Xbox Live Addict

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  1. Corrupt Managers/Clinical leaders

    Xbox Live Addict replied to RNinNewEngland's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This sounds like a toxic environment, and if going to a different facility is an option, I suggest you start looking for what's available. You could try an anonymous complaint to HR, but if the...

  2. Substance abusers disillusion me...

    Xbox Live Addict replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sympathizing with you: I get so tired of having to cater to druggies who come in with a big sense of entitlement because Uncle Sam has provided everything they need, and they still can find ways...

  3. Nurses, what do u do on ur day off?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you and feel much of your pain.. When I worked nights, I felt like a Benedictine monk, living my entire waking life for nursing (12 hour shifts). That got so depressing that I couldn't stand it...

  4. Nurses, what do u do on ur day off?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    Much as I need to work to keep my health insurance, the more days I have off away from work, the better. I use my money to enjoy hobbies away from work. I enjoy spending time on days off with family...

  5. Thank you notes to patients?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to darkblue's topic in General Nursing

    So hospitals have now stooped to kissing patients' butts in order to ensure that "5 star hotel service?" I thought it was bad enough when I worked in adolescent psych and had to give "patient...

  6. Do YOU answer call lights in a hospital?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to JHansen's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, exactly. It's not that most nurses don't WANT to help. But we're so rushed that we're skipping breaks and staying late because we're helping out so much with routine care. It's all good and well...

  7. Should family members insist on being present for procedures?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to MG-NotANurse's topic in General Nursing

    And that's screwed up. Some people have no family. Are they going to refuse care to these people just because no one can be

  8. Should family members insist on being present for procedures?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to MG-NotANurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's easy to judge when you're on the outside of the situation. But your mother apparently doesn't need a babysitter, and is apparently quite capable of handling the situation on her own. Family...

  9. Do YOU answer call lights in a hospital?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to JHansen's topic in General Nursing

    I notice a very clear omission here: What about

  10. Do YOU answer call lights in a hospital?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to JHansen's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA and answering call lights was my main job. I still answer call lights as a nurse, especially if I know the CNAs are swamped due to short-staffing, or if it's an emergency. However,...

  11. low body temp and fluid question

    Xbox Live Addict replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    Many elderly patients run a lower than average normal core body temp (I'm assuming this lady is elderly, but correct me if my assumption is wrong). They have a more difficult time maintaining a...

  12. Having pooping issues!!!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    If a resident hadn't gone for 3 days, they were supposed to get MOM if they had no contraindications to it, if not, then a bisacodyl suppository. I've seen residents who have not gone in 10 days, it...

  13. Documentation Of A Fall

    Xbox Live Addict replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, because no one saw them "fall." I'd forgotten all about

  14. Documentation Of A Fall

    Xbox Live Addict replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    Typical fall documentation at a nursing home in my area (Central OK): Nurse assesses fallen resident for injury and provides appropriate care. Vital signs are taken and documented, incident...

  15. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    On the other hand, I've had residents who mistook housekeeping for nursing staff and were mad when housekeeping couldn't render nursing

  16. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine who's been a nurse for 30 years says that much of this is because nurses don't have their own distinctive white uniforms and caps anymore (this is a man, BTW). Physicians have their...

  17. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... And yes, that reminds me of clinicals at the state psychiatric hospital. We were told NOT to wear clinical uniforms there - casual dress only. Though we had our school ID badges, some of us...

  18. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I've been there too. I have my own stuff to do, stuff which I can't delegate off to an aide or anyone else. But since I can't find the aide, I have to do "their" job. You just can't leave a patient in...

  19. Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    That last line is probably 90% of your problem: TIME. Unfortunately, time is a pain in the rear end. If your husband is the man you say he is, this will resolve out and he will be very proud of you...

  20. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Due to die-hard sexual-role stereotypes, I've been called "doctor" more times than I can count. I always gently correct the patient though, and have never misrepresented myself as a

  21. Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    She's insecure!!! RUN!!!:chuckle I've been in your husband's shoes, my wife jokes the same way you do about female staff members. And I've been in relationships with women who were mentally AND...

  22. Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    That isn't entirely true. Many men are insecure, though it doesn't necessarily follow that insecurity = abuse. Even though I'm a nurse and my wife is a nurse, I can easily see the insecurity. I can...

  23. Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    Xbox Live Addict replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    One thing you might point out is that most of the patients you will be bathing will be old, sick men, many of who will not be feeling well enough to get anything out of it. Very few of them will be...

  24. advanced directives and power or attorney, please answer my question

    Xbox Live Addict replied to bymysoultosqueezeRN's topic in General Nursing

    In some cases, you would even see this where the patient's death was imminent, but they had not deteriorated until they verbalized, and the patient would verbalize that they wanted to go. But the...

  25. How Do You Manage Graveyard Shift & Family?

    Xbox Live Addict replied to Dottie78's topic in General Nursing

    Or it could be that my eyes were so bleary, I could not tell "M&M"s from