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  1. Photocopy of incident report

    ratchit replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I've been told that incident reports are not released unless they are specifically requested. But that any smart malpractice lawyer requests them. I was told just this week that incident reports are...

  2. Let the next shift deal with it...

    ratchit replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Numerouno- I'm one of those night shift nurses who draws labs. And there have been plenty of times that I KNOW the blood was just fine but it got screwed up in the lab. It didn't make the batch,...

  3. spooky spooky spooky

    ratchit replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

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  4. Travelers: picky scheduling

    ratchit replied to redhedgoddess's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others. Traveling is a step closer to a business relationship than staff nursing is. The nurse and the hospital come to the table and try to work out a deal. Both sides have to...

  5. Pt. suffering for sake of cost containment!!

    ratchit replied to leslie :-D's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Earle! First of all, your patient is lucky to have such an eager advocate! Good for you! I don't know what kind of unit you work in, and psych is definitely not my field, but a couple ideas for...

  6. RN"s and LPN's mandated to work as CNA's

    ratchit replied to chili2641's topic in General Nursing

    Chili, There are good and bad CNAs. There are good and bad RNs. I've worked with RNs who said they didn't go to school to wipe butt. I've worked with CNAs who take 6 smoke breaks, four phone calls,...

  7. Some things just can't be explained

    ratchit replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    A couple years back, I worked a series of agency shifts on a hospital based rehab unit. Private hospital, well staffed, newly remodled.. But the unit used to be the old chronic medical floor where...

  8. oxymetric swans

    ratchit replied to gpip's topic in MICU, SICU

    So, Holly.. When's your Swan inservice? Can I

  9. Deposition

    ratchit replied to SL@Metro's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good luck. I haven't been deposed but a risk manager once told me never go into one without your OWN attorney. The hospital's risk manager and attorney represent them, not you. I'd want someone...

  10. Catching Hell

    ratchit replied to [email protected]'s topic in General Nursing

    Natalie- What an awesome post! It takes an awful lot for me to refuse to care for someone- it has only happened a couple times. But it's nice that someone somewhere is recognizing that health care...

  11. Best Traveling Nurse Agency?

    ratchit replied to melaniejanemcelroy's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Melanie Jane McElroy. Love the name! You might get more detail from the travel nursing forum here. There is a delphi forum- www.delphi.com/travelnurses that is devoted only to traveling. I...

  12. Just want chance to say THANKS...........

    ratchit replied to GWEENY's topic in General Nursing

    The board of nursing in her state should have her address... They shouldn't give it out but if you sent them the letter to her (unsealed) with a stamped envelope and an explanation of what you want...

  13. How do you work with a ***** ???

    ratchit replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, Tim... I tend to get to this board every 3-4 days and catch up. What a storm I've been missing! And YOU! LOL- I read your posts and think "damn, he's one of those PERFECT nurses I always...

  14. Charting Bloopers

    ratchit replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Could explain the SOB. ? Maybe they should have just straight cathed that nare?

  15. RN student needs input

    ratchit replied to janine3&5's topic in General Nursing

    Big item these days has been staffing. ICU patients are sicker and the interventions are trickier by the day. But the ratios are creeping up- some places are now using 1:3 as a standard, not an...

  16. floating

    ratchit replied to vette63rn's topic in General Nursing

    When I was brandy new, less than 6 months on med/surg- ICU needed a float. I knew I wanted to do ICU, no one else on my unit would go, and the house sup insisted the float was just for a pair of...

  17. How do I choose a stethoscope? Please help!

    ratchit replied to laurasjj's topic in General Nursing

    For my use I agree with Tim- I love my littman and the acoustics are far superior to anything I've compared them to. But the littmans are expensive- the cardiology scope runs over $150. I think a...

  18. Catching Hell

    ratchit replied to [email protected]'s topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I'm shocked- more that nurses aren't backing you up than that a frustrated family member thought things would change by screaming at you. You are in your job as a professional and deserve to be...

  19. hepatis c nurse-- can i be fired for this?

    ratchit replied to chinchin's topic in General Nursing

    When I took a travel position at a really weird hospital in NJ, employee health drew bloods for titres- measles, mumps, rubella, rubeola, varicella, and also for syphillis. I made some wise crack...

  20. note to Pittsburgh nurses

    ratchit replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Similar thing happened in Boston. When I entered nursing school in 1992, the job market was iffy. When I graduated in 1995, there were no jobs anywhere. In 1997, I quit to go travel nursing a mere...

  21. Critical Care Pocket Guide & Calculator

    ratchit replied to pkr99's topic in Cardiac

    Hi- I know the book you're talking about. It's really good! I have something similar- it's roughly 4x6 inches, navy blue, called "Fast Facts" by Kathy White. The smaller one has laminated...

  22. New Grad Needs Help

    ratchit replied to NurseNikki2001's topic in General Nursing

    You took how many tests in school? Don't worry- the boards have much worse hype than they deserve. They are meant to test minimum safety to practice- not a thorough knowedge base. I did take a 5 day...

  23. falsifying medical records

    ratchit replied to deLadyPanther's topic in General Nursing

    You've received great suggestions so far. The only thing I would add is to write an incident report stating you found out on this date that your manager was doing this and you don't know when she...

  24. thinking of moving....need help

    ratchit replied to jillo1017's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Jill- Congrats on surviving nursing school! Things used to be more complicated before computerized boards, when every state wrote their own exam and decided what the passing score was. According...

  25. Contract Nursing

    ratchit replied to Redeye's topic in General Nursing

    By contract nursing, do you mean agency or travelling? I worked a little agency but can answer more about travelling. PROs: Get to see the world, one place at a time. Little involvement with staff...