nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm going to let it roll boss to boss, where there's a chance something will be done. If they didn't care about a dying patient, they're not going to care what I have to say about

  2. Family complaint? Throw the nurse under the bus!

    nerdtonurse? replied to Jamthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    There's not a shortage of nurses, there's a shortage of nurses willing to do the offered job in the conditions and for the money that's offered. There's a reason the highest paid nursing job around...

  3. Family complaint? Throw the nurse under the bus!

    nerdtonurse? replied to Jamthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be "the one that looks like a fat giraffe...." What's funny (not) is this happened to me -- someone complained, my boss yanked me in, started yelling, and I said, "wait, wait, I didn't work that...

  4. Family complaint? Throw the nurse under the bus!

    nerdtonurse? replied to Jamthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    They may be crazy, but they're not so crazy that they act like they do with us when they're in the Walmart -- they know they'd get arrested there. But at the hospital, it's just "oh, sugar, what did...

  5. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    No, she was on the M/S floor. Her hubby was very frail with a walker and galaxy of health issues himself, and the daughters were in from out of town; they would bring him up after breakfast, and...

  6. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've been worried to death about our other inpatient hospice patients....most of them can't tell us what's going on, and I'm scared now that they're just left to their own devices until right before...

  7. Need to interview a nurse - simple questions! Please help

    nerdtonurse? replied to Romarina's topic in General Nursing

    Your title (LPN, RN...) RN Your degree/school attended ADN (BA and MS in other disciplines) from a community college Three major responsibilities on a daily basis: Medication administration, pain...

  8. Behaviors you've learned to lose when at work.

    nerdtonurse? replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    Having spent decades in "management theory of the month," when people start yammering about such things, I start going over my grocery list in my head. When they think I'm sitting there, being...

  9. Holding Lasix

    nerdtonurse? replied to roxie144's topic in General Nursing

    I wanna work with

  10. Calling EMS to pronounce

    nerdtonurse? replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    New one on me. I could see it if there was some question as to whether the person was actually dead or not, but that's just strange to me. The county better be training up a lot more ambulance crews...

  11. Would you call a code/MET on a pt. who is a complete DNR?

    nerdtonurse? replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    When I have a patient who's a DNR, I gently explore the notion of hospice with the patient or their family. Yes we have hospice patients who are still full codes, but if a person is truly endstage...

  12. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My hospice boss is out of town, but we will be discussing it the minute she gets back. While our hospice is affiliated with the hospital, when I'm working as a hospice nurse, I'm not supposed to put...

  13. what do you talk about at work?

    nerdtonurse? replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    Nightshift in ICU? Food. Where to get it, who's now open late, who delivers, who's had a bad experience with what delivery,etc. The kids. Who's kids are in what sport, how the last game went, bad...

  14. caring in nursing

    nerdtonurse? replied to Glageman's topic in General Nursing

    If caring was the main motivation, we wouldn't have 30 to 1 ratios in NHs, 8:1 on telemetry units, 3 and 4:1 in ICUs, post cardiac intervention! It's like any other business -- money. Make it, keep...

  15. If I'm a new RN but with LPN experience, Do I need to list LPN experience?

    nerdtonurse? replied to ilove's topic in Nursing Career

    Always admit you were fired, because it will always be found out...maybe not now, but would you rather your boss come and get you in the middle of the shift after you've been working there a month and...

  16. Most useful items to pack-medical mission

    nerdtonurse? replied to JustJen's topic in Emergency

    Just me, but I'd go to the dollar store and get some toys for the kids -- things that aren't easily broken, melted, etc. like coloring books, colored pencils AND sharpeners. Friends who've gone on...

  17. WGU RN-BSN 10/01/11 start...anyone with me?

    nerdtonurse? replied to RN2MSNasap's topic in Western Governors University

    Just spoke to my enrollment guy, on track to start 11/1. Wait for

  18. I wish I could just shut up already

    nerdtonurse? replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up in a family where my primary caregivers while my dad was away in the military were my alcoholic grandfather and valium addicted grandmother. So, I also learned to keep my mouth shut, stay...

  19. Essential information I need to know in case a certain patient codes

    nerdtonurse? replied to joyphul's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    After status, allergies? Just after you push something is the wrong time to find out a person's had a bad reaction to that

  20. Hypothetical Ethical Issue

    nerdtonurse? replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I've looked after a man who raped his children (male and female, the girls to the point where 1 couldn't have kids). I looked after him, gave him meds appropriately, and felt like I was doing...

  21. 2.5% annual raise - should I be as irritated as I am?

    nerdtonurse? replied to iLOVEbees's topic in General Nursing

    You GOT a raise? Our hospital's running in the red due to all the non-pay. So none of us are getting one. I'm sure that's not true of the docs and execs, given all the new cars showing up in their...

  22. How do I file Sexual Harassment against a Dr

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNdiva505's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Better idea, since the hospital isn't going to do anything (except look for a reason to fire YOU, seen that happen too many times over the years). Drop a letter to the local newspaper, give fear of...

  23. MRSA in the nares

    nerdtonurse? replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in General Nursing

    Considering that one of the fastest growing populations with MRSA infections are small children with ear infections (and I've seen green goo just dripping out of a kid's ear), I'm more concerned about...

  24. DNR means what???

    nerdtonurse? replied to cloverleafLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I think some of the confusion is what some folks consider "DNR" is what I know as "hospice" -- allow natural death, comfort care, but no acute intervention in the period leading up to death. And I...

  25. The happy policy

    nerdtonurse? replied to Tepidorchid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd just be happy if we could put a time out feature on the callbells for the overly needy, not very sick but have great insurance folks -- not for the folks who are really sick, but the ones that you...