NurseGloria

NurseGloria

burn unit, ER, ICU-CCU, Education, LTC

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About NurseGloria

NurseGloria has 26 years experience and specializes in burn unit, ER, ICU-CCU, Education, LTC.


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  1. Largest med pass

    I have worked in more than one LTC where I had 50 patients, intermediate care, to pass meds to. They each had probably 9 to 11 meds. I was supposed to pass the meds within an hour before and after 9 AM. In LTC, many of your patients have digoxin. We...
  2. Help Me Work Faster

    If it is possible to go with a nurse who has done that med pass many times to observe how she does it? You will save steps and save time. If the experienced nurse sees you as a new grad who will be critical of her methods and write her up for not do...
  3. ACLS classes-Best way to do these classes?

    I hadn't worked in critical care for years. I took a hands on ACLS course last summer. Most of it was review. It surprised me that most of the meds are the same. I had to unlearn some things and relearn some new things. The folks who gave the course...
  4. Unsafe Med pass??

    We have more people in prison by per cent of population than any other country in the world. We have a prison system that is becoming privatized. Contractors are having prisoners do work for pennies an hour. Our justice system convicts and exterminat...
  5. Unsafe Med pass??

    Sounds like some long term care facilities I worked for.
  6. cna diary - 03/13/2010

    I was a CNA before I was an RN. I know how much you care about your patients and how little authority you have about their care. You did the best you could under your circumstances and should not feel guilty about what happened to your patient. A un...
  7. MinnieMomRN, Really cool report sheet. I don't think the time management doc is flexible enough. But it could be used as a guide. I used my own method for v.s., signs and symptoms, etc. that worked well for me. Thanks for sharing. I would probably ha...
  8. When I worked the floor, I constantly prioritized and planned three or four tasks ahead, continuously. It is an acquired skill that they don't teach you in school. Waitresses can also do this. I was a waitress before I was a nurse. Other waitresses...
  9. Nursing myths. Stories that you know cannot be true

    I know that the full moon thing is fact. It could be true about the vents as well. Battery power only lasts so long.
  10. Leslie: D is correct. Just tell what happened. The HR or administrator knows that nurses are usually given more work than is physically possible to do the way were taught in nursing education. It is a dirty little secret that nurses hide very well. W...
  11. do other careers get "write-ups" as much as nurses?

    Employers create paper trails in order to pull them out when they need to reduce the payroll by removing employees from the workplace. If the employer can make a case that a nurse was terminated for cause, the nurse does not get unemployment insuranc...
  12. Has Feminism Abandoned Nurses?

    I don't understand your point. What does that have to do with the fact that 10 and 20 years down the road, teachers make much higher salaries and have much better benefits than nurses who have been employed that long. And, teachers were smart enough ...
  13. Cthulhu said, "They told her that they do not share this information with any future employer seeking references or background checks". Do you really believe that? Have you heard of the telephone? Human resources and DONs always call each other to as...
  14. Has Feminism Abandoned Nurses?

    Teresag CNS said, "I fully agree that compensation for nurses is good; it's working conditions that still trouble me". I disagree that compensation for nurses is good. The starting salary is similar to the starting salary of a teacher. But look down...
  15. Unions prevelance across US?

    JoPACURN said, " My hospital is NOT a union based one and we are thriving". But are the nurses thriving and are the patients safe?