steelydanfan

steelydanfan

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  1. It's the patient/family's choice NOT the doctor!!!!

    steelydanfan replied to lad120's topic in General Nursing

    I could not understand your post, nor the question you were

  2. Honest Mistake, Re: Paycheck

    steelydanfan replied to Nurse0621's topic in General Nursing

    In what state do you work that the ward clerk is responsible for

  3. If med-surg floor is NOT for me, what else??

    steelydanfan replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I must disagree. MOST new nurses are placed in Med-Surg because this area is about basic nursing, and this IS where the new grad needs to be; to learn the breadth and scope of nursing. The new grad...

  4. Admission orders

    steelydanfan replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    No, I think you covered it. And thank you for not being one of those nurse who thinks that "bridging orders" means it is ok not to call the doctor until 7

  5. Night shift not charting until 0000?

    steelydanfan replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    You do a complete assessment on each pt. at the start of your shift, and add comments as necessary. End of story. If your facility has different rules, I would ask

  6. Done with school but don't want to start work as a nurse...

    steelydanfan replied to anichka1285's topic in General Nursing

    Being good at it is not the same as enjoying what you do for a living. I am exceptional at my job, yet I don't like to go to work for myriad reasons. After 2 failed career attempts, this is the time...

  7. "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    steelydanfan replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    You seem to have taken this ONE QUOTE way too

  8. Hospital LOST the blood of a pt I was infected with?!

    steelydanfan replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Not "bloody" likely that they "lost" the specimen . Get a lawyer, and investigate

  9. It's my life and I'll do what I want

    steelydanfan posted a topic in Emergency

    Had a pt. today that presented to ER with SOB. Been in hospital for 5 days, is due to be D/C'd in am. Homeless, refused family care because he refused to quit drinking, and does not want to go to...

  10. Drug Seeker Stories

    steelydanfan replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    This where national health care could really make a HUUUGE diference. Just redifine EMTLLA, and these creeps would not be constantly showing up in our ER's looking for thier next

  11. When patients attack

    steelydanfan replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    I would think that the "rule" is to try to manipulate the person as best one can; and of course we cannot force anyone into a treatment they don't want. We ALL have the right to protect ourselves...

  12. When patients attack

    steelydanfan replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    HOWEVER, if she had done that to the cops, they would have thrown every book they had at her, as well as at least ONE sick day for

  13. Advice, what would you have done in this situation?

    steelydanfan replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. You make no friends and garner a ton of respect by making people accountable. You are not in your job to be liked or loved, you are in it to ensure the pt.s are cared for.

  14. Foley Irrigation

    steelydanfan replied to jamminworld's topic in General Nursing

    What I did not clarify in my last post was that the poster wrote that after a search on the Internet AND EVEN her NURSING TEXTS.... Great.... hitting the boooks as a last

  15. Foley Irrigation

    steelydanfan replied to jamminworld's topic in General Nursing

    Well, THIS IS a sad state of affairs for nursing education,

  16. Me thinks me has been blacklisted....

    steelydanfan replied to CathyLew's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot really be THAT naive. Do you really think an institution would let you back into the ranks after being privy to management

  17. How to tell my clinical manger i need time off for a lumpectomy

    steelydanfan replied to nursing assit. 2010's topic in General Nursing

    A simple lumpectomy is only 2 days at most off of work. No prob to ask for that amount of time. your schedule can be easily reworked. Your concern seems that if a cancer diagnosis is returned, things...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    steelydanfan replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And that would include the timeless question, say it all together now.."When will the doctor be in"? Truely, the one I would personally like to ask is: "So since you told the ER doctor you haven't...

  19. RN assigned as a CNA

    steelydanfan replied to myree72's topic in General Nursing

    I think the OP was not referring to the scope of CNA work, just the breadth of it. She knows I/O, basic hygiene and lifting proceedure, she just has never had to care for 7-12 pts. The logistics can...

  20. RN assigned as a CNA

    steelydanfan replied to myree72's topic in General Nursing

    Just to reiterate the basic question here: An RN may work as a CNA, but she may not FUNCTION as a CNA; because you can NEVER hold a position less than your license. Therefore, while working as a CNA,...

  21. Told "No WAY I could claim overtime tonight"

    steelydanfan posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK. so here is one for the ages. I was working on my unit. Newly opened this AM, staffed with 2 RN'S, a preceptor, a HUC, an NA and the charge RN. 6 transfers, 3 admits from ER. At 10:00, we are told...

  22. Let's keep grandma/grandpa alive until after the holidays

    steelydanfan replied to dzadzey's topic in General Nursing

    You are now simply being inflammatory. The original discusson was of reconciling unrealistic expectations of families and loved ones vs. the cost, both financial and patient-borne, of keeping...

  23. Rude docs - not letting it get to you

    steelydanfan replied to muesli's topic in General Nursing

    My comeback is always this: "I can't hear you when you are yelling. When you want to talk calmly, I am ready". And after the next tirade, or the blank look or my walking out the door, I usually get an...

  24. Let's keep grandma/grandpa alive until after the holidays

    steelydanfan replied to dzadzey's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, actually he does. The physician is the ONLY person who can order or discontinue treatment. He may do so in agreement with family, consulting physicians or on his own. A doctor will STRIVE to...

  25. Qoute "If you quit, I will report you to the state B.O.N.!!!!!!"

    steelydanfan replied to bobs201's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you could do all of this, but the easiest, simplest thing to do as you are still on orientation and not counted in staff is to go in with a letter of resignation stating you do not feel the place...