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  1. Violation of the Nurse Practice Act?

    lauralassie replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the date the entry was made, your signature is clear and the documentation is noted to be "Late entry" you should be OK. But be sure that your documentation is accurate to the evets, don't...

  2. Wiping Butt...

    lauralassie replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    if a pt. needs peri -anal care because they are sick and need my help, i am happy to do it for them. some day you will need peri-anal care, hope the nurse doesn't think your butt is a topic for...

  3. what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    lauralassie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN, in the ER. I know of 4 people who, in my opinion have been rooked into MA (medical assistant ) schools. Each on of these people have been told that , MA , can do everything an RN can do....

  4. Does your hospital use this formula ? Press-Ganey=5 mg dilaudidx20 percocet+2warm bla

    lauralassie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you feel press-Gainy, strive for five really means, if you leave the ER with percocet, then we will get a 5 on our score. I'm so so tiered of this game. Is any one else sick of it. We get a X-mas...

  5. Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    lauralassie replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I've come up with an idea, As staff nurses lets put a monitor on admins chairs to see how much they get up off thier rear ends to see what their staff really does. Then lets put one of those hand...

  6. What if I can't make it?

    lauralassie replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    HANG IN THERE ! It's tough but you can do it. Nursing school is rough no matter how you look at it. Working, worry and no time for yourself makes things worse. I know very few nurses that didn't...

  7. co-worker stealing narcotics

    lauralassie replied to starbin's topic in General Nursing

    Go to your DON, Have that person count with her. Go to your state board of nursing. Most states have a system in place for reporting such things for investivgation. You will be doing her a huge...

  8. What's your holiday bonus?

    lauralassie replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    the opportunity to work either 5 /12's in a row or every other night 12 hrs. last year we got a lunch bag. but don't expect much this year...;you know , cut backs and all. after all, the upper crust...

  9. Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    lauralassie replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    HA...that's funny. Doesn't suprise me but it's funny !If that's what you get to do in management sign me up! Never mind, I think it's more fun to play games with those that THINK they rule! You...

  10. Use of Calculators, open to all RNs

    lauralassie replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, don't know what I would do without mine. I work critical care ER. I usually know what a drip rate calculation will be but, I always use my calculator to

  11. Would you go to the ER for this?

    lauralassie replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that you were able to call this a boil without seeing it. First , you've just made a DX. Then you recomeded TX. We've seen many cases of MRSA in our ER. Some can be treated in an...

  12. IV starts

    lauralassie replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Put my message in the wrong spot , see above.

  13. "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    lauralassie replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like it was the facility rather than the nursing. Too bad you had such a horrable expericence. There really are nurses out there who treat new nurses well. I do feel however, that as time...

  14. Would you go to the ER for this?

    lauralassie replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    hard to say, as i tell patients at discharge, if you feel something isn't right,feel free to come back (like with abd. pain, head injury ,peds etc. not a tooth ach). i think it has to be up to the...

  15. Am I 2 picky? New nurse manager hasn't met the staff after 2 months on the job!

    lauralassie posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have a new nurse manager in ou ER. She's been there almost 2 months. She's changed a schedule that was already out,;(I was ok, but other people had to re-arrange appoitments, cx out of PALS etc......

  16. "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    lauralassie replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like "bed side nursing to me!".. sounds like you have a wounderful heart. keep up the good attitude. just curious, what is your definition of bed side nursing. to me it means, just being...

  17. How to deal with PCA bad attitude

    lauralassie replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've delt with this too. The best thing I've found to do is approach her in a professional way, keeping your cool ,in front of other staff.(don't loose it in front of other staff or you'll end up the...

  18. Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    lauralassie replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Know what you mean. Many days I think nursing schools need to get back to the basics. I really think that is why so many new grads become stressed to the point they leave nursing after only a couple...

  19. Am I 2 picky? New nurse manager hasn't met the staff after 2 months on the job!

    lauralassie replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    not well. we find her very unapproachable. she sits across from nurses she's never met , passes them in the hall way without so much as a hello or a acknowlegement that she even cares to meet us....

  20. What's your holiday bonus?

    lauralassie replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    cheep cookies ! Tin of nuts with all the cashews gone ! Trays of wounderful sandwiches that the admin had durning a party, that they didn't finish so they were thoughtful enough to send the remainder...

  21. One grateful family made a horrible day better

    lauralassie replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    that's wounderful! it's times like those that are to me a big slap from god , telling me , remember why you became a nurse now! ( it's so easy for me to forget some

  22. New Grad - can't keep it together.

    lauralassie replied to vegnurse21's topic in General Nursing

    hang in there, nursing is at best, a difficult job to do.(more accuratley, nursing can be like a roller coaster ride without a seat belt) most nurses go through this. in the "old days", we were...

  23. Holiday policies- what does your unit do?

    lauralassie replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    we use the screw the night shift over method. if you work nights, you have to work either the holiday night (which is the eve of the holiday if you work 12 hours). that kind of works out ok, cause you...

  24. "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    lauralassie replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    Sound like your making good decisions. The two student I'm speaking of just simpley think it is below them to do such

  25. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    lauralassie replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Last time I trained a BSN student in an ICU setting, she said , I'm only here to observe the vent. So I sat a chair down in front of the vent and said if that red ligt beeps three times come get me,...