KimRN41514

I recently lost my husband. He had a strong cardiac history. MI x 2, 5 vessell bypass 7 years ago. Was sitting and talking to me, mid-sentence he arrested. I did CPR while family called 911. I had his pulse back and was doing rescue breathing when EM...

Thank you. I've been a nurse for 27 years and am so taken aback. In shock really. Help me to understand as I'm not an ER nurse, why in the ER would he have been defibrillated multiple times while in asystole? I'm just not processing this well.

Hello Everyone! I would like to find colleagues who would like to share their nursing forms. I have PLENTY to share if anyone is interested. I plan on working with the staff to do some paperwork reduction in the near future and am interested in what...

Just curious if there are any nurses who work for HMA?

Hi.. just an attempt to get to know folks better. Am curious as to what state you practice in. West Virginia here.

We are seeing more and more venous stasis ulcers and diabetic ulcers at our rural hospital. Unfortunately, we don't have a Wound Care nurse. We have protocols for decubitus ulcer treatments. Does anyone have any wound care protocols that they would s...

I work at a small rural hospital. Most of our nurses complain about the amount of paperwork necessary to admit a patient. I can't help but agree with them. We want to form a committee to help reduce the amount of paperwork needed and still meet all o...

We put the patients in and use our ACS protocol. If you would like, I could share it with you.

Thank you for replying. I Like the report sheet. I'm interested in seeing other admission history forms and things like that too. We have a good care plan/interdisciplinary education form as well as many protocols- skin care, chest pain, pneumonia, c...

I feel your pain..with our preceptor program, the preceptor and the preceptee meet weekly with the manager to just check in and see how things are going- are you learning what you need to, how are the two of your getting along etc. to help catch mism...

We have used Unna boots in the past. Should be no problem getting them stocked again. We currently use Convatec products for wound care and have seen good results with pressure ulcers. Thank you so much for your suggestions :)

Just curious.... besides the wonderful nursing care, what keeps your patients coming back?? What special perks do you do for your patients to make their stay more comfortable, etc. Thanks!

Just curious.... besides the wonderful nursing care, what keeps your patients coming back?? What special perks do you do for your patients to make their stay more comfortable, etc. Thanks!

Just curious.... besides the wonderful nursing care, what keeps your patients coming back?? What special perks do you do for your patients to make their stay more comfortable, etc. Thanks!

Hi Again Everyone, Thanks for posting. Very nice to meet all of you.

I'd like to exchange information re: JCAHO NPSG etc with you. We are expecting survey anytime :):stone Do you have any suggestions in meeting the CORE requirements for pneumonia vaccination compliance. We have it on the admission history to ask pati...

I would be glad to share our form and policy for reconciliation. Any other of the NPSG's that are particularly problematic?

We are due our survey anytime now as well. I get up each morning and check the site too. I'm a nurse manager of a small rural hospital in WV. We also have monthly meetings and have created a JCAHO task force to get things done that need to be in plac...

Has anyone had their survey yet?

If you're still interested, I'd like to have someone to dialogue with too re: JCAHO issues etc.

I'm looking for some nurses to help me dialog with concerning the "fair" way to do things. For example, calling staff to take an extra day off. Any suggestions? Thanks!

This is an extra day off without pay. Do you start with the most senior (like it's a benefit) or the least to most senior?

I'm looking for suggestions to take to a meeting re: a "fair" way to call staff off if not needed due to census. If anyone has any suggestions, please email me. I manage a 57 bed med/surg unit that includes a nursery. I have to have one nursery train...

Do you work @ CAMC?

Just curious if there are any nurses who work for HMA?