LandDRN

LandDRN

CCU stepdown, PACU, labor and delivery

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  1. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    LandDRN replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL...I also just happened to note, and be amused, of the posts regarding intrusive/interuptive family members and visitors interfering with nursing duties and care.....they seem to have invaded and...

  2. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    LandDRN replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sort of off topic...but with the ever increasing rise of work place violence on nurses, studies are concluding that the unlimited, open access by visitors is contributing to the rise of this problem....

  3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    LandDRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha! Love these! :) Staff irritants: 1. phenergan = phergran 2. O2 Sats = O2 stats 3. prostate = prostrate Patient/Family irritants (Education goes a long way! I don't mind those trying to learn....

  4. Crappy Nurses Day

    LandDRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    We don't even have a Nurses Day at our hospital.....we have Hospital Employee Day ( management stated that the former title made other workers feel "left

  5. A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters

    LandDRN replied to cpkRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess the moral of the story is....if you are a nurse don't feel free to attempt to validate any negative feelings. You are to be the quiet, always smiling type or risk being called a martyr,...

  6. anyone seeing this maneuver?

    LandDRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, I know that. And I did not say I agreed with the OBs decision for this proceedure. It was a dystocia case and we promptly wrote him up several times. He only practiced for 8 months at our...

  7. HIPAA Scenario???

    LandDRN replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    We just tell them under the current laws we are no longer able to give out medical information over the phone. I also explain to them we have no way of verifying that the person is who they say they...

  8. pregnancy and night shift

    LandDRN replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    We just had 8 of our night staff give birth within a 4 month time frame. I think the general consensus was nursing in general is alittle difficult ( but safe, you will be pregnant not ill) while...

  9. Doing chest compressions while pregnant

    LandDRN replied to Dana07's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, no your baby is well protected. Before I became an L&D nurse I was a cardiac nurse and ran to the code with the code cart and started chest compressions while 8 mionths pregnant. Again...

  10. In your experience.......when a seemingly "stable" patient tells you they are

    LandDRN replied to JennRN65's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in OB I hear this every night by almost every patient ( and labored myself twice and had the same opinion! ) so in this case no. But I have had several years as a cardiac and PACU nurse and the...

  11. Non-medical Family Say the Darndest Things!

    LandDRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    OB nurse here. We've had a patient come in for traptions ( contractions) and another asked if there was mecnim (meconium) because she watches discovery health and knows all about that

  12. anyone seeing this maneuver?

    LandDRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have seen this done but only to stabalize the decent of the head if "turtling" is a problem. Not a routine or even frequent practice

  13. Scared of Needles??

    LandDRN replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    I defianately do not like them but I wouldn't say I'm scared of them. I always get a kick out of pts w/mulitple tatoos and piercing tell me thay are afraid of them though. Aside from that, I have to...

  14. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    LandDRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    The "but who cares?" reffers to our management. Should have been more specific. We are run but alot of transplants from up north that have no clue. Guess you didn't read my post all the way. I WILL...

  15. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    LandDRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I understand, I am a born Floridian. The idea of evacuation isn't to leave the state though. It's a matter of sometimes only moving a few miles away to be out of storm surge. Guess I am not very...

  16. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    LandDRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    It'll be a new experience that's for sure. I worked Opal and it was not pretty. We ran out of food and water. Luckily that facility provided for our families ( our current hospital does not permit...

  17. Should Nurses Accept Gifts from Patients?

    LandDRN replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    We are allowed to accept things as cookies, pizza orders for us ect ( and it is such a very kind and appreciated thing to do!) but our company has a strictly enforced rule of not accepting individual...

  18. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

    LandDRN replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    We give alot of methergine and hemobate following sections to decrease bleeding risks, which in a good majority of people leads to diarrhea the next day! And people do poo during these when there has...

  19. I want her fired!!!!

    LandDRN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital takes it one step further and gave the family $50.00 worth of Red lobster coupons ( they originally gave them Outback Steakhouse ones but they refuses saying they wanted seafood instead)...

  20. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    LandDRN replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The advanced maternal age guidlines were established to give an age recommendation ( over 35ys old) for both insurance companies and medicaid to be required to pick up certain screenings for this age...

  21. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    LandDRN replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, that's alittle against ACOG

  22. Attention Deficit Disorder/ ADHD

    LandDRN replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    I have a good friend who has it, is on meds for it, and is an incredible

  23. PACU overflow patients

    LandDRN replied to Windy B.'s topic in PACU

    I don't work PACU anymore but when I did we had these "boarders" and unfortunately we had to take nighttime call to care for these pts. It would not be unusual to work 2 18hr shifts a week due to...

  24. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    LandDRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    We know our hurricane policy. The point is that it is dangerous to everyone including the patients. The aftermath team will either need to be great swimmers or have personal water craft to reach our...

  25. The Customer is always right

    LandDRN replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also wouldn't put up with threats. I had a gentle man ( well man) tell me after checking his pedal pulses post cath ( I had explained what I was doing and this was the 3rd or 4th check on him) that...