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  1. HELP my dry hands!!!!

    deespoohbear replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had a problem a couple of years ago with an ecezma I couldn't clear up. I ended up going to a dermatologist and he said part of the problems was the anti-bacterial soap I was washing my hands with...

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

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our psych unit won't take the patients unless they are medically stable. We don't have any extra staff that we can place in the room for 24/7 care. I know that is what needs to be done, but I don't...

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

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Taking care of the dopamine patient didn't worry me, it was just the idea that ECU decided they didn't want him. The doctor is just trying to give the patient's family the idea that we are doing...

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

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It happened again today. Med/Surg got another "dump" admit. This patient was in our skilled nursing unit. The patient has pancreatic CA, acute renal failure, eloctrolyte imbalance, and asp....

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

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    As far as I know, they do plan to put these patients on telemetry. The teles are monitored by the ICU nurse. I just get so aggravated that the hospital administration thinks our department is...

  6. Nurses now responsible for unplugging toilets on their floors!!

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    Man, was I a tad upset at work today. We are having this busy day with admissions and discharges like crazy. The nice old man in Rm 3-- told me his toilet was plugged. I paged maintience. They...

  7. How is code blue announced at your facility?

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    At our facility our admininstrator has decided that "Code Blue" cannot be announced over the overhead system. Instead the switch board opetrator announces "Code 4464" overhead. I just don't think...

  8. med/surg/peds unit

    deespoohbear replied to TracyB,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our small hospital has both med/surg and peds on one floor. I enjoy having peds patients because usually my patients are over 70. We keep the peds patients in the private rooms if they are available,...

  9. Color Coding Nurses

    deespoohbear replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    At our small hospital, we are pretty spoiled. On our med/surg floor the nurses wear white pants and about any kind of nursing top we want. I usually wear a white scrub top and a colored or print...

  10. Taped report vs. verbal report

    deespoohbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering what form of report your facility uses. I work on a general med-surg floor. Up until about 2 years ago, we had taped report. Then the higher ups in the nursing mangement decided...

  11. How is code blue announced at your facility?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Our administrator does not want us announcing room numbers overhead. He says it will cause undue panic amongst the visitors. Like they (the visitors) don't know something big was happening anyway....

  12. first code blue

    deespoohbear replied to tonia's topic in General Nursing

    My first code was an elderly lady who hadn't been doing too well on the day shift, and now she was my problem. Day shift hadn't been able to contact her physcian (switchboard was paging the wrong...

  13. Taped report vs. verbal report

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input. Our main problem in verbal report seems to be the constant interruptions. Of course, mgmt just tells us to tell the families we are giving report and we will be with them in a...

  14. Survey: Would you encourage your child to become a nurse?

    deespoohbear replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    If one of my sons wanted to enter nursing school, I would not try to prevent it. My boys know what kind of hours I put in and how tired I can be at the end of the day. But they also know that I get...

  15. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    deespoohbear replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have the same problem at our hospital with OB. We have a 5 bed LDRP unit that is suppose to be staffed with 2 nurses on each 12 hour shift. If OB is closed they will not come to Med- Surg unless...

  16. Do you mix your own IV's?

    deespoohbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Great news!!! Just found out that our hospital is going to premixed bags of IV solution with potassium!! Plus, we are getting premixed dopamine, dobutamine, heparin, and NTG!! JCAHO recommendation...