lberghood

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1. borderline-help: 2 different nurses/2 different approaches

   lberghood replied to gcja's topic in Psychiatric

   AMEN to RN writer and CharlieRN!!!!!!!! To Hseih, I wonder why you work with patients you feel are

2. making the transition to management

   lberghood replied to shearan's topic in Nurse Management

   Amen to all of the previous posters, i too am a new manager and i am blessed to have a DON and a ADON wh o do back me up. I went from staff to management at the same time several of my peers did so...

3. Help ...I'm not a team player

   lberghood replied to firegenie's topic in Nursing Career

   I am also angry on your behalf and very sad that you are treated this way. Unfortunately these things do happen. I agree that it is a toxic environment and hope that you will find a place where you...

4. borderline-help: 2 different nurses/2 different approaches

   lberghood replied to gcja's topic in Psychiatric

   Excellent thread!!!!!! I was actually going to ask for advice on this very topic. I think Charlie said exactly what I needed to hear. I have been in nursing for 18 years, 7 yrs in psych and am now...

5. Doctors who dont listen or dont care

   lberghood replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   YES YES YES I can so relate I wish that i would have this site as a resource when i started my career. I have worked in many a small nonprofit facility where i have dealth with drs who were either...

6. Power crazy pharmacist-what can be done?

   lberghood replied to MissPiggy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   My first job we also placed the meds in an envelope for passes and i had no idea that it was illegal but i found out that it was when i worked subsequent jobs. At my facility if meds are needed for a...

7. Return Pages:What's the longest time you've waited?

   lberghood replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I paged the attending dr on a child whose xray showed a fractured hand in a psych facility at 3pm She called me back at 11pm. No excuse and not unusual for her. I, of course, had already taken...

8. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

   lberghood replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   AMEN TO THAT I am a aupervisor at an acute psych hospital and was actually toying with the idea of trying to make the staff be patients for a day, i actually thought that it would be good for them...

9. The weekend that blew up

   lberghood replied to newnurse51's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Errors happen and a most of the time they are part of the "system" and not just an individual error. In the 2 instances that you described you were not the only person at fault. In fact you did not...

10. Nursing is taking over my life!!!!

    lberghood replied to Samantha2000's topic in General Nursing

    I can totally relate and i do think that this is normal for a nurse when you are learning and will probably get worse when you graduate and are "on your own" I also think that if this is interfering...

11. Dealing with gossips

    lberghood replied to Pam RN's topic in General Nursing

    Have also dealth with this in more than one job. Think that there is probably one in every hospital. Ive found that being civil and keeping myself emotionally detached works best. Don't let her...

12. About productive hours per patient day?

    lberghood replied to rrroyer's topic in Nurse Management

    anyone have any info on staffing and nurse:patient ratios for

13. Nursing supervisor report

    lberghood replied to trixie's topic in Nurse Management

    We don't have day supervisors anymore either and it is very fragmented as i have noone person in particular to give report to. We have an old fashioned hand written sheet with the census, admissions,...

14. New Nurse manager and view from both sides

    lberghood replied to AMV's topic in Nurse Management

    I totally agee with helping the staff out when they are genuinely overburdened however i have learned to stop myself when they are adequately staffed and the work load is within the norm. The...

15. Getting staff to "own" the unit

    lberghood replied to nursemaa's topic in Nurse Management

    I recently read an article about BMGs(bellyachers, moaners,and groaners) and how these few people can really harm morale and they basically donot want to be part of the solution. They like to dump...