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    Does your day shift have food days?

    clemmm78 replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    I used to love pot lucks but now, not so much. I guess I'm getting paranoid in my old(er) age and I'm never sure what is going on in someone else's kitchen. When I worked nights, we would bring food...
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    Seriously...

    clemmm78 replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about this. So, if you have a patient staying for two weeks on your floor, he or she will accumulate 14 different sheets of "patient teaching"? Sorry, I know it's your job to get it...
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    Seriously...

    clemmm78 replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you asked them why they aren't doing it? Honestly - I know it isn't coming from you, but the daily teaching is something that happens while I'm giving care to a patient. It doesn't come from a...
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    Most creative thing you've done or could do as an RN

    clemmm78 replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    Does writing count? I write for nurses, patients, the general public. I found that my love of and my ability to write was enhanced by my nursing and has allowed me to find a niche that does me quite...
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    are filter needles necessary?

    clemmm78 replied to brownbook's topic in Patient Medications

    Same here. Been a nurse since the early 80s, never heard of filter needles until
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    clemmm78 replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think you make some very interesting points. Some I agree with, some not so much. I live in an area where the governing body seems to be turning its back on what nursing should be into what the...
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    Needle Stick

    clemmm78 replied to Xnavykat's topic in General Nursing

    I did this just at the end of last year. I drew blood from someone and the safety cap of the needle jammed and somehow the point of the needle, with blood on it, ended up in my thumb. First time in 25...
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    Terrified Patient

    clemmm78 replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    Many people don't understand anxiety. I don't understand it. Of course, there is also the issue that we now tend to the "other way," when it comes to giving sedatives and anti anxiety meds. It used to...
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    Every life has a story video

    clemmm78 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Not tears, but goosebumps. Thank
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    Did Nursing Supervisor do the right thing?

    clemmm78 replied to EtoseLvr03's topic in General Nursing

    What I meant was you can do an assessment NOW about how your patient is NOW compared to chart comments from BEFORE. Obviously you can't write something from 2009 and backdate
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    Did Nursing Supervisor do the right thing?

    clemmm78 replied to EtoseLvr03's topic in General Nursing

    How does the assessment pertain to 2008-2009? That doesn't make sense. Assessments are supposed to be done about issues that are at the moment. They can be compared to behaviours and so on from a...
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    Falsifying degree at work....

    clemmm78 replied to Twinboys98's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, it's not my business to police who has a degree and who doesn't. Here, many people with BSNs sign with it. I don't check to see who has signed with what. If they are falsifying their docs...
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    RN administration...remember from where you came.

    clemmm78 replied to livinthedreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    I tried management and often brought the nurses' point of view into the picture. I was constantly told by higher management that I had to stop thinking like "one of them." I'd remind them that I was...
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    fired if they don't like the color of your nail polish...

    clemmm78 replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    When I didn't wear make up, often my patients asked me how *I* was feeling. Seriously. I was that
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    What has ended up in your pockets?

    clemmm78 replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I can't list all the stuff I've come home with, but definitely the usual suspects (tape, alcohol swabs). The last place I worked had a patient alarm on the narc keys, the kind of alarms the alz...
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    What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    clemmm78 replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, where I fill in from time to time as an occupational nurse - a well known respected world-wide agency - states that if you call in sick, you cannot take a sick day unless your illness has...
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    "Nurse" wins powerball

    clemmm78 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Who is to say that she did say she was a nurse. Reporters often cut corners and report things a bit different. If the reporter didn't know the difference, it's entirely possible that the told the...
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    Can a hospital make you repay the cost of training you if you quit?

    clemmm78 replied to confusedRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is fair if they spent money to give you a good, lengthy orientation. After all, why should they incur the cost only to have you leave after a short period of time. In my youth, I did leave...
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    Are hospitals deadlier in July?

    clemmm78 replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Fibblet. It's not their fault that all the interns are new on the same day. Many of them are scared out of their minds at this new responsibility. Some handle that fear well, others not...
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    Fed up with Stupid Parents

    clemmm78 replied to TXPediNurse's topic in General Nursing

    my only question is, why the big deal about not having a thermometer? Once my kids were older than toddlers, I rarely took their temps. A high fever is a high fever. If it's high, I don't care what...
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    What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    clemmm78 replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the nausea thing isn't that unusual. When I was pregnant with my first one, I found out when I was about 5 weeks or so. I remember saying very excitedly that this was so cool because I had...
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    Coding visitors?

    clemmm78 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    To stimulate discussion? I, for one, have found this thread very interesting. There were complaints not too long ago about having the same types of posts repeatedly. I would think that this would...
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    Coding visitors?

    clemmm78 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    We had this situation when a patient was attending cardio clinic (she was post MI). Her husband had a full arrest in the waiting room. He ended up in our ICU for three weeks, but he walked out of...
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    I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    clemmm78 replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    aw geez, if you don't like 'em, don't wear
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    New triple charting requirements

    clemmm78 replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the last poster. Narcs are important to chart in nursing notes because you need your assessment before giving and after. But regular meds? Unless something out of the ordinary happened,...