Wile E Coyote ASN, RN

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    ICU Charge Nurse with Patient Assignment

    Wile E Coyote replied to joeameehan's topic in Critical Care

    Small units here:14 bed general ICU and 6 bed cvicu, each with separate charges who have regular full assignments. ICU charge runs all codes, rapid responses, "hey come look at ________" in our...
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    Help! Am I Responsible

    Wile E Coyote replied to tigress_8207's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Confiscating" someone's assistive device(s) would lead to even poorer orientation, communication, etc. In my time at the bedside, I've never seen staff held personally accountable for a patient's...
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    N/G tube insertion

    Wile E Coyote replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

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    N/G tube insertion

    Wile E Coyote replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    I'll answer by asking my own question: What about the presence of the NG increases the risk of
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    The Culture of Nursing

    Wile E Coyote replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    You are making an interesting argument, but I think you picked the wrong post as a jumping off point. The OP's example of a complaint about being "too calm" is a polar opposite of your "complaining...
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    A little anxiety applying for Nursing school as an older male

    Wile E Coyote replied to Magnicious's topic in Men in Nursing

    If you follow the nursing gig through, try to maintain your IT chops...as mentioned Informatics can be a huge plus as an alternative or just to supplement your bedside (regular ole direct patient...
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    Did you ever use being male as a part of your being hired?

    Wile E Coyote replied to Doindia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree with the gentleman from The Windy City...it would backfire
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    Absolutely ridiculous... You can keep your 4 hours

    Wile E Coyote replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For me, if I've committed to a scheduled shift then I'm giving my employer that 12 hours of my time. Of course, that has it's limits (floating outside of my experience, coming in for the last 2 hours...
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    GN to NP in <1yr

    Wile E Coyote replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    This seems like a great opportunity to scrutinize my own following bias: namely, that outside of a few exceptional circumstances, new grade straight to aprn is discrediting the profession and...
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    "So what is going on with them?" <-- Is that statement an invasion of privacy

    Wile E Coyote replied to HHN2472's topic in General Nursing

    My 2 cents are that this is a non-issue. The general nature of the visit is a perfectly reasonable question, one which the office manager and provider (s) guide the receptionist to
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    Alarm Fatigue, Silencing Many Hospital Alarms Leads To Better Health Care

    Wile E Coyote replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    To further a related issue, how about disabling the key tones on IV pumps? How many times have us night folks successfully checked on a pt only to wake them when adding volume to their
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    How many 12 hour shifts per week

    Wile E Coyote replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Nursing

    Since the average RN is mid-40's, and life's other responsibilities have neared their peak around this time, it's natural to hear the popularity of "3's enough". When I was young and bullet-proof, I...
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    Ethical Dilemma and Worry

    Wile E Coyote replied to 32MedicRN's topic in General Nursing

    I say, bring your objective observations to leadership (with your own input on reasonable remediation, don't just gripe) and see where it goes from there. How that plays out would be most telling of...
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    Aggressive patients?

    Wile E Coyote replied to NanikRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We use the generic "check with nurse before entering" as
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    Aggressive patients?

    Wile E Coyote replied to NanikRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep, whatever indicator that's used will eventually ruffle some feathers, so it'll only work with your leadership's
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    Wile E Coyote replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps I should expand then, one issue was raised IF any other professionals feel guilty for calling in sick (presumed self-importance) and I gave examples refuting that particular issue. Again, the...
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    Half Question/Half Pet Peeve

    Wile E Coyote replied to roser13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not the argumentative type, but I'd like to point out that the fact that this was your only takeaway point of his worthy of a mention suggests a healthy bias of your own. Not looking to pick back...
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    Honest Question

    Wile E Coyote replied to RNikkiF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll comment on just this one point...as a preceptor myself, I don't leave until my preceptee leaves, and outside of special circumstances, their performance reflects
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    Wile E Coyote replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    You asked, I answered. The above is a separate issue, is it
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    Wile E Coyote replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly do...I'll go as far as to say it's absurd to think "we"are alone in our selflessness. I've personally worked alongside an ED physician who saw patients while pushing around his own IVF...
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    Getting Started

    Wile E Coyote replied to lolabannana89's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your program of choice will have a list of prerequisites which will need completed before acceptance into the actual core nursing program. There may be co-requisites listed that can be done...
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    New grad nurse, feeling like I am barely hanging on!

    Wile E Coyote replied to Indigorn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    From what I'm reading, the only person that feels you're underperforming is you. Just wanted to put that in black and white for you to let sink in. Browse through this "First Year" sub-forum/section...
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    Best geographic and specialty area for middle age nurses

    Wile E Coyote replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The average nurse is
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    I want to look into surgical nursing, but I'm very new to the medical field. Help?

    Wile E Coyote replied to theperfectday0's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are several roles in a surgical team, and varying paths to each role. Some roles can have multiple paths (education and training) to do the same job. Circulator, first assist, anesthesia...
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    Reliable website to buy stethoscopes from?

    Wile E Coyote replied to DomJo8's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Several purchases from Allheart for me as well...also look at Amazon. Avoid the urge to buy at the high-end...perfectly acceptable student 'scopes don't need to exceed $80 or