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  1. Altered and removed charting

    angelbear replied to Xtreme1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If the pt is the one that told you of the med error he was obviously disturbed by it. You had no choice but to chart something on it. ie Joe shmoe reports concern over med error stating and then...

  2. JCAHO visit

    angelbear replied to tylerrose's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that the higher ups always seem to know when state is coming. Do they have some sort of code between DON's where they tell eachother when state is in the area. I wish they would just pop...

  3. Chronic Tardiness

    angelbear replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Being late is simply unprofessional and selfish. I know it happens to all of us at one time or another that is not what I am talking about. Chronic lateness is unprofessional and selfish. We all...

  4. Chest Pain in LTC

    angelbear replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    At the LTC I used to work @ it was Full set of VS o2 on @ 2 liters nitro x1 repeat BP repeat nitro followed by BP and a 3rd nitro If no improvement send out but where I worked we were not allowed to...

  5. Have you ever given report to the next shift...

    angelbear replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    I too think this is a form of bullying. I have had this happen during report as well for example I would say so and so's temp was 99.4 axillary. Then the nurse would say well did you take a rectal...

  6. Does anyone else ever get tired of "stupid" nurses?

    angelbear replied to twinmom2k's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am an LPN on 3rd so no supervisor other than me. We do however always have an oncall supervisor that will direct us via phone or may even at time come in. When something goes wrong with one of our...

  7. Incident report filing....How do you do it?

    angelbear replied to Pete495's topic in General Nursing

    I dont think alot of nurses in my facility would write an incident report on most meds and if they could avoid it not on minor scrapes and such. The reason is because they view the reprecutions as...

  8. Sick call policy

    angelbear replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    I for one get very upset when nurses come to work sick for 2 reasons 1 it is unfair to put the pts at risk of catching whatever it is that the nurse has and 2 I have lupus/fibro and would be very...

  9. Fibromyalgia and working fulltime

    angelbear replied to Burr's topic in General Nursing

    I too am blessed with fibro. Yes it is a PIA but we all got somethin. Someone here gave me a site to the guafenisen treatment site I will look for it and give you the link. I take Prozac for...

  10. documenting short staffing question

    angelbear posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just read a really old article on how to deal with insufficient staffing. This is a problem that has been going on for my shift for a bit of time now. What I want to know is this: How do I...

  11. documenting short staffing question

    angelbear replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the great advice. It

  12. documenting short staffing question

    angelbear replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

    Last night nothing happened that we could not handle. I am a very hands on nurse and so is my night shift nurseing partner. We dont mind alot of hands on with the residents. The problem is this....

  13. Have you ever felt that you have too much work to do for just one nurse

    angelbear replied to debbie17368's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Staffing is awsome where I work. I have 30 intermediate care pts.(LTC) on nocts. Also have 2 to 3 NA's. That is awsome for ltc. But still when we have a couple of pts. go bad on us we nearly kill...

  14. Cold Pot????

    angelbear replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Nursing

    Gwenith, would like to know more about not using the bubblers with 02. We still use them. Where did you get that info?

  15. Migrane Headache Treatment in the ED

    angelbear replied to keaston's topic in Emergency

    I too suffer with migraines. Being a nurse myself I know alot think FF right off the bat. Unfortunately because of this I tend to wait too long. For me it is usually only after hours of agony and...

  16. Night Shift Nurse...I Can't Sleep at Night anymore..

    angelbear replied to zambezi's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know I used to almost envy my 3rd shift coworkers that could get by on very little sleep. I dont any more. It has taken me 4 yrs. and a chronic illness to realize, they may do more day time...

  17. I'm new and I have a question about epilepsy

    angelbear replied to RosieGlow's topic in General Nursing

    My son has gone from approx. 45 grandmal seizures per month to about 20 per month. He is 15 and has had seizures since birth. He has been on most all AED's including a couple of drug studies. Most...

  18. pct debate

    angelbear replied to lpnga's topic in General Nursing

    sbic56 You said what I was

  19. I'm new and I have a question about epilepsy

    angelbear replied to RosieGlow's topic in General Nursing

    I currently work with two residents who have the vns and my son has had his about 5 yrs now. I will answer whatever I

  20. Anxiety and low self-esteem

    angelbear replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like this all the time. I have never done anything other than LTC with geriatrics and LTC with MRDD since graduating 4 yrs ago. I dont feel like I know nearly enough nor do I feel I have much...

  21. Telephone orders...read back and verified...

    angelbear replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with deespoohbear. I dont see how that would help if the MD is calling you a liar your writing that you read back and verified isnt going to change what he says. I actually put a MD on the...

  22. Independent/distance learning

    angelbear replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    would 2 yrs be an unreasonable goal? I need micro, A&P and ethics plus the

  23. Independent/distance learning

    angelbear replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am so glad you are all here. I am certain that I want to go straight through with EC. Still researching and I will keep you posted. Thanks for all the

  24. Independent/distance learning

    angelbear replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Do you happen to know what the average is for the time it takes for each course that you need? One of our nurses at work has started thru Rue and several of us are thinking of joining her. I have...

  25. Night shift vs. Day shift...

    angelbear replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I fully agree with post #2. I have been nocs for 3 yrs. Awsome team work, quieter (usually), Make more of my own decisions. But way more responsiblity, can be kind of physically involved when we...