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    Burned out and hate nursing

    martymoose replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Interesting- I had come to this conclusion last night while pondering what the OP is pondering. That that was some of the problem. wants to be a hard a-- , and I think is willing to step on all of us...
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    Is there a good way to wear a tie with scrubs?

    martymoose replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'd be more afraid of some demented or psych patient grabbing the tie and choking me to death with
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    Bedside report

    martymoose posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know there are many posts on this subject. We were just told we WILL be doing this under no uncertain terms. We have semi private rooms. We have dementia pts,confused people , psych pts, drug...
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    Bedside report

    martymoose replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    Omg I hate that I had to revisit this thread, but now we are 1) being told we are to WAKE UP the pt so they are interactive in the report (????????), and 2) that we are not to be having ANY overtime...
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    12 hour shift question

    martymoose replied to BOSS man's topic in General Nursing

    where I am we don't get a choice as to group our shifts together( although it didnt used to be that way). So the shifts are interspersed randomly, which stinks. Home,life??? what's that . Married to...
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    Pain Dilemma Customer Service?

    martymoose replied to RNnur's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be on the phone with the doc and telling them the pt is requesting IV meds before he goes. Sounds like they aren't ready to be d'/c'd then. Stupid doc should have d/c'd the iv meds long before the...
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    You are not my only patient

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

    That's why I push it S-L-O-wLy over a few minutes. You are not going to get high on my
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    You are not my only patient

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

    at least you don't get berated by saying that - our mgmt says we are not allowed to say that. Goes along with the " i've got time for that " thing. The rudeness of the general population- and we are...
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    Role of Hospice RN at a death.

    martymoose replied to HillieRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    [quote=VivaLasViejas;7287692She didn't need the biological details, she needed reassurance......so I told her I thought he had seen something beautiful as he was taken to Heaven. Gosh, That's...
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    Ventage

    martymoose replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    I know I blow about 50-75 bucks a week on gas, and my spouse does the same ,as we have to commute. No jobs near home. Also , cant afford a better vehicle- both are 2003-2004 ,one has 170,000 miles on...
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    Tying Patient Satisfaction to Medicare Reimbursement is Problematic

    martymoose replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ^^^ Im sorry. This is only the tip of the
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    So the boss says "When a call light goes off, consider that an error"

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

    "when a call light goes off, consider that an error." ??? Everytime I hear this customer service crap,I consider the job to be an error- an error in judgement of choosing this profession. Your...
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    OMG Say it correctly!

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

    do you mean people call it em-arrr-esss-ayyy? i say
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    Rhythm interpretation a fib

    martymoose replied to lolakbolak's topic in Cardiac

    If I cant see the waves, then I slow down the speed to see if there's fibrillation. Or look at other leads. When I worked a short time in EP, saw a few AF ablations. Was quite fascinating to see the...
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    Enucleation. Ever have a patient pull an eye out?

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

    as awful as that is, I LOL'ed. Does that make me a bad
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    Enucleation. Ever have a patient pull an eye out?

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

    no, it's
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    Enucleation. Ever have a patient pull an eye out?

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

    barf. oh well, better they take it out and get it cleaned(by us)than not get cleaned at all.but still blech. That rates right up there with emptying suction canisters .
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    Enucleation. Ever have a patient pull an eye out?

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

    ewww. why lick it blechhhh:barf02: I just provided a denture cup and said"here ya
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    Everything is down hill

    martymoose replied to Bigmaine33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    That's terrible- where are they going to put
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    Hospital closing my entire unit.

    martymoose replied to miranda819's topic in General Nursing

    soon thats all that is going to be available - med surg, and nursing
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    Everything is down hill

    martymoose replied to Bigmaine33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    where I am BK may be min. wage, but tech starts at 8-9 $ , I'd rather flip burgers
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    Is floor nursing making you fat?

    martymoose replied to OCRN3's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My coworker is fit, runs minimarathons,but does shift work, and she just got sent to ED for sbp>190.Its the job........... makes me wonder- so she eats correct, prob has bmi of 20, runs cause whe...
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    Is floor nursing making you fat?

    martymoose replied to OCRN3's topic in Health, Stress Management

    yes. guilty. Poor hours, poor diet, severe stress -too exhausted to do anything but attempt to sleep and then go back to work. Was driving home the other day(another 14 hr-12 hr shift) and thinking...
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    Considering ICU/CCu

    martymoose replied to martymoose's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks for all the inputs. Gave this some more thought.Maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea to move to icu. I understand ours has a very high turnover and is hard to staff. I'm sure there is a reason...
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    Has this ever happened to you?

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

    had a elderly pt that wasn't too shy in that dept- got up from the bed and riiiiipppp. he laughed and said "blast -off!!!!" and I of course had to laugh. I'm glad they employees have a staff bathroom...