PsychNurseWannaBe

PsychNurseWannaBe BSN, RN

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  1. Need help with test question

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Gaff1's topic in General Students

    You need to recontact the doctor. Have I seen 10 liters, you betcha, but you need a mask HOWEVER there are certain people who can not have that high like CO2 retainers. Since 10 L is very high, I...

  2. Medication Errors?

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

    Well lets hope this is a hypothetical because if it was given IV, a provider should have been called

  3. Uranalysis help! can't decide what the disease is

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to maanggohs's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Kinda confused.... the provider diagnosis from diagnostic

  4. Medication Errors?

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a homework assignment? I'm

  5. upset pt

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to laughterishelpful's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the setting. If something is off and a patient is making accusations or insinuating that you are neglecting when in fact you are not, at my facility I would get the social...

  6. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    Go to the states website and send an anonymous complaint. Get malpractice insurance. NSO is good. You never know when you will need it to CYA and your license. It pretty cheap for new grads and...

  7. Should you put RN or BSN after name on resume?

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to FLancaster11's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That just looks weird to me. BSN,RN... I'm trying to think how my name tag reads. It's either RN, BSN, WCC or RN, WCC, BSN... either way I am wrong according to the article. But when I sign, I...

  8. She sure did... and with a straight face!

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Camemile's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear about your experience. It is getting more difficult to find job for experienced RNs, which means new grads are going to have an even more difficult time. I have noticed in my area,...

  9. Moving Target

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Why would we need an MDS coordinator.... we are only 130 bed facility??? (I'm being sarcastic) We have to do the PPS, quarterlies, sig changes, annuals, entry records, discharge MDS, care plans, care...

  10. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    If you are a charge nurse, do you have the authority to coach her? And if no improvement then start the disciplinary process? I have a feeling your and anyone's incident reports is just getting put...

  11. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    OK...

  12. I need to assess my student their practical skills of measuring vital sIGNS

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to ubsjl's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yeah that.... its similiar to what we did when we did an in-service for

  13. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

    What makes me cry is my$60,000+ student loans. That was never mentioned by that damn Johnson and Johnson ad. How nice that they wait 2 weeks prior to graduating to let you know, congrats you did...

  14. Will there ever be a surplus of nursing jobs again?!

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    Just leave retirement brochures in the break rooms and every hospital and clinic you go to. We did have a minor shortage. When I started nursing school in '02, there were over 100 positions between...

  15. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't take it that she wouldn't open the widow by saying not tonight Berta, not tonight. But that tonight she wasn't going to die. Either way... I wish I had the super power to be able to tell....

  16. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

    I knew I wanted to be a nurse and I admit, this is the one that got me to sign up for college. I am such a

  17. OPINION: Would you accept this job offer as your first job?

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Sammie_R_N's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    On a positive note, I like the orientation

  18. OPINION: Would you accept this job offer as your first job?

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Sammie_R_N's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well.... these patients are going to be potentially very dependent on caregivers. Do they need assistance eating (post stroke), if so, who is going to feed them. You will be amazed on how 4 CNAs are...

  19. Need major advice, worried...

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to EMEddie's topic in General Students

    Could you maybe explore the option of home health? Your other family members need to step up to the plate here. Stop being the sacrificial lamb. Offer to take care of him on your days off, or maybe...

  20. holiday pay this year-what??

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to orla's topic in General Nursing

    Hourly staff gets 2 1/2 times their wage where I work, but there is no weekend differential. Oh, and you have to be fulltime. Loved working holidays when I was

  21. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, dressings are to be initialed with the date. If the treatment wasn't done, it is treated like a med error. I check the TAR and if it is initialed as done, but the dressing has an older...

  22. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    Diaper?? Are you talking about a baby? Because if you are talking about an elderly person, the term is brief. Diaper is

  23. Moving Target

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to DixieRedHead's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    In our facility they sent the rehab coordinator to the new training, not us nurse managers who do MDSs... She will ramp up or down WITHOUT COT if in an assessment period. Let's say a 14 PPS is coming...

  24. Help! Feeling frustrated & overwhelmed!

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to Shyred's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have never used a foley catheter to feed someone... I am baffled. I have had someones peg come out and I put in a foley to keep it patent, but was specifically told by the doctor not to inflate...

  25. Is this a system flaw?

    PsychNurseWannaBe replied to MonkeyLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Also, If I recieved an INR and I sent it to the doctor... I take the chart and put it on its spine in the chart rack. Why? Because everyone will say... why is that chart like that?, and I will say,...