Susan9608

Susan9608

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  1. Patients on Medicaid

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

    In my PICU, a great majority of my patients are Medicaid, not so much because their parents are poor and on welfare, but simply because their medical problems are so complex and financially...

  2. Safe Harbor

    Susan9608 replied to woody62's topic in Texas Nursing

    From my (admittedly limited) experience with Safe Harbour and from witnessing a few others request Safe Harbour, when a nurse actually fills out a Safe Harbour form, the unit (including it's...

  3. Safe Harbor

    Susan9608 replied to woody62's topic in Texas Nursing

    As a TX nurse who has requested Safe Harbour, my understanding is that the only thing it does is protect your license. If something bad happens to a patient under your care when you've filled out a...

  4. RN- How do I get the most from CNA/s while not causing major conflict on the unit

    Susan9608 replied to kyrn1999's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've never had the privilege of working with CNAs or techs of any kind. When I worked on a regular pediatric floor, we were piloting a new program which eliminate the role of the CNA and had slightly...

  5. A pt. really pissed me off today...

    Susan9608 replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    While I do deeply sympathize with how frustrating it is to be short staffed ... I have to say that I find this statement: horrifically rude, uncalled for, and unprofessional. If *anyone* in a...

  6. Nurses with relatives in the hospital....

    Susan9608 replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting discussion to me right now; my mother-in-law is actually in the ICU as we speak (or type.) I suppose I'm in the minority, but I don't see anything wrong with advertising the...

  7. Nurses belligerent towards MDs

    Susan9608 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    That certainly is horrible ... being forced to clean a patient. Geez, I wonder how the poor doctor ever stood

  8. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    Susan9608 replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    When it comes to children, who don't yet have the capabilities to decide what is best for them, then freedom of choice doesn't apply. It's not fair for a child to be killed or seriously injured just...

  9. Different colored scrubs for RNs and LVNs?

    Susan9608 replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a color-coded dress code. RNs wear royal blue, LVNs wear navy blue, CNAs/HUCs (often do the same job on different days) wear maroon, RTs wear black, PT/OT/ST wear green (a different...

  10. The price of healthcare

    Susan9608 replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    I had an appendectomy last November; the total bill was $36,000. Because I used my hospital for the procedure, the facility fee was waived. Then insurance covered pretty much everything else. I...

  11. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    Susan9608 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I haven't seen the movie. I haven't gotten a flyer from the ANA about it. I'm not sure if I want to see it or if I will see it. But I think it's fabulous that everyone is talking about it. No matter...

  12. We're supposed to take care of the pt 1st, right?

    Susan9608 replied to shug1539's topic in General Nursing

    I was once counseled for doing the same thing, for putting accusatory things in my charting. I had a family who made all kinds of outrageous accusations against all the nursing staff; when some one...

  13. ordered to give roxanol with resp. of 5

    Susan9608 replied to wantsthebest's topic in General Nursing

    Usually, when it comes to this kind of touchy subject, not all nurses in a facility feel the same way. This, I think, is a wonderful thing because if one nurse - like the original poster - is...

  14. Low census?

    Susan9608 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I wish we were slow. I wish I would get canceled. I'm tired of

  15. Misleading information

    Susan9608 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I made about $12 an hour as a nurse aide while I was in school. Nursing homes around here often hire LVNs for as much as $26/hour right out of school. I'm not sure what the benefits are like, but...

  16. My Hands Are A Mess! Which Lotion?

    Susan9608 replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I like to use the stuff from Lush; I prefer non-animal tested, all natural ingredients. My favorite thing so far is the soft touch moisturizing bar. I rub it on my hands after washing and dryness is...

  17. Mandatory Education for all nurses

    Susan9608 replied to pepsihla's topic in General Nursing

    In TX, we have to have 20 hours of CE every year. We also have to have something on bioterrorism and the nurse's role in it. We used to have to take something on hepatits C, but I think that's over...

  18. Nursing, not as rewarding as I thought...

    Susan9608 replied to Wen83's topic in General Nursing

    Some days I think I'd really rather slit my wrists than go to work .... I had the same sort of problem with my first nursing job. It stressed me out to the point that my hair was falling out and I...

  19. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    Susan9608 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good question. :) We always absorb whatever medicaid doesn't cover, and they've already reached their max on the Medicaid funded food & transportation allowance. You know that saying that the...

  20. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    Susan9608 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of our patient's fathers asked the doctor two days ago if the doctor was going to pay the father's car payment. I'm not sure what the doctor said, but it must have been some variation of NO...

  21. Any patients you couldn't stand et how did you deal?

    Susan9608 replied to fultzymom's topic in General Nursing

    The only patient/family I've ever had that I couldn't stand was truly a doozy. I took care of a little baby with a bad heart defect. Her parents were both teen-agers, unemployed, and living in a 3...

  22. Fake Nails on Nurses, Yay or Nay?

    Susan9608 replied to Patience's topic in General Nursing

    We recently had a nurse get fired for this very thing. She got several reminders, but refused to lose the fake nails. So now she's looking for a new

  23. Reader's Digest article on nursing

    Susan9608 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen toradol ordered as the only post-op pain reliever. I think that was part of the problem as well. After sugery in my hospital, physicians are required to order some kind of narcotic...

  24. Nurses not doing assessments

    Susan9608 replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious about this. In my job, most of my time is spent on assessments, reassessments after interventions, etc. What do UK nurses do that don't allow them to have time for full examinations?...

  25. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    Susan9608 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In caring for an African American child this morning, her father accused me of being both "racist" and "uppity." Apparently, while I was tending to his child, he asked me repeatedly how to make a...