Kanani_Ikike

Kanani_Ikike

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  1. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

    Like most of the other nurses said, you have to medicate them if they have pain meds ordered. But, in the real world, there are people that are actual drug-seekers. Like, for instance, I had one...

  2. Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to blondeern's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I sure don't. I used to. But I stopped feeling guilty. Especially after I saw how much they truly don't give a darn about you. All they want is for you to come to work. It doesn't matter if...

  3. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    Kanani_Ikike replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with this type of behavior. Especially when you go out of your way to treat them with respect. Well, I come in to work with a clean slate. What gets written...

  4. Some nurses make you sick!!!

    Kanani_Ikike replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. I think that sometimes, due to stress, we can become frustrated and forget that new grads need mentoring on things like these. Since this nurse is less than 6mo. out of school, one...

  5. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    Kanani_Ikike replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that some of us, maybe all of us, have given up to quickly one time or another. Especially if we are tired that night and don't have much patience to begin with. And I think that sometimes,...

  6. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    Kanani_Ikike replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I understand what you're saying. But, after I've have educated and begged them to comply out the wazoo, enough is enough. I can't be in there all shift explaining over and over again and the...

  7. Why are nurses so angry?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to cmo421's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We are keeping the frustration here. We come here to vent. But it seems like that's not okay, either. At least that's what I perceived from you asking why nurses are angry. I know that these nurses...

  8. Why are nurses so angry?

    Kanani_Ikike replied to cmo421's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think it's so much anger as it is sheer frustration. We are frustrated. Most nurses, and all of the allnurses crew actually went into nursing to care for people. Otherwise, we would not...

  9. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    Kanani_Ikike replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    I let 'em have it. I tell them, and I quote, "If you are not going to comply with the MD orders, then why waste our time?" Yes, I say exactly that. I get so tired of people coming in and doing what...

  10. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, all in allnurses.com universe. It's me again. I have a concern that I would like to share with you all and ask for your opinion. At my new job, I am seeing a whole different culture of...

  11. I got out of nursing and I've never been better!

    Kanani_Ikike replied to michelle*rn*'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to know that someone succeeded in getting out. If I had had any sense at all, I would have never gone into nursing. But God help me, I just wanted to help people. Now, since the real world...

  12. I got out of nursing and I've never been better!

    Kanani_Ikike replied to michelle*rn*'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to know that someone succeeded in getting out. If I had had any sense at all, I would have never gone into nursing. But God help me, I just wanted to help people. Now, since the real world...

  13. I need your opinion

    Kanani_Ikike replied to nightingale99's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, nightingale99, but what you said came out the wrong way. Because the pharmacist didn't ask you what was this man's nationality. He wanted to get an estimate of this man's height. What did...

  14. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply. Thank you so much, Trudy, for understanding. I don't think that many realize the ramifications for doing things without a doctor's order. Like you said, they need standing...

  15. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for replying. You are absolutely right, Leslie. We are hung either way we go. But I think we shouldn't have to even deal with that type of decision. The doctor should be calling back no...

  16. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply. Also, thank you for understanding how I feel. I feel the same way. There is so much are so many litigious people out there. Some people are looking to get rich quick. They...

  17. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    thank yor for your reply and thank you for those resources. i'm glad you posted them. i think nurses need to know how fragile an issue this can be. i don't trust a physician to have my back because...

  18. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for replying. I can understand your point of view. In the real world, that they wouldn't ever get that many calls to drastically alter their sleep. I'm pretty sure they can make good...

  19. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for replying. Now, I was surprised with the Chest Pain protocol at my hospital. The other night, one of my patients was having chest pain, so I called respiratory for a STAT EKG. I thought...

  20. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    My mistake, response is

  21. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for replying. I didn't think about going to the Board of Nursing. But you know, at this hospital, a lot of things the Board of Nuring condones, this hospital doesn't have in their policy....

  22. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for replying. It's definitely a Catch-22. Your doomed if you do, doomed if you don't. You well-paid lawyer will make a case out of anything. So, you never know. We could always do it...

  23. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for replying. It sure would be nice if it was. I don't think somebody had these types of situations in mind when they were writing policy. I don't know why. I guess because the nurses...

  24. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for replying. It also helps when the doc has an answering service that forwards calls to them. That way, there's a record of attemtped calls in two places, not just

  25. Nurses that write their own orders

    Kanani_Ikike replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for those supportive