NurseScribe

NurseScribe

Psyche Nursing, Med/Surg, LTAC

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  1. Frustrated with Hospital Disregard for RN and Patient Safety

    NurseScribe replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered REPORTING the hospital? Those are unsafe practices that are endangering many people. You would be doing the public a favor if you found the local hotline number and gave a detailed...

  2. The Psych Nurse is IN

    NurseScribe replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    Davey, Davey, Davey........? thank you for the

  3. Patients who are faking illness

    NurseScribe replied to Queen Tiye's topic in Psychiatric

    Taking vital signs gives the patient a few minutes of attention. Documenting them covers the nurse. I had a patient who kept yelling about her abdominal pain and telling her family she might have...

  4. Why You Should Make a Nursing Career Change to Care Home Nursing

    NurseScribe replied to Emma Clarke's topic in United Kingdom

    You keep using the term "care home." Is that the same as a nursing home? "Better pay, shorter hours and more time off"?? Where? I have worked in 5 different nursing homes during my career...

  5. Hole In My Glove!

    NurseScribe replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My first job as a fresh LPN at an LTC facility in early 1984, when providing hygienic measures for the residents, we didn't wear gloves. Just used good ole handwashing techniques. Like you,...

  6. You Are Not Getting Enough Sleep If...

    NurseScribe replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    You wake up and realize you drove home and fell asleep right after you parked the car. It's over an hour later. You're still sitting in the car. Time for nighty

  7. Do you think you are a "hero"?

    NurseScribe replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NO. I'm not a hero, I'm a nurse, doing what I was trained to do. That's

  8. Yes, I'm Vaxxed But...

    NurseScribe replied to grammieRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One of the principles of nursing is nonmaleficence-"Do no harm." If a hospital allowed staff with no symptoms and no vaccine to be in contact with patients and later found out they were carrying the...

  9. Is it just my facility or ...........

    NurseScribe replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Psychiatric

    "IMHO physical attacks and aggressiveness has a lot to do with how staff manages patient behavior. Especially now that we can't just put someone in restraints anymore. Physical attacks are rare in our...

  10. My Covid Story: From the Other Side of the Bed

    NurseScribe replied to Cricket183's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you for your honesty and candor talking about your experience with having Covid. I think a lot of us nurses would go along like you did thinking "It's not that bad..." until our O2 level tanked!...

  11. Pulling Meds For Another Nurse To Pass

    NurseScribe replied to Dudlydorite's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Speedynurse and some others-it depends on the unit. Where I work now (psych ward) the day shift nurse will pull out the scheduled medications for the evening shift and put them in the...

  12. First Time Parents Asked For A Different Nurse

    NurseScribe replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Your charge nurse did the right thing by changing your assignment. That family was probably not going to change and they would just burn you out with negative responses. Don't doubt that you...

  13. What Your Feet Can Tell You About Your Whole Health

    NurseScribe replied to Dr Georgianna Donadio's topic in General Nursing

    Good article with much food for thought. Nurses sometimes take care of everyone but themselves. Thank

  14. Experienced critical care RN having a hard time dealing with a bully boss. Advice?

    NurseScribe replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that she is accusing you/spreading rumors about you making narcotic errors is a red flag. I believe the legal term is slander and libel. You don't mess with another nurse's professional...

  15. Perseverance

    NurseScribe replied to Elfriede's topic in Nursing Humor

    Keep

  16. Calculating Intake and Output

    NurseScribe replied to lexieanders's topic in General Students

    I noticed in the first problem it only gives the IV fluid as running at 100 cc/hr from 1600-1900. So it would be 100 x 3 hours, not 100 x 12. ( In real-life nursing, of course, it would...

  17. Short Staffed: An Epidemic

    NurseScribe replied to KellyM RN's topic in General Nursing

    There needs to be a hard limit on the amount of patients one nurse is responsible for. I really enjoyed being a nurse for years-until the amount of patients kept getting slowly increased, more and...

  18. Short Staffed: An Epidemic

    NurseScribe replied to KellyM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety I'm impressed that your hospital is actually working with you a little bit! Don't stop what you're doing. Keep writing letters and stressing how unsafe it is for patients when the nurses are...

  19. Unexplained Diarrhea and Weight Loss: What's going on? | Case Study

    NurseScribe replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Fecal Ova and parasite

  20. Med Administration Competency Test: Help!

    NurseScribe replied to JenRN2010's topic in Patient Medications

    "The Joint Commission does not include, "A. Handwritten orders," as an example of medication safety practice." Good to know. Although facilities without EHR are still using

  21. Hostile Home Environment: "What Do I Do?" | Nurse in Action

    NurseScribe replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    This was an excellent article, especially the part about having your antennas on high alert. Good job

  22. Who are the best Muppets?

    NurseScribe replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    Loved the

  23. Anxiety and depressed Nurse

    NurseScribe replied to Faithful love's topic in General Nursing

    Been working in mental health for the past 6 years-I agree with everything Davey Do has posted. Good advice. Be not overwhelmed! You are not the only nurse that has anxiety and depression. We...

  24. No Microchip In This Needle

    NurseScribe replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    So- Mr. Smith? You told the doctor you had a pain level of 11 and no one was helping

  25. How to deal with anxiety during an investigation at work?

    NurseScribe replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I see nothing wrong with telling them you have no knowledge of the situation if you have no knowledge of the situation. JKL33 said it very well. Don't be tempted to try to make yourself...