rpric7990

rpric7990

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...

  16. El Paso/Las Cruces?

    rpric7990 replied to saguaro13's topic in Texas Nursing

    Las Cruces has two wonderful hospitals. The Doctors are good, the people very friendly. Spanish is necessary to give good care to 30% of your patients but they don't require it for work. Staffing...

  17. Preceptor in Small Community Hospital

    rpric7990 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am doing precepting in a welcoming small community hospital. We have a rural status. Our nurses take 7 patients each on a busy telemetry unit. Its unbelieveable what we can do. A couple things we...

  18. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    rpric7990 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    start 25 yrs old, RN at 30. starting MSN now at age

  19. Help... Going out of state to nursing school

    rpric7990 replied to striving2banurse's topic in General Nursing

    so since my intention was to stay in NM, though I didn't have residency yet, you are saying my Maryland license wasn't valid for those months I worked while waiting for NM license to come thru. At...

  20. Help... Going out of state to nursing school

    rpric7990 replied to striving2banurse's topic in General Nursing

    Many states have reciprocal licenses. I had a Maryland license when I moved and started practice in New Mexico. I could work without a NM license as long as my Maryland License was current, I...

  21. El Paso/Las Cruces?

    rpric7990 replied to saguaro13's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm here in Las Cruces and work here with some of the greatest nurses I've ever met. Can you believe I've worked almost 2 years without ever being criticized or put down? The place feels like my...

  22. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

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

    re; precepting; I need to write a proposal for our hospital, offering to precept local nursing students. I want to include evaluation forms, and a general list of expectations for the day to day...

  23. What did nursing school do to you?

    rpric7990 replied to samaletta's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school taught me to trust God in ways I never had before. I learned that it is OK to feel fear, and God can still be there helping me in amazing

  24. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

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

    HI, I'm just starting out getting my MSN in education completely online. My experience has been precepting students and new grads, and teaching Geriatric Nursing Assistant course in a longterm care...