oregonchinamom

oregonchinamom

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  1. Surgery patients brought in too soon before their surgery

    oregonchinamom replied to eernuts's topic in General Nursing

    We had a surgeon do this, leading to up to 8 hr waits in Short Stay before surgery. He didn't want to follow the rule that every patient must be seen before surgery but after admit so he would make...

  2. Full-page Scientology Ad in July AJN (really!)

    oregonchinamom replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in General Nursing

    How totally weird! Are the editors going to jumping on couches

  3. How to become a nurse manager

    oregonchinamom replied to Mommy Of Two 87's topic in General Nursing

    My firm advice to you is to really understand what a nurse manager does before you aspire to become one. I say this because you have young children. To be a nurse manager that will satisfy your staff...

  4. Does "Looking Good" help you get the nursing job?

    oregonchinamom replied to Brother-of-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to agree that attractive people have slight edge getting a job. I think that all other things being equal, a more attractive candidate may have a better chance. That may not mean conventional...

  5. Leaving management and happily going back to the floor

    oregonchinamom posted a topic in General Nursing

    My goodness, what a difference a few years makes! I am just about to give notice that I am leaving my current position of managing an Inpatient Rehab floor and going back to bedside care on a...

  6. really disappointed after my trip to the BON

    oregonchinamom replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing

    when my 2 now 10 year old daughters were very small, i looked around at the young adults our society seems to be producing and didn't want that for my kids. i decided on 3 lessons that they needed to...

  7. What would be your IDEAL Nursing-related job?

    oregonchinamom replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    My ideal job would be ICU nurse (as I was for many years) with ambulatory surgery (what I do now) hours. Miss ICU like crazy but I work M,T,W and no

  8. I really need your help with these guys!!

    oregonchinamom replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    I would say A for the first question. It is a chronic condition that may take years, if ever to heal. We have all seen diabetic foot ulcurs that are chronic and

  9. Personal questions from patients and visitors

    oregonchinamom replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    If patient's start asking me questions that I don't want to answer, but I don't want to tell them to metaphorically mind their own business, I just do what most of the Press does----make crap

  10. Who reads your charting?

    oregonchinamom replied to Texas Tornado's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a short one that my facility offered then went to an all day course outside my hospital after the first one scared the bee-jee-bee's out of me! LOL I ended up in education for a few years...

  11. A glimmer of hope...??

    oregonchinamom posted a topic in General Nursing

    In my small city in Southern Oregon, there has been a hiring freeze for the last several months. Today, a glimmer of hope. The largest hospital has 7 posted benifited RN positions. Only one is a...

  12. Who reads your charting?

    oregonchinamom replied to Texas Tornado's topic in General Nursing

    Make no mistake about it, LAWYERS read your charting! Nursing notes are the very first place a lawyer looks in a medical chart. If you haven't done so, I reccomend you take a course on defensive...

  13. Legal issue involving DNR...please comment

    oregonchinamom replied to logans_mommy's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to disagree but NO WAY would I take "I can't breath, please do something" as an implied revocation of a DNR! My next step would always be to ask if they want to feel more comfortable with...

  14. "Can I speak to you for a second?"

    oregonchinamom replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a Drama Queen to me. If there is no crisis, by golly she will make

  15. should patients be able to choose to end their life if they are in pain and dying

    oregonchinamom replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    i live in oregon, the first state to legalize doctor assisted suicide (washington state very recently, passed a similar law). there was a huge debate when this issue was passed. it went all the way to...

  16. Did you catch a disease while working as a nurse?

    oregonchinamom replied to bronzemint23's topic in General Nursing

    I got chicken pox from a patient with shingles when I was 27. Sicker than a

  17. Is it a good time to change careers

    oregonchinamom replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    After being the manager of a rehab floor I can tell you that OT and RN are not at all the same---not even close. I wonder, however, if you are talking about an OT tech??? I can't imagine that you...

  18. More than 5 sick days taken in a year and disciplinary action ensues

    oregonchinamom replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very common policy but most state 5 occurances, not days. In other words, one you call in sick, that is one occurance no matter how many consecutive days you are ill. Applying for leave...

  19. Ever been shocked during a code?

    oregonchinamom replied to jaccimv's topic in General Nursing

    I got "paced" once through hands-off defib pads. One of my co-workers turned the pacer on while one was stuck to my hand. I started yelling and she was so shocked that she couldn't figure out how to...

  20. A name for Computer on Wheels

    oregonchinamom replied to butterfly9's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only person who finds it ridiculous that one woman was wrongly offended so a whole freaking hospital has to

  21. Nursing Fun!

    oregonchinamom replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    I have found that the best family vacations we have are always the most simple---the ones that stress out mom and dad the least. Doing something close enough that there are no killer road trips and...

  22. How to apply

    oregonchinamom replied to angelstrings's topic in General Nursing

    If I were you, I would start to apply as soon as they post they new grad positions (my hospital does it several months in advance) in a place you would like to work. Be granted the position (nights,...

  23. Just got hired in ICU....any advice?

    oregonchinamom replied to nursekatie22's topic in MICU, SICU

    If I were you, I would start studying now and get a very good understanding of preload and afterload and what drugs do what to them. Even if you don't work in an ICU that takes cardiac patients, this...

  24. Hardest Part of Nursing

    oregonchinamom replied to mbd74's topic in General Nursing

    Dealing with families. Hands down, no

  25. Are you good at chemistry?? Hyper, hypotonic??

    oregonchinamom replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    The cells fill with fluid and swell, but the plasma volume decreases from lack of water. The more cells in the plasma but less water= a higher concentration of the cell to fluid ratio and so it reads...