GardenDove

GardenDove

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  1. Families, are they getting more demanding?

    GardenDove replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    I think 50 years ago pts and their families were undoubtedly more obedient and docile. When I was a kid children weren't allowed to visit until they were age 12, let alone allowing 10 family members...

  2. Families, are they getting more demanding?

    GardenDove replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Heh

  3. Families, are they getting more demanding?

    GardenDove replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Very

  4. What about this, inappropriate or teambuilding?

    GardenDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure about this one. I floated to Med-Surg the other night. This one young nurse is rather likable, sometimes annoying, energetically bubbly, went to school with my son. She's new to the...

  5. What about this, inappropriate or teambuilding?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the feedback, I don't feel like such a stuffy old biddy now. Next time I'll suggest taking such teambuilding activities to the

  6. What about this, inappropriate or teambuilding?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of look at the nurses station as a stage. We are in the public view, anyone can walk up at any time. People get so familiar with one another, and forget that

  7. What about this, inappropriate or teambuilding?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

  8. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    You've gotta be kidding? I've never heard of anything so demeaning in my

  9. phone calls no outsider would believe

    GardenDove replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    A woman called our hospital at 3 AM on a weekend. She told me that she had given birth here over 30 years ago, and wanted to know if I could retrieve the records, as she was looking for her daughter...

  10. I Feel Like An Oddball

    GardenDove replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do they have a sign telling people it's not a restaurant and the nurses aren't waitresses? Or maybe they should have a message repeating over and over again "We don't assess patients in the order they...

  11. I Feel Like An Oddball

    GardenDove replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well said soldiers

  12. I Feel Like An Oddball

    GardenDove replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I float to ER occasionally and there are alot of untogether people who use their services. Last night I was there part of the night to help out and there were some drunks, etc, and I can see why ER...

  13. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  14. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is on a huge customer service campaign, with a big mandatory patient care inservice coming up. They instituted an obnoxious silly program that is very similar to what my kids' school does...

  15. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Carolladybelle, that all sounds like an elaborate kindergarten system. When my kids were in kindergarten, they had this dropping a card system for naughtiness, and putting names on the board, with...

  16. Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    hey, great post, you said it

  17. When is it ethical to talk about religion with a patient?

    GardenDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was talking with a collegue the other day and she described a conversation with a pt where it sounds as if she were basically evangelizing. Now I had been told by my pastor (Catholic priest), who...

  18. When is it ethical to talk about religion with a patient?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks TnButterfly for the compliment. It's those little niceties that make an impression on pts. I was taken aback by my pt trying to evangelize me and was thankful that my answer was acceptable...

  19. When is it ethical to talk about religion with a patient?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    This pt was a former pastor, he also was a PITA for some of the previous nurses. I told him I was Catholic and he found that acceptable. I was able to establish a good rapport with him and his son,...

  20. When is it ethical to talk about religion with a patient?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I had a pt tonight ask me if I was saved, lol. That's a

  21. time off revoked $3500 trip,

    GardenDove replied to BSN74's topic in General Nursing

    what a bunch of bull(profanity

  22. Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I agree totally about that. When I started the thread though, I was more thinking about the whole chronic pain movement and the fact that there are people who take advantage of the liberal...

  23. what your hospital policy on sick days?

    GardenDove replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, I've never heard about these punitive measures for sickly people. I'll have to ask around at work since I'm so healthy. Wouldn't that violate the Americans with Disability

  24. Small Town HIPPA

    GardenDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone here live in a small town? I do, and I find that knowing many of your pts and their families poses unique problems and temptations regarding confidentiality. Yesterday I cared for the mother of...

  25. Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

    GardenDove replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    It's like a waitress having another waitress as a customer. They are the best tippers statistically. They understand exactly what you are going