Djadia

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1. Career Change

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for your response. It is reassuring that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

2. Career Change

   Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been an RN (associate degree) for 26 years on an inpatient medical/surgical unit @ a rural hospital which has given me the opportunity to perform various tasks that large hospital nurses may not experience. We perform chart & pain audits, ...

3. Manager Retaliatiin

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   We are a rural hospital & the only RN's in the building during NOC shift are 2 on med/surg & 1 in ED

4. Manager Retaliatiin

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   I wasn't the person who followed the managers reccomendation to chemically sedate the patient because I'm having no part in "illegal" nursing. I merely was a patient advocate. How can i be labeled as verbally abusive for being concerned for patient s...

5. Manager Retaliatiin

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in General Nursing

   "Verbal abuse" is quite a severe accusation to have on my permanent record. Other staff in attendance at the meeting were shocked to hear the result as well. Am I able to enter a comment in my personal record as to why I do not feel this is a fair ju...

6. Manager Retaliatiin

   Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ive been employeed @ the the same acute care facility for 24 years. The manager I recently submitted an incident report for her recent recccomendation to chemically sedate a patient d/t lack of staff available to do 1:1. In addition, at out facility...

7. Toxic Managers

   Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in Management

   Your response couldn't have came at better time. It's reassuring to know that someone understands & can offer advice. I've accepted the fact that if the dynamics on our unit don't improve, I need to move on. I can't be a nurse in a facility that...

8. Toxic Managers

   Djadia posted a topic in Management

   I have been a nurse for 20 years & have had many managers, but the current manager of our med/surg unit is destroying our unit. I work @ a 24 bed rural hospital in a small community where we know a majority of our patients on a first name basis...

9. Hospital security & patient falls

   Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

   I recently encountered a patient fall partially r/t hospital door not alarmed. Patient was an 86 y.o. female who's POA was activated & experiencing D.T's from ETOH withdrawal. Pt attempted to get out of bed every 10-15 min. even after receiving ...

10. Bedside Report

    Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work @ a rural community hospital approx 15-20 beds. We recently implemented Bedside report on our med/surg unit & have encountered a few obstacles along the way & am hoping that someone could give me a few suggestions. 1). We have several ...

11. Physician Negligence

    Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in Med-Surg

    Given the increased infection rates and reimbursement based on new aquired infections while a patient is in a hospital, how can I just overlook this surgeons practice. If this patient would develop a new infection, I'd have a difficult time knowing ...

12. Physician Negligence

    Djadia posted a topic in Med-Surg

    We currently have a paraplegic on our unit with 2 extensive wounds on his left leg which are currently being managed with a wound vac. During one of the vac changes a few days the surgeon was present during the wound vac change and "took over" the w...

13. PICC Line access

    Djadia replied to Djadia's topic in Infusion

    Thanks for the reply. Sometimes it's nice to get someone elses opinion.

14. PICC Line access

    Djadia posted a topic in Infusion

    There recently was a patient on our Med/Surg unit who had a dual lumen Power PICC placed during surgery for TPN & Lipids Infusion. 48 hrs later, his arm was edematous, red & warm. An ultrasound was done on his right arm which yielded the p...

15. Family Involvement

    Djadia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work @ a rural hospital that has 1 patient room monitored via camera that we often use for suicide patients but also utilize it for patients that require close monitoring r/t hemodynamic instability and/or restraint patients. We currently have an ...