darrell

darrell

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  1. Being Sexually Harrassed

    darrell replied to markymark's topic in General Nursing

    No-brainer...well, slight-brainer! 1) Follow the advice about collecting evidence, including a journal listing dates, times and direct quotes. Amazing how convincing it can be to have a list of...

  2. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    darrell replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    I rarely call in and I could likely do well on one short night, but if I didn't sleep at all, I would consider it. I guard my sleep, setting aside sleep time like I do work time and using techniques...

  3. "Customer service" and nursing

    darrell replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It must be a regional thing. I've been a tech for 18 months now and I talk a lot with my nurses, including several new hires. No one has ever mentioned anything like that, not in interview or on the...

  4. "Customer service" and nursing

    darrell replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is what I meant by silly. Not the poster's description, but the incidents being described. I'll stack my service reputation up against any in the world, but I don't always say yes. I guess I just...

  5. "Customer service" and nursing

    darrell replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let's not get silly. That's not customer service at all. Even that fact that such measures would be needed says something ugly. That they might be tolerated in a profession marked by shortages is...

  6. "Customer service" and nursing

    darrell replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work as a tech while finishing the RN program. I've been complimented for the comments and reactions I get from my patients. Basically, I treat them as guests and I often think back to the way I've...

  7. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    darrell replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    must be a location thing. the nurses i work with are not hyper-reactive, but i surely wouldn't want to be the one who disrespected any of them, publically or otherwise. they don't buy into the...

  8. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    darrell replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Although I agree collective representation will usually help a given group, I am not sure unionizing and walk-outs are appropriate routes to improving the nursing workplace: - Walking out must be done...

  9. Young & Ignorant

    darrell replied to Irishgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Only you can absolve you. Having said that, though, you can try to go back in time and change it...oops, I guess you can't! That only leaves accepting that the past is immutable and then moving on....

  10. Nursing school didn't prepare me for reality

    darrell replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I got a job as a tech based on my EMT-B certification and I will have about 2 1/2 years in as a patient care tech when I graduate with my ASN. Additionally, I am applying for a summer internship and...

  11. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    darrell replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds dangerous. I was OK up until the point where she gave you medical advice! Then I got chills: will every parent take the child to a real doctor even though the "school nurse" has already told...

  12. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    darrell replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    This past weekend a visiting family told me I'd be a great nurse someday (I'm a tech/student) because of my "bedside manner". Mom was in the hospital for hypothermia and some confusion and, during a...

  13. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    darrell replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget location. Sounds like you have a bad one, lorster. Move? I'm a tech and a student nurse. I get 11 patients and about three nurses to care for and I usually end up helping with more. Often...

  14. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    darrell replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    EMT training in our area says that it is unlikely the patient will arrest in the short time we are oxygenating him (about 20 minutes +/-). On the other hand, the training also states we should be...

  15. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    darrell replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. Resoundingly. In this case, however, the patient wanted transport and apparently was no saying no so much as attemping to convince the paramedic to do something outside her protocols....

  16. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    darrell replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Read my earlier quote for details, but essentially the answer is yes, EMTs are educated on the subject and no, they may not (at least in my area) adjust O2 delivery based on this. Only a doctor or...

  17. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    darrell replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you, but the point about protocols is also a valid one. EMS provides for this scenario in training and the rule is that the responder must not assume that the patient is hypoxic due to COPD. In...

  18. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    darrell replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am an SN (2nd semester RN), a tech in a respiratory ward and an EMT-B (a Basic), all of which combined gives me an interesting perspective on your situation. I've actually been in very similar,...

  19. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    darrell replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I work in acute (respiratory floor as a tech - I'm a student) and we are required to bath each patient daily on the day shift unless they refuse. Each tech normally gets 11 patients and perhaps half...

  20. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    darrell replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I did this with a foot soak for a patient with very dry feet. I would follow it with a nutrient cream after a ten-minute soak. Over the course of four days, the improvement was impressive. Of course,...

  21. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    darrell replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Another tip: thick creams like Calazyme become a bit more tractable when the tube is left in warm-to-hot water for a couple of minutes before

  22. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    darrell replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    If you have to wash hair right in the bed, an empty, double-bagged wastepaper basket and stand in for a drainage pail when using the plastic side-draining hair sink. I owe a veteran RN for that bit of...

  23. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    darrell replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an EMT and a student nurse in Rochester, NY. I've been working as a tech since January of 2006 as a way of backing my studies with real-world hospital experience. If you look up the definition of...