qiqueen

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1. Early Morning Nurses (and Nursing Students)

   qiqueen replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

   I never drank coffee before I moved onto day shift; loved nights, but now I am ready for bed by 9:30. My routine is vastly different from my spouse: He wakes me up at 4:45 since he leaves for work...

2. Looking for some great advice ......New to Quality Improvement

   qiqueen replied to JordiesMomRN's topic in Quality Improvement

   Great start; find out who is collecting your ACC, STS and device (PPM/AICD) data so that you can see what is trending well and what needs focused upon. Talk to your physician chair for these...

3. Application under review?

   qiqueen replied to 2016Grad's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   In my experience, you are being impatient. Usually, again, my experience, the job is left open for a preplanned period of time (say 2-4 weeks) and then the team starts the process of reviewing...

4. The effects of not reporting harassment

   qiqueen replied to Funkymiss187's topic in General Nursing

   I would also report this to your Medical Staff Chief; the physician's behavior is against their code of ethics behavior and should be part of his/her recredentialling file. When staff don't report...

5. Horizontal violence in the workplace

   qiqueen replied to soulshine101's topic in General Nursing

   Are you familiar with a "culture survey"? This questionnaire would point you to some of the types of questions you might be interested in asking. If your system already performs this (usually every...

6. Which tape to use?

   qiqueen replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in General Nursing

   One might also want to consider the purpose: occlusive, basic coverage, etc. Many times paper tape will be sufficient; however, I agree with whomever mentioned silk as a favorite. As an old Ortho...