Riseupandnurse

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  1. ED Admissions Right At Shift Change

    Riseupandnurse replied to chordringer's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What a great idea--admitting teams!! And I don't actually think it would cost extra money. An admit at shift change means major overtime for the floor nurse, most of whom are working 14 (supposed to...

  2. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Riseupandnurse replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To my ex hospital co-workers: Some of you are great, really fantastic, I hated to leave you. But the others, and the way the working situation was, it just tore me up so bad. I remember so many...

  3. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    Riseupandnurse replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To the nurse with 6 children who always says that coming to work is such a blessing and so much fun compared to being at home: "Then why are you always out on either personal or family medical leave...

  4. Nursing Faculty orientation on a medical unit

    Riseupandnurse replied to sassysmart66's topic in General Nursing

    Canoehead: You certainly have the right to your opinion. I can tell you, though, after 17 years in a specialty area I went prn and just did about 6 hours a week working there. I am an educator, so...

  5. Nursing Faculty orientation on a medical unit

    Riseupandnurse replied to sassysmart66's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. If a school doesn't understand that a nurse isn't a nurse isn't a nurse, how the heck are we supposed to make the hospitals and the public understand? Stand your ground or get out. there...

  6. fired maybe i'll go into elementary school teaching....

    Riseupandnurse replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Being fired and reported to the BON does not necessarily mean you will lose your license. I have seen people do some incredibly stupid things and get fired, after which they were reported to the BON...

  7. Is nursing a good career?!

    Riseupandnurse replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    I love, love, love nursing. That is not the problem. The problem is that there are too many times on the job that you cannot do any nursing, or at least decent nursing. How can you when there is no...

  8. What is the silliest thing you've heard a nurse say?

    Riseupandnurse replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    My only excuse was that I was working night shift and had all the alertness most of us retain about 0300. I was giving a patient some pills and she said, "What's that charming perfume you have on,...

  9. HELP a nursing student out!

    Riseupandnurse replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    We used to do gastric lavage for GI bleeds. Now they just go to endoscopy right away. Also used to routinely put pt's with low b/p in Trendelenberg. Not supposed to do that any more; ashamed to say...

  10. What is the silliest thing you've heard a nurse say?

    Riseupandnurse replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    Silliest thing I heard a nurse say was our PC manager: She informed us that it did not take one minute longer to take care of a patient in isolation than one with standard precautions and so our...

  11. My mom tells her friend her daughter is a nurse, and....

    Riseupandnurse replied to yat777's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a very tricky situation. Because I worked a long time with a group of doctors, I often get asked if so and so is "good." Well, some are and some have a bad attitude, let's just say. But I...

  12. A Passionate Note in Support of All Night Shift Health Care Staff

    Riseupandnurse replied to Hockeydoll88's topic in General Nursing

    Just another example of why nursing as a profession cannot get any respect or any real authority. We are far more interested in putting each other down than sticking together. I worked night shifts...

  13. Done with school but don't want to start work as a nurse...

    Riseupandnurse replied to anichka1285's topic in General Nursing

    I am looking back over many, many years of nursing. What you hate about it now you will probably hate about it 50 years from now. Nursing really just has to change; it is a killer for many people....

  14. 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

    Carolmaccas66: Thanks for asking where I'm going, and not just assuming I'm retiring due to advanced age, like so many around me decided. :mad:I am teaching full-time now, which I love, love, love!...

  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

    "I have really enjoyed taking care of you. You have made my evening very pleasant and I'm glad I could help you and that I got to know you and your family. (true, for a change) But no, I won't be...

  16. Advice, what would you have done in this situation?

    Riseupandnurse replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO has identified being disturbed while passing meds as a serious cause of med errors. Therefore any hospital that wants their accreditation has to be making efforts to deal with it. Putting...

  17. So many reasons to go to nursing school but with a few holding me back...advice?

    Riseupandnurse replied to supercharmed's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to have to agree with the previous posters. I don't think you are being realistic. It's tough enough being the mother of two small children and trying to go to nursing school, let alone...

  18. Should I email the director of the nursing program

    Riseupandnurse replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I do not know the head of your school but I can tell you to move forward before you get accidentally shut out. Phone call to the administrative assistant helps and e-mail (don't call) the program...

  19. Annoyed by nursing commerical they keep running

    Riseupandnurse replied to Missy77's topic in General Students

    Totally agree with mstutzi0201 and with Professor Mike. The average age of nursing faculty is very high. Younger nurses who go in for more education can make so much more money being a nurse...

  20. How come you don't work more?

    Riseupandnurse replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think they are just trying to justify their own life choices. Looking back, I wish so much that I had put my family and life first rather than my jobs. I don't remember much of what I did at work,...

  21. Registry Staff Floating

    Riseupandnurse replied to kjcheno's topic in General Nursing

    This is so unsafe...and so common. It's the old mentality: a nurse is a nurse is a nurse. Goes back to the days when we mostly held people's hands and could knit at the desk while waiting for a...

  22. How did you escape the floor?

    Riseupandnurse replied to slumdogthousandaire's topic in Nursing Career

    Many schools will work with you to help you get your master's while you're still working in a hospital. There are graduate assistant positions available that let you go to school free for a...

  23. Does anyone regret leaving acute care?

    Riseupandnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    At the stroke of midnight tonight, after almost 25 years at it, I am officially resigned and done with acute care. I am in another phase of nursing now, one that isn't hospital based. I feel very...

  24. Are there any good LTC's out there??

    Riseupandnurse replied to JLForever's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There are some very sad situations going on in nursing homes. I did some research in a number of nursing homes and in quite a few the minute I walked in a door with a clipboard all the residents who...

  25. Does anyone regret leaving acute care?

    Riseupandnurse replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I moved from full time to part time then to per diem for 6 years before quitting altogether. I think the per diem was harder than anything because every time I turned around there were changes, new...