widi96

widi96

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  1. HIPPA Violation?

    widi96 replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She should've asked for permission first. I have experienced this twice in recent memory. Once when I was a tech in the ER and a good friend of mine's husband was brought in after high speed...

  2. hippa violation with teen mother

    widi96 replied to love for nursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is horrible. Please - let's make it so younger patients know they can not trust us as health care providers. Have they NOT read the stories of teens never telling anyone, then throwing these...

  3. My bad attitude

    widi96 replied to jessiern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    8 Patients plus admits is in NO WAY safe for patient care. You complaining about this unsafe staffing was being an advocate for your patients. I work nights on a tele floor and the ABSOLUTE most...

  4. Pt information at HOME

    widi96 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I have recently come accross something I find disturbing. Our hospital is transitioning to computerized charting, which is great. They have also set up a system in which we can check our...

  5. Pt information at HOME

    widi96 replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    I can access more information from home than I can when I am on the unit working. When working I can only access information from my unit. Do to HIPPA (we were told) we are not able to access any...

  6. clinicals

    widi96 replied to orange_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I think work is much easier and less stressful than clinicals. Yes, you still need to know all of the same information (and more) about your patient, diagnosis, meds, etc. but there isn't someone...

  7. What is a nurse tech?

    widi96 replied to candiceena's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital you can be a nurse tech if you have completed your first semester of nursing school. The duties are the same as a CNA (different titles though - CNA's are still called CNA's) and the...

  8. No one dies in OR

    widi96 replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    My one experience with this (I worked in an ER at the time) was a patient that was traumatically injured - they took her to the OR and when they realized that there was nothing more they could do,...

  9. Graduating in a year, maybe moving?

    widi96 replied to ILikeToes's topic in General Nursing

    It would be best if you know if you are going to move prior to your last semester. It is probably easier to take the test in the state you are going to be practicing in (no it does not matter what...

  10. Trying to educate myself - Reversing Heparin

    widi96 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We recently had an incident at work (I was not involved) where a Heparin bag was infused instead of an antibiotic. Pt was on a Heparin gtt, the pump was programmed incorrectly though - so they got...

  11. Staying late - effect on pay

    widi96 replied to rockermom's topic in General Nursing

    Our shifts are fifteen minutes before and fifteen after to account for lunch break. Beyond that automatically taken out thirty minutes, we get paid if we are stuck there late, but it is at the same...

  12. Compassion....Why is it lacking?

    widi96 replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you're right about not being able to keep your mouth shut and that you are pretty judgemental of people you will soon be joining the ranks of. There are more decisions that go into when a...

  13. Did he get too much morphine?

    widi96 replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    We have patients come up with orders for Morphine 2-8mg IV PRN fairly frequently on our unit. I have never given that much, but we do have the option. I tend to start with 2-4mg (depending on what...

  14. Being a RT & a RN?

    widi96 replied to arynberg's topic in General Nursing

    I for shadowing the RN and RT. They do COMPLETELY different jobs. You should look more into what you want to do - not the wait time. Also, other than the additional knowledge, I don't think there...

  15. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    widi96 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I can certainly understand being upset with students reading or playing solitaire. That is absolutely unacceptable. I must say though that when I was a student, we didn't know what we could do or...

  16. Raises??

    widi96 replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    We tend to get raises 2x's a year. In January (yearly appraisals) which can be up to 3%, depending on the appraisal, then again in June for 'Fair Market Adjustment' - their version of a cost of...

  17. Family calls to the unit.

    widi96 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    The suggestion of calling and leaving your number for the nurse to call back is a WONDERFUL one. I am much more apt to give you thorough, accurate information if I have had time to see the patient...

  18. Nurses Week

    widi96 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi All, I volunteered to run our units Nurse's Week activities / decorations. All that is generally required by the hospital is a poster to post downstairs and we do what we call 'Progressive Munch'...

  19. PLEASE HELP ME! I thought there was a nursing shortage?

    widi96 replied to scrubs2716's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of places have already held there interviews for New Grads in May. I work at Liberty and they held interviews last month. I know when I graduated last year, most of the interviews were over by...

  20. shift diff

    widi96 replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much the same, except ours is broke down to the majority of hours worked after 3pm, or after 11pm, so 3-11, 3-3, etc. is 2nd Shift, 6-6, 7-7 etc is

  21. CALLING ALL NURSES: I Need Your Input

    widi96 replied to PACURN216's topic in General Nursing

    I was a tech for 5 years, RN with BSN since May 07 Work on a tele floor that holds 36 pts, we average 5-6 per night shift. (240 bed hospital, level 2 trauma center) Most to Least Important: Work...

  22. My best friend got

    widi96 replied to Stray dog's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would suggest she talk to the nursing dept. The nursing program I went to wouldn't even consider an applicant until they had passed Chem with a C or better. Retaking it now while the info is still...

  23. Getting involved with a co-worker

    widi96 replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    If she is that new, maybe she would be interested in transferring to another floor, in which case it might be okay. If you are both working on the same unit though and she is already trying to get...

  24. Up to $12,000 pay back if leaving the job after orientation?

    widi96 replied to seneyka's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't think that would be legal - if you work the time, you get paid for being there - they can't take that money back. Now, if it were a sign on bonus or something similar to that, then yes, I...

  25. silly question

    widi96 replied to LanaConga's topic in Emergency

    Pizza would win our ER over in a heartbeat. Sounds thoughtful and a nice thing to