pjdouble

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1. Ohhhhh your a Nurse!?!?

   pjdouble replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   Amen to all that's been said. Good patient care doesn't happen without competent CNAs. I've been so blessed to work with so many good nursing assistants. And I hate the word "only"...I'm "only" a CNA, LPN, whatever, really burns my butt, if you'll ex...

2. I have never met anyone like her...

   pjdouble replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   Well, there is one thing you can say about this job...it's always "interesting"! Sounds like you did a great job. It's just so frustrating when the behavior of one difficult patient takes up so much time that you can't properly work with your other p...

3. New nurse blues

   pjdouble replied to Pleaides's topic in New Nurse

   I am so very sorry to hear that you received such negative messages from the unit preceptors...evidently, they've forgotten what it is like to be a new grad! It's scary to make the transition...it's like having kids in that everyone tells you what it...

4. Any hospitals out there using discharge lobbies/lounges?

   pjdouble posted a topic in Safety

   The hospital I work for recently opened a "discharge lobby" in order to expedite emptying beds for future admissions/post-ops. Frankly, I am not too thrilled at the prospect of sending my post-op day 2 discharges down to an area staffed only by a vol...

5. Need info from Magnet Hospital nurses

   pjdouble replied to Rae's topic in General Nursing

   Hi ya'll, I work in a hospital that is trying to achieve Magnet status at this time. We also have scrub colors designated, but this was done not to take power and autonomy away from nurses but to benefit patients. Our patients know which of us are nu...