ceecel.dee MSN, RN

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    Can nurses report MD;s and to who

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

    Relating,
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    Changed my mind

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

    Master?
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    Do you have to pay for parking?

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

    WHAAA?!? What on earth are they thinking? They need to raise money for the hospital...from the employees? Our parking in inadequate, but it's
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    Are You Helping or Hurting?

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

    ainz - can you expand a bit on your point about the admin-types manipulating
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    What is a professional nurse?

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

    AMEN! Nothing simple here, that's for sure! ainz is right, though..."they" are not going to try to understand our language...they really have no interest at all, and they don't need too...our lack of...
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    What is a professional nurse?

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

    These statements ring true. Well said
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    Are You Helping or Hurting?

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

    ainz - I think you are on exactly the right
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    Just had an emotional breakdown at work.

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

    If it's just that you needed a good cry (and who doesn't now and then), then you go back with head held high and say "I've regained my mind, you'll be happy to know", and business as usual. If it's...
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    I finally had the guts to say no!!!

    ceecel.dee replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    If you will not be able to give quality care to each patient on your assignment, you will not have trouble proving (if you should need to) why you had to decline taking another. If it is about "fair...
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    Id Badges

    ceecel.dee replied to tatoome33's topic in General Nursing

    First name, last initial, credentials,
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    Cursing Ourselves

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

    Isn't it becoming exhausting to be defensive at every moment while on the job? I know I'm tired of it...but it is hard not to be when it seems we can not...not ever...measure up (and what is it they...
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    medical documentation issue

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

    Great word!:) I agree that if you actually gave the full dose, but mistakenly charted giving only half the dose, and are making a correction so the record reflects more accurately what was...
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    Whats happening to the nursing profession?

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

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    Educators - Need Your Help

    ceecel.dee replied to Q.'s topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Include your departments mission and vision statements. Include your departments P & P, as in your objectives, orientation schedule and format, criteria for competency, methods and frequency for...
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    Thoughts on Flu Shots

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

    With all we are exposed to??...yeah, I think all health care workers who can tolerate it should get it...if not for you, then for your family and your patients. ...and no shortage on vaccine predicted...
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    Cytotec for Inductions

    ceecel.dee replied to SteelTownRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We, too, were nervous when the docs initially started ordering Cytotec, but it has actually worked very well for us. Are you nurses inserting it routinely? Some of our nurses do, and some refuse,...
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    Nurses @ Higher Risk 4 Lawsuits.

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

    I really admire your spirit to take a stand for what you feel is right "for the many". Good
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    Wasting Procedures

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

    I have thrown a pill in a trash can...an aspirin, a Senokot...that has fallen on the floor, or patient can't swallow it and it's partially dissolved, or whatever. Not a narcotic. That would go back...
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    Npo

    ceecel.dee replied to Sue McGann's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. Pre-ops are to take heart and BP meds with small sip of water, pre-stress tests are to take only certian heart pills, etc. These aren't necessarily written. It is the school of...
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    Does your hospital "lock down" after visiting hours????

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

    Yes, we do! We are quite rural and no "security dept.". We lock up at 2100(ish) and open up again at 0530(ish). Anyone wanting to enter between those hours must use the ER door (camera at the...
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    Betadine? Alcohol? (one, the other, or both?)

    ceecel.dee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Attended an IV inservice yesterday where a debate broke out about proper IV site prep. The (very qualified) speaker/presenter thought that Betadine alone should suffice, and is how she practices....
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    Betadine? Alcohol? (one, the other, or both?)

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

    Wow! What a variety of techniques! I guess it's like many things...there are more than one "right" way to do
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    Altered and removed charting

    ceecel.dee replied to Xtreme1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is a legal nightmare! Any sign of alteration, in the court's mind, makes the whole record suspect. I'm with the above poster who suggested that you secure a new position, then blow the whistle!...
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    Infusing TPN

    ceecel.dee replied to rileygrl11's topic in General Nursing

    Patients needing IV access for "weeks on end" are the indication for the central line, in many cases. Our infection rate remains
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    Infusing TPN

    ceecel.dee replied to rileygrl11's topic in General Nursing

    I must