RunningWithScissors

RunningWithScissors

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  1. Cold weather causing pneumonia? *vent*

    RunningWithScissors replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Nursing

    Ever keep tropical fish? Then you know what happens if the water temp gets too cool; it's called cold stress and your fish will end up with nasty fungal infections and the like. So, we believe, humans...

  2. Calling In Scripts

    RunningWithScissors posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has been trying to nudge the physicians into writing more prescriptions for patients to take to their pharmacies to get filled instead of calling them in. In the past, the dr's just wrote...

  3. They Win!!!(long)

    RunningWithScissors replied to emsboss's topic in General Nursing

    I love working with the guys...they generally have a good sense of humor and are laid back, don't get involved in gossip, etc; well there is an exception to this on our unit (one of the guys is a real...

  4. Calling In Scripts

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the replies. I am pretty much the only one not willing to phone is a script on patient demand around here when a written one is available. Management also is more concerned with...

  5. Calling In Scripts

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not, their DEA# is openly posted on the hospital computer system for all to look up (whoever has a password to log on to the system. Once, I was asked to call in Tylenol #3 for a pt who...

  6. Calling In Scripts

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    You are right about this. We had, years ago, been told to destroy written prescriptions if they were called in to avoid duplication; but now I see where this has been a big mistake.....no paper...

  7. Do you wear some type of support for your legs to prevent leg cramps?

    RunningWithScissors replied to JNT'smom's topic in General Nursing

    I had bad varicose veins since I was a teenager. Wore only plain support hose under scrubs for years. The I had vein stripping and went to TED's and JC Penney total support hose for years. Abandoned...

  8. Calling In Scripts

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the midwest. We have a med reconcilliation tool as well, only it is OPTIONAL for the physician to use it! Most of the time they don't, but when they do it's great. There are currently 4...

  9. Illegal Alien- frustrated!

    RunningWithScissors replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Not only that, but their birth rates are much higher than any other group, according to a recent TIME magazine article.. Recently, a Mexican flag was raised above a post office and another at a...

  10. Does Magnet Status make a difference?

    RunningWithScissors replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Nursing

    Right, and there is another thread on this issue if you do a search to find out more. Hospitals PAY to apply to a company who makes an on site visit to determine if everyone is in Happytown. It seems...

  11. Calling In Scripts

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Another question I forgot to add is, how common is it for the physicians to leave it up to the nurse to figure out what med and how much to give the pt? To me, this is prescribing and against our...

  12. Illegal Alien- frustrated!

    RunningWithScissors replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago I floated to oncology. The care coordinator was working on discharging a man who was going to receive a new cancer treatment that was over a thousand dollars a month. He filled out an...

  13. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    RunningWithScissors replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

    Ah, yes, but a truly EXCEPTIONAL nurse would do both!

  14. What is the major reason nurses leave?

    RunningWithScissors replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

    If I wanted a calling I would have become a nun. My hospital was founded by sisters 100 years ago, and is still run by them. Sometimes I think our organization is still living in the last

  15. Do Rns Clean The Urine And Bowels

    RunningWithScissors replied to Dashing's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. But you know, it's not the cleaning up the "poop and pee" that's so bad. It's getting pooped and peed ON that really sucks. And also the excrement that comes out verbally bites as

  16. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    RunningWithScissors replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, I most always take a lunch break; it may not be 30 min, but I do make sure I eat, even if it's already 3:30 pm and I've been at work for over 8 hours with 4 more to go. I just hand my beeper to...

  17. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    RunningWithScissors replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Someone else touched on the answer to why we are leaving the profession. Five little letters: JCAHO. This organization has made life a living hell for nurses. The ridiculous mandates in...

  18. Adn's Who Don't Care

    RunningWithScissors replied to nursing4me23's topic in General Nursing

    If I were to go back to school, it would not be for a BSN. Our clinical ladder rewards a Bachelor's degree, not necessarily a BSN. How about making yourself more marketable and get an advanced degree...

  19. Wear scrubs in a hospital? Then you're a nurse

    RunningWithScissors replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't LPN programs 9 months long? Locally at Nichols career center it is. Is it possible there is some sort of LPN/surgical tech combination

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

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

    This has been an Urban Legend in nursing since I graduated 26 years ago. Perhaps NM is considering it now, but this is an old,old idea that never ends up coming to

  21. Nursing survival gifts...

    RunningWithScissors replied to White Shoes's topic in Nursing Humor

    They make these, I've seen them worn!

  22. Codes-ACLS drugs-reasons for the code

    RunningWithScissors replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    It's called critical thinking

  23. Endoscopy nursing

    RunningWithScissors replied to coles2's topic in General Nursing

    All you do is conscious sedation and monitor the patient during the procedure. Not much involved...... UNLESS your institution is like mine, where you actually assist in the procedure, including...

  24. Pay for precepting

    RunningWithScissors replied to RNinquires's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital pays nothing for precepting. Sometimes, you get to know in advance if you have a new nurse to precept. Half the time, you show up to work as usual and get presented with a new nurse...

  25. "The Healthcare Crisis"

    RunningWithScissors replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    Thus we see the VA patients use community health resources, and then at discharge hear "I get my meds from the VA". There may be people waiting for some elective procedures in countries with...