widi96

widi96

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  1. See if I offer to help YOU again...

    widi96 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what it is about the snow, but there seem to be a lot of people on edge. My car does not do well at all in the weather and there was no way I would've made it the 40 miles to work...

  2. Mandatory Overtime

    widi96 replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has been pretty short staffed recently, so on nights they know they are going to be short (must be signed up prior to the pay period starting) they are offering a $250-$300 bonus for...

  3. Husband and Wife need advice!

    widi96 replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I work at, individual insurance is much cheaper than 'family' which would cover you and your husband. ($15/pay period vs $75/pay period). Plus we get the PDOs and retirement plan....

  4. As nurses do you see the need for medical assistants?

    widi96 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital and am not sure what a 'medical assistant' position would entail. I don't think I would like it because it takes away our important nursing role of determining whether or not the...

  5. If you could make everyone a nurse, would you?

    widi96 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    It would be nice for people to be able to understand what our job truly entails, but, like the previous poster said, there are some people who just have no business in the nursing

  6. Am I wrong here?

    widi96 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds in general like poor working conditions. Maybe that is not something that aide is suppose to / required to do - problem is, you are willing to go the extra mile because of the short staffing,...

  7. The next shift nurse

    widi96 replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

    Just a week or two ago. Same situation - they called the labs results at 6:15 - I called and got the order to transfuse, called POA and got consent. It was 7:20 when they called and said the blood...

  8. How much do you do for the next shift . .

    widi96 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so had a little bit of a rough morning and was wondering some other's opinions on it. I had 5 pts last night, two of which needed q2 vitals. One was seriously ill, the other was not. 5...

  9. Racism in Nursing

    widi96 replied to lpnnursingstudent33's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm a young white nurse and I'll tell you what - we are always looking for nurses and aides - you can certainly come work with me - before and after you graduate nursing school. If you are a...

  10. Received board results

    widi96 replied to CRNAMASTER's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Congratulations!!!

  11. Nursing Supervisor screw ups!!!

    widi96 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Any questions or statements that could be reflected as negative should ALWAYS be done in private. An employee should never be talked to that way in front of other staff, patients, family members

  12. What??? No CNA's???

    widi96 replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights on a regular tele floor with CNA's and our patient load is usually starting with 4-5 pts and one admit during the night. But this is regular tele, not ICU step down, plus the LPN's will...

  13. Sue Facility For Broken Hip??

    widi96 replied to jacesmom2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Incident Reports are NOT a legal document and I don't believe the hospital ever releases them. The family (if they have poa or the patient's consent) can get a copy of the patient's chart and the...

  14. what would do you in this kind of situation?

    widi96 replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Only the docs pronounce on anyone who is not a DNR - meaning even if you know they are gone you call the code and initiate CPR. If they are that far gone, then the ER doc will call it shortly, but...

  15. help!

    widi96 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    This seems like a completely honest mistake. I would just let your manager know of the situation and see what can be done to correct the chart - addendum or whatever to denote the correct time the...

  16. Working as an CNA after finding out you passed????

    widi96 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    I understand where she is coming from. At our hospital, if you are a new nurse (passing boards or still a GN) they have to put you into a position for a grad nurse - they usually open these jobs up...

  17. sending nurses home early

    widi96 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    We have two options - send them home early or send them home early on call. But yeah, we do it quite frequently - usually if they have less than two hours or so on their shift, they get to go home...

  18. Out of the mouths of Babes...

    widi96 replied to RNAnnjeh's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused. Your hospital charges for extra cable

  19. What is a trauma nurse clinician?

    widi96 replied to labcat01's topic in Emergency

    Our Trauma Coordinator reviews all trauma cases, helps educate staff, reviews trauma guidelines with the trauma surgeons and any issues that they have had. She is basically our end all be all of...

  20. What do you consider 'am'

    widi96 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone! I had an interesting issue this morning with an admission that had Routine lab orders for 'am' (put in the computer for 6am). This included Lipids, CBC, BMP, TSH, etc. The patient...

  21. They didn't even check my references??

    widi96 replied to Dad-2-3's topic in General Nursing

    Do to the threat of lawsuits ("I didn't get so and so job because you gave me a bad reference") it seems that most companies seem to be moving away from relying on references. I know of several...

  22. Why does everyone in healthcare not like their jobs?

    widi96 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to that I'm going to add the fact that this world has gotten to sue happy and insurance companies can make life a living hell. You can't run the tests you need / can't hire enough staff,...

  23. pre-employment exam from h*ll

    widi96 replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    RUN!!! This sounds completely brutal and way out of the norm. It sounds more like pre-army training vs. hospital

  24. Some nurses make you sick!!!

    widi96 replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, original poster said 600ml q 12hrs - so the bag had not been up over 24 hours - only 12. So those that have complained about the length of the time it hung, it could have been perfectly within...

  25. help written a rebuttal

    widi96 replied to 2005grad's topic in General Nursing

    This may be a little off the subject, but the original poster said she refused to sign the write up. I was under the impression that we had to sign write up's as a notice that we had seen the report,...