TrudyRN

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  1. Help please!!

    TrudyRN replied to gigi69's topic in General Nursing

    No, let's just throw her to the dogs. Umm, yummy, another colleague is eaten up. Keep 'em comin'. :angryfire:nono: Kidrn911, I guess you have never needed help or encouragement, direction or...

  2. What do you want a Student nurse to do?

    TrudyRN replied to sunnysandiego's topic in General Nursing

    Plus, this is a great opportunity for you to learn bedmaking, positioning, and patient assessments. Just make sure you know whether or not the patient is allowed to get up, how much help he needs,...

  3. What do you want a Student nurse to do?

    TrudyRN replied to sunnysandiego's topic in General Nursing

    Food is good! Bagels and cream cheese, perhaps donuts, maybe sub sandwiches (each staff can have a hunk), trail mix - anything portable and not too expensive and not every day. But it really does say...

  4. Oral surgery & dental office sedation

    TrudyRN replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally dislike the idea of not being in or very, very near a hospital for any procedures involving anesthesia. Just because an office has a crash cart doesn't mean anyone there really knows how...

  5. Cataract - Calling All Eye Nurses (or anyone who has cared for post-op cataract pt)

    TrudyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone tell me what the norm is these days for cataract post-op care? Specifically, is it inadvisable to send an older person straight home alone? Even if no general anesthetic is used, I imagine...

  6. As nurses are we just Trained well behavedMonkeys

    TrudyRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you need a new place to work. I don't think I've ever had to deal with much, if any, of this type of stuff. Our docs have almost, without exception, be open to Nursing, pleasant if...

  7. Need A Nurse To Interview

    TrudyRN replied to marie425's topic in General Nursing

  8. advice for dealing with slacker co-workers

    TrudyRN replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you think they should offer? Why should they necessarily know that you want or need help? Why not just ask them to do this or that? A supervisor once told me I should, as a supervisor,...

  9. advice for dealing with slacker co-workers

    TrudyRN replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    You probably know the answer but are just afraid to do it. You will be walked on as long as you continue to let others walk on you. I know it can be scary but you must speak up. Do it nicely but do...

  10. Cataract - Calling All Eye Nurses (or anyone who has cared for post-op cataract pt)

    TrudyRN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, you guys are smart! What can you tell me about complications? Besides possible infection, possible falling while still sedated and groggy, pain, what can go wrong? I did read the thread by Tazzi...

  11. Patient doesn't tell she is getting cataract surgery

    TrudyRN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Just wondering - not to be morbid or rude, but why does a terminal patient need a cataract removed? Yes, quality of life might improve and, personally, I hope her life quality is A+. But if she is...

  12. I know this is wrong - but how wrong is it?

    TrudyRN replied to papergirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you are going to have a long-term relationship with this person, if it is possible she might someday be your mentor, supervisor, charge nurse, whatever at work - think twice before approaching her...

  13. FollowUp to "Was I Out Of Line?" - Walking C Spine Injuries

    TrudyRN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I am amazed. I sure never knew all of

  14. FollowUp to "Things You Wish You Could Say To Your Coworkers"

    TrudyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So how many of you actually do nicely, calmly, but maturely and professionally speak your mind at work? And how is it

  15. Our baby was stillborn... Please help me understand

    TrudyRN replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Whoops. I hope she's ok. Thanks,

  16. is this legal?

    TrudyRN replied to dcnballmom's topic in General Nursing

    What she does is wrong but I would keep out of it unless she writes orders that the doc won't sign but then this nurse still carries them out anyway. She is responsible for her own actions and,...

  17. FollowUp to "Things You Wish You Could Say To Your Coworkers"

    TrudyRN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would calm down and plan what to say and then invite her for a soda after work and try to talk with her. Or you can skip the invite but try to befriend her and don't bother trying to talk to her,...

  18. Funny Names for Nurses

    TrudyRN replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    I know an orthopod named Bonebrake and a general surgeon named Butcher. Also, a veterinarian named Katz and another named Byrd. :roll Oh, and a chiropractor named Bones. There is a car mechanic...

  19. What happens at a Peer Interview?

    TrudyRN replied to ncriverrat's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    They play poker and and and :smiley_aa and :beer: and :cheers:. Just kidding. They ask you questions, probably a lot like one interviewer would do, just that now it's this whole array of people...

  20. Our baby was stillborn... Please help me understand

    TrudyRN replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When you feel ready, I would talk to that nurse and let her know that your baby was a boy, beloved and wanted, not an "it". Let her know that it hurts terribly to hear an educated professional refer...

  21. What to do with this kind of patient?

    TrudyRN replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wee wee, oui oui, LOL. Sorry, couldn't resist. I love the word "wee" and the thought picture it evokes. I don't know, OP, how to advise you. I guess you just have to not concern yourself with the...

  22. Was I out of line ?

    TrudyRN replied to grantw9066's topic in Emergency

    The doctor should not say anything he doesn't want to be responsible for. He was foolish, IMO, to tell you it was ok to depart from accepted norms of care without examining the patient. He didn't like...

  23. I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

    TrudyRN replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    A physician can probably legally count and sign the count sheet with you but I doubt you'll get one willing or even available to do

  24. I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

    TrudyRN replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the nice approach. I regret that I must give notice of resignatin from my staff nurse position. I have learned a great deal here and have grown a lot professionally. (And you have. This...

  25. I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

    TrudyRN replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    The other nurses were