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  1. ICU - Should I stay or go?

    flashpoint replied to OahuRN's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of what goes on in a hospital (nursing home, assisted living, etc) is pretty hard to believe. I can honestly see someone turning off the suction to a chest tube to see if someone notices, but I...

  2. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    flashpoint replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really think there is a way to meet everyone's needs...I just think we all need to remember that we all should have known what we were getting ourselves into when we wento to nursing school....

  3. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    flashpoint replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a place where I was expected to work all of the holidays because "every other evening and night shift nurse was a single mom"...I did a double shift (1400-0600) the day before Thanksgiving...

  4. Smelly Co-Worker

    flashpoint replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all the way through, so forgive me if I am repeating anything...if she smells OK early in the shift, is there any way she can take a shower in the middle of the shift? People are...

  5. HIPPA violation?

    flashpoint replied to Mythreeangels's topic in General Nursing

    I am guessing this is not a HIPAA violation...she has full access to the charts anyway and it probably can be benficial for her to know things like who is going home, who is transferring, who has a...

  6. I'm tired of it! I had enough!

    flashpoint replied to marshalbc77's topic in General Nursing

    Why do nurses always take the brunt of everything in a hospital? My former employer (former as of November 28...and not by my choice) makes their nurses do all sorts of crazy things. The nurses have...

  7. How does your facility handle holidays??Looking for advice on a problem.

    flashpoint replied to IrishNurseColleen's topic in General Nursing

    If you are normally scheduled for Monday - Friday, it seems to me that working a weekend should be your choice. It sounds like you are not usually in a clinical position on the floor, so I would have...

  8. Ethics, Accepting Gifts and Nursing Care

    flashpoint replied to pre-nursey 101's topic in General Nursing

    Well...it's not just housekeeping and dietary who miss out on the treats...what about the ER staff who stabilized the patient? What about respiratory therapy and physical therapy and lab and x-ray? I...

  9. Will ask my doctor aboutit when I see him tomorrow, but what do you think about this?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I woke up this morning with a burning, throbbing type pain to the inner part of my leg...it radiates from just above my ankle to about halfway to the knee and then kind of moves from the inner leg to...

  10. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    flashpoint replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    One of the worst patients I have ever cared for is one of our ICU / ER nurses. She came in for chest pain, we ruled out MI, but admitted her as a 24 hour hold for cardiac monitoring. She continued...

  11. Hello! I'm so frustrated!!

    flashpoint replied to Tahitian Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...here nurses only get 8 hours at holiday pay whether they work days or nights...not really fair, but it is something we were told before we were hired, so we all had a choice in the matter. It...

  12. working on Christmas?

    flashpoint replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    We see these threads every year and I honestly just don't get it. How many people went to nursing school with the idea that because they have kids that they should get every holiday off? How many...

  13. Lowest blood sugar...?

    flashpoint replied to Mr.N8's topic in Emergency

    We have a patient that we see quite often that functions rather well at 24 or 25. He is mentally challenged and he is not able to recognize his symptoms when his sugar drops...he like to hang out in...

  14. Team Nursing...yay or nay

    flashpoint replied to MokeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our day shoft on med/surg does team nursing...night shift on med/surg does primary nursing. The night shift hears a lot of complaints that there were so many people in the room throughout the day and...

  15. Worst patient experience

    flashpoint replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Firefighters rock!

  16. Is it 5 or 7?

    flashpoint replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught... 1. Patient 2. Drug 3. Dose 4. Route 5. Time 6. Documentation 7. Right to Refuse I asked one of the nursing instructors about it last night to see if they are changing or...

  17. Hygiene issues, behavior issues, a much older boyfriend, etc...what would you do?

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been spending a lot of time working in ER lately and we have a family of patients that is just driving the ER staff a little over the edge. There is a mother, 12 year old girl, 16 year old girl,...

  18. Hygiene issues, behavior issues, a much older boyfriend, etc...what would you do?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    The ER doc used to put "daily soaks in warm soapy water" on their discharge instructions regardless of what they came in for...I think it is time for bigger and badder

  19. Hygiene issues, behavior issues, a much older boyfriend, etc...what would you do?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Mom... I am worried because your hygiene and that of your family is very poor. It concerns me that after you leave the ER, the rooms smells so bad that housekeeping has to go in and to a...

  20. How bad is this med error?

    flashpoint replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    Did you learn from the mistake? I would guess that you did. Did anything bad happen? It could have, but, no, it didn't. Will you make the mistake again? I bet not. It happens...it happens to the...

  21. Hygiene issues, behavior issues, a much older boyfriend, etc...what would you do?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I know they don't have a lot of money, but I also know they live in some pretty nice subsidized housing...our ambulance goes to the other houses in their complex a lot and they have all of the...

  22. Can anything be done about feeling like a waitress?

    flashpoint replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    It never ceases to amaze me...I don't know if I am starting to whine more or if the patients and their families are getting more and more off the wall. :) We had a lady come into the ER a few nights...

  23. Hygiene issues, behavior issues, a much older boyfriend, etc...what would you do?

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I can't seem to type or proofread today...please forgive my

  24. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    flashpoint replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We are pretty much expected to be at work as scheduled...weather is no excuse even for the people who commute from 60 miles away. Our manager's logic is that we all have access to news sources and we...

  25. That Good Housekeeping article

    flashpoint replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I read the article and I am pretty dumbfounded at some of the things that GH suggests. It is a very good point that lying about how long you have had symptoms can cause problems...someone else who is...