barefootlady

barefootlady ADN, RN

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  1. PLEASE help me decide!!! Job change!

    barefootlady replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Babs, Please run do not walk back to the old job. Your health, your family life, and your sanity is worth a pay cut. Good Luck and let us know how you are when you return to the old

  2. Question About Antidepressants

    barefootlady replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety, More is going on here than this guy is admitting. I have worked psych and we often had to hold a dose for tests. It never caused one of them to act like this. I think he is either...

  3. back to hospital after 11 years in home health

    barefootlady replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    Ren, from what I am able to discern that IS what is going on everywhere. I know I have to get cracking and soon, but something is telling me to wait. I am afraid my hubby is going to have a problem,...

  4. Retaining senior staff? What a Concept!

    barefootlady replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I have read some the responses on this board with great interest. BATMIK, a difference of $9.20 hour for experience is GREAT, here we are lucky if it is $2.00 to $3.00 in difference. COTJOCKEY,...

  5. back to hospital after 11 years in home health

    barefootlady replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Ren, Congrats on being back in the hospital. It will get better as you spend more time there. I know what you mean about the computer charting, I loved and hated it at the same time. Sometimes...

  6. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    barefootlady replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hae been in the reverse position of being told a black family only wanted black nurses taking care of the patient. I said fine and later when I saw the wife and daughter in the hall I spoke to them...

  7. Retaining senior staff? What a Concept!

    barefootlady replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    As a Senior nurse, I can say I was given nothing but crappy assignments, loaded down with questions from GN's while the CN and their Clinical coordinator gossiped in the HN office. Any time I tried...

  8. Mandatory overtime in nursing -I need your help

    barefootlady replied to PSUNURSE's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    nursemaa; Does your facility use agency staff? Do you call weekender's and ask if they would like a few extra hours? Do you make sure a nurse was not sent home or called off from another unit before...

  9. Am I getting jipped???

    barefootlady replied to nicoleinphilly's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Nicole; I think you were mislead and that a full disclosure of requirements for work on this floor was not disclosed to you. Now having said that, if you refuse to sign this contract, they may fire...

  10. Mandatory overtime in nursing -I need your help

    barefootlady replied to PSUNURSE's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Too many times in my career I have been mandated to work overtime and found out later it was because the supervisor or NM/CN gave their buddy the shift off wo bothering to find coverage or even...

  11. Sleeping on the job

    barefootlady replied to redwinggirlie's topic in General Nursing

    Lpn2be; You're excused by the charge nurse for some much needed rest and recovery. That is most assuredly o.k. but unless it is your 30 minute break and the floor has adequate coverage and approval...

  12. How Rude!!!

    barefootlady replied to stella123 rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey Jnette: Do you live in the Cana area of VA? Just

  13. How Rude!!!

    barefootlady replied to stella123 rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How Rude. I hope you looked at him and told him not to expect any nurse in town to give him that TLC we are so famous for. No, really, I would have said, "if this is how you really feel, I pity...

  14. False Charting

    barefootlady replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Loved flow sheet and charting by exception also. Here a shift assessment is done every 8 hours, if there is something that happens after the assessment it is charted. Otherwise the shift assessment...

  15. Like your acrylic nails??.......

    barefootlady replied to nowplayingEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    No fake nails, no tips, no wraps where I work. Real nails 1/4 inch long and clear to light pink polish only. Some of the newer nurses are not following this p/p. Nothing is being done to them at...

  16. False Charting

    barefootlady replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I never false chart. I do my assessments, pass my meds, do orders and dressings , Iv's and attempt to keep an eye on a patient's i/o. Now this does not give me much time for breaks, lunch and I am...

  17. What is your best tips for new grads starting on med-surg

    barefootlady replied to peaceful2100's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Tonya, all the above suggestions are great. Watch what the experienced nurses on the unit do and how they manage their time. Ask them for tips, but remember, everyone works at a different pace. I...

  18. mental health days

    barefootlady replied to pjhrn1north's topic in General Nursing

    Mental health days because of the stress of nursing!! What a wonderful idea, too bad it will NEVER happen. It takes an act of Nature to get a day off without it being scheduled weeks in advance....

  19. sleeping staff

    barefootlady replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sleeping a not allowed where I work, break or no break. Is it done? Sure it is and it depends on who is doing it what is said. I would never willingly sleep on the job. A break is just a break, not...

  20. Hospital Acuities.........or NOT!!!

    barefootlady replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    We are required to assign acuity every shift. It is a matter of punching in a number after we add all hospital defined descriptions to a patient. Does it work? No! No! No! We can give all of our...

  21. "Thats not my patient"

    barefootlady replied to nurse2002's topic in General Nursing

    Thank You, CindyLou, I too am very frustrated with nursing today and the amount of needless paperwork, double charting, and rude people and lazy coworkers. Like you I would lo9ve to find something...