steelydanfan

steelydanfan

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  1. Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    steelydanfan replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I find that families too often get sucked into infantilizing thier family member WAAYY before anyone else. "Mama needs a straw", "Mama needs to be turned", "Mama, Mama, Mama". All thier solicitude...

  2. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    steelydanfan replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    i think the point was, this was during

  3. How much does your hospital ceo make?

    steelydanfan replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    "To them they see me just walk around and tell people what to do." "They have no concept of what I do" And therein lies the problem. Apparently nothing you DO has a good impact on the people you...

  4. How much does your hospital ceo make?

    steelydanfan replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    I might not have an MBA but I for sure know how to run a hospital better than ANY CEO I have EVER worked under. I KNOW darned well that it is NOT a good idea to cut ancillary staff making $12.00/hr...

  5. How much does your hospital ceo make?

    steelydanfan replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    Look, I personally don't care if the CEO makes $20,000 or $2,000,000.00 a year. What I DO care about is a "leader" getting a fat salary and bonuses when the business makes miliions in profit by...

  6. When did patients become "clients"?

    steelydanfan replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    Patients are pretty much the last people to know what good care is, and thier families the second to last. Warm blankets, hot cocoa and unlimited visiting hours are probably high on the satisfaction...

  7. When did patients become "clients"?

    steelydanfan replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me, but this example is wrong on so many levels as to be ludicrous. Nurse/patient ratios were FOUGHT for and won because of greedy, for profit hospitals scaling back on nursing staff to...

  8. When did patients become "clients"?

    steelydanfan replied to woahmelly's topic in General Nursing

    And just WHERE did you come up with this definition? "Those who suffer in silence" : EGAD! And when "clients" get to decide what "good" care is, I for one will be out the door. When demanding hot...

  9. New Grad in ER with unsafe practice - Advice please?

    steelydanfan replied to R!XTER's topic in Emergency

    You are truly between the rock and the hard place. ER is daunting for nurse with 30 years of experience, never mind new grads. And as much as people say "go for it , you can make a difference"; if the...

  10. does this make any sense?

    steelydanfan replied to hpynurs2b's topic in General Nursing

    A Masters in either speciality will open up doors to research/teaching/ corporate development positions; it just depends in which field the nurse really wants to specialize

  11. did i just ruin my career at 21

    steelydanfan replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    Do as well in your BSN program as you did in your AD; and they might be offering you full scholarship towards your MSN/PHD degrees! Obviously you are smart as heck, so run with this, and pretty soon...

  12. S-BAR

    steelydanfan replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

  13. The right to refuse has so many interpretations

    steelydanfan replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

  14. The State is coming!!

    steelydanfan replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

  15. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    steelydanfan replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I have only ever met one nurse that I truly knew was out to meet a doctor. she did find and marry the worst excuse for a practioner I have ever seen; but hey, she did it! Most nurse know...

  16. In response to cost cutting.

    steelydanfan replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Better yet, vote to join a union. Without backing, you will get nowhere, which is exactly where your bosses want you, without a voice, and without power. How long do you think your bosses can run the...

  17. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    steelydanfan replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you could be right, and you could be wrong. There is NO truth to the rumor that every COPD pt. is a CO2 retainer, no matter WHAT you were taught in school. When in doubt, give the Os! orders...

  18. S-BAR

    steelydanfan replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    No "tool" should turn us into robots. We all learned assessment skills in nursing school (if we did'nt, we should not have graduated). You ARE able to think on your feet, and the SBAR is simply a...

  19. A nurse is a family member too.

    steelydanfan replied to livinthedreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, let me see if I have this straight, Your uncle went to the ER "to get cleaned out". He was constipated, which is not an emergency at all except in some EXTREMLY rare circumstances. The ER wanted...

  20. Organizing your med/surg day

    steelydanfan replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    What I found that seems to slow down most new grads is this need to write EVERYTHING DOWN VERBATIM IN REPORT. You can't listen if you need to write down everything, you have to be able to listen and...

  21. New male nurse getting ready to tackle first nursing job

    steelydanfan replied to scsunurse85's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about a thing. I graduated in the 70's, with exactly 2 male classmates. We embraced them, and really, nobody thought twice about thier sex. Now, this was California, but I would think the...

  22. Staffing ratios

    steelydanfan replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean; I'm pretty sure? Don't you know the Nurse Practice Act for the state you are working in? Don't you know your license could be on the line if you do not follow state mandates?

  23. Nursing Unions-what is the good,bad, ugly?

    steelydanfan replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

    And what have YOU been smoking? Not ONE health care consortium has declared bankruptcy, and if you do a little homework; you will find that HCA, HCW, TENENT, CHW and the rest have all done QUITE well...

  24. Do you have a system for making fair pt assignments?

    steelydanfan replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    i am sure Mayo's system is excellent; as so was our hospitals. The problem came in when the pt.s acuity got higher; and the need for more nurses became clear; our PTB's simply CHANGED the

  25. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

    steelydanfan replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Yeah, and look what happened with that. 20% more runway incursions, near misses at an all time high. Yeah, screw the professionals, hire some scabs. That'll do your patients a lot of good. You can't...