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  1. If you could change on aspect of nursing.

    thumperRN replied to AMBERRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Holy Cow!! You hit the nail right on the head!! Didn't think of that one. Yes, we all know that JCAHO is a necessity, but give me a break already. Some things just go above and beyond.......

  2. Say Goodbye to My Dream Job - Now What?

    thumperRN replied to NCINDASUN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This was just your first dream (job). The heaven's will send you another dream even GREATER than the first. Exactly!! There are so many fields in nursing, you will find something else that is totally...

  3. If you could change on aspect of nursing.

    thumperRN replied to AMBERRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree with staffing and attitude. I also wish I could change the relationship between docs and nurses. Although I must say, and this is surely true everywhere, that most docs and nurses have...

  4. rapid response team.anyone using this?

    thumperRN replied to galfromnairobi's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our RRT is AWESOME!! Consists of 2 ICU nurses and a resp therapist. Totally awesome, can't say enough about them. If any facility is contemplating starting one, I say GO FOR IT - YOU WON'T BE...

  5. positive cultures-what's your system?

    thumperRN replied to erjulie's topic in Emergency

    The lab notifies the floor when the cultures are positive, it is then the nurse's responsibility to let the doc

  6. How should I handle this??

    thumperRN replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: We all have to pull our weight. I realize the CNA's can't be more than one place at one time, neither can I. I will do whatever I can to help them out, but I can't do their job and mine...

  7. Didn't follow doctor's orders

    thumperRN replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you have to do what you have to do to keep their sats up - COPD or not. Most copd'ers do live in the 80's, but let's face it, you can't live on 60-70%. You did the right thing in my...

  8. Biggest Payday

    thumperRN replied to realnurse06's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!!! I want to work where you work!!!

  9. "superior" students,cliques, hatred runs deep

    thumperRN replied to Dixieheart's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!! This isn't high school anymore - unfortunatly you're stuck with a group who thinks it is. BUT! More than likely the real world is gonna smack them in the face when they get out of the...

  10. Anyone have one of these??!??

    thumperRN replied to Beary-nice's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :yeahthat: GIDDY-UP!! :yeahthat:

  11. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    thumperRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nevermind about the above - I quoted to soon - question answered.

  12. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    thumperRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in IL and at the hospital I work at NONE of us can take verbal orders, but LPN's take telephone orders all the time - I've never heard that they couldn't. Is this a state

  13. Diluting IV push

    thumperRN replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    I dilute most everything in 10ml of NS - it's easier to push slowly if your watching the clock. I have had multiple patient's complain about burning, and I've seen frail veins blow when meds are not...

  14. Blood Transfusions: How fast do you go?

    thumperRN replied to Genista's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I usually run it over 3 hours. Most of the time, I start it at 100ml/hr, then bump it up to 125/hr if tol well after first 15 minutes. If the pt is a CHFer or renal compromised, I usually don't go...

  15. :( Sad - LPN (little pretend nurse comment)

    thumperRN replied to Amyjosonata's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I was an LPN before becoming an RN and let me tell you that I would have never made through school OR work if I hadn't. The knowledge and experience I acquired was a HUGE advantage for me, and has...

  16. Bullies In The Work Place !

    thumperRN replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have a major prob with that, thank goodness. We have a couple of "know-it-alls", but know one that is particularly threatening. I've come upon some very bossy and lazy people, but I just...

  17. Best Advice You've Ever Heard

    thumperRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering what the best advice you've heard in your nursing career thus far?? Mine was probably when I first became a nurse, I was standing in a pt's room with a surgeon and a bunch of...

  18. Best Advice You've Ever Heard

    thumperRN replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, isn't that the truth?? I also heard a nurse say one time - "If you don't know, don't guess! There is no shame in asking for help. Don't make the mistake of thinking that you know more than you...

  19. Best Advice You've Ever Heard

    thumperRN replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    SOOOO

  20. Dealing with gossips

    thumperRN replied to Pam RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, there's one in every hospital - or EVERY work environment for that matter. Just stay away from that one, she knows who she can get to and who she can't, and that is her feeding ground. Trust me,...

  21. Greetings Missourians/lets get to know each other

    thumperRN replied to Nursie30's topic in General Nursing

    Live in MO (:redbeathe ) - work in IL. In the process of getting my MO license - so I can go job hunting in June when my contract expires. Been a nurse for 3 yrs now - best decision I ever made....

  22. How do you handle shift change admissions?

    thumperRN replied to ljds's topic in General Nursing

    We must work at the same facility - happens all the time. Sooooo frustrating!! Makes the whole day run behind. I don't want to make the ER nurses stay late, and in all actuality they probably don't...

  23. RN to pt ratio @ your hospital?

    thumperRN replied to plumrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ratio on my floor is usually 1:10 - 1:14. Never any less, seems like if it is less, you can bet someone is gonna be cut for a few hours. Guess the ones at the top need their big bucks, so they keep...

  24. Sooo..what's in your isolation??

    thumperRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is it me or has there been a MAJOR breakout lately in MRSA, VRE, C-DIFF, you name it - we got it??? It seems like everyother pt I have been caring for lately has some terrible bug that requires...

  25. Sooo..what's in your isolation??

    thumperRN replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing