fuyuojo

fuyuojo

Ward Nurse and everything in between

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  1. Neonatal project?

    Im a head nurse in the NICU Department. Im having a hard time thinking of projects for our department that doesn't require the hospital to invest. Our admins wants us to think of projects that will...
  2. Neonatal project?

    I definitely agree with the reputation of our unit. Fortunately, patients are delighted and more than happy with what are giving
  3. Neonatal project?

    Thank you for the positive insights! The projects that I have discussed with are from the staff too We've placed a lot of effort when we did the plans, but still was not good enough for the...
  4. I just wanted to ask what are the possible signs of aspiration pneumonia? We had a patient, a 30 weeker expired recently. The neonatologist says it might be aspiration pneumonia. That night, breast...
  5. Premmie with aspiration pneumonia?

    Unfortunately, the parents have not opted to do an autopsy. I wish it was done too. The nurse noticed that when she pulled out the tube when she reinserted that shift, she noticed some green contents...
  6. explore lap

    i referred to the resident on duty but they didn't care to assess
  7. explore lap

    we had a patient who is a victim of gun shot wounds. the doctor did an explore laparotomy. on his first admission day, he had coffee ground drainage on his ngt. on his second admission day, he became...
  8. explore lap

    yes, his hgb hct values were normal post op day 1. his dx includes colon injury. he had 3 bullets that went through his transverse colon, as what i've seen on his operative
  9. THAT USED TO BE ME!

    In the hospital I am working in, if the census is low, you have to leave forcefully. That is in favor of the nurses
  10. Nurses not speaking english at work

    This is quite off topic but I agree.:) BOTTOM LINE: If you feel like you're being left out by two co-workers talking with each other on their languages, tell them off
  11. Nurses not speaking english at work

    Agree. Sorry, but the topic is MOSTLY zoning to our nationality. I know some do not represent the entire citizen but by certain individuals. So I couldn't help but react. And yes, it is F I L I P I N...
  12. Yeah, Filipino RNs abroad, speak in ENGLISH. For the safety of
  13. Nurses not speaking english at work

    Not all I think. Some live by the policies that the institution had presented. Not all of us break rules you know. People tend to generalize and stereotype, so please refrain from doing
  14. Nurses not speaking english at work

    So most of the posters here are saying is when you're in an English speaking zone, whether or break or not, you have to speak the language. I am a Filipino so I know how it feels when you talk with a...
  15. her main attending physician ordered a go signal that she can go home. i did not understand the text when i read it, and i gave it(the phone) to the previous shift. the fact is, she doesn't understood...
  16. From the title above, I need your answers. When are you liable in your shift? Is it starting from your shift, without the endorsement yet? Or after endorsement? Thanks. Probably it is more accurate to...
  17. Think I have to resign...

    i think i am somewhat on the same boat. i am a staff reliever, for 2 1/2 months no assurance of getting promoted as a staff nurse, earning $6 PER DAY (yes, that happens in our country), 15+ toxic...
  18. the thing is, a doctor texted that the patient can go home the following morning. the message was received during my shift, and i showed the text message to the nurse from the previous shift. she told...
  19. @asystole I am referring to this. Sorry if my statement is ambiguous. What I am trying to ask is that when are you liable for your patients? Is it after the previous shift had endorsed the patients?...
  20. Med Errors

    Med error so far was the AP ordered a Dulcolax tab but I inserted suppositories. 2 even! That was a telephone order. I echoed it but somehow I didn't know why I made it
  21. i am part of this group. the floor i am in is categorized as med-surg floor, although sometimes pedia patients are going in there too. in a month, i already had two incident reports (one was really my...
  22. "Graduating & Not Ready"

    I defintely agree with everyone. When I was a student, I never thought it would be this hard. You are the one to blame if something happened to your patient, as long as they are under your shift. A...
  23. fluid infusion.. overload?

    to cut the story short, i received a pedia patient from the ER with an Intravenous Fluid already consuming that needs to run for 10 hours but was infused in 1 1/2 hour. did call the resident to check...
  24. I was endorsed a 3 y/o male with bronchitis. We did the endorsement on the station. He had a skin test that needs to be checked. So after endorsement, I immediately went went to his room after and...
  25. fluid infusion.. overload?

    that means when receiving the patient from any unit, endorsements should be done in the patient's room, beside his bed. hence, "bedside