aloevera

aloevera

telemetry, med-surg, home health, psych

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  1. things friends/neighbors have asked you "because you are a nurse"

    aloevera posted a topic in General Nursing

    I thought this may make an interesting/humorous post....I was asked this am by my neighbor to remove a fishing hook stuck in his thumb...naturally I sent him to the ER to have it removed and get a...

  2. Nurse bashing, public view to a news item

    aloevera replied to annmariern's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    of course I agree that it doesn't hurt to have someone with you in the hospital to keep an eye on things....I have seen many mistakes, we are only human.....I agree, change Docs if you are not happy...

  3. doctors treatment of nurses??

    aloevera replied to nursejllrn's topic in General Nursing

    Our Docs are professional, friendly, and great to work with.....of course, they are psychiatrists so that might be the reason !!!! Our staff MD's are completely different, they can be quite rude,...

  4. things friends/neighbors have asked you "because you are a nurse"

    aloevera replied to aloevera's topic in General Nursing

    OMG !!!! You are a better neighbor than I :chuckle :chuckle

  5. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    aloevera replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    do you think you are overqualified? maybe requiring more $$ than they want to pay???? just a thought, i thought there was a great shortage, too....there sure is in the south......we have an ad in the...

  6. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    aloevera replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I have never seen an application that asked for grades or honors that were earned at school.....but then I have not job hunted in quite some time.....are they really asking about grades received in...

  7. Private Vs. State Vs. Public Hospitals

    aloevera replied to SarahLovesNovember's topic in Psychiatric

    I cannot give you any comparison because I have only worked at a private psych hospital.....pay is good, orientation was very good, quality of care is excellent....now nurse/pt. ratio, that is another...

  8. How does a psych RN spend her time?

    aloevera replied to linda2097's topic in Psychiatric

    Close......we as RN's don't give meds, the LPN's do...... spend 70% time with pts. either to assess, admit, discharge, attend their tx.plan meetings, de-escalate, lead groups, clinical (blood...

  9. Not enjoying my new job...

    aloevera replied to eandgsma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can sure understand your frustration....we all have it at one time or another....I have been a nurse for 25+ years and still have night shift nurses come in and try to rant at me for something not...

  10. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    aloevera replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Move to the sunny South !!!!!! In Fla. and Ga. there are many opening for new grads at all major hospitals..... The pay won't be as good as in Boston, but the whether makes up for it !!! The cost...

  11. Pain is subjective?

    aloevera replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    Be a "good samaritan" and give a pt. their pain meds on schedule. as ordered, without questioning their

  12. Pain is subjective?

    aloevera replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    Could it possibly be that they have had such chronic pain and developed a high tolerance to the usual pain meds that they really do need the dilaudid......after long term use of meds we all know that...

  13. how do you guys do it?

    aloevera replied to june2009's topic in Psychiatric

    well said Mish56 for all of us that work these

  14. Pain is subjective?

    aloevera replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    Are you going to deny someone their pain meds that were ordered for them because you "think" that they don't need them???? I'm

  15. Pain is subjective?

    aloevera replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    I am accountable for giving them to the correct person and signing them out....I am not accountable for accurately assessing the need for them...the Dr. made that decision when he ordered them for the...

  16. how do you guys do it?

    aloevera replied to june2009's topic in Psychiatric

    No, I would never judge "all parents" but I must say that the majority of the parents that I met when working on an adolescent unit had major problems of their own...now these were children that were...

  17. Pain is subjective?

    aloevera replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    In regards to pain scale.....when I had a grapefruit sized ovarian cyst twisting I was in so much pain that I was vomiting.....THAT is a 10.... After my TAH, I was in so much pain after they removed...

  18. acuity assessment tools

    aloevera replied to jeanne1n10's topic in Psychiatric

    sorry, can't help with that so much,....we are always so understaffed that I doublt our facility adheres to much of an acuity assessment tool anyway....we are lucky to have two RN's, 1 LPN (med nurse)...

  19. Pain is subjective?

    aloevera replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    I say, if a pain med is ordered, give it...... If a pt. says he is in pain, who am I to question him ???? We all have various thresholds for pain and I do not wish anyone to suffer while under my...

  20. How does your unit do prn schedules?

    aloevera replied to Carolinamom's topic in General Nursing

    we submit what days we are available to work 2 weeks ahead of the month....then the monthly schedule comes out and usually get most of the days wanted, not always as much as we'd like but then when...

  21. Pain is subjective?

    aloevera replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    my job is not to decide whether or not a pt. is in pain...... my job is to help the pt. to alleviate that pain....whether they are telling me they are in pain or I can see it in their face.....I don't...

  22. how do you guys do it?

    aloevera replied to june2009's topic in Psychiatric

    there are always exceptions to the rule......... I think that some people are just "stronger" than

  23. Floated to the Adolescent Psych Unit - BAD experience!

    aloevera replied to abbaking's topic in Psychiatric

    Sounds like a typical day in adolescent psych !! It is a shocker when you are not used to it, for sure....you did great and next time will be much better..just as JulesA said..... I bet you were happy...

  24. so burned out

    aloevera replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I would get out of that situation for now, you can always return later...try something else....the areas are endless..... Good Luck....I feel for you, sounds just like many a day I had when I worked...

  25. acuity assessment tools

    aloevera replied to jeanne1n10's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not sure exactly what you are asking for...we don't have any quidelines to assess acuity levels at our hospital except: 4...one on ones 3....LOS, suicidal, homocidal, threat...... 2....psychotic,...