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  1. Bullied in Report

    deespoohbear replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse is bordering on harrassment. I would bring it to my manager's attention and have the other nurses go with you. Is it possible for your manager to be present for report? You shouldn't...

  2. sitter usage

    deespoohbear replied to babsRN's topic in General Nursing

    4 rails are considered a restraint at our facility also. I agree with mustangsheba about JCAHO. Just blows my mind that the hospitals and other facilities actually pay these yahoos to come into our...

  3. What do you do when you are assigned patient is a someone you know?

    deespoohbear replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    At our small facility it would be almost impossible not to be able to take care of someone you know. I have taken care of people from my church, relative of friends, ministers, fellow nurses and...

  4. Verbal Orders, Do you take them?

    deespoohbear replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, good!! I am not the only one with an attitude!! :D I just so sick and tired of babysitting the docs, the lab, the pharmacy. If I wanted to be a babysitter, I would have opened a day care!! The...

  5. Ever feel like the med/surg unit is the hospital dumping ground?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Don't you just love it when you get a patient for admission and no orders? We have one physician who is known for calling us and telling us he is sending in a pt for direct admit and that he will fax...

  6. Verbal Orders, Do you take them?

    deespoohbear replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility we have a stamp we are suppose to use that has a line for the doc's signature, date and time. I absolutely refuse to use it.!! :( These doctors have over 12 YEARS of post high...

  7. Late Meds.

    deespoohbear replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    One of the big problems we have at our facility is with the pharmacy getting us our meds in a timely fashion. Our pharmacy closes at 7 pm during the week and at 2 pm on the weekends. We have a...

  8. Patients on suicide precautions-what is your facility's policy?

    deespoohbear posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work for a small hospital. We have a general med/surg floor with 32 beds and a 4 bed ICU. Every once in awhile, we get a patient who has attempted suicide. Usually these patients are medically...

  9. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    My story just continues to get better. I had posted earlier that my husband became ill after I got our son home from having an appy. My kid came home Thursday, my hubby became sick with the flu on...

  10. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was curious to see how other facilities handle this touchy subject. I was working as the house supervisor on Sunday morning. I had both nurses scheduled to work the 3-11 shift in the extended care...

  11. Do you get wriiten up for calling in sick with a doctor's note?

    deespoohbear replied to grouchy's topic in General Nursing

    I would be out of a job if I worked at your facility, just for this past week!! My 10 year old had an appy done a week ago today. I took him home the following morning. Then my husband became ill...

  12. Anyone allowed to nap on their breaks?

    deespoohbear replied to dawngloves's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You get a break? WOW!! Seriously though, I think if your lunch time is unpaid, you can pretty much do what you please. At the facility where I work, our 2 15 minute breaks are paid, but our 1/2...

  13. spooky spooky spooky

    deespoohbear replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    In our small ER, our trauma room isn't used very much (thankfully). But there have been a few deaths back there from either trauma or massive MI's and such. Anyway, sometimes the call light will...

  14. Prescriptions

    deespoohbear replied to sanoca's topic in General Nursing

    I always speak to the pharmacist. I have never once even had a tech to try and take a prescription order from me. As soon as I ID myself and tell them I am calling in an Rx, they say "I will get the...

  15. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I was scheduled off this weekend, so I do not have to go back to work until Monday now. I think my son will be fine by then. The surgeon was able to do the procedure laparscopically, so my kid is...

  16. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I will find out how much trouble I will be in at work now. My 10 year old had to have an emergency appy on Wednesday afternoon. He got to come home Thursday, but I still feel like I should be...

  17. How does your hospital/unit handle call ins?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I am not talking about the people who are truly sick. I am talking about your chronic call ins. One of the people who called in for me on Sunday had made it known to other employees that she was...

  18. Holiday staffing

    deespoohbear replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    We are suppose to work every other holiday but some people get "special" treatment and manage to get off their scheduled holidays. I worked Thanksgiving, so I will have Christmas off. I am working...

  19. ER Doctors that are hard to work with!

    deespoohbear replied to ERIsland's topic in Emergency

    We have one arrogant ER doc in our small facility. Sadly, he is also the medical director for the ER which makes it very difficult to get anything done about him. This guy is a real jerk. He is...

  20. injection technique

    deespoohbear replied to ZAROZINIA's topic in General Nursing

    I use the dart techinque also. I don't usually pinch the skin unless the pt is really thin, or frail. Then after aspirating, I inject the medicine. The rate of injection depends on the type of med...

  21. Verbal Orders, Do you take them?

    deespoohbear replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    We also take verbal and telephone orders. I don't work in a teaching facility either, just a small county hospital. I deal with the same docs day in, day out. There is only one doc I don't trust...

  22. Medication error questions for nurses.

    deespoohbear replied to mo_mo8's topic in General Nursing

    33 years old 7 years as an RN 5 rights and triple check Short staffing, poor handwriting, inappropiate use of abbreviations, names with similar sounding names I think it happens often. Most of them...

  23. Do you mix your own IV's?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, we finally got the IV bags premixed with K. Problem is now, the pharmacy refuses to give us stock bags for our med room. They say they will dispensed the appropiate amount of bags for a...

  24. Do you mix your own IV's?

    deespoohbear posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was wondering how many nurses still have to mix some of their own IV's. The small hospital I work at does not have a 24 hour pharmacy, so sometimes we end up mixing our own IV's. We even have to...

  25. What to do about nurses who neglect their patients and their responsibility??

    deespoohbear replied to Terrie's topic in General Nursing

    Document, document, document. Make copies of incident forms that you complete for yourself (in case the others get "misplaced"). There has to be someone else besides you that observes her work....