twells

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1. The Doctor oncall told me not to call him

   twells replied to catrn10's topic in Safety

   Sounds to me like you were the only person in the hospital who didn't know the patient was dying and was only going to get end of life care.

2. My Heart Is In My Throat...Literally

   twells replied to Flo1216's topic in General Nursing

   It's probably the ephedra. It didn't bother you before because you were very young and probably not under as much physical stress as you were. I never took ephedra, but had the same problems with PSVT at about the same age. Hate to suggest it migh...

3. LPN Bashing

   twells replied to kwalker5's topic in General Nursing

   I think one of the greatest problems in nursing today is the attitude that "I didn't go to nursing school to empty bedpans". I consider the basic personal care functions my best opportunity to do a thorough functional assessment. I can rarely tell ...

4. Metabolife

   twells replied to flowerchild's topic in General Nursing

   I think our psych center has seen a few people with destabilized conditions when they were on metabolife. If it can bring out the psychosis in you, it's probably not very good for you. I agree with the diet and exercise advice (skipping sugar in the...

5. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   twells replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   Once a post-op colectomy patient coded. I started chest compressions and green stool mixed with blood fountained out of one end of his incision with every compression.

6. Does this constitute as a lack of privacy??

   twells replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

   Our system has over 10,000 employees. We sign for education classes with name and department. I share a name with another employee, but we're in different departments. We both use middle initials too since we discovered there are '2 of us'. No on...

7. nursing training ??? in hospitals

   twells replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a system with 6 hospitals. We own and run a school that awards associate and BS degrees in several disciplines in addition to nursing. We also have a local university using the classrooms and dorms from the old diploma program. The stud...

8. acuity system

   twells replied to tiger's topic in General Nursing

   My first nursing unit used a patient acuity index. We gained additional NA on evenings and a RN on nights as part of the regular schedule after the first month. After that, it rarely made a difference in staffing.

9. Eecp

   twells replied to sunnygirl272's topic in CCU

   Dr Atkins mentions it in his latest diet book. He does it at his clinic. It's supposed to force your heart to develop collateral circulation without drugs or surgery. Maybe a good alternative, especially for people with high risk factors for surge...

10. POLL: How many nurses are NOT at the bedside due to physical demands or injuries/ill

    twells replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital eliminated orderlies in a reorganization about 8 years ago. Now, HR calculates that we spend several million dollars a year paying for time off for nurses' back injuries. The great new idea to deal with this is a 'lift team'. A pair o...

11. False Nails (Does it promote infection?)

    twells replied to bjweiland's topic in Safety

    I've heard that well-kept, non-chipped polich and false nails would be safe, but how can anyone make it through 12-14 hours washing hands multiple times per hour and still have non-chipped polish? When I worked in surgery, I discovered that a 3coat p...

12. Nurse Lojack System

    twells replied to it'sallbueno's topic in Med-Surg

    Our hospital uses a similar system and it has really helped. We page DR from our phones and keep working until they call us back. No more standing around the phones waiting. since we can answer our call bells with the phones, it's a lot quieter an...

13. Bait-and-Switch... :confused:

    twells replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't walk right away. Making a lowball offer is a tactic taught in a lot of management workshops as a way to keep wage expenses down. I would look around carefully, though. I once had a manager tell me that staff were not allowed to work ove...