ceecel.dee MSN, RN

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    Nurse = Licensed Scapegoat...

    ceecel.dee replied to StephMSeattle's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming you work in mental health. Don't you have contracts with your chronics? (I have no experience on a mental health floor, but just assumed that chronics would have to follow participation...
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    Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

    ceecel.dee replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

    The way I see it, you have 2 options. #1 - If dressing changes, bag changes, IV tube changes, diaper changes, or whatever are needed...and you know it...tell her you will do it (so that you can live...
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    Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

    ceecel.dee replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

    The way I see it, you have 2 options. #1 - If dressing changes, bag changes, IV tube changes, diaper changes, or whatever are needed...and you know it...tell her you will do it (so that you can live...
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    nurse preceptors please read and respond to new nurse

    ceecel.dee replied to RNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    After seeing something once, dive in and DO, don't just stand back and watch. Show that your patients are your number one priority and concentrate on your organizational skills to be able to meet all...
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    nurse preceptors please read and respond to new nurse

    ceecel.dee replied to RNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    After seeing something once, dive in and DO, don't just stand back and watch. Show that your patients are your number one priority and concentrate on your organizational skills to be able to meet all...
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    Should RNs do housekeeping job or is it our job?

    ceecel.dee replied to Lenap's topic in General Nursing

    Should we have to...no. Do we have
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    Should RNs do housekeeping job or is it our job?

    ceecel.dee replied to Lenap's topic in General Nursing

    Should we have to...no. Do we have
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    slander against the provider

    ceecel.dee replied to nurse92's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps their "determination" that the drug use allegation is false, is just their way of protecting the reputation of the doctor or facility with no real investigation being done. Perhaps they fear...
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    Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    ceecel.dee replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Began with the caring...first of patients, then of the nursing staff and trying to affect change...and now, after many years, I'm staying for "high in seniority" pay scale, and am happier just...
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    Resignation Via E-Mail

    ceecel.dee replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    Empathy...that's what I feel. Imagine her frustration level given that she felt the need to resort to that form of communication. Perhaps writing it out in full was the only way she was ever allowed...
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    Training Ob staff for C.Sections

    ceecel.dee replied to imenid37's topic in Operating Room

    It's actually pretty easy to see who is comfortable with/good at sterile technique, and who is new in the OR. Of course all nurses and even the docs should know sterile technique, but OR sterility...
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    Constantly Starting IV's in OR??

    ceecel.dee replied to Nurse Alissa's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, please, no pumps, and none of those narrow caliber IV loops or extentions that make the tubing lay down nice! These slow down the free flow so a rapid bolus cannot happen. We like at least an...
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    Can Circulating Nurse Sit?

    ceecel.dee replied to inches's topic in Operating Room

    Of course we can sit! What we need engaged at all times is our eyes, ears and brains...not our butts, backs and
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    Training Ob staff for C.Sections

    ceecel.dee replied to imenid37's topic in Operating Room

    OR only at our hospital, where the floor nurses would not be able to ever spend enough time in the OR to feel comfortable functioning there, especially in a real emergency. Sterile technique does not...
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    Which speciality is the hardest to work with?

    ceecel.dee replied to TMnurse's topic in Operating Room

    Our cataract guy is a PIA! It seems to me the smaller the specialty, the smaller the sense of humor! Of course, his small-man's-syndrome can't help the situation:imbar
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    Constantly Starting IV's in OR??

    ceecel.dee replied to Nurse Alissa's topic in Operating Room

    In our small hospital OR/Same Day Surgery area, I start about 5-10 IV's/day. We actually are called to the floor for difficult starts. No one is born to be good at a skill...skills are developed, so...
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    Assessment / REport Data Sheet

    ceecel.dee replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    Assessment side: This is nice! A good reminder to be a really thorough assessor! In the pain section, maybe the pain scale and a location area rather than just something to circle (other than the...
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    Dealing with MD's

    ceecel.dee replied to plane's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but I don't see how this helps anyone get their jobs done better. Doesn't this actually widen the gap in communication between docs and nurses? It is a threatening statement and I really...
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    Agency nurse doing the orientation?

    ceecel.dee posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    OK, I'm pretty new to the Agency Nursing thing, but on the second day of a 2 day gig at this hospital, I was asked to orient an CNA on her first day! Is this done? What in the world would I know...
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    Physical exam question

    ceecel.dee replied to pat29's topic in Public, Community Health

    Pat, You seem a bit fixated on your feeling of embarrassment. You went in asking for a physical, and that is what you got. Some practitioners believe that if the patient is male, they have a...
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    interview clothes

    ceecel.dee replied to tonchitoRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, don't wear the same dress. Invest in some classic trousers, black or dark gray, and a simple top. These can be worn again for years, and who doesn't have a need to "dress" once in a while?...
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    need advice on precepting special nurse

    ceecel.dee replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    I am worried about whether she SHOULD be there, more than if she can make it through orientation. If she is breaking down and can't establish a working relationship with someone who is good enough...
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    Colonoscopy Parties Remove Fear Factor

    ceecel.dee replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    Great
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    NG tube trouble

    ceecel.dee replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Without the gag reflex, now numbed by Cetacaine (I'm assuming that is what you mean by "Hurricane" spray), I would not ask a patient to swallow anything but the tube, for worry of aspiration. I like...
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    Starting a PN ministry

    ceecel.dee replied to MickeymomRN's topic in Parish

    Lyn, Thanks for your insight! I'm trying to "birth" this program in our parish. Can I ask you how you began? Did you introduce the concept through the church bulletin, or did your priest/pastor...