rpric7990

rpric7990 specializes in telemetry, long-term care, oncology.

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1. 1st med error

   rpric7990 replied to NurseGizmo's topic in General Nursing

   So that is when I decide to go ahead with an incident report in case a complication does develope. The worse thing that can happen is you don't report an error and then you get found out. Consider how...

2. 1st med error

   rpric7990 replied to NurseGizmo's topic in General Nursing

   Looks to be ok, you should avoid the deltoid, but it was still an IM injection. You should not listen to a physician who tells you not to file an incident, either way, you make a decision to file an...

3. horrible attitudes

   rpric7990 replied to labrador4122's topic in General Nursing

   Dear busy Bee. so many of us know how you feel. How can a great job be spoiled. so much love and caring you do all shift and then there is the report time. yuck. and why the questions and nastiness....

4. CLARIFICATION

   rpric7990 replied to oseibonsu's topic in General Nursing

   fewer than 6% of the 2.9 million rns in the us are male (aacn, 2002). i agree that our textbooks should be gender neutral as all other texts. however, english grammar used the male pronoun to be...

5. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

   rpric7990 replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Thanks for the replies, I can fight back and do in my own way. Others may think I let people walk over me because I am gentle and kind. I have been around long enough to know what I want to live with...

6. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

   rpric7990 replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   One or two nurses went behind my back to the director to tell him they thought I was unsure of myself during a code. The director brought it up with me, without the anonymous nurse present. so I get...

7. Depressed patient. How to deal with them?

   rpric7990 replied to mrnursing's topic in General Nursing

   I feel strongly, that treating mental health patients is a matter of building on what has worked in their lives. Find out the good stuff they do and focus on that. One I know of started his way out of...

8. Depressed patient. How to deal with them?

   rpric7990 replied to mrnursing's topic in General Nursing

   In the acute setting, you do have limited time. The patient may see you as part of the whole team who come in to care for him. The closer knit nursing team will have a better chance of making a...

9. Depressed patient. How to deal with them?

   rpric7990 replied to mrnursing's topic in General Nursing

   That's a tough one. Generally, I try to keep my feelings at bay (in research call it bracketing). I keep an open ear to my patient, I try to be cheerful but not overly happy, as it wounds people if...

10. feeling utterly defeated

    rpric7990 replied to tater tot's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just posted in another thread, I like to change jobs, though it is uncomfortable for awhile. I just moved back to the East Coast also. There are more (hate to say it) mean people here, emotional...

11. new nurse feeling defeated

    rpric7990 replied to nursealanarae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unfortunately, the people around you make a big difference in how you feel. I was new over 17 years ago and got put down by the anal nurses...sigh. and now I'm new every few years since I like to...

12. Do You Tell EVERYONE You Are a Nurse?

    rpric7990 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small town, everybody knows what everybody does. When I board a plane I do tell the flight attendent that I'm an RN, if they ever need help. Oh yeah, I wear a pin on my jacket that tells...

13. Do You Tell EVERYONE You Are a Nurse?

    rpric7990 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small town, everybody knows what everybody does. When I board a plane I do tell the flight attendent that I'm an RN, if they ever need

14. U.S. Nursing Salary CHANGES?!

    rpric7990 replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    UK nurses make similar salaries as US but their cost of living is about at Manhattan's level. (I studied this for a recent class). You can log onto their website, Royal College of Nursing, but I...

15. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    rpric7990 replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I can understand the rudeness problem. You have a few factors. The nurses are stressed and busy and have to be "short" at times, you have the culture of the institution which might include rudeness...