vashtee

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  1. After my 12, I just want to go home! RANT

    vashtee replied to SweetseRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I really hope you aren't clocking out on time, and staying later to chart for free. It seems that if you are being paid overtime on a regular basis, management will intervene. I use SBAR for report...

  2. Med/Surg RN required to care for L&D patients

    vashtee replied to Pjun581's topic in General Nursing

    You are getting 6 weeks of training, which is about what I got as a new grad RN. Personally, I think I would be happy with the training. Who knows? You may like this field

  3. How to deal with mean old men

    vashtee replied to AMCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    If my IV pump was beeping for half an hour, I would be cranky, too. I like the suggestion about using humor (we will take you off the loser-with-no-insurance

  4. When adults whine....

    vashtee replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    The only thing worse than a whiny patient is the even WHINIER mother of a whiny

  5. Gossiping in the hospital

    vashtee replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

    Who has time to gossip? I suppose some of my coworkers might do this while on break, but I eat my lunch in the car where no one can find

  6. Careplan at work

    vashtee replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We have to do them once every 24 hours, so nights are responsible Tu/Th/Sat/Sun, and day shift does M/W/F. I work days, and they are an extraordinary waste of time I don't have, IMO. Yay, NANDA. I...

  7. Happier at work than at home?

    vashtee replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not less stressed, but I definitely am happier at work (excluding bad days). I don't have enough to do to fill my days at home, and I find it depressing. I pray I am healthy enough to work until...

  8. A/O patients throwing things

    vashtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you handle those extremely nasty, alert and oriented patients? It's not the little old dementia patients flailing at me that irritate me (though one even gave me a black eye). Even the detox...

  9. A/O patients throwing things

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    A pancake? lol I go so long without a break most days, I might not mind that!

  10. A/O patients throwing things

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your responses, but to clarify, they aren't necessarily throwing things at ME, just throwing things around. Like a urinal (clean). A call light. A water

  11. How Much Medication Education Do You Do?

    vashtee replied to Guest 360983's topic in General Nursing

    I tell them what it's for, but if it's a new medication, I tell them the most common side effects, too. If it's coumadin, I teach everything (follow up labs, dietary considerations, when to worry)....

  12. Hey Hospital X Are You Guys Doing Anything For ER Nurses Week?

    vashtee replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Emergency

    There is seriously a separate ER nurse

  13. Uniform color by discipline

    vashtee replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't mind it at all, I think it looks more professional, and honestly, I think a lot of the mix & match scrubs with prints look pretty frumpy. Our facility has tossed around the idea of...

  14. BSN vs. ADN really does it matter these days?

    vashtee replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in General Nursing

    I think it matters in large hospitals. Where I live, though, the focus is on phasing out the

  15. day shift vs. night shift *vent*

    vashtee replied to melmonlove's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, I'm on days, and I deal with all that, except we have THREE meals because we work 12s, and most of my patients are feeders and incontinent. If I were in my 20s, I would definitely opt for...

  16. caring in nursing

    vashtee replied to Glageman's topic in General Nursing

    My bosses encourage compassion and caring... it's good for patient satisfaction surveys, or I'm sure they would emphasize something

  17. From a student, to, hospital floor nurses...

    vashtee replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Great! I would assign you to the 98 year old man who was hallucinating, pulling at his foley and PICC line, and screaming. Maybe then, I wouldn't have had to restrain him. And maybe I wouldn't have...

  18. shared governance

    vashtee replied to princessp's topic in General Nursing

    Is "shared governance" another term for team

  19. Team nursing/job satisfaction

    vashtee replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in General Nursing

    We have team nursing at the hospital I work in, and I agree that for us, it means that one RN and one LVN are assigned to twice as many patients. It is VERY unpopular where I work, and in fact, the...

  20. What are your favorite types of patients??

    vashtee replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a little old lady like that on my last shift! She was so obnoxious, the CNAs didn't want to go in anymore. We started calling her "Miss Daisy". haha I usually like the little old men

  21. Ever had a patient or family members fire you?

    vashtee replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a difficult patient "fire" me before... her doctor asked me how I did it so he could do it,

  22. Administering pain meds to a sleeping pt

    vashtee replied to opossum's topic in General Nursing

    I don't wake sleeping patients for PRN pain medications (unless terminal) if they appear to be comfortable. Am I the only one who uses the FLACC scale to assess for

  23. Do you ask questions in the middle of shift report?

    vashtee replied to payang0722's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree that too many nurses give insignificant info during report, and I also want to know the results of relevant testing, assuming they are available. The WORST, though, is when the previous...

  24. Job Shadowing a Nurse in NY?

    vashtee replied to xintothebreezex's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know any nurses? If so, ask them to check with the head of their department. My daughter shadowed me at work for 8 hours when she was 16. It was fantastic! She had a great time, and I was...

  25. ER nurses are the best!

    vashtee replied to motivated2nurse's topic in Emergency

    LOL The ER calls MY department for help and assessment when a stroke comes in, and I don't believe anyone has ever called the ER in my hospital for an IV start. Anyway, I'm glad when anyone loves...