perfectbluebuildings BSN, RN

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    When it all starts to seem like too much

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you cope when the things you see at work all seem to be too much, and you don't feel like you're doing enough? Patients dying young. Patients neglected by the ones who are supposed to love...
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    When it all starts to seem like too much

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the recommendation- that looks like a REALLY good book (I checked it out on Amazon) I think I'm going to order it, sounds like it has a lot of good
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    When it all starts to seem like too much

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your insights. I actually got called off (for now) for tonight for low census, which I'm glad about, and tomorrow I'm going to see a friend for coffee and chat and I think that will help....
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    Vent!!

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in Pediatric

    I am going to vent a little bit, albeit about something perhaps petty, and maybe other pediatric nurses will understand (or else tell me to get over it; that is understandable as well!!). There are...
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    Hospitalists?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to YankeeHater's topic in General Nursing

    I love having hospitalists. They're experts in, at the risk of sounding redundant, hospital care, and the treatment of acute illnesses. They become even more expert and specialized the longer they...
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    Tell me this doesn't happen all the time.

    perfectbluebuildings replied to grannyrn65's topic in General Nursing

    No grannynurse, that's not the norm where I
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    I cant read MD handwriting! Ack!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Trubie's topic in General Nursing

    It's not you at all, Testa Rosa- it's probably just that those nurses have worked with those doctors for a long time and are more used to their handwriting.
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    I cant read MD handwriting! Ack!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Trubie's topic in General Nursing

    That is hilarious... I can just picture that in a chart, too. Can you imagine the look on the QA person's face seeing that in a chart review? :) Luckily most of our doctors actually have really good...
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    Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    I think some people misinterpreted my previous post (on the first page of this thread.) I think I need to clarify. I didn't mean that this nurse would not be giving blood on a med-surg floor. I...
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    Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    Do you have your heart set on ICU? There are other specialties where having to give blood and blood products is not nearly as common, whereas it's almost daily in many ICUs. I realize you could do...
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    Vent!!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Pediatric

    Haha, you're right. Very good advice. Now, to act on it with conviction :)
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    Two interviews, looking for tips!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to LMFRN's topic in Pediatric

    Good luck!!! I'm excited for you! I don't have much to add to the excellent advice above by smurfynursey and jahra. I got a lot of scenario questions in my last peds interview, mostly patient-care...
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    Computerized charting

    perfectbluebuildings replied to aellisrn's topic in General Nursing

    Those of you whose facilities are completely computerized, what do you do in the event of power outage or computer system failure/unplanned downtime? (just out of curiosity, since our facility is...
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    What would you change about nursing?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Tay245's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness, THIS THIS THIS!!! That just runs all over me. Do your own job- I don't have time to do mine AND
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    What would you change about nursing?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Tay245's topic in General Nursing

    As long as we're dreaming, I would love to have a "magical" device that you could carry with you to dictate patient assessments, interventions performed,and other pertinent information. It would...
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    Thoughts on Christmas scrubs...Yea or no way?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to GoECU's topic in General Nursing

    I love wearing Christmas scrubs, there are some really pretty patterns. I don't usually start wearing them until at least after Thanksgiving though. There are some that are kind of more "winter"...
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    Need advice from experienced nurses

    perfectbluebuildings replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask for a new preceptor. You don't have to go into too much detail, just tell your manager it doesn't seem to be a good fit. Did you like the preceptor you were with that one day; is he/she...
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    Calling in: different time frame for night and day shifts?

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I was surprised to read on another thread about sick calls, that many hospitals require evening or night shift workers to call off earlier than day shift workers. For example, that day shift...
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    Calling in: different time frame for night and day shifts?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    also, please let me know if I need to clarify the poll options; I'm not always very good at wording stuff the way I mean it.
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    Calling out sick. How much notice?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    That is really unfair, pippylockstocking. What reasoning (if any) does your hospital give for the policy? (Sorry for hijacking your thread OP, maybe I'll start another one
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    Calling out sick. How much notice?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    That seems crazy to me that some of you have to call out 4-6 hours before an evening or night shift but only 2 hours before day shift? Why is that, and how is that fair? Just like a day shift person...
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    I think I might have done something stupid.

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think I inadvertantly did something rather stupid. Later this week there is a thing for all employees who have been at the hospital for certain numbers of years, it's a large event apparently with...
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    I think I might have done something stupid.

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the suggestions. It does seem like in person would be the best. I'll figure out the best way to actually be able to talk to her in person, if she isn't there late evening or early...
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    I think I might have done something stupid.

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Meriwhen, you must have been posting the same time I was writing my reply. If I see her I'll tell her just that. If she's not at work tonight should I just e-mail her? I'm trying to weigh the...
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    I think I might have done something stupid.

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Good idea. I do not actually see her most shifts though, as I work nights. But she is there some of the shifts. I'm just not sure what to say to her, I'm not good at explaining things like this...