RN1989

RN1989

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  1. What are the traditional uniforms worn by hospital personnel?

    RN1989 replied to IHeartPhysiology's topic in General Nursing

    There is not an absolute type of uniform that should be worn by any particular person/skill level. I see two problems with the public's inability to distinguish who is who at the hospital. First,...

  2. Restraints too Tight?

    RN1989 replied to laxxrickLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Writing off a hospital bill or settling in the face of a lawsuit does not imply any negligence or guilt on the part of the facility. It simply means that the amount of money to write off the bill is...

  3. -- I am recent college graduate, can I still get a pharmaceutical sales job?

    RN1989 replied to Jerome_Darrell's topic in General Nursing

    Most pharm/equipment sales jobs are given to people with business/marketing degrees and proven sales backgrounds. This is much more a business oriented job than a job that requires nursing judgement...

  4. starting own business??? sewing or diesel?

    RN1989 replied to 4x4country's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    You can find easy "how to" books to learn to sew. I learned to sew as a kid and taught my husband when we first met. Obviously you won't be a whiz when you first start, but it gets better. There are...

  5. Telling a patient/family that a mistake was made

    RN1989 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    If mistakes were disclosed more often, there would be fewer lawsuits. Often these people want to know what happened because they get the feeling that something was wrong and being hidden from them....

  6. thoughts on the best protective seal

    RN1989 replied to bebop1's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I have used pieces of Allevyn thin to cover the edge of the clear drape and go onto the skin. Duoderm thin would probably work as well. It's flexible, but it helps to protect that edge of the drape...

  7. How do they get people with contractures in a casket?

    RN1989 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that the first time that I did CPR on a little old person was bad, that first "crunch" under your hands.....breaking the contractures to do a code.....that was far nastier than almost...

  8. About Incident Reports

    RN1989 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    My guess would be that many facilities try to hide things and tell nurses NOT to document what happened in the nurse's notes. Attorneys KNOW something happened but can't get to the truth because...

  9. Considering LNC career

    RN1989 replied to carolina1969's topic in Legal

    Effort is definitely the key! I think nurses get complacent because we are usually in demand and have people practically throwing jobs at us. Getting into this specialty means we actually have to...

  10. How do they get people with contractures in a casket?

    RN1989 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Just wait till the day you have to code someone contracted into the fetal position. The bone breaking to be able to get to the chest for compressions is really

  11. Inpatient/hospital wound nurses

    RN1989 replied to Codypatody's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Used a lot of Smith & Nephew and don't have a problem with any of the stuff from them. Ethicon/Johnson & Johnson has great stuff. I love Promogran and Prisma. It does great stuff for...

  12. Considering LNC career

    RN1989 replied to carolina1969's topic in Legal

    Amen to all that! This is not a get rich quick scheme. It gets disheartening some days to see yourself putting out money and not getting it back

  13. About Incident Reports

    RN1989 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I still don't understand why everyone is hung up on the incident report being part of the record that an attorney sees. The incident report DOES NOT matter in whether or not you get called for a...

  14. Reuse of lancets, school age child?

    RN1989 replied to linda1959's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    This may be the "standard" that people are going to, but it is not appropriate infection control. As a licensed professional, I will NOT put my license on the line by doing this. What a person chooses...

  15. Sentinal Events

    RN1989 replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    Until the people that have the power to stop this insanity end up with a loved one dying because of short staffing, etc.....nothing will change. But then the people that control this kind of thing...

  16. Each job title wears it's own color.

    RN1989 replied to borzoilady's topic in General Nursing

    I have not seen that it makes any difference to patients, docs, or families. They don't remember who is which color. If facilities would issue nametags that clearly showed the persons's credentials,...

  17. Inpatient/hospital wound nurses

    RN1989 replied to Codypatody's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Most likely. Medline is used by a lot of nursing homes because they are less expensive than other companies. Although the last time I talked with one of their reps, they had a few good products but...

  18. Inpatient/hospital wound nurses

    RN1989 replied to Codypatody's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Do you have protocols already in place for treatment that have been approved by the medical staff? I worked in a large facility with several WOCNs. They routinely had inservices to review the...

  19. thoughts on the best protective seal

    RN1989 replied to bebop1's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Benzoin works well in the right conditions. For excoriated/yeasty skin under the drape, we've used nystatin powder on the bad skin, put a telfa on top of that, then put the drape on so that it covers...

  20. HELP!!! Just had my eval from admin.

    RN1989 replied to OPCC's topic in Nurse Management

    Deja vue! Don't know what to tell you. I have found that I just cannot deal with the slip shod way that employers want to run things. They let little compromises in and the next thing you know,...

  21. Reuse of lancets, school age child?

    RN1989 replied to linda1959's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I would tell her that the liability is too high for you to do this and you are personally responsible for you license and actions. If she insists, then tell her that she needs to come to school and...

  22. About Incident Reports

    RN1989 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    This may not have anything to do with an incident report. Many reports never get written because it would take the nurse 2 hours after the shift to complete one. But lawsuits are still filed and...

  23. nursing shortage...

    RN1989 replied to annful24's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, what a novel concept. This is what most of us experienced nurses have been saying for a while. I have a friend in WY who hasn't been a nurse nearly as long as I have and she even sees this. I...

  24. Letter of resignation, personnel file, more, plz advise

    RN1989 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    You won't know what made it into the file unless something comes up. Better not to push things, just resign quietly and leave. If something does make it into the file and the facility actually...

  25. Considering LNC career

    RN1989 replied to carolina1969's topic in Legal

    1) how do i know there is a demand of lnc in my area? i live in sc there really is not a "demand" for this job - not like you are thinking of. there are more attorneys that are hiring nurses to work...