SuesquatchRN BSN, RN

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    I've Had Absolutely ENOUGH And I Cannot Believe The Managers I work Under!

    SuesquatchRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't know from your posts if you're being targeted or not but I can tell you that I have been. If your spidey sense is correct start looking
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    Kaiser Should Be Ashamed Of Itself!

    SuesquatchRN replied to clinicalteach's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in hospice - not for profit organization - and we routinely schedule anyone able to benefit from restorative therapy for same. We also sometimes d/c for improvement. Hospice done right...
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    Who are all these people dying in your arms?

    SuesquatchRN replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    No, I think the thread was spawned by a particularly syrupy paragraph about nurses that is making its way around Facebook. It was quoted in another thread. Speaking of heroes and rescue, I'm reading...
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    Nurse Interfering with Medical Care, AGAIN!

    SuesquatchRN replied to JacksonCare's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Go
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    Lost my first patient today.

    SuesquatchRN replied to RNikkiF's topic in General Nursing

    It makes perfect sense. And
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    Air in IV flush syringe??

    SuesquatchRN replied to samiam4's topic in General Nursing

    I was told 100 ccs. I'll never
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    Do you find this article insulting?

    SuesquatchRN replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    Must be case mix index
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    Needy, needy, needy... vent please.

    SuesquatchRN replied to rksgray13's topic in General Nursing

    Happy birthday.
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    My patient did not get seen.

    SuesquatchRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    And your visit would not have prolonged her life, Vtachy. If she was comfortable you did your
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    Needy, needy, needy... vent please.

    SuesquatchRN replied to rksgray13's topic in General Nursing

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    Do you find this article insulting?

    SuesquatchRN replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read any of his others. This one made me
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    Tape Reporting... HOH RN

    SuesquatchRN replied to MystyqueOne's topic in General Nursing

    The headphones are a great idea. I'm pretty HOH but a hearing aid helps
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    Do you find this article insulting?

    SuesquatchRN replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    Correct and funny. "Why do they even need to mention their nurses are skilled? I want her to show up with my dinner tray and a skill set the size of
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    Spin off of the thread on putting mom in the nursing home

    SuesquatchRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I'd look at the DOH this issued the IJs. NY'll issue them if you fart wrong. I've been in places that were dinged with IJs twice where no harm had or was likely to
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    Spin off of the thread on putting mom in the nursing home

    SuesquatchRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Compare number of nursing home beds to number of old people to get a truer picture. And Florida is ncknamed "God's Waiting Room." Things will be skewed there, and it's also a place where old people...
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    Odors

    SuesquatchRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Is he at home? On O2? If so and if not, burn strongly scented mulberry candles. It'll cover anything. And if the stench is coming from the bag, bury the bag in ground
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    Spin off of the thread on putting mom in the nursing home

    SuesquatchRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    The proportion of folks in nursing homes here is very small and most elderly are at home with family or on their own. Those in homes usually require care that simply can't be given at home. I resent...
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    Manager mad RN followed policy and procedure!

    SuesquatchRN replied to elfinM's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Blood goes with a human.
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    PLEASE buy malpractice insurance!!

    SuesquatchRN replied to Athena2's topic in General Nursing

    Yes..
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    Terminated and need advice

    SuesquatchRN replied to wecan11's topic in General Nursing

    No, I am sure that he saw the order on the prior month's TAR without a d/c anywhere and extrapolated that it was missed at change
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    Things that nurses say that may seem inappropriate to lay people

    SuesquatchRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I work hospice. We just went to a new computer system. "Nah, don't enter his meds. He'll be dead by
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    Things that nurses say that may seem inappropriate to lay people

    SuesquatchRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    re cath: If you open your legs I can get it in
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    EMARS

    SuesquatchRN replied to DixieRedHead's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I was on a fabulous eMAR system. WOuldn't go back to paper for anything. It was part of SigmaCare, which rocked, except for the aide documentation portion. Too
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    lpn as ADON?

    SuesquatchRN replied to nd deb's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    In NY LPNs were very restricted. VERY. Now that I'm in TX they do all sorts of jobs from whch they were prohibited in
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    How did YOU make YOUR transition from Floor nursing to Administrative nursing??

    SuesquatchRN replied to MiaRNoffduty's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    It was very easy for me. Prior to becoming a nurse I had always held administrative/corporate jobs in other fields. Floor nursing was heinous for me to adjust to. I still marvel that anything gets...