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SoundofMusic

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  1. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

    SoundofMusic replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I am probably one of the most positive people in the world, but from what I have seen in less than 2 years of nursing on an acute floor, I, too, will most likely be contributing to the shortage also...

  2. Do you have advice for med students on your floor...

    SoundofMusic replied to Ginger's Person's topic in General Nursing

    Locate the nurse for the patient and spend 30 seconds or less -- no, even 15 seconds or less, updating us on your plans for the patient. Honestly, that's about all it takes, but it goes a long, long...

  3. Nurses providing good "service"?

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our manager now routinely posts emails in which she reiterates what the "customers" (meaning the patients) are saying about the "service" we provide, and how we can improve it. Funny, I thought what...

  4. Nurses providing good "service"?

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I think about it, I feel it's really just coddling patients and not asking them to take responsibility of any kind for their own welfare or care. It fits in with the push in our society to...

  5. Nurses providing good "service"?

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think they realize how much mental energy this takes all day long, especially with 4 or more patients. It's mental time and energy spent that SHOULD be spent thinking about the patient's labs,...

  6. I do not care anymore

    SoundofMusic replied to JB2007's topic in General Nursing

    LOL at all the "anti-social" nurses on here -- because I have also become one of them. I also could NOT figure out for the life of me why I was behaving this way -- but now I get it. I just want to be...

  7. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    SoundofMusic replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This, I feel, is right on. As a nurse w/ a former career, my observation is that a lot of nurses honestly just seem to have no idea how to be professional. It seems as if they've always been in scrubs...

  8. Am I supernurse or superdud? Or somewhere in between?

    SoundofMusic replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I vote for supernurse! I am not sure I could have handled such a night myself. Thank God at least some of your co-workers were helping. And it makes my blood boil to hear such a comment coming from...

  9. day 6 start of week 3 as a new rn and i was about to quit!!!!!!!!!!

    SoundofMusic replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    You are doing fine. All I can say is that I was there once, and STILL get nervous on the floor now after about 2 years. It's a hard job we do -- with many details, so it's easy to make mistakes. I...

  10. Am I allowed to leave ANYTHING for PM shift to do?

    SoundofMusic replied to vashtee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you have to do your best. Don't be a slacker and just pass on stuff you COULD have gotten done. If you took the order, you should do your best to note it and check it off. If it's getting too...

  11. I actually like my coworkers

    SoundofMusic replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I really like mine, too. About 95% of them. There are a few who like to sit around and speak in their native language in front of us and it makes me feel excluded. A few of them also -- well, maybe...

  12. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    SoundofMusic replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of managers need to read The One Minute Manager. It's about giving immediate and truthful feedback on the spot, and then moving on. As we're seeing here, so many of them delay giving feedback,...

  13. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    SoundofMusic replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    If you're going to leisurely sip your cup of Starbucks and titter and tee hee with the other dozen or so management types just wandering aimlessly on the floor -- might you be a dear and just scamper...

  14. A lifestyle of a Nurse

    SoundofMusic replied to Ronald Harris's topic in General Nursing

    It's a little bit different. You work intensely on these 12 hour days, yet are off four. On some of those days off I swear all I do is stare at the wall in a stupor and do abolutely nothing. By the...

  15. Anyone else still get nervous??

    SoundofMusic replied to Seashine's topic in General Nursing

    That's a tough one. I would think that it would take enormous confidence to be a travel nurse, having to switch and adjust all the time to new places and personalities. We were staffed with travelers...

  16. Nurses that "eat your lunch" during report!

    SoundofMusic replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

    We do a telephone report, so all we really provide is updates IF the person asks. If we've given a solid phone report, there should be no questions. I get nitpicked by one or two nurses, but they are...

  17. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    SoundofMusic replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I can't tell you how much this happens. Why can't people GET that they have a nurse DESIGNATED TO THEM for the day -- that each and every nurse is NOT their nurse? I have had people get down...

  18. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    SoundofMusic replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    "Visiting hours are OVER now" Wish I could say that -- but alas, it is 24/7 visiting hours are our facility. They are free to come and go as they please, literally LIVE at the hospital for as long as...

  19. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    SoundofMusic replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Soda machines are DOWN THE HALL, ma'am, sir. And yes, sodas are $1.25. Don't have my barmaid hat on today, sorry. Also, coffee is just one floor down. It will take you 2 minutes to go down and get...

  20. California nurses & others who can't find jobs- read this!

    SoundofMusic replied to Valerie Salva's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, this WON'T be temporary. Once these nurses get a foothold here, they will never leave. They will also bring over family members and will demand that they be cared for -- all on the...

  21. California nurses & others who can't find jobs- read this!

    SoundofMusic replied to Valerie Salva's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we've got to stop electing jerks like this to Congress. Democrats, Republicans -- they're ALL corrupt! Look what is going on in the US in general with illegal immigration. They're allowing...

  22. Are things picking up for agency nurses?

    SoundofMusic replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    One one occasion, I heard agency is still going for government hospitals. If you have a lot in your area, as we do, it can be a good thing. Of course, I know absolutely nothing about what the...

  23. Any tele nurses???...need reassurance please!

    SoundofMusic replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I agree he's in a good place. Also, what is his age and general health? How are his numbers? BP? cholesterol, weight, etc? This might be a good time to get in for a "tune up" and have some meds...

  24. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    SoundofMusic replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why don't I make your bed up everyday? Well, ask the administrators who have now decided that this hospital is "going green." We won't change those sheets everyday unless, of course, you pee and poop...

  25. Is nursing like this everywhere?

    SoundofMusic replied to LEM1234's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say it's that bad on our floor. Most of our staff has been really well trained. We would not usually let K levels go like that, nor BP's. We really hammer it home to our new grads what to...