PeachTea7

PeachTea7 BSN

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  1. What did you do with your old nursing school textbooks?

    PeachTea7 replied to coopman712's topic in General Nursing

    I sold almost all of my books online after graduating and passing NCLEX-RN. I only kept my Saunders, Med-Surg and Drug Guide books. In my current place of employment, we have access to UpToDate and...

  2. References in your job experience

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone, I am curious about how other nurses use job references in the job application process. I have been working as an RN on a Medical-Surgical floor and our supervisor is leaving our unit...

  3. References in your job experience

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    I am a little under my first year of nursing experience and would like to apply for a better job. I thought about asking my current supervisor but she left for another unit. So, now it feels like...

  4. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone, I am new to this wonderful platform. I would like go have your feedback or advice about how to deal with patients’ threats. In my almost two years of nursing experience, I didn't...

  5. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response! OMG, I have also had a patient (actually, patients with history of IV drug use) state "This place sucks!", "They don't do anything for me", "I can take better care of my...

  6. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, many of them want something to be done about it, they come out of their isolation room looking for the nurse and following the nurse around the hall, unit. Providers don't have to deal with this...

  7. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response. What do you mean by "do the ground work

  8. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your wonderful advice! I have had patients who demand to speak to a provider when they are experiencing severe pain. The times when I have approached a doctor because they were still on...

  9. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I agree absolutely about a matter of fact approach, simple, direct, and easy. It is a pain when physicians or providers don't reply or call back the floor within a reasonable time frame. The...

  10. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Wonderful advice! Will follow through with this. Thank you so

  11. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am sorry if I misunderstood what you said in your previous post. I always mention this to patients. This is what I have available for pain for you, I will contact your physician. But most...

  12. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    We don’t have a physician in the floor after 5 PM. The NP or MD covering the patient for the night do not come to see patients unless their patient is involved in a MET team (medical emergency...

  13. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    You are absolutely right! I just don’t know how to approach

  14. How to handle patient’s threats

    PeachTea7 replied to PeachTea7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your advice! I have not been personally threatened. You are absolutely right about letting them leave. But what do I say so I don't come off as ”disrespectful, insensitive, bad...