willie2001

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1. Critical Access Hospitals

   willie2001 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone! I haven't posted here for a long time. mostly lurking. I work in a rural hospital. I have been an RN for 16 years. I am interested to know if there are others out there working in...

2. Employee Satisfaction Surveys

   willie2001 replied to LaurieCRNP2002's topic in General Nursing

   We recently had one of these "employee satisfaction" surveys. We recently got the overall results. Only slightly more that half of the total number of employees participated, but supposedly it was...

3. The more experience you have the less you are paid???

   willie2001 replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

   I just got done having my yearly eval. and am getting a 3.5% pay increase. The whole system is rigged against the employee. As someone previously stated, you would have to walk on water to get any...

4. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

   willie2001 replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   I have never seen an Ativan or alcohol drip in my hospital. We have had insulin drips, Amiodarone infusions, Cardizem drips and dopamine drips on med surg. The dopamine and Cardizem are only allowed...

5. Incident report happy nurse

   willie2001 replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   I rarely write an incident report, but I sure did today and it was on a physician. He admitted a renal failure patient several days ago. The patient had been doing CAPD several times a day for some...

6. Suctioning vent patients

   willie2001 posted a topic in General Nursing

   What are some of your opinions on the routine suctioning(ie:q 2-3hrs) of patients on ventilators? Do you routinely suction because it is "policy" or do you only suction when needed. We are having a...

7. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

   willie2001 replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

   If it is a really critical need (determined by nurse manager) we get $10.00 more an hour plus the over time if applicable. Sometimes I will be asked to work extra and be offered the $10.00 and...

8. Tardiness...

   willie2001 replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   We have had to time clock now for several years; the kind you swipe your badge through. I have to be at work at 7:00AM. If I swipe at 7:01, I am late and written up accordingly. I'm ordinarily not...

9. Ever feel like the med/surg unit is the hospital dumping ground?

   willie2001 replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I agree that med/surg can be a dumping ground. I work in a rural hospital and our unit does the out patient blood transfusions that come from LTC, oncology, clinic , etc. Sometimes we know they're...

10. Taping IV Catheters

    willie2001 replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that good hand washing and proper site preparation are the key to preventing infected peripheral IV sites. At my institution, we place tape under the opsite (chevron under the wings, keeping...

11. Another Forced into Charge Role

    willie2001 replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    It's too bad that you're are being more or less forced in to a postition that you don't want. In my facility we have shift "supervisors". She is not only responsible for med/surg, but is often...

12. Question about Jackson Pratt Drains & retention sutures

    willie2001 replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    :) I have removed JP drains on several occasions and have never had a problem. However, on one occasion, upon inspecting the tube after removal,it did not look as long as it should and the end of the...

13. Taped report vs. verbal report

    willie2001 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    We used to give verbal report but it always took too long. We have been taping report now for several years and report goes alot smoother. If the oncoming nurse has questions, she can get together...

14. Co-workers with poor grooming habits

    willie2001 replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I read someone's post about garlic breath. We have one doc who most always reeks of garlic. Some days you can smell him coming 20 feet away. He is well groomed and neat in every other

15. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    willie2001 replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    :) I work in a small rural hospital with 26-28 bed med/surg unit. If OB is closed or low census we do have OB nurses that work on Med/surg. If things start popping in OB, the OB nurse will be pulled...