Riseupandnurse

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  1. You Know You Are a Nurse When...

    Riseupandnurse replied to ParvulusPuella's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, yes, ALL of that applied to me. One of my best memories: Our head nurse had been hammering about answering patient calls more promptly. We were already doing without breaks and lunch and...

  2. Clinical Post Conference

    Riseupandnurse replied to lansgrl123's topic in General Students

    I had the privilege last November of listening to Dr. Molly Sutphen talk about the research she and Patricia Benner and others did on nursing education, which led to the revolutionary IOM report on...

  3. Have a question for all nurses.

    Riseupandnurse replied to tra10's topic in General Nursing

    Right to those who said leave her age out of it. It's a protected category and can get you in a world of trouble. Work errors and omissions are a different issue, and age doesn't matter. Document...

  4. Oh, What to do...

    Riseupandnurse replied to SweetseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree you should take the sure thing job and I agree with linearthinker. Take the job and keep it at least 9 months to a year unless you are absolutely miserable. You will learn many things and do...

  5. fun: what does this photo say to you?

    Riseupandnurse replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    "Is there anything else I can do for you? I have the time, really I do! We guarantee your complete satisfaction with your care. Or I will have to die trying. It's in my job

  6. Can I do this??

    Riseupandnurse replied to HospiceRNHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    You will always feel your patients' pain in nursing. If you don't, you are burnt out and need to switch fields. But you learn how to help, and that makes you concentrate on the satisfaction of...

  7. advice needed from seasoned RNs to a newb

    Riseupandnurse replied to melmarie23's topic in General Nursing

    You are trying to juggle way too much. It's very common in a new RN. So many opportunities and pluses and minuses for each option. With all due respect, I will suggest that maybe you might consider...

  8. Is it like this everywhere?

    Riseupandnurse replied to rnccf2007's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that. You are not over-reacting and you are not alone. No wonder there is so much horizontal abuse in our profession. Ironic because the only way out of this mess is for nurses to...

  9. Nursing safety

    Riseupandnurse replied to Carissa_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds very unsafe to me, especially if you are alone, even if it's with just one patient. What if something, anything, happened to YOU so you couldn't respond to the needs of the patients? How...

  10. Will never write order again w/o permission from doc

    Riseupandnurse replied to *Posh*'s topic in General Nursing

    I used to write "orders" if I knew the doctor would want it, harmless things. So did we all. The doctors routinely just signed their name to discharge sheets for nursing homes, too, and the nurse had...

  11. Does your facility do this?

    Riseupandnurse replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    They can counsel your for overtime, demand it be pre-approved, etc., but they can NOT refuse to pay you. You need to contact your state labor relations

  12. Patient rights v. Clinical instructor?

    Riseupandnurse replied to studentnurse0383's topic in General Nursing

    Well, yes, the instructor handled it wrong. But I agree with nurse educate and will add my 2 cents that it is very difficult for students to step into the nursing role and out of the "social" role;...

  13. Can student administer medication without RN supervision?

    Riseupandnurse replied to AnneN's topic in General Students

    This rather scares me. I have taught LPN, ADN, and BSN clinicals numerous times. I have NEVER allowed a student without me or the graduate assistant or an RN I personally knew and trusted (approved...

  14. A reson why nursing is a bad career choice...

    Riseupandnurse replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    KalipsoRed, I understand your frustration. I also get what some of the other posters are saying. We nurses should not have to draw swords with medicine but sometimes we do. And when we do we always...

  15. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Riseupandnurse replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This was my mother's generation. They were told that colon contents were a kind of toxin that poisoned you if you didn't get rid of them every single day. Hence a laxative dependent generation....

  16. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Riseupandnurse replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When scripting was introduced in our hospital we were told that yes, we definitely would say what was written on the cards each and every opportunity that arose. There are scripts for admission, for...

  17. Seeking advice from current RN's

    Riseupandnurse replied to jdchisolm68's topic in General Nursing

    I was forced into PE by my college, but I took a course that came in very handy---weight lifting. (Yes, I'm a

  18. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Riseupandnurse replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't understand why despising scripting makes a nurse a "hater." Nobody has to tell me what to say to a patient. Sorry, but yes I do think that is derogatory to my years of education and...

  19. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Riseupandnurse replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am also "retired" from bedside nursing as of January 1. I thought I might miss it but I thank God every day that I do not have to go back into that soul-sucking madness and choose every minute of...

  20. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    Riseupandnurse replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree customer service has sucked the life blood out of nursing. My family and I went to a restaurant that is part of a well-known chain last night. The waitress introduced herself as "your...

  21. wanted: thoughts on bedside reporting

    Riseupandnurse replied to SiennaGreen's topic in General Nursing

    I hate bedside reporting (which was really hallway reporting). After 8 to 12 hours of discharges and admits the patients of any given nurse tend to be spread up and down the very long hallway so...

  22. quit my job woes, must rant!

    Riseupandnurse replied to RNme123's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it will be a hard two weeks. One thing you HAVE to get over is thinking that a boss or a hospital is going to "be happy for me" because you're moving on up. That's like expecting an ex-husband...

  23. Staffing and Nursing Fatigue

    Riseupandnurse replied to TheMrsRN's topic in General Nursing

    The ANA and nursing management on the national level are really starting to look at the research on this in the context of 12 hour shifts. This follows the Institute of Medicine's success in getting...

  24. Am I expecting to much from my nurse??

    Riseupandnurse replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry: I agree with Orange Tree. I thought the same thing when I was an aide but as a nurse I did not "help" the techs out very much, not because I was too good for it, or lazy or chatting. It's...

  25. ED Admissions Right At Shift Change

    Riseupandnurse replied to chordringer's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am willing to accept that the ER nurses aren't necessarily responsible for the fact that the huge majority of admissions are at one time or another, but SOMEONE is responsible. It can't possibly be...