jalyc RN

Quote from wannabenycnurse2011 Why are people such a**holes in this thread? We all have been in staffing situations that suck as nurses. I hate annually having to decide what to do during hurricane season here in Florida but it is part of the job...

"My other favourite TV thing is when someone is in the ICU, hooked up to tele and actively dying. Then of course they die, the tele monitor flatlines and no one comes in the room." There have been times when a patient had been made a DNR and no one w...

Seems many bring a wide variety of experience to the nursing field. I worked first at 12 as a companion for a demented blind lady, who did not realize she was blind. Her family was afraid she would leave the nursing home following her delusional v...

One definition of 'prayer' is "to hope or wish very much for something to happen: to seriously ask (someone) to do something. to make a request in a humble manner" according to Merriam-Webster. NOTHING about God or any religion. I pray he gets wel...

This is why I was always grateful for the instructions of an endocrinologist back in the 70's to keep sugar packets nearby. He explained that sprinkling one under the tongue would instantly raise hypoglycemia with no threat of choking. Used it man...

As a supervisor I once left a message to an unresponding attending that if I did not hear from him within 15 minutes I was calling the chief medical officer. I did just that and our CMO reamed the attending a new one the next day, so we never had t...

What is so wrong with calling someone a "Little Old Lady"? Why do you feel it is demeaning to call a woman a "lady"? Guess I am missing something here. A lot better than geezers, vegetable, or idiots and some of the other things people are called...

Not sure how it would work today, but in the 1980's as a new RN who had 10 years experience as an LPN in Critical Care Units and L&D, I had a written paper signed by HR and Evening supervisor that I floated ONLY to critical care units, never to t...

Yes, I literally lol'd when I read her OP because where I worked for my last 15 years it was just the opposite. The HOSPITAL nurses were the ones who sent our residents back with problems like "when the foley came out, it had disgusting tissues alon...

That was my thought too. Her big concern should be the fact that this man was neglected for so many hours in a place that had accepted responsibility for his welfare. BUT we all know facilities are more concerned with profit than true care. I had...

Jehovah's Witnesses receive a lot of criticism for our stance on blood, but this is a good example of why our choices are better. That was a very poor surgeon, if he needed to give 3 units. We have encouraged and pushed doctors to become far better d...

I love those who handle people in this manner. Do exactly what they want, but still get your point across. Hard for them to complain about getting their 'due'. LOL Give them the laziest white CNA's and the dumbest white nurses, and we all know m...

The one act I remember because it floored me was a very rainy day. I got out of my car to walk across the parking lot when a CNA ran up with an umbrella. I told her to go ahead and leave, as she was a day shifter, that I would not melt. She said "...

Arranged transportation does NOT have to be EMS. It could have been a cab, a nearby police officer, or another person with better transportation. Sam is correct that 'essential personnel' implies that the facility could NOT even operate without that ...

When I worked an LTC in the 90's I spoke with the DON & administrator about orientation problems like this. I was then paid to put together a notebook with ALL of our paperwork, showing appropriate documentation for nursing, housekeeping, laundr...

to Steve NNP's "The above posters have done a good job explaining, but I just wanted to add a few things. I know I'm nitpicking, but when using the term "PPHN" which stands for "persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn" it implies that the ba...

MEDICARE has nothing to do with management's improper view of nursing care. THAT is totally on them. Also was 'management' the charge nurse, the DON, or the administrator? I can't see an administrator wanting an overdose death in the newspapers just ...

And remember, no one knows it all to begin with. Experience and practice are the best teachers. KNOW your supplies locations and crash cart for when seconds count. Try to work with a nurse that you admire his/her methods, knowledge, and personality...

THAT is exactly how I feel. After a 40 year career, give me a nurse who KNOWS what she is doing. I can get my giggles and feel-goods from housekeeping or dietary. Of course a nurse with both is perfection!

AMEN! One of the very few posts I have read on this site that I wished you had a "DISLIKE" button for. lol

Congratulations on the start of an amazing career. Johnwaynehair has some wonderful suggestions, especially numbers 3 and 6. 1. Learn all that you can. Read up on each condition that your patient has and correlate what you learn to that person. ...

People can type a lot of BS and when you talk with them you find out they have no clue. A resume is not the person, which is why they have interviews and probationary periods.

BEST RESPONSE ON HERE. Kids today are so full of the participation themes, rather than the accomplishment factors it is seriously deteriorating all factors of life. You strike me as a person who wants to pretend to be an adult, but is a child who ...

We used to tape record our reports about half an hour before change of shift, so nurses could listen to them while we charted, etc. It also stopped all the chitchat about other stuff so they were out of report sooner. If they had questions, they c...

Taking that a step further, keep a pad of small sticky notes on the med carts. If anyone needs to notify the nurse of somethig, they write it on that and stick it to the med sheet. The nurse then has a reminder that someone wants a pain med, a note...