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  1. Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    pennyaline replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Probably the patient's wife meant that the patient never uses alcohol... anymore! Suuuuure he doesn't! How much does SHE not use anymore? (I've seen it and seen it

  2. Just because you are a nurse...

    pennyaline replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I could be reading this all wrong, but I don't think so. You seem to be trolling for an argument. Why? What's in it for you? I doubt you'll be vindicated. Rather than spouting blanket statements to...

  3. Financial questions on admissions. Is this in the scope of practice?

    pennyaline replied to generalhospital's topic in Gastroenterology

    Scope of practice has nothing to do with it. Nor is it a conflict of interest or a HIPAA problem. It is a reflection of cost cutting. There are many facilities that have their admissions people review...

  4. improvement to sterile gloves

    pennyaline replied to MichaelMcDonough's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Then try being detailed and specific, rather than making the general statement that "sterile gloves are all bunched up and almost impossible to get on right." If you mean the nitrile or vinyl gloves...

  5. follow up on bathroom grab bars problem

    pennyaline replied to makes needs known's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Don't despair. They are concerned or they wouldn't investigated and wouldn't have discussed the "what if" plan with the facility. I suspect there will be a follow up investigation that will cover...

  6. improvement to sterile gloves

    pennyaline replied to MichaelMcDonough's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    STERILE gloves all bunched up in the package, and you can't tell where the thumbs are? Are you sure? I've never, never, never had that experience with sterile gloves. The are unfailingly laid out and...

  7. Gold Star Stickers For Nurses??

    pennyaline replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes, welcome back to kindergarten. My piano teacher had a similar reward system, too, for each exercise we completed. How disgusting. However, administrators being what they are, they expect us to be...

  8. Virginia Henderson

    pennyaline replied to pedsrnjc's topic in General Nursing

  9. Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

    pennyaline replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just love these fleecy-brained administrative types. I'm going to put my application in at her place right away as she's dying to hire experienced RNs, since we have so much more to offer and all......

  10. IV Bumex in Home?

    pennyaline replied to KateRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure it's a total of 9mg Bumex daily for three days? I got 7 mg (2mg po BID = 4mg total daily po, plus 3mg IVP qd = 7mg qd). How long has the doctor been treating this patient? What is her...

  11. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    pennyaline replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    It's not an Ohio thing. It's an everywhere thing, and there are threads aplenty on this board dealing with just this issue. Many of those threads are VERY recent, recent enough that you'd have seen...

  12. Use of C/O in Documentation

    pennyaline replied to darrell's topic in General Nursing

    Oh. My. GOD!!! Short of air? It's stupid. It's just too stupid. The patient isn't short of air, like a bicycle tire. The patient is short of BREATH, as in not breathing well, as in having poor O2/CO2...

  13. Is This Accurate Information? Inaccurate?

    pennyaline replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Nursing

    These are NCLEX

  14. Use of C/O in Documentation

    pennyaline replied to darrell's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, what the patient presents with for treatment is still called the chief complaint, and "complains of" is still legitimate terminology. If the customer service focus of healthcare...

  15. foley catheters

    pennyaline replied to troy09boston's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your NM was just a prude. What did she want you to do, not investigate the source of the bleeding? What would have been appropriate to use, if not a

  16. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

    pennyaline replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the staff are willing and don't refuse to do it (and they have the right to refuse) it isn't a big deal. When you don't have staff willing or able to do it, it becomes a big deal very...

  17. A New Prespective on the Nursing Profession

    pennyaline replied to whitedoginwi's topic in General Nursing

    You're a guy, so it probably won't get directed toward you very much.

  18. A New Prespective on the Nursing Profession

    pennyaline replied to whitedoginwi's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of nonsense is that? Was nursing that diverse 20-30 years ago? Of course it was. I'm thinking that you friend likes her theory a great deal. I call it the "Miss Ann Elk Syndrome.*" *after...

  19. A New Prespective on the Nursing Profession

    pennyaline replied to whitedoginwi's topic in General Nursing

    Okay. So she's on par with many of us. Actually, these things are NOT the responsibility of nursing schools. Mastering a skill set comes with time and practice. Nursing programs have only enough...

  20. A New Prespective on the Nursing Profession

    pennyaline replied to whitedoginwi's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, but not really very helpful. If we use "Alison's" observations alone, certain nurses fail at nursing just because they are working in the wrong nursing setting and not because they have...

  21. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

    pennyaline replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    Patients who need observed smoking need more than someone within shouting distance. In my experience, in more than one facility, there have been residents who have set their clothes alight without...

  22. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

    pennyaline replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    "First let me say that even though I'm a smoker, I think smoking should be banned at all hospitals/clinics ect. BUT and here is a big BUT - VA facilities, the reason - these men and woman have bled...

  23. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

    pennyaline replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    You will probably find that there is no policy statement that compels employees to confine themselves with smoking patients if they don't want to do it. All of the latest legislative changes regarding...

  24. My Mom just passed.....

    pennyaline replied to Angel@MyTable's topic in General Nursing

    "My heart is breaking, but I just have to keep shutting it off for right now. It is just not safe to grieve." I'm not certain what you mean by this, but as devastating as the grief reaction can be, it...

  25. Nurse stealing Dilaudid

    pennyaline replied to susiesmith21's topic in Patient Medications

    "The nursing board will not take action against the nurse without a conviction and they don't bring criminal charges. Best bet to get anything accomplished is to make a police report." You should have...