TrudyRN

TrudyRN

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  1. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OK, now I do have to ask - did the person know she was free to use the microwave? Did she know the

  2. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The point is that even though he explained that there was an emergency, the person still complained. And the idiot manager still wrote him

  3. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry about your Dad, Snickett. Your concept is not wrong about customer service. It's just that you do not have real life nursing experience yet. I think you'll understand better once you've...

  4. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But, Tweety, we can't run around quitting q time something goes

  5. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Granted, we need to remember what it is like to be dependent upon strangers. I pray every day that my loved ones and I never, ever wind up in that worse-than-death state. Just curious - why didn't...

  6. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please, please, please forward this to your Senators and Representatives, both in your state and in DC. They need to know the truth from the trenches. And your manager - it's good I don't work there....

  7. "Customer service" and nursing

    TrudyRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please tell me you wrote down your side of the picture in your response to being written up. Please tell me you protested the write-up all the way to the Board of Directors if no one lower listened to...

  8. Which is quicker??

    TrudyRN replied to victoynurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you have to repeat so many classes? Have you tried to test out or appealed to the Dean?

  9. Do nurses only "eat their young" in certain departments?

    TrudyRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, young are eaten anywhere and everywhere. Just serve your sentence, try to understand the working conditions the M/S nurses are in, then get out. Or hire on and try to make it better....

  10. help with the terminology!

    TrudyRN replied to cybernurse81's topic in General Nursing

    Hi and

  11. i need some help -- DESPERATELY!!

    TrudyRN replied to NurseyTee's topic in General Nursing

    Tim, I think you have hit the nail on the head! Positioning vs. restraining; add it to the pt's gratitude, relief, and willingness and maybe our friend here is ok, not guilty of restraining w/o an...

  12. i need some help -- DESPERATELY!!

    TrudyRN replied to NurseyTee's topic in General Nursing

    I must respectfully disagree. Even if she does C&B, she will probably take a few people down with her. Truth does not always prevail, innocents do suffer all the time. The Bible tells us to be...

  13. i need some help -- DESPERATELY!!

    TrudyRN replied to NurseyTee's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to real life, my friend. I think you need to consult an attorney right away because this thing is likely to snowball and it could come out smelling real bad, with criminal prosecution, firing...

  14. Time Management

    TrudyRN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    I am old-fashioned. I use a clipboard. I usually have a list (printed by computer) of my patients, their MD, DX (some of them, by no means all), and room #. I also write on it their allergies...

  15. Working when Fatigued & Assuring Patient Safety: RN's and Employers Responsibility

    TrudyRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting that we have an obligation to speak up when we see a fatigued colleague trying to work. Looks like everything is either our fault or our responsibility. When will lawmakers get some...

  16. Scheduling question

    TrudyRN replied to SanskeetRN's topic in General Nursing

    What I have seen is: Sat on Sun on Mon on Tue off Wed on Thu on Fri on Sat off Sun off Mon on Tue on Wed on Thu off Fri on and it repeats. The trouble is when you must work N before...

  17. Instructor says textbooks are wrong about urine output

    TrudyRN replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

    Not all Americans are much fatter than that these days. That's a dangerous generalization, RedCell. As dangerous as saying Miller is the "master", meaning he's the only one who knows anything about...

  18. St. Johns Mercy

    TrudyRN replied to christmasjmt's topic in General Nursing

    If you want big, busy teaching, go to BJC on Kingshighway. It doesn't get any bigger or busier than

  19. St. Johns Mercy

    TrudyRN replied to christmasjmt's topic in General Nursing

    St. John's is a Catholic hospital - in my opinion, a very big plus. They are a major medical center and have about every specialty and service. It's unionized, which is both good and bad. They...

  20. Lazy Workers

    TrudyRN replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the US, isolating a patient by turning her to the wall or closing her in her room for cursing would not be looked upon kindly. It would be considered abuse, I should think. Or at least...

  21. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    TrudyRN replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    It's probably not really any higher than a lot of other places. You might pay less for heating but use more AC. More for gas but less for food. And other trade-off's. Not sure but, having lived in...

  22. breaks

    TrudyRN replied to charlies's topic in General Nursing

    It is the reality, MMW37. Make up your mind right now that you will take care of yourself so you can be there for your patients later. Eat when you need to, use the restroom, take your breaks. If...

  23. breaks

    TrudyRN replied to charlies's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have told him I was not interested in a Slim Fast and demanded to be paid for MY time. Of course, your friend should have reached the manager early enough in the shift to actually get a break....

  24. breaks

    TrudyRN replied to charlies's topic in General Nursing

    Have you told this charming supervisor's boss about her refusal to relieve you? You do have a choice, you are just afraid to stand up for yourselves. Not criticizing you, just have to try to get...

  25. breaks

    TrudyRN replied to charlies's topic in General Nursing

    Hee hee, good for you. What was her