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  1. Seasoned Nurses VS Newbie Nurses

    guest1048932 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse too, but my experience has been positive. We do an informal thing where we send each other little articles to read (we have a reading club. We're lame, I know), and for the important...

  2. Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    guest1048932 replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, a nurse CAN do this. In Canada, nurses of the extended class, such as nurse practitioners (NPs), can open their own clinics. There are many nurse practitioner led clinics in

  3. Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    guest1048932 replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    What I was getting at with my comment, but I see it wasn't clear, was that nurses should not have to give up "being in charge" just because a doctor thinks that they deserve that title because doctors...

  4. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered that, but she isn't just interested in doing medications because she is interested in all things nursing related! On the other hand, she could be really good at hiding it like you said....

  5. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree with you, but I'm wondering how you came to this conclusion regarding me having a huge ego and needing to humble myself. A personal support worker (PSW) is a very important job, but...

  6. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    Usually, mine are too! They come to be with legitimate concerns and well thought out questions. They don't try and be something they're not. None of the other PSWs would ever question a nurse beyond,...

  7. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    In this case, PSW is a Personal Support Worker. Either way, social worker or PSW, the questions are beyond her level of education. I'm just so sick of it all when it comes to this PSW. PSWs perform...

  8. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    A personal support worker. They help people complete their ADLs, or activities of daily living/life such as helping them dress, feeding them, bathing them, cleaning them up after a BM, turning or...

  9. C'Mon Now!

    guest1048932 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I'm not a school nurse, but this is right up there with my MIL calling me and putting the phone to her chest after asking, "Does this sound like angina to you?" Why yes, your crappy landline doth...

  10. C'Mon Now!

    guest1048932 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    During my community nursing clinical, I had this experience. A high school student would come in within the first two minutes after morning bell crying her eyes out. Every day. The tears would...

  11. Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    guest1048932 replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    There's a saying, "Would you like to talk to the doctor or the nurse who actually knows what's going on?" I find it's very easy for doctors to think that because they have the most training and...

  12. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    It's true, I don't answer to her! I thought I was offering reassurance when I was saying, "It was done correctly", but I can see now that by doing that, I'm letting her believe that she is owed the...

  13. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    We have tried hiring new PSWs, but they keep quitting on us. Its very difficult to keep PSWs at our facility. We hire about one or two PSWs every month, but I'd say by the end of the year, we've only...

  14. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    I thought so too. I'll even include it in my daily report. Write as you

  15. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    I will try this! This way, I could actually get in writing many of her concerns and pass them along to the director and say, "This is what PSW came to me with this shift. This is what I did about it....

  16. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even want to think about it, but of course, I do. To my knowledge, no families have come forward with issues from her. I think it's more the fact that this PSW wants to be "one of the nurses",...

  17. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, she never makes exactly the same claim twice. She might claim daily that medications aren't being given correctly, but one day it will be "Nurse A gave Mr.S with the puree diet a whole...

  18. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    I know. I would train her to do something, and then she would watch me do it later and tell me if I'm doing it right. Yep. That makes perfect sense. I agree with you on the point of building a file...

  19. Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I've been sending the director messages daily, but unfortunately, I've been clumping things together. Rather than detailing the ten things she saw "wrong" with a medication administration,...

  20. Call light misuse and abuse

    guest1048932 replied to guest1048932's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you so much for this answer. We actually found that what was most effective was rewarding her appropriate call bell use, telling family of the misuse, and ignoring her when she yelled...

  21. Nurse Bullying

    guest1048932 replied to amanda.sheerene's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm a new nurse (almost 2 years in the field). I have yet to personally experience bullying in the professional setting. I had a nursing prof though who bullied me mercilessly through nursing school....

  22. Checking vitals on staff

    guest1048932 replied to kelsie*bear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It definitely is different! The BP cuff in WalMart puts the onus on the person to follow up, or not, with their doctor. When a health care professional does anything, even take a BP, there is the...

  23. Checking vitals on staff

    guest1048932 replied to kelsie*bear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In NCLEX land, you never check non-patients vitals. Ever. You tell them to visit their doctor if they have a medical concern or you tell them to go down to the ER if you're in a hospital. If you find...

  24. Seriously?!?

    guest1048932 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot tell you the number of people who have told me the following: "I'm highly allergic to Ativan/sleeping pills/Gravol/Benadryl. It makes me sleepy." "I'm allergic to senokot/fleet...

  25. Personal support workers calling themselves nurses?

    guest1048932 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A huge pet peeve of mine is when Personal Support Workers, Nurses' Aides, Health Care Aides, and the like call themselves "a nurse". Not only is this illegal, it's also misleading and dangerous,...