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  1. You can only take so much screaming, impatience, and disdain

    shiccy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Little story b/c I'm surprised at myself that the words came out of my mouth and also proud that I had the ability to tell the doc to stuff it... Also is a nice learning experience for those that are...

  2. People think you are rich because you are a nurse

    shiccy replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I am recently trying to get back in touch friendship wise with the former roommate, but it's a slow process... I am still friends with the friend I cook with (he's one of my best friends). It *is*...

  3. Should she be suspended?

    shiccy replied to desro1986's topic in General Nursing

    Two statements - We actually just had one nurse get fired for narc diversion (was giving apap instead of Percs to pts, then giving them sublimaze after the 'percs' didn't help). This wasn't a first...

  4. People think you are rich because you are a nurse

    shiccy replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    'zactly. That's why places like Best buy have return policies. SORRY! I have had friends like this. They don't necessarily mean to at times, or at least I don't think they do... I like to cook (or at...

  5. You can only take so much screaming, impatience, and disdain

    shiccy replied to shiccy's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry had to catch up a bit ... To Leslie yes I did say, "Hold on let me check" when asked what time the vitals were received on. Also I did *not* hang up on her, but took the phones mouthpiece away...

  6. What are the staffing ratios in your state?

    shiccy replied to Barras's topic in General Nursing

    I don't live in med surg and rarely float there, but in NW OH Med Surg in the past I have had 6:1, but have heard of 8pts w/ an LPN Intermediate on MY floor is 3 or 4:1 (we are the only intermediate...

  7. Patients Making Up Lies

    shiccy replied to Honeynurse's topic in General Nursing

    In situations like this I literally look at the family with a slightly disgusted on my face and say, "Oh. Ok." and the look back down to the patient and ask my pain assessment question again. After...

  8. Night shift: let residents sleep?

    shiccy replied to RGuadagna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Coming from acute care, faster you get a person out of urine, the better you get rid of incontinence related excoriation and skin breakdown. Please, from a skin care standpoint, DON'T let your...

  9. cuts

    shiccy replied to errnnum1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I guess the only things I have to point out is that I'm glad I have a job period in the crunch for economy. Also w/ the healthcare junk they've tossed into the system with the government, a ton of the...

  10. avoid interruptions

    shiccy replied to nhlpn546's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think the apron idea is a good one, myself. Either that or letting family know that talking to a person passing meds in unacceptable. Many times when I'm confronted when I need to be concentrating...

  11. Fired from Assisting Living Facililty!

    shiccy replied to jerenemarie's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds pretty fishy to me ... they definitely haven't fired you for a valid reason. You can't just fire someone in most states w/out a paper trail. It's your JOB to request orders from docs. Sooo...

  12. Family Members With Nothing Better To Do.

    shiccy replied to Honeynurse's topic in General Nursing

    We have signs that have numbers 7-7 and we move stars from top to bottom. When people ask what the heck we do those for (we just started and even *I* forget to tell them what they're for), I tell them...

  13. foley irrigation

    shiccy replied to care&share's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking infection, too ... I'd see if you could get a UA, possible ATB if it's +, and then recath after a few doses of

  14. Gave a patient someone else's unwasted dilaudid

    shiccy replied to Daliadreamer's topic in General Nursing

    I think every nurse has made the mistake of taking a narc home because they had put it in their pocket. I had a patient that was getting pain meds fairly frequently the first night I had him, and...

  15. hospital salary

    shiccy replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    From what I've been told in my hospital, ER, ICU, Med-Surg, and Intermediate all make the same. I haven't heard much about OR/PACU, but I would think they'd be the same. Dialysis RN's make less from...

  16. VENT - Caring for patients in 3 bed rooms

    shiccy replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    My mom in approx 2005 had surgery at Cleveland Clinic. I never really thought twice about shared rooms for a minute until she told me the horror stories including but not limited to the roommate...

  17. Can the DON make you stay for OT if the next shift doesn't show or is called off?

    shiccy replied to TonyaM73's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Check your board of labor in your state. If something like that happens to *us* at my place of work, our supervisors that are scheduled to do administrative / JHACO items will take patients if...

  18. HIPAA--Mixed up discharge papers

    shiccy replied to JeanettePNP's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'd call / bring them back

  19. Doc freakout

    shiccy replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    We use incident reports for inappropriate behaviors as well as med errors and

  20. EMR question (McKesson)

    shiccy posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I have learned that the software that my hospital is going to is McKesson EMR. The EMR software is being started at a smaller outlying hospital in our system, and from what I have heard they...

  21. EMR question (McKesson)

    shiccy replied to shiccy's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'm all freaking out about the software, but also the amount of computers on some of the units is vastly insufficient as far as numbers. Have you used other computer systems? How does it stack up to...

  22. Noting orders

    shiccy replied to Dixiecup's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I live in acute care & yes you must sign it off. It's hospital policy for us - you probably have a policy

  23. IM injections -should we massage or not?

    shiccy replied to charlie19's topic in General Nursing

    i was specifically taught NOT to bc it hastens

  24. What happens now? Am I in trouble?

    shiccy replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    The crap thing is that she had already went to talk to the manager / supervisor that night so this shouldn't be an

  25. What happens now? Am I in trouble?

    shiccy replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you didn't fill out an incident report, something like that should be documented by the RN or even yourself in the long notes. At least where I'm from aids are allowed to chart in long notes...