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  1. What would your first priority have been?

    mamason replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I understand that. But, I would argue the point that our first priority is to administer care to the inpatient's that we are responsiblefor. That bed change would have only taken a few extra...

  2. Arguments Disfavoring Hourly Rounding

    mamason replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Just an after thought. If a hospital is truly serious about reducing falls and increasing pt satisfaction, then, they will staff accordingly. If a nurse has too many high acuity pts, then this in...

  3. Arguments Disfavoring Hourly Rounding

    mamason replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I can only tell you about my experience. I am in and out of those rooms as much as my NA. It doesn't matter. If you have a little nervous nelly on your hands, no paper work is going to stop her from...

  4. What would your first priority have been?

    mamason replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    Linen change would have been my priority. Pt being discharged could have waited another few minutes. As far as the nurse, sounds like she was under a lot of stress. But, no excuse for belittling you...

  5. Vent about nurses "eating their young"

    mamason replied to swirlygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I can't stand that stuff either. I usually tell the loud mouth, " Hey, SO&SO isn't here to defend her/himself. " "So, we don't know what's going on, etc." That usually shuts the blabber mouth...

  6. Random Drug Screens

    mamason replied to merri666's topic in General Nursing

    Hummm.......Random drug tests really don't bother me. If a person isn't using then they have nothing to worry about. I don't know about the third party thing. I've never paid that much attention to...

  7. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    mamason replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No flaming here. You're right. I was bad. Couldn't help it. I was basically venting. I enjoy the venting thread. It let's me know that I'm not the only one who gets sick of working my butt off,...

  8. Ethical Question about NGs and medication administration

    mamason replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    I've known a few nurses who have gone as far as handing the medication over to the doc and politely stating that they couldn't do it, but, by all means, if you feel comfortable in doing...

  9. Ethical Question about NGs and medication administration

    mamason replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the pt is of sound mind and doesn't suffer from dementia, schizo, etc, it is her right to refuse. At least it is in my state. If she refuses, notify the doc. Let the doc take it from there....

  10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    mamason replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The whole point of this thread has simply flew over your head. Since I'll be seeking forgiveness for being human, I can only suggest you seek forgiveness for being so judgemental to something for...

  11. Arguments Disfavoring Hourly Rounding

    mamason replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to be able to round hourly on my pt's if it's doable. Most of the time it isn't. The acuity of our pt's are just getting higher, and we are working with less staff. Ohhhh....and let's not...

  12. Dangerous nurses

    mamason replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you may have misunderstood what I had meant. I wasn't calling nurses stupid. I was implying that the childish behavior between the day shift vs night shift crap was stupid. If a day shift...

  13. new admission 45 minutes before your shift is over..what do you do?

    mamason replied to glamgalRN's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on how my day is going. If I'm caught up, I will attempt to do the entire admission and stay a little late in order to help the oncoming nurse. Mainly, because it's probably not...

  14. Any Lutheran School students or future students outthere

    mamason replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. One of my best friends bridged over from LPN. I met her second year. She did very well. The only thing she had difficulty with was writing one of those never ending clinical case reports. I'm not...

  15. Lutheran School of Nursing

    mamason replied to ANEWME's topic in General Nursing

    Listen, I graduated from Lutheran. I now work with BSN, Associates, and Master degree holding nurses. We all do the same job. They wipe butts just like I do. They don't get any special priveleges...

  16. Cardiac Sheaths

    mamason replied to debthern's topic in Cardiac

    Very similar to what we do also on our

  17. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamason replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    It all boils down to freedom of expression. If you want to get techincal about it. As long as the person maintains her professionalism at the work place, it shouldn't matter. Forgive me, but, I deal...

  18. Dangerous nurses

    mamason replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I find dangerous is the nurse who thinks she knows it all. Or the nurse who is simply obessed with trying to find something to write another nurse up on. I work with these types of people all the...

  19. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    mamason replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Who cares what you do on your own personal time? I don't.l As long as you come into work, do your job to the best of your ability, .......it's nobody's business. I have a few close friend that were...

  20. Dansko clogs

    mamason replied to mamason's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thank you all for responding. I'm at my wit's end trying to keep my feet from hurting. I did go to a podiatrist once. He stated that I had a very high arch. And that I had multiple pressure points on...

  21. Dansko clogs

    mamason replied to mamason's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Interesting. I will research on this. Thanks for the

  22. Help with abbreviations

    mamason replied to mlee9985's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I had a difficult time with abbreviations in nursing school. It is just one of those things that you get used to. Repetition. The abbreviations will get easier to understand the more you see...

  23. Please help interpret this order

    mamason replied to mlee9985's topic in General Nursing

    DITTO:smokin:

  24. Does it always mean that you are answering wrong whenever the same question is asked

    mamason replied to nautica843's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It could mean that it wanted you to answer a more difficulty question on the same subject. I had tons of OB questions on my boards. Or so it seemed. The grading system with the board is very complex....

  25. What do you wish students knew?

    mamason replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I think it's refreshing to see a student on the floor willing to learn. We work in such a complicated field. And, there is so much to learn. And, we still learn even after we are out of...