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  1. Just my hospital??

    Rnandsoccermom replied to shortstuff31117's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just for JCAHO, it's so the pharmacy can properly CHARGE the patient. We have started this and apparently every pill must now be charged for individually. Our pharmacy services are...

  2. Reminiscing

    Rnandsoccermom replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

    COPDers and asthmatics all got admitted and put on aminophylline drips. I actually met Ernie Posey (yes of Posey restraints) when he came to our facility peddling his new trach

  3. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    Rnandsoccermom replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After a long, frustrating weekend, how about "I don't care about what you're not going to do, it's you're license not mine". I would also like to ask some of them if they are married to/dating rich...

  4. Trouble c accents at work?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Ha, ha, the quiz pegged me perfectly. I grew up smack in between Milwaukee and Chicago. And I drink "pop". I once had a Jordanian MD (the house doc) call me in the nursing office in the middle of the...

  5. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    Rnandsoccermom replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    My 2 cents. I live in an area where there is a large Hispanic population. My friend works at the local bank. We would have these parents come in the school for bookfairs etc... and not speak a word of...

  6. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing to remember is that the nursing dept. is the largest part of a hospitals budget. That's why they go after us first. Nickel and dime their budgets to death. It never includes them...

  7. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    Because people are more afraid of losing their job than they are of losing their license. If there was a national walkout day it would turn the the industry upsidedown. For whatever reasons, it has...

  8. chemical and physical restraints in vent patients

    Rnandsoccermom replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    One of the hardest things to deal with in critically and chronically ill pt's is their mentation as related to their illness. There are times when some sort of restraint is necessary whether anyone...

  9. 7/70 Scheduling-Anyone have experience?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Bellatrix's topic in General Nursing

    My sister works in an office and works ONLY 10 hrs and takes an hour lunch, paid for by the company during those 10 hours. She only works 4 days in a week, no weekends, no holidays, no off shifts. She...

  10. 7/70 Scheduling-Anyone have experience?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Bellatrix's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, how does someone with a spouse and kids do this? "See ya next week kids, sorry honey not til next week". I don't think

  11. Hourly Pay or Salary... What is best?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Cairo662's topic in General Nursing

    I would NEVER work for salary in this

  12. If you won the lottery, would you still do your job?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    I would go per diem and finally speak up, and say all of the things I've wanted to but haven't for fear of losing my job. Not personal attacks but how I REALLY feel about how the facility is run. Then...

  13. DNRs and ACLS

    Rnandsoccermom replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    DNR doesn't mean do not treat. All it actually means is that if you walk in and find them dead you do nothing. That being said, if you continue to draw labs, do xrays, use telemerty etc... it all HAS...

  14. Families, are they getting more demanding?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    One of the sups I work with once told a demanding patient that the RN's on the floor each had 9 patients and there were 62 patients in the building(LTAC). Each pt. required time from the RN. She then...

  15. Clogs while nursing

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    My hubby took me to a spa for my xmas present. I was told by a massage person that I had nice feet. That's because I have refused for the last 21 years to jam my feet into ridiculously priced,...

  16. Could have Lopressor contributed to death?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    5mg of Lopressor didn't kill her. She was dying and her heart failed, you didn't. God bless her family for their strength to let her go. One of the hardest lessons to learn is that you can't change...

  17. "Diploma Nurse preferable"

    Rnandsoccermom replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not so sure about that. I worked on a respiratory/vent unit for my first six years out of school. In my first year, my direct admit was wheeled up to the floor by a transporter at 5pm. The patient...

  18. "Diploma Nurse preferable"

    Rnandsoccermom replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    Diploma grad in 1985 from a teaching hospital-based program. We went to school for 3 calander years, no summers off. We had to go to the floors the night before clinicals and research our patients...

  19. Computer charting..Uhggg!

    Rnandsoccermom replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I agree completely. Going back to paper is like going back in time, redundancies and all. Where I work, we use no paper at all. All orders are cross referenced to the appropriate departments. No...

  20. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This happened many years ago to a friend on the night shift. We had a woman with Guillian-Barre who was on a vent. She complained to the day shift that the night RN's got her up in the wheel chair and...

  21. Kindred Hospital

    Rnandsoccermom replied to extreme's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    You will have 10 patients on average depending on census and staffing. You should also have a CNA and possibly a LPN. Remember, they are a for-profit company. Things change with a gust of the wind...

  22. Does your work call you at 0530?

    Rnandsoccermom replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree, let's be fair. Would you rather the sup. tell you that you will be working short because she didn't want to bother anyone? It's a no win situation for the sup. They get it from the...

  23. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Rnandsoccermom replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like it when someone says "the doctor, nurse whomever was MADE aware". You can't MAKE anyone aware of anything (meaning I have no idea what they were aware of when I told them!). I prefer the...

  24. generation gap among nurses

    Rnandsoccermom replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I have found that the newer RN's will say "this doc doesn't like to be bothered with that so we don't call him until the morning." The longer I've been in nursing the more I live to pi$$ off...

  25. Contraindications for Tube Feeding and certain Medications

    Rnandsoccermom replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    Our docs routinely switch the Dilantin with Trileptal. The absorption rate is very unpredictable when giving dilantin and continuous tube