GardenDove

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  1. Taking Respirations

    GardenDove replied to Rhonda V's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard that some ER nurses alternate the resps they put on the VS record. 16, 18, 20, 16. In other words, if the resps are not relevent to the dx, many nurses estimate. If it's really an issue,...

  2. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    GardenDove replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or perhaps 'Sneers To Music'? 'Smiles That Mystify'? 'Syndrome That

  3. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    GardenDove replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's not, 'So Totally Mean'? Or maybe it's 'Sensitive To Morphine'?

  4. Why not question pts about their eating habits?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I thought anti-Catholicism was the last acceptable prejudice? At least that's what they say on some internet sites. Or was it anti-Mormonism? Just kidding, but everyone seems to be the victim...

  5. Why do nurses eat their young?

    GardenDove replied to frizzle's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, that phrase is way over used. I can't stand catch phrases. Also, I think some folks who use the phrase might be overly sensitive to critisism, or maybe

  6. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    GardenDove replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha ha, no that was an accident. It's a good one, a very freudien slip of the

  7. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    GardenDove replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It all goes back to freudian psychology which blames the mother for every mental ill under the

  8. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, the purse snatcher will most likely be a burden on the group that's trying to survive. The granny can help care for the child in the group by telling stories from her youth, while the other...

  9. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If I were the grandma I'd throw the purse snatcher overboard. The grandma has more productive things to give to the group than that social misfit, and her first contribution should be to get rid of...

  10. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    GardenDove replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As far as nurses eating their young, I think that it's a natural dominance behaviour that social anthropologists could better explain, and is hardly limited to the nursing profession nor to the female...

  11. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    GardenDove replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do think that women have, since the hunter gatherer days, had a certain role in human society to maintain the social fabric through the exchange of information, and that there is a biological...

  12. Medically disqualified

    GardenDove replied to smattles1of2's topic in Government, Military

    I'll bet the rations the military give the soldiers out in the field don't help much

  13. Medically disqualified

    GardenDove replied to smattles1of2's topic in Government, Military

    Unbelievable. I didn't know kidney stones were considered so

  14. Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    GardenDove replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's good to remember that when we are on the receiving end of someone's unholy wrath too. Something made them dump on you at that moment in time, and it probably wasn't your fault. Something's going...

  15. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I

  16. Why not question pts about their eating habits?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    But, we're not too sensitive to smokers and drinkers. We banish smokers to an alley somewhere. We have a big anti-smoking part of our intake assessment sheet where we're supposed to lecture smokers....

  17. Why not question pts about their eating habits?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    This must be the new trend. Glad to hear

  18. Why not question pts about their eating habits?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if discussing weight is still a taboo still in this country. Maybe because it's so visable? I think, though, in light of national trends, that we need an anti-junkfood campaign similar to the...

  19. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For ICU you need some continuing ed stuff not covered in nursing school, such as cardiac, ACLS. Yes, it's more technical than LTC, requiring more in depth knowledge of body

  20. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There is a definate hierarchy of respect in nursing, and yes I think LTC is considered less hotshot. I noticed when I switched to CCU/ICU, that my status went up from what it was as a Med-Surg nurse,...

  21. narcotic count issue

    GardenDove replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is tolerated? Whenever it happens where I work, we go back and figure out who made the mistake. We still do old fashioned narc counts. Then, whoever didn't sign out does a late sign out. Pretty...

  22. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At the hospital where I work, requests for time off for march-may are due now. You can also make a request before the schedule is out, with no guaruntee of the request honored, but they will do their...

  23. What was your favorite/most memorable graduation present you received/gave?

    GardenDove replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

    The best gift I got was $1000. I also got a gold

  24. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    GardenDove replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Interesting thread. I originally worked in a small nursing home in a small town. That was my first job. One thing I noticed was that the DNS was an alcoholic and always had coffee spilled on her lab...

  25. Job Postings....senority vs performance

    GardenDove replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Often promotions are based on who has the brownest nose. I work in a unionized hospital, and seniority bears alot of weight within a unit, as to who gets an open shift, such as going to days. But, if...