DixieRedHead

DixieRedHead ASN, RN

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  1. Dilemma in clinical?

    DixieRedHead replied to mursetudent25's topic in General Students

    Patients, or residents have the right to refuse assistance from nursing students. I am quite sure that they have to AGREE to have a

  2. Patient Abandonment by Physician???

    DixieRedHead replied to TammyG77's topic in General Nursing

    Some of this is written really close to the paper. When I boil it down I get this. 1. Came to the SAME office, different MD, for second opinion, Dx, fibromyalgia. 2. Needs oxycodone because she...

  3. Manipulative patients always get the best of me....

    DixieRedHead replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    This man obviously needs to go

  4. HELP! Does your "on call" pay count toward 40 hrs?

    DixieRedHead replied to LDR-RN's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, check your hospital policy. If you get time and a half if you are on called and called in that is one thing. The policy should state whether or not if being "on call" gives you time and...

  5. What do you think? (warning: vent ahead)

    DixieRedHead replied to Nursey103's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Oh my goodness, if you are that sensitive, maybe I had better push the benadryl and THEN after 30 minutes I can give you the dilaudid. This concerns me very much as sensitivities tend to build over...

  6. Dealing with nosy family members.

    DixieRedHead replied to pinkstethoscope's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    In my best southern accent, "Ma'am, you are not permitted to wander through the ER and certainly not look into other patient's room. I am sure that you would want that respect for your own family...

  7. patient privacy

    DixieRedHead replied to naftali216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think that if people want or need to observe, they get to do that only with your permission, and after draping. JMHO. I know I was working in PACU once and saw a co-worker(through a window) who was...

  8. HR drop/rhythm change during sleep..Would you call Doc?

    DixieRedHead replied to BandaidBunny's topic in Cardiac

    doc placed standard parameters for this pt: hr 110. his parameters, he gets a call. especially with the "irregular" part. a heart rate is not just "irregular". even an irregular rhythm has a name....

  9. How Much Do You Remember???

    DixieRedHead replied to USANursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I really think you tend to remember the things you are good at and you think you will put to use. I can read an EKG at first glance, I know the Kreb's cycle backwards and forwards. But give me an OB...

  10. GUILTY

    DixieRedHead replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Guilty? Not! I love

  11. Being late to work...

    DixieRedHead replied to sarabellum1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and it's your job to come to work on time. School starts the same time every day, get over it. Husbands are adults. Pets do not come before your job and the patients. If you have a daily...

  12. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    DixieRedHead replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    BWHAHHAHAHAHAHAH I love

  13. New Manager, needs help to deal with staff

    DixieRedHead replied to biju27's topic in Nurse Management

    Meeting? Meeting? You're going to have a meeting? Tomorrow, you should sit down and write a list of names. Then get out the company policy on insubordination. Write everyone who disobeyed your order...

  14. You know its a seeker when . . .

    DixieRedHead replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Emergency

    1. They are out of their Lortab but still have plenty of their 'blood pressure' medicine (that they can't remember the name of). 2. They say they are supposed to take their "xanexes" four time a day...

  15. Being late to work...

    DixieRedHead replied to sarabellum1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand chronic late comers. I certainly do understand that there are rare instances. To keep from being chronically late, here is a practice that I found helpful. I was never late except...

  16. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    DixieRedHead replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you think because I have a hillbilly accent, I am stupid, you have just made your first

  17. Advice please

    DixieRedHead replied to NoahscoopsRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't consider it wandering unless they are trying to get out the door. Why medicated them? As for the bath, they probably just don't want a bath before 7 am. I wouldn't. Let them wait until later...

  18. Fun Questionnaire for Nurses

    DixieRedHead replied to sarah16493's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1.) What type of nursing licensure do you have? Please check or type your title. ____LPN__x___RN______Other 2.) How long have you been a nurse? A. Less than one year B. 1-3 Years C. 4-6 Years D....

  19. Frustrated with SN

    DixieRedHead replied to DookieMeisterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think the point here is not that the SN didn't get everything right. The point is SN didn't get anything

  20. Sick with worry

    DixieRedHead replied to wantomove's topic in General Nursing

    It will be fine. Not a sharp. If that's the worst thing you ever do, you will have had a stellar

  21. bosses working on the floor

    DixieRedHead replied to jmznurse's topic in General Nursing

    It has always been my position as a manager that it is my job to know what is going on on the units. I watch, and see. It has also always been my position that people who throw other staff members to...

  22. bosses working on the floor

    DixieRedHead replied to jmznurse's topic in General Nursing

    Spoken like a true administrator. Rainbows, unicorns, lollipops, and spring

  23. (Realistic) Encouragement, please!

    DixieRedHead replied to charlo81's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Where in North Carolina are you

  24. bosses working on the floor

    DixieRedHead replied to jmznurse's topic in General Nursing

    It is legal for non licensed personnel to "take" a patient to xray, or "take" specimens to the lab, or fill ice pitchers, or make beds, or empty bedside commodes, or pass lunch trays, or pick up dirty...

  25. Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    DixieRedHead replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    Tell me the name of the MAN who said catheterizing a woman could be a sterile