DixieRedHead

DixieRedHead ASN, RN

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  1. Protection for Wellness Directors and unsafe staffing

    DixieRedHead replied to RedRebelRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Find a job, and I mean quickly. Your license is in jeopardy every minute of every day. No human person could handle all that responsibility and trust me, you will be thrown under the bus first, not...

  2. Diagnostic test results. What do you tell the patient?

    DixieRedHead replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    "The doctor hasn't reviewed them and made a diagnosis yet" is as far as I'm going and that's

  3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    DixieRedHead replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Maggots in the nose. Oh, maggots in the

  4. Will the stress of nursing be too much for me?

    DixieRedHead replied to SoCal student's topic in General Nursing

    Just a question from a practical minded person, who is paying for this BA in psych, the grad school you dropped out of, and the nursing school you want to attend while you "passion" is (an unnamed)...

  5. RN

    DixieRedHead replied to sjpatel's topic in General Nursing

    Ask a school that has an MSN

  6. Nurse Interfering with Medical Care, AGAIN!

    DixieRedHead replied to JacksonCare's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps the OP should see a gastroenterologist. I think she is suffering from a terminal case of craniorectal inversion that is keeping her from having an insight beyond her nose, which would appear...

  7. really?

    DixieRedHead replied to crazyforthis's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I don't know about the regs in your state, but if we have a bed and they want to come back we have to accept them for 15

  8. Enough is enough- taking back our profession

    DixieRedHead replied to forrester's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Can you say this in a short version so I can understand it. I can read all the words but somehow I don't get what we are to be free from, and free

  9. question about narcotic dispensing

    DixieRedHead replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You need policy. The policy where I work is easy to follow. Once the resident has been in the hospital long enough that they will be a new admit when/if they return all of their meds are sent back...

  10. Anyone work on a Cardiac Progressive unit?

    DixieRedHead replied to FutureOBNurse2118's topic in General Nursing

    If you like it jumping, lots of admits and discharges, and never a dull moment you will love it. It's great experience and when you get it under control you can work

  11. Interruptions while giving report

    DixieRedHead replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

    For me personally, I don't need to know if they peed, or how many times they peed. I only really need to know if they DIDN'T pee. But that's just

  12. Delegation in an LTC setting

    DixieRedHead replied to WorkinMama's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You need to talk to the nursing management. A policy should be in place so that vital signs are done within 30 minutes of a shift starting. If stat vitals are needed, you can get them or ask someone...

  13. No code changed to Full code

    DixieRedHead replied to yooperPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It really doesn't matter who is what to whom. If he's a full code, he's a full code and I am telling you, you had better initiate that code. Your license is in jeopardy if you do not. I am not...

  14. Question re: patient handoff/shift change

    DixieRedHead replied to Nurse SMS's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't take a license or a certification of any kind to empty an emesis basin, get a cold washcloth, change a vomit soaked sheet, and report to the nurse coming on that the patient is vomiting and...

  15. Interview questions for assitant nurse manager job

    DixieRedHead replied to Laborgirl11's topic in Nursing Career

    Think "fresh approach", "dialed into the needs of floor nursing" "ideas I have wanted to

  16. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    DixieRedHead replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes, I know you are an expert at faking unconsciousness and can resist moving at a sternal rub, but trust me, when I take my thumb and my index finger and barely apply pressure with my nails to your...

  17. disapointed over nursing school support

    DixieRedHead replied to Nerdiestudentnurse's topic in General Students

    I think you might get better results from you requests for assistance if you backed off from tooting your own horn so much, did less trying to control the ins and outs of nursing school, and don't...

  18. Cellphones at work

    DixieRedHead replied to Rehabme's topic in Rehabilitation

    What amazes me is that the same person who forgets their badge three times a week never forgets their cell

  19. Interruptions while giving report

    DixieRedHead replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is report on patient mentioned above. Rm 111, Joe Blow, CHF, A&O, NSR, up ad lb, Lr #100. NPO now for heart cath at

  20. Assited Living: The new skilled care

    DixieRedHead replied to NJayne17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I read this article. Sounds all nicey nicey, but what happens when the "one Registered Nurse for three homes" has a code in a building she is not present inn? This is a recipe for losing your license...

  21. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    DixieRedHead replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    Got my vote for the dumbest people on

  22. insignificant complaint...lol

    DixieRedHead replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE

  23. Rough night at work...

    DixieRedHead replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, why WAS he there? If he can complaint that much he's not very sick. Must have some majorly good

  24. 2 Questions

    DixieRedHead replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I have the same problem with the PRNs, no solution from me. But yes, I have clear job duties for the night shift CNAs. Other than rounding, they wash wheelchairs & gerichairs, fill glove boxes,...

  25. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    DixieRedHead replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    Bed high, Side rails up, take a piece of tape and write on it with a magic marker, "Clean, For Patient Use Only." Stretch the tape from side rail to side rail. If that doesn't stop them they are too...