DallasRN

DallasRN specializes in ICU/ER/Med-Surg/Case Management/Manageme.

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1. Medication Order

   DallasRN replied to Nurse1282's topic in General Nursing

   You are correct and that is the reason I pointed out "back in the day". We did lots of things that were never questioned by anyone but certainly would not fly today. But I would add, according to a few friends who are still working and my own expe...

2. Medication Order

   DallasRN replied to Nurse1282's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting comments and variations in interpretation of the order and they all make good sense. Confirms why I'm no longer "qualified" to work acute care. "Back in the day," we would have merely titrated to eliminate the pain. Today's nurses have...

3. Humiliated and scared

   DallasRN replied to Overthamoon's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I guess you've learned a painful lesson. Don't go to a relaxation room and sit in a massage chair at the end of your shift. Or for me, it would be anytime. I would definitely konk out. But seriously, you've gotten some great advice from a b...

4. Going to work when you should of called out. What's your thoughts on this?

   DallasRN replied to RUNNER87RCC's topic in General Nursing

   Those were my first thoughts, too, as I did the same. First few months of working I thought I must be dying! LOL However, in her initial post, the OP said, "I have worked in healthcare awhile prior. Been exposed feel like to almost every germ out t...

5. What job can I do with cognitive decline?

   DallasRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   That is an excellent point in terms of training involving any type of loan. In my area, the various smaller suburb cities often have free courses in a huge variety of topics. Even if a person isn't interested in a "career" in a particular topic, it...

6. What job can I do with cognitive decline?

   DallasRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   So many of us can relate! I'm soon to be 75. It's painful the morning we wake up and realize we aren't as fast-moving or quick-thinking as we were a few years back. The first thing I want to say is to look hard and long at your personal stress lev...

7. Nurse Lunch Break Survey

   DallasRN replied to esrun2015's topic in General Nursing

   No longer working so I won't contribute to the survey. However, I will say that in my MANY years of hospital nursing I only received consistent lunch breaks in one location. A state up North, busy ER, 3-11 shift. Charge nurse insisted staff took t...

8. EKG order

   DallasRN replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

   Me either. Some people just like to go off on a power trip. I'm old now and can recognize that most of those types often feel the most "powerless" and inferior. I couldn't recognize that in my younger career days. It can wear a person down having...

9. EKG order

   DallasRN replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

   And this type of stuff is the exact reason I and many of us could never work in the hospital environment again. Nurses are constantly told they are the first line of defense, advocate for the patient, complete all the required education and ongoing ...

10. Fired after verbal abuse from patient's family member

    DallasRN replied to msbukki's topic in General Nursing

    Can't disagree with that but gosh! It is so hard to do. And especially, IMHO, as a younger person. By the time one has reached my age, we've been called everything imaginable and it's easier to just roll our eyes. Honestly! I can't imagine ...

11. Concerned about a nurse operating an x-ray machine without training.

    DallasRN replied to Mike.Nichols's topic in General Nursing

    Was she wearing one of those badges that detect the amount of radiation received? Years back in the trauma unit, because we did so many in-unit x-rays, we wore those and they had to be turned in every 30 days or some fixed time frame. Also, do you ...

12. Welcoming New Nurses

    DallasRN replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention that each of us will one day be a patient needing care from a nurse we can only hope was mentored and nurtured.

13. Have you ever experienced doctors wanting to administer meds instead of the nurse?

    DallasRN replied to existentialoasis's topic in General Nursing

    I thought of another thing. Why not simply ask that doctor why he wanted to give the drug instead of allowing you to do so? Not in an accusatory tone, certainly, but in a "fact-finding" tone. And with a friendly face. A tone, expression, and word...

14. How to deal with CNA insubordination?

    DallasRN replied to thenursebabe25's topic in General Nursing

    Could not agree more!! 1000%. After I left hospital nursing several years back, a non-nurse friend (office type employee) asked me to come work 2 w/e 8-hour shifts each week in her LTC facility. Skilled nursing unit, 5-star facility, Sounded ...

15. Have you ever experienced doctors wanting to administer meds instead of the nurse?

    DallasRN replied to existentialoasis's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with others. Not worth your time to worry about it. But I will say this - always document the pure facts noting the drug was drawn by you, the amount, etc. but was administered by Dr. XXX. You drew it up, he gave it. Would I give a drug YOU...