widi96

widi96

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  1. Does a patient have the right to refuse to allow students to witness their procedure?

    widi96 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I agree - if you are uncomfortable, go ahead an refuse, but you might want to think about it. What if the RN who is responsible for your care had been denied experiences throughout his/her schooling...

  2. Emergency Room Charge Nurse

    widi96 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    Wow. You all have it good. Our hospital doesn't pay the charges any differential. (And the younger nurses fight for who gets to do it) :)

  3. Is this normal?

    widi96 replied to model50's topic in General Nursing

    We'd be worried if you were confident and acted like you completely knew what you were doing. Remember - it's school, and you still have a lot of it, then your orientation or preceptorship after...

  4. Differences in levels

    widi96 replied to coolvibesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our ER is a Level 2 - which means we can have a trauma surgeon assessing the patient within 20 minutes of receiving the ambulance call. (Level 1 the surgeon has to be in house at all times). The...

  5. I'm going to be an ER nurse!!!

    widi96 replied to ltvixen's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations!

  6. No Respect for LTC nurses?

    widi96 replied to bshaw96's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There may be some stigma too about nursing homes and the poor care the elderly receive. This has nothing to do with the staff, etc, but the lack of money in the field - being able to properly staff,...

  7. what to ask for nurse tech II starting salary

    widi96 replied to bayoufrogg's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely don't put $10! Our ER techs average $18/hr after

  8. Gloves in the hall

    widi96 replied to brwneyegal's topic in General Nursing

    Same here - a lot of our linen can't be held appropriately and contained if you just use one hand - I don't care where I'm at - we are to protect ourselves also. My gloves are

  9. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    widi96 replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    "My girlfriend and my roommate have syphilus." Seriously - all that was written on the chief complaint. I'm thinking they shouldn't be a girlfriend or roommate

  10. Guess what RN's, you didn't need that college degree!!

    widi96 replied to welnet66's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Okay . . a little off the subject, but dental hygenist was listed there also and I know my Aunt worked her butt off to get her degree from UMKC (University of Missouri - Kansas City). It is a four...

  11. Privacy question

    widi96 replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the majority here saying they are trying to blow you off, but I think they are being kind by telling you to go to the next higher up in the hospital. You've tried the charge nurse and...

  12. Privacy question

    widi96 replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

    Yes this nurse deserves to be reprimanded. The family did not call the hospital to see if he was there, she just volunteered the information. At the hospital I work at, if you call and ask if a...

  13. Wow: 3-1 Ratios in the ER

    widi96 replied to Sheri257's topic in Emergency

    This is what our ED does in KCMO. The only nurses who have more than three patients are those that go to our clinic side and then they can have four or five, but the clinic side sees the sore...

  14. Mandatory Night Shifts?

    widi96 replied to RedHead85's topic in General Nursing

    Your options for employment will be much more limited if you say you won't do nights. Most places request you start on nights, but can earn your way to days. I know a couple of new grads that were...

  15. How would you have handled this?

    widi96 replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Okay, thanks for the info Critter Lover. I first learned about the 'rat poison' / coumadin about five years back when my precious little dog decided to eat a bag of it (that I didn't know was...

  16. Yelling, screaming and ducking the cranky triaged patients

    widi96 replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    We have a particular patient that was a frequent flier who walked in one day demanded pain medications, morphine to be exact. He had a little bag in his hand and claimed he had a gun and was going to...

  17. Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

    widi96 replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital if there is an admit that is ready to go up from the ER (or close to it), the nurse tries to get them up before they leave rather than leaving the work for the next nurse. Now, the...

  18. Quick question Re: LPN to RN

    widi96 replied to Mischa G's topic in Emergency

    It depends on the school here in Missouri. Penn Valley has an ADN program which allows LPN's to take a summer 'transition' course then join the nursing program in the second year. So it takes them a...

  19. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    widi96 replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    In our ER CS does sterilize them, but when they come up we open them and put them in our airway bag / cart. Intubation is not a sterile procedure, but it is nice to know that the equipment is at...

  20. Is it okay to treat a family member?

    widi96 replied to cwinlv's topic in General Nursing

    You are not being paid by a business to do this care, so I don't see any problem with it. You are an individual who has the knowledge and power to help a family member. Go for it. If it were a...

  21. Flushing a clotted IV??

    widi96 replied to redrat's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of wondered about that practice, but I have seen multiple nurses do this in the clinical setting, so this nurse is not the only one. If you come up with data - one way or the other - I would...

  22. Removing needle from syringe

    widi96 replied to GM1987's topic in General Nursing

    Needles have safety mechanisms - IF ACTIVATED. It is completely up to the user to activate it or not after use. Even so, they are easily broken off, if that truly was the goal of the offender. I...

  23. Forced Blood Draw? (DUI situation)

    widi96 replied to West_Coast_Ken's topic in Emergency

    The law in MO is that if the patient refuses - we don't draw - and they automatically forfeit their license for a year. Most of the time we can draw for medical purposes, even with refusal because...

  24. Nurses reporting nurses to BON

    widi96 replied to adria37's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If the nurse is truly unethical and behaving that way - yes it should be reported. If this is an accident that can be rectified in house, then deal with it that way. As for degrading nurses to...

  25. Anyone failed NCLEX after starting internship?

    widi96 replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, you can go to CNA (if you are certified), if you were not previously CNA certified, then they train you as a Unit Secretary. It's about half the pay, but at least you can stay with...