daisey_may

daisey_may specializes in med surg.

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1. HIPAA Question. Appropriate?

   daisey_may replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

   My 2 cents is that is not a HIPAA violation... (you're generally able to give the condition of a patient to a family member if the patient does not say it's not okay) but I do know of someone who was...

2. what did you learn in the real world that you wish you learned in nursing school?

   daisey_may replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with icyounurse about nursing as on-the-job training. I might have learned just as much being an aid on the floor I worked as a nurse as what I learned in clinicals. Plus, there are...

3. What states allow RN's to pronounce death?

   daisey_may replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

   It surprises me that it is so different in different states and

4. What states allow RN's to pronounce death?

   daisey_may posted a topic in General Nursing

   What states allow RN's to pronounce death? And under what circumstances? Does anyone have any websites or any lists? Thanks,

5. Young student

   daisey_may replied to megaman10's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I was 17 when I started the nursing program and 19 when I graduated with my ASN and started working as an RN. I will have just turned 21 when I get my BSN and I was told I was one of the youngest...

6. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

   daisey_may replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Hello all, I'm a new nurse and have been working on a med-surg floor for a few of months. I'm still working on prioritizing and delegating. I go to my preceptor for help ALL the time. I make...

7. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

   daisey_may replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   This happened the other night and it still makes me laugh when i think about it. I work on a med/surg floor. Sometimes our patients require telemetry and there are monitor techs that sit upstairs to...

8. Painful IV starts and your hospital policy

   daisey_may posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I am currently starting a project for my BSN that will hopefully be able to made policy at the hospital I work at. At the hospital where I work, there is no policy about offering any pain...

9. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

   daisey_may replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   Oooh! I have another one. This one wasn't me either, it was a co-worker. I was on orientation still and had a hispanic patient who spoke Spanish and could not understand English. Her husband was...

10. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    daisey_may replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I graduated high school two years ago and can not take the blame for this one: During a senior debate class, a girl who was notoriously not very bright was asking me about what the cold war was. As I...

11. anxious about being the only nurse on the floor

    daisey_may replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    I would personally be nervous being responsible not only for 42 patients, but 42 acute patients alone. Remember if you are uncomfortable, it's probably not right. It is your license that will be on...

12. Clinical Question

    daisey_may replied to crany3's topic in General Nursing

    For us we have: purple arm band: DNR red arm band: Latex allergy yellow arm band: fall risk, along with a yellow sheet above the bed and a yellow leaf outside the door for fall risk we also have...

13. Full-time w/ dreams...

    daisey_may replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    For me, my RN-BSN is mostly online, which I found working a lot of hours easy to work around. But, if you have class time or clinical time that you need to do, then it may be beneficial for you to...

14. anxious about being the only nurse on the floor

    daisey_may replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome! Why are you embarrassed that you feel anxious about being a charge nurse? And I'm curious--where do you work where you are the only nurse for 42 patients! My stress level would be through...

15. made to feel bad after refusing to push iv meds

    daisey_may replied to manlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It sounds to me like maybe some education is in order. Especially if you are worried about this happening again, I would speak to the manager or maybe just the charge nurse about what is within the...