pebbles BSN, RN

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    using patient titles on charts

    pebbles replied to sewnuts's topic in General Nursing

    We don't use it, and I don't think it should be used. It's not like their title is relevant to their medical care or treatment in any way. Often, if a pt has a medical background, we do note that in...
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    management of digital (toe) necrosis due to levophed

    pebbles replied to ccyoung's topic in MICU, SICU

    ..not to mention it the pt is sick enough to be on high dose of ANY pressors, esp norepi for long enough to cause necrotic feet - they have bigger problems. They also have limited resources within...
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    Young Nurse becoming Old

    pebbles replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    We're unionized. Our collective agreement states that the manager must schedule you off on half of the statutory holidays. It's also stated that you are not required to work both christmas and new...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    pebbles replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    So where do you think the resentment comes from? Our CNA's must not be as well-trained as yours. I can't see most of them safely doing vital signs. Sure, taking a BP. But knowing whether it's a...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    pebbles replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    Well, no. Aides will always be aides. They will always have less education and be required to do tasks rather than problem-solving and decision making. They will always have less responsibility....
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    dirty scruabs

    pebbles replied to duff49's topic in General Nursing

    I try not to be too germ-phobic. I don't wear my scrubs anywhere other than work, I throw them in the wash (yes, the regular household laundry) when I get home. I don't put too much emphasis on it. I...
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    Has ACLS been 'dumbed down'?

    pebbles replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did too, and only a couple of years ago. Where I live, we have nurses that are alone in really rural hospitals that don't have a doctor overnight. So if something comes in, you ARE the "code team"....
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    pebbles replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    No offense, but I'm not a student. How about a new
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    things you wish you could tell the doctor

    pebbles replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    I don't order CT scans. If you want to know why neurosurgery didn't oder a ct scan for this pt today, call neurosurgery!!!!! Don't ask ME why a consulting service wrote a certain order and then act...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    pebbles replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's my role to always be educating people who don't want to be educated. The ones who genuinely don't know lots about nursing, I talk a lot to them about what I do, and what decisions...
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    Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    pebbles replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I *am* really sick of CNA's who don't understand my work dissing me and my work, and deciding what is or isn't important about patient care. I had a CNA tell a new nurse the other day that "this...
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    It Seems Like It's Student Nurses vs The Nursing Staff

    pebbles replied to APBT mom's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse who is RESPONSIBLE for getting all the patient care done, it can be really, really stressful and taxing to supervise and teach newbies. The attitudes you describe from the nurses happen in...
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    Politely refusing

    pebbles replied to gtmoore's topic in General Nursing

    "Sorry, I'm not available that
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    Misinformed about med

    pebbles replied to sharona97's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your pharmacist - they should be able to give you all kinds of info about the classification, pharmacology, possibilities for drug tests, etc. Although, don't they let you "pass" if you...
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    What do you think about cell phone use?

    pebbles replied to RNontheroad's topic in General Nursing

    We enforce it and tell visitors "better safe than sorry when people's lives are on the line". That gets it for most of them. I also have a problem with the RUDENESS of cell phone use. A family...
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    Looking down on those who take lunch breaks???

    pebbles replied to mismissy69's topic in General Nursing

    If I haven't eaten in a few hours, you don't WANT me to be your nurse....
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    daughter stressing in clinicals

    pebbles replied to joannep's topic in General Nursing

    Find out why she isn't doing the prep work ahead of time. If she isn't comfortable talking to you, maybe a counselor at the school could help. I think this is probably connected in some way to her...
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    How to decrease stress in patients

    pebbles replied to mygavin03's topic in General Nursing

    I agree very much with this post as well. In my hospital, we have a service run by psych nurses that have training and experience in dealing with post traumatic stress. A nurse can consult the...
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    Most RN's first borns?

    pebbles replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    First born, but no ETOH, no other drugs. My mom became a nurse after having kids, she's the youngest in her family, also no
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    Banner Hospitals to go to Uniforms

    pebbles replied to WoosahRN's topic in General Nursing

    I object to the control and subordination factor of being made to wear "x" uniform by your employer. Where I work, we choose what we wear. Our professional image is our own personal responsibility....
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    Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    pebbles replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just read an article today about how president Bush often flubs the English language, and how it's endeared him to a lot of the population. People don't see it as ignorant, they see it as...
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    "Did you report her?"

    pebbles replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a nurse on my unit who thinks that tattling about other nurses imperfections to the manager is the way to help people become better nurses. I don't see how, since it's not like the manager...
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    Nurses marrying doctors

    pebbles replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    I find the generalization and bashing of doctors to be just as disturbing as the generalization of "young" nurses who dress a certain way and shop for husbands. Many of the docs I know are great...
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    Are you willing to pay more taxes to ensure health coverage for all?

    pebbles replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    FACT: I am an RN in Winnipeg, Canada. My tax rate was 17% last year. My income was just over 68,000 (lots of overtime!) and tax was 12,000. I don't know where the "50%" came from earlier in this...
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    When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    pebbles replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "Brian Drain" is a media sensationalist term. Provide some real evidence that the actual health care provided in canada's system is mediocre, especially mediocre compared to what is provided to the...