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    Pushing Dilaudid?

    martymoose replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    edit- sorry didnt see this was an old thread
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    Main OR to Med Surg

    martymoose replied to mamamiah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just wondering- why would anyone want to go from OR to med surg? Is it really such a bad thing to not"use your skills?" I suppose if the docs treat you like a jerk in the OR I understand. But Docs...
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    Help! Critical lab: morale -2.5

    martymoose replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Medical-Surgical

    night shift is kicking your butt. maybe somewhere else has more days shifts?Ifound recently that if i group my 3 12 days together that gave me some days off together and seemed like a vacation. I know...
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    Do you like nursing?

    martymoose replied to Wutermelon's topic in General Nursing

    no.and no ( needed more than 5 characters to post,
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    I can never plan my coming weeks

    martymoose replied to Metalchild's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ugh that stinks But i guess it's because no care if you have a life or not.married to the
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    When's the doctor coming in??

    martymoose posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ugh. Why do so many family members/patients ask us this question?I don't know the answer- he didn't give me his schedule! Or he could be with a critical pt. I don't know- he doesn't tell me these...
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    How does your facility prevent falls?

    martymoose replied to GoldiesMom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You know, I've notoiced we are doing this more too. pt's hate it , but sorry. Since we are responsible, too bad.People dont get what a big deal a fall is.I tell my pts now that sorry, it's for your...
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    When's the doctor coming in??

    martymoose replied to martymoose's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I will say that 80 percent of the time it's because the pt wants to go home. like at 8 am. We are a teaching hospital, so there are residents and hospitalists . They change often. We have no clue of...
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    How does your facility prevent falls?

    martymoose replied to GoldiesMom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    we're blamed either
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    Charge nurse pay

    martymoose replied to Blandini7's topic in General Nursing

    us
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    Almost lost my cool at work

    martymoose replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    if you didn't break the phone, you did alright
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    About That Avatar...

    martymoose replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    click on account, then where it says dashboard, click on that, and change avatar is toward the bottom.
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    I felt belittled by a Dr.

    martymoose replied to telealli's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just move on knowing some drs are pompous donkey behinds , and not take it personally. I will say though, MD i dealt with won't even let you explain. He usually ( if on phone) just hangs up on you...
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    I felt belittled by a Dr.

    martymoose replied to telealli's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Btw , who ordered the ativan anyway? Makes you just want to put it over the PA system and say Dr SO and SO Ordered the darn ATIVAN!!!!
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    I felt belittled by a Dr.

    martymoose replied to telealli's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very simple- he has to blame SOMEONE , and you were the lucky one today. Noc person isnt there. So You're IT. It really sucks. It's a no win situation. I've been made IT many times. Seriously, I had...
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    What can you tell me about meding coding and the HIM field

    martymoose replied to dulcet's topic in Nursing Informatics

    All I can say is that in my area it only pays around 12 bucks an hour. Otherwise I was going to go back to school for
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    Teach Back

    martymoose posted a topic in General Nursing

    Wanting some input on teach back. I understand the concept.I'd agree it works in some situations. What do you do when you have those patients who you know darn well have no intention of complying...
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    I lost my love for nursing...thinking about quitting.

    martymoose replied to mzsuccess's topic in Nursing Career

    try the job. then decide about nursing. what about home health
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    Who's for banning rotating shifts?

    martymoose replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Yep - thats the situation where I am. they say it's less BS. New hires rotate all 3 shifts- sometimes all in the same week. I just LOVE giving report to people who are falling asleep right in front...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    martymoose replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    omg that made me
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    How does your facility prevent falls?

    martymoose replied to GoldiesMom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hmm, how do we prevent falls? We end up having the nurse 1:1 the patient the whole shift and his/her other patients suffer as a result. Cause heaven knows we can't restrain them in any way- yet they...
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    Some Patients Think H Stands for Hotel

    martymoose replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    They don't forget we have other patients- they don't CARE if we have other patients. me me me and me
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    Fired for refusing??

    martymoose replied to Indyrn00's topic in Disaster Preparation

    funny, 2 of my co workers got the flu, both were vaccinated. one even had to be
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    Rant

    martymoose replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in General Nursing

    "Colace is to make your poopy squishy so it doesn't hurt your heiney" Seriously,Who says this?????? I wouldn't even say that to a 5 year old.
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    What age of patient's are the most difficult for you?

    martymoose replied to ddane94's topic in Patient Education

    All of them....... jk. 40's.