Riseupandnurse

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  1. Hourly Rounding

    Riseupandnurse replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I just bought a Studer book on amazon.com, used. If I'm going to be "managed," I think I'd like to know the plan. I suggest all of us who are being made to script and round do this. We might find...

  2. One or Two hour rounding

    Riseupandnurse replied to tntrn's topic in General Nursing

    This is the Studer group, more of the corporate mentality. "How is your meal? Do you need anything?" "Are you ready for your check now?" And yet the boards, quite rightly, are all about...

  3. What I didn't get in school...

    Riseupandnurse replied to Price 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Students are always frustrated and want to do more procedures. I know I did! But it helps if they take responsibility for seeking out these opportunities and then letting the instructor know about...

  4. Nurse to patient ratio question!

    Riseupandnurse replied to mamaluke's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds miserable. No amount of money is worth that. Be happy, sing and dance and love the job you

  5. Punitive Computer Documentation?

    Riseupandnurse replied to MADHAT6's topic in General Nursing

    We spend more time taking care of the computer and the papers than the patient. Maybe we need to concentrate on that in school. The charting has become an absolute barrier to giving time to our...

  6. What would you do?

    Riseupandnurse replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    I am surprised that there are not a lot of complaints about HIPPA violations during report. We HAVE to give report out in the hall in front of the patients' rooms because each room has their own...

  7. Does this sound like "a little much" to you??

    Riseupandnurse replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like the Studer Group at work again. Google it; quite interesting and then check out his bibliography on Wikipedia.

  8. Floating or closed unit?

    Riseupandnurse replied to Wyo Nurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What a heavenly option; go for it!!* I hate floating above all else because it's just not safe or effective to think a nurse can go to a floor two or three times a year and know what to do.* I have...

  9. Orthopedic nursing

    Riseupandnurse replied to NurseOz's topic in General Nursing

    For total hips and hemiarthroplasties, don't have patients lay very long on the operative side. For traditional hip replacements, don't cross the legs or adduct. For the newer anterior approach...

  10. Doctors and Nurses need to band together against out of touch regulatory overkill

    Riseupandnurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also have grown to hate JCAHO. Working at the bedside IS an obstacle course, great analogy!! But don't blame nursing theory or academia for this insanity. It is corporate and governmental...

  11. has anyone been mandated to stay over their shift

    Riseupandnurse replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    In my younger days I had to stay over a couple of times because oncoming shift didn't show up or staffing made a mistake. The hospital wasn't mean about it, just implored so I worked the 18 hours...

  12. HIPPA rules and consent

    Riseupandnurse replied to Epona's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    One thing I have never been able to understand: the majority of patients are alert and oriented and fully able to state how they are doing, what the doctor said, what treatment they are getting, etc....

  13. How Flexible Was Your Nursing School???

    Riseupandnurse replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Some students think schools should accommodate everybody's family and work preferences. "I know I'm not doing well in clinical today, but the hospital called me in yesterday evening so I worked night...

  14. has anyone been mandated to stay over their shift

    Riseupandnurse replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    This is a terrible situation!! It makes me very angry that this can happen to a nurse. WHY do hospitals have to have "just enough" or "not enough" staff??? I am certain that administrators are not...

  15. White Scrubs help!

    Riseupandnurse replied to DD_Drummer44's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Just wear white underwear and you'll be fine. No

  16. should i just quit?

    Riseupandnurse replied to iheartnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for you. Been there, felt that. Cried every evening my first year in nursing. My advice would be to get out of ICU and go somewhere you can have patients that don't need all that high...

  17. If You Had It To Do Over Again?

    Riseupandnurse replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    n o n o n o n o n o I would have been a clinical pharmacologist, an architect or a geologist. Could have helped more people that way and enjoyed it

  18. Crap, I should've paged the MD.

    Riseupandnurse replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely NOT call the doctor because a family thought a patient might have had a tick bite. The doctor is not going to do anything about it that night; it's probably a covering doctor...

  19. 1 year in and I cannot do bedside anymore!

    Riseupandnurse replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    Jakey's Mom, I don't think you sound pathetic at all. I also love the problem-solving and assessing and thinking part of nursing. Bedside care is not as satisfying to me as I wanted because there is...

  20. Is there confidentiality in workplace.

    Riseupandnurse replied to lorster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think you need to go speak to this educator/manager face to face, right away, and see what really happened. Then take it from there. This sounds horrible, but I have learned that even something as...

  21. admission question

    Riseupandnurse replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering if there is a state that allows an lpn to do an admission assessment. The NCLEX-RN preparation materials all stress that only RNs can assess; LPNs "collect date"to give to the RN for...

  22. Need advices before changing career to nurse

    Riseupandnurse replied to jonathanknbo's topic in General Nursing

    Just from what little you've said, I would have concerns that nursing is actually what you want. Almost all nurses start out really drawn to patient care and rather high pressure situations. It's...

  23. Nurse Schedules?

    Riseupandnurse replied to playbanjogood's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, unless it's a holiday, only the week-end option people work week-ends. Therefore most of the nurses have almost every saturday and sunday

  24. My hellish day on the skilled floor (pull up a chair)

    Riseupandnurse replied to kiszi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It WAS a day from hell and no-one should have to work in hell. Get another job right away; if you could handle that mess, you should be able to have your pick of better

  25. Need Help With Hesi Exit Exam

    Riseupandnurse replied to Pola70's topic in General Nursing

    The HESI requires that you know the basic facts, and test-taking skills to deal with those facts. There is no one book that will do that best. Whatever helps to study for the boards will help with...