Rnandsoccermom

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  1. Nursing hat with ruffles required?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Personally in my experience, wearing all white is quite effective in distinguishing yourself as the nurse. Even in all white scrubs. The caps/hats are a stereotype from a time that has

  2. Does it seem like it is usually the same ...

    Rnandsoccermom replied to GreenNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Actually yes, we had a RN that would take her sweet time seeing her patients and checking the vitals signs the CNA's took. Her patients always crashed at around 1 a.m. (mind you we all work 12 hour...

  3. Have I displayed drug seeking behavior??

    Rnandsoccermom replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you! I've also had migraines since I was a young teenager. MD put me on frovatriptan recently and it has helped tremendously. I'm over 40 and I find they are getting bad again-hormones out...

  4. Any suggestions to actually make "Peer Review" work?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to pghfoxfan's topic in General Nursing

    One place I worked at did peer review. We were instructed to give 3 reviews to people we worked our shift with and three people that followed us. The manager and assistant also did one. There were...

  5. Heads up: NBC nightly news tonight

    Rnandsoccermom replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the email I sent regarding this report: Hello, I have been a RN for 22 years and was very interested in seeing your report on the nursing shortage. Instead I was very disappointed. All you...

  6. "Red Flags" of Drug Diversion

    Rnandsoccermom replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we had a RN that admitted she was taking 900mg of Neurontin THREE times a day. She was sitting at the desk with the supervisor at 1 p.m. in the nurses station and was nodding off in the middle of...

  7. Rough couple of nights and a question about iliostomys

    Rnandsoccermom replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, they key is to keep the skin as dry as possible, placing a bag that continuously drains works very well. I also find using stoma heasive around the stoma itself and tegaderm to seal the...

  8. Why is this PC bullcrap prioritized above people's lives?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    When we all contact our congressmen/women and let them know what is happening, maybe someday ENGLISH will be the predominant language to be spoken in the United States of

  9. The State/Uniform Rules, opinions please

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Tangerine Lipgloss's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is that the State has been getting this complaint ALOT across the board and they are probably tired of hearing it. Unfortunately this is happening all over considering nearly every dept. in...

  10. notifying family

    Rnandsoccermom replied to All_Smiles_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem calling families in situations like this, I am generally very honest with them. I find most people appreciate someone they know telling them the truth at the end. I will only...

  11. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    I support PAS with stringent guidelines. We also have to remember that in our "throw away" society, we keep the elderly curled up in balls, contracted, full of bedsores in nursing homes and think...

  12. Why do doctors get to play by different rules?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to asilmk's topic in General Nursing

    We have computers in the patient rooms and there was a man with a black doorag on his head in a black leather jacket, jeans and black boots at the computer. I said "excuse me, can I help you?" and the...

  13. Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    Rnandsoccermom replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at is 100% computerized, no paper. We have been doing this as well, difficult to ascertain verbal vs. T.O. since all SPOKEN orders are verbal orders. We have a prompt on the screen...

  14. Some crossed fingers and good wishes would be appreciated

    Rnandsoccermom replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Keeping my fingers crossed, hope it's as good as it

  15. Slow Codes

    Rnandsoccermom replied to karenna's topic in General Nursing

    It's very hard when you work in areas where people die every week, some peacefully, some not so peacefully. My husband is a RT and we both are in agreement about what want in the end. As for me, my...

  16. Slow Codes

    Rnandsoccermom replied to karenna's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, sometimes families will not make their family member a DNR out of guilt for not being who they should have been when that person was well. Seen it happen too many times. Was at a code...

  17. Slow Codes

    Rnandsoccermom replied to karenna's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. The question that really needs to be asked in some of these situations is are we prolonging life or prolonging death? Futility is futility and frankly what I struggle with in some situations...

  18. Should I take a job with more opportunity but an unprofessional manager?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the director is desperate to get good employees but won't if they keep all of the bad seeds. Agency use is dicey at best, there's a 50-50 chance they'll even show up for a scheduled shift....

  19. What nursing shortage?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to labfreak's topic in General Nursing

    Come to the Chicago area. I have friends that work all over the city and suburbs. Hospitals are still using travellers, agency and nurses from the Phillipines. I have a friend that works at a Level I...

  20. I was fired!!!

    Rnandsoccermom replied to jnrsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    If you were terminated, YOU should know and not your coworkers. That is a violation of your employee privacy/rights and could get your employer in a bit of trouble if true. I would definitely look...

  21. Crepitus

    Rnandsoccermom replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I have worked on respiratory units for almost 20 years. Seen crepitus in the upper chest, neck many times. It happens, again always remember to palpate edema. Edema in the those areas is never...

  22. Mandatory Inservices only offered on my "OFF"days!

    Rnandsoccermom replied to MsPiggy's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing: are they mandatory because something has actually changed, or because no one will show unless it's labelled mandatory? Where I work the managers are required to have monthly meetings,...

  23. New here and venting already

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Butterfly Faery's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. I have told MD's " YOUR patient, family etc.. wanted to speak to YOU, I am in the middle here, I'll tell them whatever YOU want me too." Sometimes human beings need a small...

  24. Disfunctional RN's

    Rnandsoccermom posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have to vent. In the last 18 mos. the HR dept. where I work has taken over final say on hiring people, ie: we are desperate. We have an experienced RN who has been with us for about 5 months. She...

  25. Disfunctional RN's

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Rnandsoccermom's topic in General Nursing

    I know, I hate the warm body theory too, I just get frustrated that my livelyhood is threatened because these types of people will sell all of us out, and we are a fairly good crew, they make us all...