hollyberry678

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1. Patient who is on his call light every 3-5 minutes ALL night long

   hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, thanks for the response. That was my guess, too...but how do you HANDLE

2. Patient who is on his call light every 3-5 minutes ALL night long

   hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

   This is a chronic patient, lives at a group home, came into hospital with vague complaints. Complaining about the "lazy ED nurses" and all other staff in general. on his call light ALL night long,...

3. blood sugar question

   hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

   If a patient had an HS Bs of 74 and was given 10 units of Lantus, and appeared to be sleeping during the night with VSS, would you do a 'cautionary' BS check during the night, given her BS of

4. I dont handle lazy aides well

   hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

   As far as my posting my troubles, I tend to only post when I am feeling frustrated. I generally do not have a problem with coworkers, I am a great team player, work hard, and teach when I can with...

5. Rhythm Analysis

   hollyberry678 replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

   buy a rhythm interpretation

6. new grad 'picked on'

   hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, this isnt about me, but about a co-worker. He was a new grad, he had switched his field entirely and went through an accelerated program, so he had little-no floor experience. He was hired,...

7. I dont handle lazy aides well

   hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I am not cut out for hospital nursing, I dont know. I cant seem to handle lazy aides well. Again I was assigned to the other side' on my unit, night shift, 2 rn's with one aide, 12 pts (6...

8. how do you get NA's to help more? (those that want to do the minimum)

   hollyberry678 posted a topic in General Nursing

   There are a couple NA's on the night shift where I work who only do the minimum. they have the standard tasks, VS q 4 hours (2x/shift) and BS (blood sugars) at 0600. They drag these out and refuse to...

9. Help! Rude MDs or is it me?

   hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   remind me not to post here

10. Help! Rude MDs or is it me?

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, everyone is so focused on the ocean spray incident, which I believe I addressed in response, that they have not focused on the bulk of my concern. I am sorry that I brought that incident

11. Help! Rude MDs or is it me?

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay, thanks Virgo, how would you have handled these responses (from

12. Help! Rude MDs or is it me?

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    no, the patient was not on O2, was on room air. Thanks for the replies, does it sound as I described it, that these mds were rude, or am I being "too sensitive". I did email my mgr. almost verbatim...

13. Help! Rude MDs or is it me?

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for the replies. Well, the person who needed the ocean spray was really uncomfortable, and it was keeping her awake, and her nose intermittantly (shortly) bled due to sryness, I just thought if...

14. Help! Rude MDs or is it me?

    hollyberry678 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am new to this position on a hispital unit in a county hospital. All is generally well except for the below incidents recently. I did last night email my nurse mgr about them, but hate to "be a...

15. For those of you who have experience resigning a hospital position...

    hollyberry678 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Also, since I have resigned, and my manager does not seem happy, can she somehow 'mess up' my re-hire status? How does one know if they are in 'rehire