Delia37's topic in COVID

   Personal opinion: I think a patient should always be able to request a new caregiver no matter what their reasons are, or whether we agree with their reasons. If they are uncomfortable with a situation and it is within our ability to adjust to a...

8. Passed the NCLEX-RN it is TOTALLY possible!

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to KSnow2332's topic in NCLEX

   :dancgrp:CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9. PLEASE help!!!!!

   HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to KYMOM1981's topic in NCLEX

   The NCLEX exam is a computer adaptive test (CAT). You will have between 75-265 questions, and up to 6 hours to test. The exam begins by giving you a moderately easy question. If you get it wrong, they give you an easier question; if you get it correc...

10. Need your help - trying to change school policy

    HospitalNurseIsOnThePhone replied to CrystalShip's topic in General Students

    What you're doing is GREAT!! I am in a BSN program in South Carolina. In 4 semesters our class size has gone from 45 to 23, so I feel your pain. Any grade below 80% is failing, they don't round up (a 79.99 is FAILING) and two failing grades gets you ...