EmmaG RN

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    Environment of the room during a code

    EmmaG replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    I've had other nurses comment on how low key and calm I am during a code. Little do they realize that after it's all said and done, all that excess adrenalin hits hard and I shake like a
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    I Finallly Graduated!!!

    EmmaG replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    EmmaG replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    That is different than what is described in the
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    Help....I'm being harassed in the workplace

    EmmaG replied to goodgyrl's topic in General Nursing

    If the agency does nothing, then you need to find another employer. Whether they find their nurse at fault or not depends upon the situation. Not a good idea, but I'll just agree to disagree with...
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    EmmaG replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    I will tell them if I was with another patient to explain why they have had to wait or if I'm helping another nurse I'll tell them she is tied up with another patient and ask if there is anything I...
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    Help....I'm being harassed in the workplace

    EmmaG replied to goodgyrl's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, you gotta jump through the hoops though. Otherwise you could be looking at having to pay off the contract (happened to a fellow traveler). With my company, the clinical liaison was on call 24/7...
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    Help....I'm being harassed in the workplace

    EmmaG replied to goodgyrl's topic in General Nursing

    No, as a traveler you contact your recruiter and clinical liaison. Everything should be handled through the agency. Oh. And document the crap out of all of
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    Coding a Radiation Patient

    EmmaG replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    Those patients are usually pretty hot (radiation wise lol). I'm serious about contacting the RSO. You're supposed to have yearly inservices on this anyway, but they will be more than happy to do an...
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    How do you deal with all the bickering and backstabbing at work?

    EmmaG replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    Ok. It wasn't clear to me reading your post that you had notified anyone of the problem. I wasn't suggesting you shouldn't vent; I was simply trying to point out possibly why the assignment was made...
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    Coding a Radiation Patient

    EmmaG replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    Just out of curiosity, what type of radiation are these patients receiving? We don't see much of that anymore, at least not
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    Coding a Radiation Patient

    EmmaG replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    You stay away. There are plenty of staff available to handle such a situation. If it were to occur, you cover the other patients, answer the phones and call lights, etc. Your staff is in desperate...
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    EmmaG replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    And why would that be? Just to reiterate... with a computerized system such as a pyxis, there are records that can be accessed telling the manager (and auditors/surveyors) exactly what each nurse...
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    How do you deal with all the bickering and backstabbing at work?

    EmmaG replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    Why not go to management? It's entirely possible that the nurse placing the PCA wasn't aware of the problem. Rather than complain to others who really can't do anything about this, why not the...
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    Cousin commited suicide..could use some prayers guys

    EmmaG replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh honey, I am so very sorry. You and your family are in my
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    EmmaG replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a male nurse who was at times referred to as the 'bellhop' --- never let him live that one
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    EmmaG replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a sign in a patient's room the other day--- it said "Very good isn't good enough! We will provide you with EXCELLENT care!" (emphasis theirs)Only one I've seen; I suspect the others had already...
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    EmmaG replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    I believe most patients are aware at some level of the nursing shortage. Even if they aren't, it's not their problem. They are there for nursing care, and it's up to the hospital to provide it. The...
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    Pimples, blackheads and acne

    EmmaG replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love this
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    EmmaG replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    If a patient asks how many people I'm caring for, I'll answer honestly. You'd be surprised how many are truly taken aback that they're not my only patient
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    EmmaG replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    Quite a few people are on routine narcs or other Schedule
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    Does any other night shifters feel like days has no idea how nights works?

    EmmaG replied to thomask's topic in General Nursing

    Even the smallest hospitals I've worked have had clinical on-call. In a case like that, where an assignment is truly too much or even dangerous, you work your way up the ladder. If the charge nurse...
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    EmmaG replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    Which tells me it isn't policy... For those who think that they can get away with this, consider that JCAHO now makes unannounced visits, and that many hospitals have their own internal investigators...
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    Does any other night shifters feel like days has no idea how nights works?

    EmmaG replied to thomask's topic in General Nursing

    That's one of the PERKS of working nights,
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    Pulling Meds for Multiple Patients

    EmmaG replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    If an error occurs and you weren't following policy, you're screwed. Our pyxis does not give a receipt, btw. I haven't used one yet that does. I guess that must be something set up by each individual...
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    Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    EmmaG replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    It was drummed into our heads (back in the dark ages) that we were never ever to tell a patient we're "busy" and under NO circumstances tell them we're understaffed. I can understand the reasoning...