Patti 2nd gen RN replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing
My name badge has my first name large, and my last name and credentials tiny...I call my patients by mr/ms until we have a relationship, or permission to do otherwise, but because of how we ask them...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing
I think learning outside your specialty can be very valuable...I have worked L&D and am now on a TCU unit...and taking classes on grieving, the legal issues with documentation, and with meds I...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing
But sports is a different cup of tea. It is a-entertainment, and b-the body gets across the communication...words are needed only after the fact to communicate commentary. In nursing, both with our...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing
But what he was doing was a-entertainment and b-spoke it's own language with the body....it needed no words...communication is fundemental to what we do as nurses, both with our patients and in our...
I have a meeting with the Regis/ Network college people next week---what kind of questions should I be asking to compare them to other online master's programs??? Any ideas about other schools and...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing
You are speaking from a particular situation, that many of us are not in...and can still be 'smart' nurses and not get a break...we have no manager or person without a team on nights at my facility,...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing
Don't work any time for free!!! That kind of thinking allows management to take advantage of nursing as a whole..and they should understand, and allow newer nurses to need more time--needing more time...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to Patti 2nd gen RN's topic in General Nursing
A woman in her 50's, on methadone as well, and her xanax dose is 0.5 mg q6hrs prn---too much for me....and when I told her if she would rink enought to get it up to 95 systolic, I would give it to...
Anybody out there have any experience with psych drugs that also lower BP?? My co-worker and I disagree about giving Xanax to a patient with a BP of 80/50--it was MN, and this is her usual when she...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing
We use our ID's as punch cards..better than the last place I worked where the unit secretary decided what time you came in and put it in the computer--less professional than a punch
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing
Well, we are supposed to turn in a "no Lunch" slip, so our pay can be adjusted if we don't get a break...BUT..it must be approved by the supervisor or manager---and if you work nights, the one who...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing
It makes a difference when you could be learning or teaching, when you could get or give some important information about a patient...that happens all the time at our nursing station as people change...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to atpeace's topic in General Nursing
Having mixed feelings about it personally for me doesn't matter--it's about freedom of choice--just as abortion is not about murder, but about the freedom of choice to decide for ourselves what we...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to nursing81's topic in General Nursing
I carried a B-B plus through my undergrad days, including nsg school...I did it because more than one c was unacceptable to my nursing school at that time---but truly, I learned at least half of what...
Patti 2nd gen RN replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing
A-I tell someone to come in and pretend someone else needs me B-I tell someone to page me overhead after 5 minutes C-I tell the person the truth, that unless it's an emergency, I don't have time to...