SilverBells BSN

Rehab/Nurse Manager

Nurse Manager for Rehab Facility. Graduate Student.

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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    She is 13 years
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Part of my problem is probably I'd halfway secretly thought we might get back together. This other, better nurse (who, despite her successes, likely doesn't constantly work 16+ hour shifts) has made...
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I do wonder if their relationship has been more successful because they are only 3 years of age apart whereas we had an 11 year age difference. Regardless, it doesn't negate the fact that she is...
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    How Has Your Nursing Career Affected Your Relationships Or Other Aspects of Your Life?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    The more I learn about my former boyfriend's new girlfriend/possible wife, the more I resent her. We have similarities but she is clearly a much better version of me. She is a postpartum nurse at a...
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    Is there any point going to nursing school?

    SilverBells replied to bellkaty's topic in General Nursing

    Bellkaty, If you've wanted to be a nurse for a long time, going to nursing school is the best way to make that happen. It makes sense to consider whether or not the cost of the school will be...
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    Does being a nurse make you feel like a good person?

    SilverBells replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    LibraNurse23, I've seen those recommendations as well, as far as viewing nursing as a job, rather than a calling or identity. I know that I have also struggled with this. One of the things I...
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    The Motivator

    SilverBells replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Knowing that I have another full day of Pepsi-drinking ahead of me is the best motivator to get me out of bed
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    12-hour shift workers here- how much caffeine do you drink? A 30-second survey for my school

    SilverBells replied to MSN2021's topic in General Nursing

    Too bad I missed this survey. I daily consume excessive amounts of caffeine so could have greatly contributed. For example, I worked 5 days this work and drank at least 6 Diet Pepsi's but...
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    Nurses with Unusual Diets

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    I drank at least 30 Diet Pepsi's this week but might have been as many as
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells posted a topic in General Nursing

    For those of you who are in a managerial or supervisory role at work, do you answer work phone calls on your days off, even when you are not on call? In my role, I work Monday through Friday...
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells posted a topic in General Nursing

    So wanted to brainstorm through a situation that came up recently. At my facility, I am normally a nurse manager for a rehab unit. Because of the COVID pandemic and fewer patients, I have been...
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    Hoyer Lift

    SilverBells replied to MisMatch's topic in Home Health

    I'd probably decline the case myself. I feel there is a reason that it is recommended that two people assist with Hoyer lifts. With that said, I've never worked in Home Health so maybe this is more...
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    Looking for thoughts/opinions of experienced nurses

    SilverBells replied to FashionablyL8's topic in General Nursing

    There should have been more active involvement from a licensed nurse, plain and simple. A provider should have been called and I agree that ER transfer should have been considered. I also agree that...
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    Burnt Out and tired !

    SilverBells replied to danni2323's topic in General Nursing

    I have no advice, because I currently am experiencing similar feelings myself. I've worked as a nurse manager in a SNF/LTC facility for 17 months and am drained from all of the long hours I've put...
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    Another one wanting to bite the dust.

    SilverBells replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    You lost me at 10 patients on a cardiac stepdown unit. Not because I think you're lying, but because to me that is unspeakable. I remember when I did nursing clinicals on a cardiac stepdown unit...
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    Do I push out the air bubble?

    SilverBells replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    This is helpful.
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    One example of my attempts to make myself a better coworker/manager was actually agreeing to assist with a request I wasn't confident that I was the right person for. A new admission had arrived to...
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    Do I push out the air bubble?

    SilverBells replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    I keep getting "ERROR 404 Sorry we couldn't find this page for you" with the link provided. Wondering if I am doing something wrong? I'm actually interested in this
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    It turns out I misunderstood the assignment that I had been given. They didn't necessarily expect me to give residents showers myself, they were only looking for someone to ensure that aides were...
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    After Monday, I spent the rest of the week responding to the tasks that were actually needed. I did not complete any admission assessments, but otherwise had a nice balance of both administrative and...
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    When One Patient Affects the Care Other Patients Receive

    SilverBells posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone ever have it where one patient's "needs" have impacted the care other patients have received? Let me explain. We had a patient admit late last week who has done nothing but file...
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As strange as it sounds, I almost feel like I did a better job as a newer manager, in regards to helping out with floor tasks. The longer I’m away from hands on skills, the more anxious I become...
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    It’s just peculiar what management views as the right tasks to assign to certain people. For instance, during the morning meeting, for some reason they decided to delegate the task of offering...
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    Managers, Nurses and Delegation: Who Has Authority?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    For me, performing many hands on skills makes me feel bad about myself. I feel bad for the patient too, because I always am thinking that if someone else were doing it they'd be more efficient and do...
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    Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SilverBells replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Trust me. I know I am no hero. If anything, I’m the source of frustration for many people. I only mentioned chart auditing and MDS because I thought they might be things I could do well at....