GardenDove

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  1. Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Another weird thing they do is once a month the safety committee goes through the sharps containers to monitor compliance with the needle policies. We all think that's weird that they would be going...

  2. Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Their point, actually, was to encourage usage, and monitor that we were properly disinfecting our hands, based on what an office nerd somewhere calculated that we should ber using. We were told that...

  3. IV starts

    GardenDove replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for reiterating my point. I only brought up central lines as an example of why a smaller syringe creates more pressure. Conversely, a smaller syringe creates LESS pressure when apirating...

  4. Charting Pain Assessment

    GardenDove replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    HA! You think that having a proper computer screen ensures that proper pain control was attained? HA! No, listening to the pt does that, filling out a screen q 4 is just another bookkeeping task for...

  5. Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

    GardenDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is this a universal thing these days? I was talking to a traveler the other day and he said that many places of doing this. Is this going to turn out to be just another useless form, or has anyone...

  6. Venting and Advice Needed...Just Can't Do This Anymore!

    GardenDove replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    that is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. no wonder they are short staffed. you are being totally abused. that is horrible and every study in the book says that switching your schedule like...

  7. Charting Pain Assessment

    GardenDove replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    Or... "Pt still reports severe pain, 8/10, that was unrelieved by dilaudid given. Dr Sleepyhead called, new order

  8. Charting Pain Assessment

    GardenDove replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I'm not in charge either. I've never heard any complaints (about my charting), but alot of pts don't like to be hassled for a number with the pain scale. (Or else they are always a 10/10 ) We...

  9. Charting Pain Assessment

    GardenDove replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    (I don't totally 'make up' a number, but I guessimate, based on what the pt says. Why hassle someone for a G-D**m number when they're

  10. Charting Pain Assessment

    GardenDove replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    How in the name of Jesus can anyone take care of 6-9 pts and chart such a complicated pain sheet? Personally, this whole regulatory obsession with pain is a total PITA. Half the time I just make up a...

  11. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    GardenDove replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    ha! i hadn't heard about this. i see the webpage provides has a rebuttal to the az state bon heart attack grill nurses are actually not real nurses i would never go to this place, but i really don't...

  12. IV starts

    GardenDove replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Ist of all, where I work we have safety equipment that prevents one from hooking up a syringe to an IV until the needle is removed. Secondly, I think you have that reverse. A 3cc syringe creates...

  13. IV starts

    GardenDove replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    OKay, I use forearm veins, they are my favs, but they don't pop out, so I rarely use a tourniquit. I rarely miss, sometimes I need to try twice. These veines are stable. I use the forearm veins, palm...

  14. Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    you know, that might be the crux of the matter. And, it seems like pts, pharmacy, and docs like to pawn everything off on the nurses. Also, why can't pts take responsiblity for their own healthcare?...

  15. Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I'm finding is that the pts are putting every darned med and herb that they are on, the docs are blindly checking them off, and I'm having to hand write out stuff like...

  16. Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is not Jaccho at this time, we are a rural hospital that is designated Critical Access. I think management is trying to head in that direction, however. I find that many Jaccho type...

  17. Pts abusing "cultural/religious" practices to manipulate RNs

    GardenDove replied to HvnSntRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, some have made that very point. 29 years ago, when I was pregnant with my first son, the hospital in Albuquerque NM had a rule that they took the babe for the first hour of life. Then they let...

  18. Hate rain. Should I go to Oregon?

    GardenDove replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Granger is very sunny and isn't 18 all winter. Klamath Falls would be perfect I think. Eastern Oregon and Washington are actually arid, with very little rainfall. Eastern Oregon is really beautiful....

  19. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    GardenDove replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    OH! I'll never forget when the nursing instructor from Hell sent her adult daughter, who was on her way back from Alaska to California, by to see me in Washington State. Her daughter was getting a...

  20. Pts abusing "cultural/religious" practices to manipulate RNs

    GardenDove replied to HvnSntRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wouldn't feel manipulated by a pt who made up a fib to get me to take care of her baby so she could sleep. I would maybe think that she was not too smart to make up one like this, since Orthodox...

  21. Hilton Head Hospital uniforms

    GardenDove replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think they have a ton of nerve to make the nurses buy new uniforms. Where I work, in OB they require a standardized uniform. I think it's for safety, so the moms know who the staff are, and also to...

  22. They did a c-section without anesthesia

    GardenDove replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Speaking of pain, unmedicated natural childbirth is extremely painful, take it from me I had 6 unmedicated home deliveries, and the pain lasts more than 15 minutes. Call me an old hippy, but people...

  23. They did a c-section without anesthesia

    GardenDove replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Amen to that. I work in a rural hospital, this is the way it is. We are what is termed a 'critical access hospital'. We don't have pharmacy or anesthesia at night. We transfer extremely critical pts....

  24. Med pass negligence? please feedback

    GardenDove replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    That's how I do it. In nursing school they told us to never sign before hand, but I don't think that's as safe. For instance, if you are then called into another room, you might neglect to sign, then...

  25. Hilton Head Hospital uniforms

    GardenDove replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like the white pants, I avoid them during my period. I'm having really heavy ones lately with my advancing