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  1. Lack of communication in report!

    fedupnurse replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    I also love it when you are thorough but are giving report to someone who is so interested in everyone else's conversation that they don't hear a word you are saying!!! I used to work with one nurse...

  2. High Acuity, Low Staffing

    fedupnurse replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    Fab4fan, I have thought that a few times about RNinICU! In fact, she described alot of what my facility does. JeannieM I DO wish you all the luck in the world with the project! I hope it does work...

  3. High Acuity, Low Staffing

    fedupnurse replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    I almost forgot. I'd love to see everyone band together and fight for safe staffing but it took years for me to get my colleagues to even fill out a simple short staffing form. They sit back and...

  4. High Acuity, Low Staffing

    fedupnurse replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    I have been beating this drum for years now. I have been on the bogus hospital committees, walked the walk and talked the talk with the suits, have arranged meetings between the staff and the suits...

  5. Are nurses held to a higher standard?

    fedupnurse replied to nell's topic in General Nursing

    In NJ they hide facts about bad docs even when they are hilling people! But nurses as usual are put out to dry! Why does everyone but us have confidentiality??? Maybe publish the name but not why....

  6. Nurses negligent in Minnesota

    fedupnurse replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    Mattsmom, I thought the same things you did! First thought of the PCA pump. Was it possible that if he was on a PCA pump that he got a large bolus shortly before being found due to a malfunction. I...

  7. Shoe Question

    fedupnurse replied to santhony44's topic in General Nursing

    santhony44, I agree. Suits spend far too much time worrying about our wardrobes which, by the way, they won't pay for, when they should be spending time figuring out ways to keep us at the bedside! I...

  8. Travelers: picky scheduling

    fedupnurse replied to redhedgoddess's topic in General Nursing

    We have contracted agency staff who pick what shifts they want. Caveat is that they have to sign up on the OT list and regular staff can bump them with >24 hrs notice. If there is nowhere to send...

  9. Has anyone ever heard of this? Can you give me some information on it if you have.

    fedupnurse replied to nursecheryl's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a good topic for the frakiest thing you've seen at work thread! Wonder if it hurts? Poor

  10. What do you enjoy the most in nursing?

    fedupnurse replied to getbabygirl's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to all that Renee said (man did you nail it!!) I also like being a reality base for patients families. You asked Renee about difficult Docs. Well let me tell you they are plentiful out...

  11. John Q.

    fedupnurse replied to kmchugh's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the tip. I'm heading out to blockbuster

  12. "Floating" rears its ugly head again

    fedupnurse replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    It is common where I work. Thank God we are union cause if we weren't the suits would think nothing of sending ICU to OB and Med-Surg to Pedi, etc. They are just clueless. In my facility Agency...

  13. Do you approach patients or families about code status?

    fedupnurse replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    We do it all the time in our unit. We have a bunch of docs who hate it when we ask. If they make themselves a DNR then maybe they won't want that heart cath and then there goes the boat payment. We...

  14. Amiodarone drip

    fedupnurse replied to fadingyouth's topic in Patient Medications

    We hang a lot of Amio and I've never seen that but I can see where it is possible. An awful lot of the drugs we give IV are really hard on the vessels. A colleague had to get vanco IV years ago and...

  15. Has medicine and technology gone too far?????

    fedupnurse replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

    We have quite a few docs who purposely mislead patients or families. Out of one side of their mouth they paint a bleak picture but then sum it up by saying "let's give it some more time and see what...

  16. Fraudulant nursing assistant scam ...scary!

    fedupnurse replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    As scary as that is Hoolihan, when we were on strike back in '93, the idiots in the plush carpeted area hired a nurse without seeing his or her license. Turns out the person never had one! And that...

  17. What is the chemo smell?

    fedupnurse replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    There are other drugs that smell but don't necessarily make the patient smell. Dopamine and some IV antibiotics smell like that section of the NJ turnpike from about exit 12 to 14 or so. Anyone who...

  18. Terribly rude orientation

    fedupnurse replied to Kayzee's topic in General Nursing

    Best of luck tonight Ruffhouser! A lot depends on the staff of the unit you'll be working on but some depends on your attitude too. Go in there willing to learn, ask questions, be open minded. If...

  19. Paperwork Hell

    fedupnurse replied to Joules's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see. There is the flow sheet, the teaching sheet, the problem list, clothing sheet, advance directive, latex allergy, admission form, med variance sheet, med sheet, patient care activites...

  20. How many of you married doctors?

    fedupnurse replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly can't think of any docs I know that I would even date let alone marry! 95% are like health care execs: worried only about the bottom line rather than about their patients. I agree that...

  21. Nurse fantasies

    fedupnurse replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    True staffing by acuity. People with no blood pressures on Dopamine and/or levophed would be the 1:1 that they deserve to be. Maximum ratio in ICU 1:2, Tele 1:4 M/S 1:6, OB 1:2, ER 1:3 in acute and...

  22. whistleblower protection

    fedupnurse replied to woo 2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Adrienurse, Isn't it scary? We have a cardiologist who lied to a family and said the heart cath procedure went well and he has no disease. Problem was, he never was able to access the artery to do...

  23. whistleblower protection

    fedupnurse replied to woo 2's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    New Jersey. Look under CEPA for Conscientious Employee Protection Act. Apparently some of the ramifications can be loss of medicare funding for 6 months, loss of Magnet if you have that lame...

  24. Getting a bad reputation at work

    fedupnurse replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    I agree Russell, if management would start doing their jobs and start keeping track of those who are abusive and lazy, it would make all of our lives easier. Our managers don't do this where I work....

  25. Re: Movies with Nurses

    fedupnurse replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

    The Doctor. I think all doctors should have to be patients for a week or so and have all the horrible tests done to them and then wait a week for the results (which are actually available 2 minutes...