pebbles BSN, RN

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    When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    pebbles replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I work in a public health system. Mediocrity is NOT championed, and I think this article is wrong. I think the authors started with a viewpoint and just selected things to say that supported their...
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    When failure is labeled success; Socialized Medicine

    pebbles replied to DarrenWright's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ....and would you like to talk about the cost of living in california??? I've read a LOT of nursing communities and a LOT of discussions about the job, the wages, the benefits, the quality of care....
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    Why do some nurse's act like they have just ate some sour grapes?

    pebbles replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! Maybe just work on being less judgmental - do your work, be yourself, and don't get so bent out of shape about how the nurses LOOK, etc. How they look when they do their jobs is nothing to...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    pebbles replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    A family member of one of pour pts was an ICU nurse. She used her finger to scrape some of the crust from the corner of his eye and TASTED IT. She told us that it tasted like his albumin was low, and...
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    new grad having trouble w/ icu personalities

    pebbles replied to extraordinary067's topic in MICU, SICU

    In Canada, ICU training is extra schooling. When you apply to the ICU course, you must have had minimum one year of acute care experience. The course is two and half months of classroom theory...
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    charge responsibility?

    pebbles replied to gentle's topic in General Nursing

    We have the kind of climate where people yell. Often the charge nurses. In my world, a "charge nurse whore" would be someone who likes to be "in CHARGE" because she likes bossing people around and...
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    Mass resignation

    pebbles replied to Mito's topic in International Nursing

    I've never heard of it in Manitoba either. Mass firings once upon a time, to break the union and seniority, etc. I have seen units where the staff were so unhappy and disheartened that they all...
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    charge responsibility?

    pebbles replied to gentle's topic in General Nursing

    We have this problem on my unit too - nobody wants to do charge. IMO, it's not something you should have a choice about. But it IS something you should be trained and oriented for. I think if...
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    Nursing 10 years ago

    pebbles replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    Studies have consistently shown that you cannot tell the difference between stomach and lung from an air bolus auscultation. Two pts in my facility died after being tube fed into the lungs. I will...
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    Why do some nurse's act like they have just ate some sour grapes?

    pebbles replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, the OP wasn't complaining about nurses being RUDE to her or any of the other things that are being added on in this discussion. She was saying they LOOK a certain way. Maybe the OP...
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    Why do some nurse's act like they have just ate some sour grapes?

    pebbles replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    An awful lot of people don't look merry while at work. Not just nurses. It might mean nothing - it might just mean they are serious about the work. It might mean that they have more responsibility...
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    Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

    pebbles replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    THAT, I very much agree with. Mentally and rationally, I would love to be supportive to nurses coming back to work. But honestly, I can say I never encountered any. So it's hard to say. Maybe I...
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    Misleading information

    pebbles replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's right to recruit people at their graduation ceremony anyway. Much less recruit them for a job they didn't train for. That's like a slap to the face. "Why settle for the job you...
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    Person online faking being a nurse - what would you do?

    pebbles posted a topic in General Nursing

    There is a person I "met" in several online nursing communities. We became online friends. As time went on, the things she said seemed less and less true and very inconsistent. I began to realise...
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    Person online faking being a nurse - what would you do?

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I think too. Reading the replies, I kind of agree there's not much that can be done. Depressing but true. Hey,at least I know the truth now, so I'm not being deceived any
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    Violating a Code Status...

    pebbles replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen people coded by mistake. It happens. Most of what I've seen is the same as you describe - it was just missed in the chart. One time there was a DNR order on the first page of the orders,...
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    Person online faking being a nurse - what would you do?

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm in canada, and she's in connecticut. And because it's all online, makes it really complicated. The CT board of nursing is the one she was reported to, and they don't have an enforcement...
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    Person online faking being a nurse - what would you do?

    pebbles replied to pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    That's already been done by one of the other nurses who was duped by her. That was a couple of months ago, and she's still at it. I don't think they were taking any action - she said they were...
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    notifying family

    pebbles replied to All_Smiles_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if the "calling DURING an emergency/code" thing is a matter of confidence and experience as well. I know the first four years (I swear it took that long) that I worked, any code or emergency...
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    which journal to get?

    pebbles replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    I've subscribed to Nursing 2007 since I graduated, and I still like it. The other one I subscribe to is RN. Sometimes there isn't a whole lot of "meat" in there that I find applies to my practice,...
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    Bath Bags

    pebbles replied to esokane's topic in General Nursing

    They don't get people as "clean" as a good real wash and rinse does. They are good in the short term. We trialled them in our unit and did not continue using them because they were getting wasted....
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    Calling all obnoxious nurses

    pebbles replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's just appalling. How about they do a show on Obnoxious and rude doctors?????? I'm frigging sick of the sterotyping of nurses! Half the time when someone finds out I'm a nurse, they just HAVE...
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    Night Shift Workers- How Do You Stay Awake?

    pebbles replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a walking track at the hospital, it's near the physio department and the security office. 11 laps = 1 mile. So I bring my iPod, and go walking on my breaks. It gets my blood flowing, and...
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    Visiting Hour Guidelines?

    pebbles replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    IMO, you should talk to your manager, and provide rationales for the restrictions you want. Rationales that are about the pt only. For example, we don't allow visitors during change of shift report...
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    Nursing 10 years ago

    pebbles replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    There are more obese and morbidly obese patients than there were when I started. Medication safety has improved with making sure pharmacy is in the loop, Pyxis and unit dosing. Before, we had...