dnnc52

dnnc52

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  1. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    dnnc52 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    yeah and we are suppose to be

  2. North Carolina Roll Call

    dnnc52 replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    According to what I read after reading all these posts.Would conclude that Presby is a better system than CMC?. How about Northeast Medical Center (NEMC) are they a Magnet status hospital?, Also...

  3. "Taking A Mental Health Day"

    dnnc52 replied to slmnewrn07's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Ya got my vote!! But on a more serious note. With all the extra problems in nursing and with all the extra diseases sprending around and sickness in the general population. I think it's time to...

  4. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    dnnc52 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    It is weird that in my many years of nursing I have seen a few co-workers,deal with depression and addiction, and yes lost one of my co-workers to suicde. But it always seems that the addict nurse...

  5. "Taking A Mental Health Day"

    dnnc52 replied to slmnewrn07's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am told : You should never let the job get to you that much. we all have bad days, Your upsetting the other nurses, SMILE, don't go into the med room to re-gain your composure. Folks this kind of...

  6. New health care bill..

    dnnc52 replied to Keptonkurtis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If they would lower the age for medicare. This nurse would be Gone like a Nixon file saying hello to

  7. Prozac

    dnnc52 replied to pca_85's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Has there been any studies on the health of the healthcare worker? Years of lifting, the mental stress, emotinal drain?, divorce rate, nurses going postal? yeah my hospital system offers the staff a...

  8. Cardiac Markers and stress test

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I would have consider this pt to have DIC. I would take advantage of this new team we have the rapid response tteam, according to what I am told they have all kinds of orders they can implement...

  9. Cardiac Markers and stress test

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks Angel: I thought as soon as they gave me report that this pt has a strong chance of having prizmental angina which is usally the result of a coronary spasm, since woke up out of sound sleep....

  10. You know you're Old School when...

    dnnc52 replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when we took ACLS and anytime you got in a jam it was always "Give an amp of bicarb" . tx for hypertension crisis was a drug called Hyperstat. or the 3 colored pen red=nights, green=evening...

  11. Med Admin using Bar Code Scanning

    dnnc52 replied to DayOhioRn's topic in General Nursing

    we are gertting ready to go live with the Dolphin and the hand scanner. We are all worried,except the greener nurse. We lod timers are just scratching our heads and facing the reality that it just the...

  12. TRALI

    dnnc52 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i have found that transfusion related acute lung injury (trali) has been getting more popular in our peer discussions. this is a rare but potentially fatal condition that is the result of blood...

  13. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    dnnc52 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    WOW better a hard thing to claim. It makes us more informed, as well opens us to others ideas and concepts. it seems that when we stay just within our small local circle that we miss out on whats...

  14. Burnout

    dnnc52 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Been reading about Burn out and something new to me called "Compassion Fatigue" it a bit different than burn out, but never the less has the same ill effects and

  15. We've all heard "staff according to acuity" long but want opinions

    dnnc52 replied to I<3H2O's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Good Point: How long did it take extra to gown up?, then assessment, giving meds, then get admissions, get discharges. If they could place real time study on these issues they would know that we don't...

  16. So you don't think you need to worry about swine flu . . .

    dnnc52 replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am a bit paranoid about a lot of this, in that I hear there will be a vacine in Oct and that it's very likely that healthcare workers will be on the 1st line in getting these vacines. I am concerned...

  17. Burnout

    dnnc52 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Well I have been in this business for over 30 yrs. I started in this deal when it was not a business but a humble service. When we had real time to spend with our pts sometimes just talking or...

  18. Elder Goldbrickers ?

    dnnc52 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    okay i am getting a bit personal about this situation but here goes: my mother in law dies last year and father in law who was dx with mild dementia was then place into an assisted living center. the...

  19. Elder Goldbrickers ?

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes I did mean Gold Diggers

  20. Elder Goldbrickers ?

    dnnc52 replied to dnnc52's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for your reply and concern, AARP should have some know about how common this practice is and I still feel it's a form of Finacial Elder Abuse. Oh

  21. We've all heard "staff according to acuity" long but want opinions

    dnnc52 replied to I<3H2O's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am new to some of this matrix staffing. It seems there is no count to acuity, and they just have a ratio of warm bodies. In other words they consider the RN, NA, secreatry and Sitters equal. Many...

  22. Last minute orders!

    dnnc52 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay just want to find out if there are any good solutions. I work a med-surg flloor and we work the 12hrs shifts. We report to the unit for report at 6:45. This is when we are suppose to give report...

  23. Help with IV Potassium administration

    dnnc52 replied to sediaz's topic in Patient Medications

    Ray: Years ago we used lido in our K+. I have mentioned this to my unit and they think I am crazy. Do you have any protocols a on this and data that supports this practice to be safe. I had 3 pt's...

  24. Sign-on bonus?

    dnnc52 replied to southlandrn's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Sign in Bonus Advice: Be advise that example: $2500.00 sign on bonus=about $1400.00 in yourpocket after taxes. But if you don't like the place or vice versa. Then you owe back the full $2500.00. So...

  25. Why can't my wife find a job?

    dnnc52 replied to EE112358's topic in General Nursing

    I know what it is like to be qualified have the right background and hear about the nursing shortage and still have a hard time getting callbacks from some of the HR folks. It makes you feel very...