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  1. Charge nurses?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my real question is, do you have a written policy detailing what charge responsibilities are? Because it seems that a lot of the people who responded have staff that are designated charge...

  2. Charge nurses?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...it sounds like a lot of you have someone who is a "charge nurse"...is that all they do? As in - is that their title, or are the staff RNs who are in charge sometimes? Most of the time, our...

  3. A doctor made me cry!

    miko014 replied to shortstuff31117's topic in General Nursing

    Well, Woody...at least you made it right.

  4. Charge nurses?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Well, when someone is sitting at the nurses's station with a copy of People in their hand turning pages and staring at it for half an hour, you get a pretty good idea of what they are doing. Making...

  5. A doctor made me cry!

    miko014 replied to shortstuff31117's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, that stuff happens - it reminds me of that scene in A League of their Own - there's no crying in baseball. Remember how the second time that Jimmy yells at Evelyn and he's trying so hard to keep...

  6. I cannot UNDERSTAND lazy people!

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's the thing - we have some fantastic housekepers as well! They work day shift and are our normal unit housekeepers. For evenings and nights, we call when we need something. Some of them are...

  7. I cannot UNDERSTAND lazy people!

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very touchy topic for me. I get SO MAD when I have to ask people to do things OVER and OVER again, when it is their job to do it and I shouldn't have to ask them AT ALL! For example, I...

  8. Can a patient fall for a nurse?

    miko014 replied to Spanky99's topic in General Nursing

    a) and b)...is this homework or something??? NO NO NO!!! I think it's putting yourself in a very sticky situation to carry any nurse/pt relationship past hospital walls! Also, he's married. 'nuff...

  9. Crossing the Line?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    And why, exactly, is

  10. Crossing the Line?

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I guess I gave too much info the first time...let me try this again..... I took care of a pt for a couple of days who became very attached to me. She was very emotional due to her diagnosis....

  11. Crossing the Line?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I was thinking of the same thing - maybe I remind her of someone else. She really latched on to me before I even introduced myself. The situation as it is now is fine, but I have an uneasy...

  12. Crossing the Line?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you guys are all voicing what I was thinking. See, it's weird - I mean, I NEVER give out any personal information, and I didn't this time. I have no intentions of contacting her. I think my...

  13. Summer Volunteers

    miko014 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    I can think of a few instances...but it's usually the older (retired) volunteers that have the most patient contact. But off the top of my head, I have seen volunteers: -take phone messages to pts...

  14. panic-attack reaction to compazine

    miko014 replied to scootermcnutt's topic in Patient Medications

    Hmmm...I've never seen ths with compazine or phenergan. I'd never even heard of it before I read this thread. Does anyone know if the PO form causes as much trouble? I know what you're...

  15. Dear Doctor Imajerk: (vent)

    miko014 replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    I have met a few like that...just wait until a nurse pulls his a** out of the fire sometime, or stops him from making some huge mistake. Then maybe he'll realize how important we are. I wish that...

  16. Med Error Question

    miko014 replied to cnolan's topic in Patient Medications

    Wow...all that for an error like that? But it depends on how it was caused, I guess...how did you get the med? I mean did pharmacy send up the wrong kind and you gave it because it was there and it...

  17. The Top 100 Hospitals- Really??????

    miko014 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about the money involved, but I do know that my hospital is on the Solucient list, the US News & World Report list for cancer, heart and heart surgery, and ENT, we are one of the top...

  18. Easter considered holiday at your facility?

    miko014 replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...no. And I work for a METHODIST

  19. Girl with rare disease doesn't know pain

    miko014 replied to Roy Fokker's topic in General Nursing

    Huh?? So what is she, an animal? I'm sure you didn't mean that the way it sounded (looked, lol) to me, but that's kind of insensitive. She just has to learn how to be careful and make sure she's...

  20. RT refused to give NEB!

    miko014 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    We have many great RTs and a few ...less than desireable... ones. Anyway, the hospital I work at is very large (1000+ beds), and there are pts in 4 different buildings...of course they are all...

  21. Why no union! Without Nurses the hospital can't run!

    miko014 replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    There are 2 large hospital systems where I work. The one I work for does not have a nursing union, the other one does. I have experience at both places, so I can see the ups and downs of both sides....

  22. Charting systems question (fighting with management)

    miko014 replied to bren3299's topic in General Nursing

    We are on the way to being paperless, but right now we still do assessments and a few other things on paper. They are kept in a smaller chart that sits on a nurse server outside the pt's doorway. It...

  23. uniform?

    miko014 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I had forgotten about this when I originally posted...about a year ago (maybe 2), we had a new grad. She was very pretty, skinny, etc. She made it clear that she got into nursing to meet a rich...

  24. Regis's view of nurses - after open heart surgery

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail on the head, lol!

  25. uniform?

    miko014 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    What studies? Does white help people heal better, or make you more efficient at your job? If you want to wear white, go for it. I do have one pair of white pants (we can wear white or navy pants...