Susan9608

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  1. ICU: Nurses Wash Patients + Make Beds?

    Susan9608 replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    We do this in my ICU as well. And the nurses are responsible for counting the equipment in the emergency carts (airway cart, procedure cart, neuro cart, crash cart, heart cart, etc.) Now some things...

  2. Have I displayed drug seeking behavior??

    Susan9608 replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    I think woody meant that no insurance company can limit the amount of medication you receive, per your doctor's prescription, but they can limit how many they will pay for. If your doctor writes for...

  3. Rich nurses?

    Susan9608 replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, woody. I haven't heard of any nurses going on strike here in TX - maybe it's kept off the news? I'm not sure. We are not unionized here, so I guess there could be striking; I just don't hear...

  4. help, i didn't know i did something wrong

    Susan9608 replied to strive4mores's topic in General Nursing

    Did the hospitals pay you for the education time or did they actually pay for the class? In my opinion, which you can take or dismiss, both hospitals paying you for education time is one thing (since...

  5. Rich nurses?

    Susan9608 replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't found Texas to be heaven for nurses .... not at all. I only work the occasional overtime, but my salary isn't even $50,000 a year. What is strike busting

  6. help, i didn't know i did something wrong

    Susan9608 replied to strive4mores's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand .... You got re-certified in ACLS and billed both hospitals for the course? Is that right? If that's so, then yeah, I think that's a little unfair. After all, you only paid for the...

  7. Patients on Medicaid

    Susan9608 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some people come to the ER for things like colds because they can't get care anywhere else. Clinics and doctor's offices and such have the option of accepting Medicaid patients; the ER does not. So...

  8. Need advice urgently on pt safety!

    Susan9608 replied to sunnygirl1981's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you've appealed to your manager, with no response, and your manager's manager, with no response, then your hospital should have a risk management specialist ... go to that individual. Then go to...

  9. Patients on Medicaid

    Susan9608 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :) I kinda thought so

  10. Banner Hospitals to go to Uniforms

    Susan9608 replied to WoosahRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the magnet hospitals around here require the nurses to wear royal blue scrubs. Some hospitals let them wear royal blue and white, some have a print that matches that the nurses can wear, and...

  11. Patients on Medicaid

    Susan9608 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. I certainly hope that if tragedy ever struck you and/or your family, causing you all to need the benefits of welfare and Medicaid, that you will be as gracious as you expect everyone else to...

  12. Patients on Medicaid

    Susan9608 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think that more people get government assistance then they are aware of .... or perhaps they think it doesn't count as "assistance." For instance, when you own your own home, you get to deduct the...

  13. It Seems Like It's Student Nurses vs The Nursing Staff

    Susan9608 replied to APBT mom's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is not truly a "teaching hospital" in that we're not associated with a medical school and we don't have any residents or interns. Occasionally an individual doctor decides to take on a...

  14. Patients on Medicaid

    Susan9608 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Generally, when women feel like they have a meaningful role in society (beyond that of just a breeding machine) they find ways of controlling their own fertility, either through birth control or...

  15. Nurses not following doctors orders

    Susan9608 replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry! I read your answer as sarcasm ... my fault. It's hard to interpret tone over the internet. :) It's been a long time since I worked on the floor and not in the ICU, so perhaps it's all a...

  16. Nurses not following doctors orders

    Susan9608 replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure how to clarify because I'm not sure where the misinterpretation is coming from. Here is what I said concerning vital signs, daily weights, and I/Os: I first explained that I don't think...

  17. LPNs glorified Techs?

    Susan9608 replied to mommie2bodie's topic in General Nursing

    I think that whether or not a hospital treats LVN/LPN nurses as "glorified techs" has to do with the individual facility. At my first place of employ, a new program was piloted which severely limited...

  18. Being "written up"

    Susan9608 replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    also for making inappropriate comments. (I was written up for telling a doctor he could "kiss my ass.")

  19. Nurses not following doctors orders

    Susan9608 replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't contradict myself. I said that I think things like daily weights and I/Os are just as important as doing vital signs, and that not doing those simple tasks leaves you vulnerable to missing a...

  20. Safe Harbor

    Susan9608 replied to woody62's topic in Texas Nursing

    Probably not ... but then, I don't think this necessarily equates with the BON protecting the hospital. I'm not sure I understand this. I'm not trying to be difficult, but I'm really not...

  21. Safe Harbor

    Susan9608 replied to woody62's topic in Texas Nursing

    I don't see how the TX Safe Harbour protects the hospitals ... it is my impression that the only thing it does is protect a nurse's license in the event a sentinel even occurs. Could you explain what...

  22. Nurses not following doctors orders

    Susan9608 replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes ....I have taken vital signs in the middle of the night without waking someone. I think not taking vital signs, particularly if a patient is on a PCA, limits your ability to quickly identify a...

  23. Bling on the job?

    Susan9608 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    My engagement ring is a pearl, rather than a diamond. Because they are no prongs, as the pearl is adhered with some kind of glue (I guess?), the jeweler recommended never submersing it in water. I...

  24. developing that "thick skin"

    Susan9608 replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    If someone is being truly inappropriate with you, whether it is a doctor or a patient's family member or another nurse, I think a good course of action is to let your nurse manager know, particularly...

  25. How do you stay out of all the drama?

    Susan9608 replied to smurfed_05's topic in General Nursing

    At my last job (in the NICU) I worked with a bunch of people who loved to gossip. I know the tendency is natural and happens everywhere, but it seemed to be particularly vicious in this NICU. People...