mom4josh

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    Working the Holiday

    mom4josh replied to Looking4Seaglass's topic in Emergency

    With previous managers, we always had to work either holiday eve or holiday day, and alternated each year. This year we have a new (and improved) manager, and we got to choose which days we wanted...
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    I hate when my co-workers are wasteful.

    mom4josh replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I hate wastefulness, too. But what so many people don't understand is that wastefulness not only hikes every patient's bill, but it cuts into our paycheck. I don't know about other facilities, but on...
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    Getting Stuck with Night Shift.

    mom4josh replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I've been at my job for six years, and it wasn't until the past year when we got a new manager that I was actually given the opportunity to go to days... now that I don't want to anymore. My other...
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    A Nurse Is A Nurse?!?

    mom4josh replied to sxybuttrfly's topic in General Nursing

    Who knew??? What was your point... and do you chart like that (geez, hope
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    Hostile patients?

    mom4josh replied to T123G123's topic in General Nursing

    No reason in the world you can't call security... that is part of why they are there. We had a LOL who suddenly became combative one night (funny, it was the stroke of midnight!). We called security...
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    What are the odds?

    mom4josh posted a topic in General Nursing

    What are the chances that a bedside nurse will contract HIV/AIDS? What are the chances a police officer will be shot in the line of duty? Any statistics to back up either one? My BF and I are having...
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    Job Search Etiquette? Help me?

    mom4josh replied to DaisyChains's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you can walk into the human resources department at any hospital and ask for an application. Our hospital has positions posted on the wall right when you get off the elevator. You can also try...
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    Dama

    mom4josh replied to acetabulum's topic in General Nursing

    Patients who leave AMA are usually ones who will do it regularly because they don't want to be there for whatever reason. I don't think there's anything else that you should have or could have done....
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    Questions....

    mom4josh replied to snichols's topic in General Nursing

    We are not allowed to use them at all. I was told that this is due to increased chance of contamination with so many spikes. We can't even use half-full vials of 10cc saline... we must discard any...
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    Injured at work

    mom4josh posted a topic in General Nursing

    First, let me apologize if I sound whiney... don't mean to do that because it's one of my pet peeves about patients. I hurt my back last week at work repositioning a patient with a CNA. I was...
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    Do you always have an RN waste narcotics with you?

    mom4josh replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught this procedure in school to always watch someone actually waste the med. When I first graduated, I stood there to watch my preceptor waste a narcotic as I had been instructed to do. She...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    mom4josh replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    It means you're gonna be a good
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    feeling bad... pt died

    mom4josh replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: The only thing I can say is that sometimes as nurses and patient advocates we must be more assertive with the docs if we don't think that our patient is comfortable. Keep on calling until...
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    No time for gloves??

    mom4josh replied to Ocelot's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse enter her patient's room to find that she had vomited all over herself and subsequently stopped breathing. There were no gloves in the room, so the nurse began chest compressions...
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    Told to go home..

    mom4josh replied to Grayeagle's topic in General Nursing

    The best I have found are Cherokee. They come in a blended fabric (polyester/cotton), are soft and very comfortable, and have plenty of "wiggle room" even for the biggest bootie!
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    I just don't know how to do this....

    mom4josh replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. It's not your job to be her preceptor. If she didn't learn what she needed to know in orientation, then it's up to her manager to re-assess to see if she needs additional orientation....
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    Told to go home..

    mom4josh replied to Grayeagle's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to say what I originally thought... But, they do make scrub pants in all types of fabrics. I have never seen any that have torn, especially if they are the appropriate size. Did they...
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    Do Newbies "Eat" Their Elders?

    mom4josh replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if it is an intentional thing, but I think there are several factors that come into play. 1-The younger generation seems to have an entirely different work ethic than mine. Generally...
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    New Charge Nurse needs advice with float assignment

    mom4josh replied to AdamRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    If all of the CNAs come from the same group, just keep a list of who floated when, so that each can take their turn fairly. If they are all separate units, then you have to decide who would be...
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    Need help with incident reports...Who fills it out???

    mom4josh replied to PickMePlze's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At my hospital, it is supposed to be the one who finds the person on the floor, or the first responder to the incident. However, I often fill them out if it is my patient or if the other person does...
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    Assignments that you are not qualified to take

    mom4josh replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely write an incident report. Where I work, we have been instructed as charge nurses that we are responsible if we assign a nurse to a patient he/she is not qualified to handle. That...
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    Probably a frequent question, but...

    mom4josh replied to runelord00's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    This is going to sound harsh, but if you really did drive drunk, you deserve to lose your license. I, personally, don't want to work with nurses who exhibit such poor judgement. Hopefully, someone...
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    what u don't like about nursing?

    mom4josh replied to harlequin_chadwick's topic in General Nursing

    All of the above, plus... doctors who think they are above everyone else and treat nurses and patients with
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    What would you do?

    mom4josh posted a topic in General Nursing

    My friend was recently in the hospital. While she was there, she told me that she had heard the nurses at the station giving report... about her! I told her that that was a serious violation of...
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    What would you do?

    mom4josh replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing