steelydanfan

steelydanfan

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  1. Made a mistake!

    steelydanfan replied to what2donow's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You made a mistake, it has happened to us all, and it may well happen to you again. But you owned it, got help and made it right. That is the true hallmark of a sensitive, moral and caring nurse. NO...

  2. Blaming the nurse

    steelydanfan replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    NEVER tell new a nurse that it is thier fault and responsibilty! Tell them that they can defuse the situation by being polite and proactive; but if a jerk doctor is getting in thier face...

  3. What constitutes falsifying documentation?

    steelydanfan replied to physioex's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a case of not ever being wrong, it's the credo that if you commit, or see someone else commit an error, then you are bound to report and fix it. Nurses generally have no one looking over...

  4. Community Health Systems Takeover

    steelydanfan replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not new, your managers have all sold out to the corporate ideology. They get paid bonuses for "star" performances,, and the poop flows down the ladder to the grunts (you). The last time my manager...

  5. Community Health Systems Takeover

    steelydanfan replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    They bought our hospital in Northern California about 8 years ago. the usual stupid inroads and cutbacks were proposed, they did not understand what a CNA hospital meant. We have met every idiotic cut...

  6. Sick days in the US...and job security

    steelydanfan replied to pedicurn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe not. I recently read an article about city managers' salary and perks in the area I live in. Ready for this?! The AVERAGE amount of sick time given to a city manager in my SMALL (less than...

  7. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    steelydanfan replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I guess I should have clarified the situation; the pt. was only going to get 500cc's of water before being scorted off the premises as an AMA. That was MY take on the situation, not an ongoing...

  8. looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

    steelydanfan replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of your training IS seemingly useless, until you need it. I would agree that ADN nurses in our state are shortchanged in so many ways. They cannot chart in our hospital, because for some reason...

  9. What constitutes falsifying documentation?

    steelydanfan replied to physioex's topic in General Nursing

    I'll see and raise you $5,000,000.00 Charting out of time is a firing offense in ANY hospital I have ever worked in. It is ok to chart late on vital signs, it is DEFINITLY NOT ok to chart ahead...

  10. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    steelydanfan replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

  11. Treating the Muslim patient

    steelydanfan replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

  12. Nurse with a condescending attitude - rant

    steelydanfan replied to happy2learn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And I should have added, the OP apparently just "grabbed a nurse" who had nothing to do with the pt. in question; which is anethema to ANY nurse. It is NOT OK to just grab anybody in scrubs who looks...

  13. Nurse with a condescending attitude - rant

    steelydanfan replied to happy2learn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Simple solution: Don't ask the nurse dumb questions! When the pt. can have visitors, the nurse will come out and say so. The nurse DOESN'T know when the pt. will be seen, don't keep asking!...

  14. Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    steelydanfan replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I for one am very sorry that your Dad had such poor care as you described. In depth chart reviews should reveal the source of all these mistakes. But please don't look on all change as improvement,...

  15. Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    steelydanfan replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Huzzah! I cant tell of the times I have had to call CS because I could not find how they listed items in thier order set. "Bag, catheter" instead of "foley drainage bag"? type in "colostomy" and not...

  16. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    steelydanfan replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    If a pt. demands water even after I have explained the rationale behind the restriction order, I would simply document the conversation, call the physician to alert him to the patients noncompliance,...

  17. So ready to throw in the towel and it makes me sad...

    steelydanfan replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    The obstacles placed in any nurses way to completing a shift competently, safely, and thoroughly are myriad. They stem from poor institutional policy and management all the way down to unit cliques...

  18. I want her fired!!!!

    steelydanfan replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I love it. Apparently Medicare and Medical will both now be looking at 'patient satisfaction " surveys to decide whether or not a stay will be paid for. In other words, if the patient liked thier...

  19. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

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

    I still don't get or see your point. I really would like it if ALLNURSES was somehow closed to the general public; so that we don't have to hear about this...experience.. "that I don't want to go into...

  20. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    steelydanfan replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    Once you post your views on Face book or Twitter, they are no longer not your own, they are seen, and open to judgement by all. Your employers CANNOT judge you for political opinions; but this person...

  21. Time to call a duck a duck?

    steelydanfan replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ok, so you are a malcontent , non-teachable and unable to theorize, I only hope you were kicked out of your class prior to graduation. And I would be willing to bet my IRA that you are male. And NO,...

  22. I feel bad for quitting a new job

    steelydanfan replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to say anything other than the fact that "my other employer has offered me a full time position which was my goal". And that you have enjoyed working for "XY&Z", and should the...

  23. Any experienced nurses still have bad shifts?

    steelydanfan replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, please: I have been doing this for 30 years in EVERY speciality except PEDS/OB and there are STILL days I go home thinking "***"! Coulda, shoulda, didn't. Stuff happens, you cannot and WILL not be...

  24. How to improve sheltering issues during a hurricane.

    steelydanfan replied to rawkfist's topic in General Nursing

    Not your job; you are a nurse, not a municipal

  25. Can we get rid of the sugar in nursing?

    steelydanfan replied to Nurse Joey's topic in General Nursing

    I said this in another post: I would rather have a curt nurse who understood what my complaints of chest pain could entail than a bright chipppie who knew nothing to do except bring me a cup of