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  1. "My Mom Can't Sleep!"

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry hotflashn and frodo. I didn't realize that we were all supposed to be perfct angels 24/7, and that we're not allowed to vent. Who said I didn't keep my cool? Who said I snapped, yelled, or...

  2. Obama assists at St. Louis hospital

    miko014 replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that's who I was thinking of. Thanks to you and whoever else said that. I'm not knocking Obama - I'm independent and haven't made a decision yet. I just think they are going to do whatever...

  3. Policy on patient leaving AMA with IV in place

    miko014 replied to trainer2070's topic in General Nursing

    We had a guy leave after being discharged but before the paperwork was complete and his IV had been removed. Why? He was mad at the docs for not giving him the prescriptions he wanted. We tried to...

  4. Obama assists at St. Louis hospital

    miko014 replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, right. Sorry, but there is no way that would actually show him what a nurse does. Someone (forget who, maybe John Kerry) did the same thing a few years back. Everyone said he "worked as a...

  5. Is DNR (do not resuscitate) a good idea?

    miko014 replied to tam-tam's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean is it a good idea to offerthe option of being a DNR? Heck yes!!!!! Otherwise, you would be coding every 90-year-old in the hospital! There are many people...

  6. Thats It!! Im Calling The State!!

    miko014 replied to zimsaint's topic in General Nursing

    That's the first thing I thought of, because if I ever found out that one of my loved ones was being mistreated, you can bet that there would be h*ll to pay! Make sure you have copies of everything...

  7. "My Mom Can't Sleep!"

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, she did say something...finally! this is the end of her second week here. By the way, family didn't leave - but they did stop talking for a while. We're still getting yelled at about...

  8. Why do we put up with it? (sorry, longish)

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so I had kind of a rotten shift the other night. One bad shift wouldn't be so awful if it wasn't for the fact that we had nothing but bad shifts for most of December and January. Then we had a...

  9. "NEVER Events"

    miko014 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    You're right. This is what has led our ICU to nasal swab all pts on admission and keep all pts on isolation until they have a negative swab. That is so they can prove that the pt already had MRSA...

  10. Can nurses with MRSA work?

    miko014 replied to JennieO's topic in General Nursing

    MRSA is EVERYWHERE. Otherwise, we wouldn't have all these community-acquired cases. Everyone has staph on their skin, and I'm willing to bet that most nurses have MRSA crawling on them. MRSA is...

  11. blood transfusion

    miko014 replied to musicmaiden's topic in General Nursing

    Each situation is so different that there really can't be a standard rate. Our policy is at least 2 hours per unit, no more than 4 (E.g., even if the unit is not done, you take it down after 4...

  12. Can someone give me some tips?

    miko014 posted a topic in Occupational Health

    Hey all! So I have been looking into doing some kind of OH nursing for a long time, and I haven't been having any luck. I did manage to find one open OHN job, but the company didn't even respond to...

  13. charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    miko014 replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    Incident reports are not part of the medical record for a reason. They are used for internal review and process improvement. If you chart that one was filed, it automatically makes it look like...

  14. Nursing Students and Report

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick question - I've been working on my current unit for 6 years now, and I have never seen this happen before. We have a group of nursing students now who are early in their education and stay for...

  15. Nursing Students and Report

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    That is understandable, but not an excuse for this CI. We do a taped report. If she doesn't want to listen with the nurses, the tapes are right there for them whenever they want to listen. All I...

  16. Nursing Students and Report

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Well like I said, I have no problem with students. I think the whole problem this time is the CI. The students were the worst group ever at first, I think because they had no idea what they were...

  17. Career ending mistakes?

    miko014 replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    If a pt is completely A&O and able to understand consequences of their actions, then it is okay for them to refuse things. If they are confused or don't understand, then you have a tougher job,...

  18. Question for Female Nurses

    miko014 replied to keaton90's topic in General Nursing

    I think most women just want a genuinely nice guy who can hold down a job. I don't think anyone would really be like "oh, you're a nurse? Never mind. I only date pilots." If they did, their loss...

  19. HIPAA and ROI policies

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    How do you verify that the person you are talking to really is the person with the pink-blocked name? I mean, I could call you and say that "I am Sally Johnson and I'm calling to see how my third...

  20. HIPAA and ROI policies

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! I work at a large (1000+ beds) hospital, and I need your advice. I'm tired of trying to figure out who I can talk to and what I can tell them when they call on the phone to check on pts....

  21. HIPAA and ROI policies

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    But what about the situations where the pt does not want so-and-so to know anything, or the POA doesn't want this brother to be allowed to visit, etc? Those people probably do know the birthday and...

  22. Career ending mistakes?

    miko014 replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    If you mean LTC, then maybe, I don't know about that. But they won't at hospitals. They also won't cover MRSA in open hearts, UTIs from foleys, or bedsores that start at a hospital. I think that's...

  23. HIPAA and ROI policies

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah that's a big part of the problem too...first Dtr calls, then son, then aunt, then nephew, then cousin Ed, all about the same pt! I love the idea of a designated info person, but even if that is...

  24. Hillary...AGAIN

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all - sorry this is being rehashed yet again. I've been hearing a lot of rumors about things that Hillary Clinton has said re: nurses, and they concern and alarm me greatly...assuming that they...

  25. Medical Terms Patients Have Misunderstood

    miko014 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Hey JustaPatient, never be afraid to ask questions!!! If you don't fully understand something (or if you misunderstand something), you have every right to ask, and I'm sure that NP would have said,...