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  1. You Might Be An "old" School Nurse

    you remember smoking in the nurses
  2. coping mechanisms?

    When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S.
  3. Refused my first assignment today.

    I am proud of you and thank you for your bravery. It is a mess out there on the front lines. We need more nurses like
  4. Thoughts on improving caring

    Caring is a systemic issue, from the top down. I would like to see the staff script the things they would like TPTB to say to them. Caring is contagious....catch
  5. Do Adn/Rn's ever get to be a charge nurse?

    I'm confused. Wiki says: A Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is an advanced-level postgraduate degree for registered nurses and is considered an entry-level degree for nurse educators and managers....
  6. Do Adn/Rn's ever get to be a charge nurse?

    I am surprised that when charge role is determined it does not automatically go to the highest educational level RN on shift. I, an ADN, was always charging and found it strange that the nurses with...
  7. but where does the RN liability start/end on these situations? I have had young trauma pts with "visitors" that appeared under consenting age and found them in the hospital bed. Do I have to check ID...
  8. I had to do a lift test for my new job last September. It was a 15 lb weight from off of the floor. It seemed as though they were looking for proper body mechanics/style more so than the weight amount...
  9. Suture/Staple removal in NYC

    I recently moved to AZ from NY and here in AZ we are removing sutures/staples, in NY we never did. I don't believe it is in our scope or else we would have been taught it in nursing school. I never...
  10. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

  11. I have been in your shoes before, sigh. You try to enforce hospital policy and get no support from those who create and approve it. Your manager's response should have been "I understand you were...
  12. E-cigarettes

    I had a post-surgical patient last night who was smoking one of those electronic cigarettes. He had been on another floor for a week using it and no one commented on it. Could not find a policy on...
  13. What does "+++" mean in narrative charting?

    I have only seen it used in reference to edema 1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ / +, ++, +++,
  14. Pre-Employment Physical

    I have a friend who is concerned about a pre-employment physical. Does she have to tell them she has cardiomyopathy? What about medications? Do you need to give the complete list? How would a...
  15. Other nurses signing my initials

    by leaving those two holes in the MAR you have now created a situation that forces the next nurse to react. They could do anything from call the MD, make an incident report, call you to come in, call...
  16. love the title ...... ty for the
  17. Why are so many nursing related things childish?

    Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself. As opposed to impartially providing...
  18. unfreakin believable........your NM gets STUPID award, gold
  19. Do you bag your bodies naked?

    I will never send one of my pts out without a gown.........if money is the issue then take the $2 out of my check....it is about the type of care I want to give and my emotional
  20. application of the following to nursing?

    ok i giggled @
  21. No handwashing equals fines?

    omg...yes, yes, yes I'll help. If I'm charge I'll call staffing and say I just sent home "Pat" after she violated the strict handwashing policy. OMG love
  22. Caring for the Chart or the Patient?

    In my eyes there are two kinds of documentation....one type is required to keep your job and the other is required to keep your license. I will not leave until the latter is completed. The former I am...
  23. Are you going to work tommorow in the big storm?

    I propose mandatory hazardous duty pay for anyone who drives to work in bad
  24. What do you fear most on the job?

    I fear the yet to be named bacteria and
  25. Nursing - Qwiki Style

    I was expecting speech-to-text and it appears to be text-to-speech? I am waiting patiently for the day I can just dictate my charting,