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1. New isolation/visiting policies at our hospital, are they going to be at yours???

   skap replied to skap's topic in General Nursing

   Glad to hear something positive! I'm glad to know that it is working where you work. I only hope the same for our hospital. Thanks for your reply....

2. New isolation/visiting policies at our hospital, are they going to be at yours???

   skap posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a pediatric hospital and as of May 1st we will have a policy in place due to the Department of Public Health that when a parent or anyone visiting is in the room with their child that is in...

3. Recent JCAHO survey? How'd it go?

   skap replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a floor that has children that are in our "habilitation" program. They aren't critical enough to be in the PICU, but aren't ready to go home yet...parents have to learn care, more...

4. Recent JCAHO survey? How'd it go?

   skap replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

   We had ours a couple of weeks ago. When they came to our floor they took a nurse that had a certain patient, and then went through the chart with her for over an hour,then they followed that patients...

5. old skills that we do not use anymore

   skap replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

   Amen Cheerfuldoer!!!! Well said, I totally agree with you, and I've only been a nurse for a little over 5 years....it's like "Big Brother" is

6. Wart Question

   skap replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Nursing

   I'm surprised no one has recommend Tea Tree Oil! It works AWESOME!! My husband had warts around his fingertips for YEARS before I met him, went to the dermatologist, many many rounds of burning them...

7. Medication barcoding: Do you use it??

   skap posted a topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital is starting barcoding soon, we will have to scan the med, and scan the pt ID bracelet, and our badge before giving meds. Does anyone currently use this, and if so how do you like it? Any...

8. malpractice insurance

   skap replied to shelbabyrn's topic in General Nursing

   The hospital that I work at covers us. If we were to get our own malpractice insurance, and something happened, the hospital would not cover us, or help us out in

9. Let the next shift deal with it...

   skap replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   Roamin- I think it's a problem for all night shifters. We are mostly on time if not 10 minutes early..sitting in the break room. Boy do they all want to give report to us right away, early if we let...

10. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    skap replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I work at we're allowed 5 call-in's a year. It's a rolling year too. With the 6th call in we get a verbal warning, the 7th one we get a written warning, the 8th one we get a day...

11. Charting Bloopers

    skap replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I read in a chart "Pt complaining of headache. Tylenol given as ordered. Checked back with pt one hour later and head gone!" Didn't know Tylenol could take off your head!

12. Funny things patients say !

    skap replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work in a pediatric hospital and one night a little boy pressed his call light - we answered over the intercom and asked him "Can I help you?" He replied, "Can I please see your dessert menu?" Even...