Nurse Ratched RN

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    Having a nurse as a CEO?

    Nurse Ratched replied to kaycee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Vicky. I've seen nurse CEO's and bean counter CEO's. I don't trust a "nurse" with inch-long bright red fake fingernails lol - means it's been too long since she waded around in the...
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    Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Andy S.'s topic in Emergency

    I love our ED nurses. Generally speaking, they are busting their humps and many of our soon-to-be patients may not be the most critically ill, but can take up the most time - psychotic and in need of...
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    Nurse fantasies

    Nurse Ratched replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    In my fantasy world, all patients will be able to bathroom themselves, experiencing neither constipation nor diarrhea... Paging a doctor to decode his gibberish orders after 5 staff members have...
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    Belly Piercing/Tattoo

    Nurse Ratched replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    nursejws - No pain beyond the initial poke - a little tenderness in the first couple of weeks but no more so than ears, really. Plus, you've got your bra to hold them still lol. No oral contact for...
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    Belly Piercing/Tattoo

    Nurse Ratched replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen rather nasty cases of thrush either caused by or aggravated by tongue piercings. Belly button - biggest risk is hooking it on your pants and YOW! Tattoos - if it's sterile naturally, but...
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    Blood transfusions, pump or gravity

    Nurse Ratched replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am of the "new school" nurses, I guess - the first hospital I worked in used pumps and sets - the one I'm at now uses gravity which kinda freaks me out, but that's just the OCD in me :). Better...
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    Butterfly Vs. 22 gage. What do u use prefer to use?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    Forgot to add that lab does blood draws for the rest of the hospital - our unit is the only one who draws our own labs. If they want something else used, they can send up someone to do it
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    Butterfly Vs. 22 gage. What do u use prefer to use?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    I work psych and have three types of patients: addicts (usually with bad veins); mentally unbalanced (uncooperative and/or combative; and confused elderly (generally uncooperative an/or combative with...
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    letter of reprimand-help!!

    Nurse Ratched replied to prnlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the others - I know you said it was a long story, but there is a vital piece missing in the synopsis given here. It sounds like you got a letter of reprimand without a chance at a formal...
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    Call-Back pay

    Nurse Ratched replied to ga.bones's topic in General Nursing

    Call in pay is call in pay and independent of overtime, even if the rate happens to be the same. They offer call in pay at my workplace at the time and a half rate. Since they are usually offering...
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    Question about calling Adult Protective Services...

    Nurse Ratched replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    You said the daughter is the POA - is she financial only or health care POA? Do you have the legal paperwork on her chart? Did this woman sign herself into the facility? If she wasn't able to, then...
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    I snapped

    Nurse Ratched replied to Sundowner's topic in General Nursing

    One nurse I worked with had a solution that might perhaps work for you in the future. She had a Bertha. Once, when Bertha had just finally driven her nearly off the deep end, she just looked st her...
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    Getting a bad reputation at work

    Nurse Ratched replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    Our incident reporting is a joke. The reports are on the computer now, and they are *SO* time-consuming to fill out that something has to be pretty bad before it gets reported through the official...
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    How do you deal with a patient slapping you?

    Nurse Ratched replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5502 Here is a thread under psych nursing. Speaking only for myself, if it's a demented elderly person, I would just document it (in both...
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    nursing options after psych nursing??

    Nurse Ratched replied to misseymac's topic in Psychiatric

    I split the difference and work on a medical psychiatric unit. Not an option everywhere, of course, but it is a great way to maintain your skills while dealing with psych issues. I also get to float...