elizabeth321

elizabeth321

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  1. Is this a med error???

    elizabeth321 replied to proudLPN83's topic in General Nursing

    These things are not to be decided on a case by case basis....there is policy and procedure in your place of employment....look it up, call your pharmacy, speak to your clinican. If a patient is on...

  2. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    elizabeth321 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Are all your patients considered incompetent?

  3. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    elizabeth321 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    are you saying that you would threaten to envoke a personal directive based on the fact that someone does not want a bath or shower?

  4. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    elizabeth321 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think there is quite a bit of unprofessionalism at work....I think people blurr the lines at work way too much....there wouldn't be so much trouble if people would go to work and do their job and...

  5. Poll: Male Nurses in the OB? Ok or No Way???

    elizabeth321 replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Men have been delivering babies for years....ridiculous that the sex of the nurse is even a topic people entertain.

  6. ipods at work

    elizabeth321 replied to RNfloatpool's topic in General Nursing

    Another sad moment in nursing...

  7. Should nurses be forced to take charge against their will?

    elizabeth321 replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    I am not talking about taking a day charge position...I am talking about doing charge on shift or on the weekend or occassionlly to cover the regular charge on days.....I think nurses glorify...

  8. Gloves Necessary For SQ Injections?

    elizabeth321 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Patient Medications

    Good point...don't forget we also wear gloves to protect the patients.

  9. Stress! How do you releive it?

    elizabeth321 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    talking it out, big belly laugh, singing at the top of my lungs on the way home, hot bath, corona with lime, sexual relations, swimming, a trip to look forward to....self talk...keeping perspective....

  10. Husbands or S/O's at routine exam

    elizabeth321 replied to walker shaw's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For a gyne exam in the ER everybody out....I make it very matter of fact....and I go get them as soon as it is over...if it is an upsetting situation...I will leave hubby in the room but I do pull...

  11. What would you do if.....

    elizabeth321 replied to EmerNurse's topic in General Nursing

    One of the first steps of CPR is ensuring the rescuer is safe...if you are not safe...you are not expected to put yourself at risk....exposing yourself to body fluids etc.

  12. JCAHO vs. non-JCAHO hospitals

    elizabeth321 replied to Shiggles!'s topic in General Nursing

    All that aside where did you work in canada?

  13. Any thoughts?

    elizabeth321 replied to nursekatie22's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a student nurse? If so you probably are studying plenty! I have been in the health care field for 20 plus years. I am not learning every minute but I learn soemthing new everytime I go to...

  14. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    elizabeth321 replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    Even 25 years ago when I was an NA in a nursing home the nurses were not allowed to give me a tylenol to go give someone. I am sure things have changed.....but the moral of the story is finding out...

  15. Eight or Twelve Hour Shifts

    elizabeth321 replied to outcomesfirst's topic in General Nursing

    why would anyone book themselves to do that? and how can it not be overtime.....are there not labour laws?

  16. Eight or Twelve Hour Shifts

    elizabeth321 replied to outcomesfirst's topic in General Nursing

    16 hours is not A shift

  17. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    elizabeth321 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to compare a bedbath to Leopold's maneuver be my guest....I just cant' wrap my head around needing such a detailed explanation on how to give a bedbath....anyhow no hard feelings.

  18. Nursing Buisness Cards?

    elizabeth321 replied to kcheng's topic in General Nursing

    I have my own clinic, my own office, my own fax number, my own phone number....I carry a case load of patients....I go through 5-10 business cards a week.

  19. help me figure out how to say...

    elizabeth321 replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem being a patient advocate. Every situation is different...if a patient is stable then of course you should be less willing to keep people around at all hours of the day and...

  20. Foley cath and Impotence??

    elizabeth321 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I have looked after patients that have had things in their urethra much more insulting than a foley cath....it does not affect erectile function.

  21. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    elizabeth321 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe that a nurse of any kind is asking how to do a bed bath? am I missing something?

  22. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    elizabeth321 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    $12/hr as a RPN in 1986

  23. Feeling beat up in the ER

    elizabeth321 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    You get what you put up with....I would suggest you move on to another area of nursing...if you are unhappy and less than satisfied where you are currently working...it is your respoinsibility to do...

  24. Does your work call you at 0530?

    elizabeth321 replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    It comes with the territory...it is not rocket science coming up with a solution that works for you...many excellent ones were given....

  25. If you had your choice would you change time sheets?

    elizabeth321 replied to Miss Ludie's topic in General Nursing

    That is what I work...Mon and tues with one job...wed thurs with my other....life is good!