MU/WVUGRADRN

I am a below knee amputee and was fortunately blessed to get a job in my hospital that suits my needs. I have worked for 4 years after my amputation and have missed one week in those four years because of a problem with my amputation. I know others...

Our operating room has plenty of travelers. A long time ago we had more travelers than we did permanent staff (fortunately that has resolved).

I know several nurses who have positive TB tests. When the rest of us are screened with the TB test, these nurses have their chest xrays done. As long as their chest xrays are negative they do not need any TB meds. Down and dirty, simplistic thinki...

What is your facility's policy about needle sticks? I believe at our hospital, if there is a needle stick, the patient does not have to give consent for HIV testing. No charge to pt since is done for employee protection. I think you could try to...

Jenni H I hate you are having such a tough time at your job. People write dissertations about how and why people treat others poorly.Others give lots of advice about how to manage people who do not treat others well. I will do neither. I jus...

I'm an "old" (experienced) nurse and we did team nursing a long time ago. I loved it.

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Just an idea: Occasionally make your rounds WITH the staff person. Just say something like "Let's make rounds and see how things are with your patients" or "Would you like to go with me as I make rounds?" Use this as an opportunity to discu...

Love this thread. Glad it has been resurrected. I graduated in 1968. Previous postings bring back so many memories. Let me add a couple of my memories: Almost failing clinicals one day because my pillow case had the opening pointed towards the d...

Let me share my transfusion horror story: Our policy was to stay with the patient for the first 15 minutes of the transfusion. VS were to be done q 15 min x2. I stayed with the pt. After about 2-3 minutes of the transfusion, the patient began acti...

phriedomRN Obviously you are not the only one with this problem. Get the support of your peers (there is power in numbers). As long as nurses do not do anything about doctors' bad behavior (or unsafe) they will continue. We are taught in nursing...

Has anyone begun to take the AALNC legal nurse consultant on line course yet? If so, what do you think?

When I took my management position I asked a fellow friend manager for advice about how I could succeed. Her quick response: Don't go to lunch with the same people every day. I chuckled, but respected her enough to take her advice. Best advice I e...

I hope that you learned from the BEST thing (and the WORST thing) from this scenario. The BEST thing: a nurse identified that this patient should be taken to the OR to explore this wound. The floor nurses were not prepared with staff, equipment ...

JCAHO Jeopardy is also an idea. A board with responses and the staff needs to come up with the correct answers. Some sort of reward for earning big points with right answers. Fun.

If gravida always equals para why do we even list both? How do you list how many live births the woman has had? Our computer assessment sheet lists gravida (list a number), para (list a number), abortion (Y or N), miscarriage (Y or N). Any ideas ...

Each facility will differ, but in my experience there were instances that I did have do some lifting of patients in the PACU. Remember patients are under the influence of anesthesia. You may have to lift the patient to change a pad or some linen ...

live4rachael Some things you need to keep in mind: Some classes you take for the ADN may not transfer to the BSN. Therefore you would have to repeat some classes to get credit in the BSN program. (That happened to me. My anatomy and physiolog...

Are there NO ancillary personnell in your facility?? What about housekeepers, dietary, etc that have patient contact? My mother once asked the housekeeper for pain med as well as the dietary staff who brought her tray.

IT IS THE SURGEON'S DUTY TO GET INFORMED CONSENT. :yeahthat: I worked in a hospital in Colorado. It was HOSPITAL POLICY that the surgeon got the consent signed. It was wonderful! The surgeons would pick up a consent at the nurses station, take i...

LanaBanana, I ditto the posting by Daytonite. I have been a nurse over 30 yrs on med surg units and done lots of urology, and her posting is right on track. Print it off and keep it with you. Best part of her post "Drape the poor guy". This sets...

If it is any consolation to you, I've had days like this. AH, the life of a nurse. At least these days are in the minority. Just a thought: Did anyone consider muscle spasms causing the pain instead of surgical pain? Pt may have benefited from...

What about this one: Hello, my name is _________ and I am the RN who will be caring for you today? Lots of reasons to be specific.

I work in a hospital in South Carolina. Any time I question why things are done the way they are done, I get the response "SC is a right to work state". No one seems to be able to explain what this means. Some of the things I have put together from w...

Siri, Great link. Thanks. Explanation short and right on point. All postings have been great. Have much better understanding. Still can't figure out how the correlation happens "if you talk about salary you can be fired".