sfn2008

sfn2008 RN

Telemetry Step Down Units. Travel Nurse, Home Care

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  1. Question about RN scheduling

    sfn2008 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a retired Travel Nurse (2008) and in my travels I came across a schedule for 12 hour shift nurses. It was brillient. Every nurse knew months in advance what days she/he was to work. Nurses...

  2. Question about RN scheduling

    sfn2008 replied to sfn2008's topic in General Nursing

  3. Lots of Questions ... Few Answers

    sfn2008 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    nursing school taught nurses to use the nursing process to assess and treat people with health issues under md orders. we were taught that patient safety is one of the highest priorities. protect...

  4. Fired because i did not accept the assignment

    sfn2008 replied to radial34's topic in General Nursing

    The big IF. But it doesn't look like that is going to happen any time soon. California is definatly more progressive ... but even that is not going to be good enough in the long run. Too many people...

  5. Fired because i did not accept the assignment

    sfn2008 replied to radial34's topic in General Nursing

    As much as a Union could or couldn't help, that is not the answer. Nurses need the legislation. California is trying to get something going, and granted it is possobly because California Nurses...

  6. Fired because i did not accept the assignment

    sfn2008 replied to radial34's topic in General Nursing

    Any ideas on how to get such

  7. Have you quit in disgust?

    sfn2008 replied to flygirl43's topic in General Nursing

    You are sooooooooooo

  8. What was your job before you became a nurse?

    sfn2008 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    Telephone Installer. One of the first females to pass Pole Climbing

  9. Have you quit in disgust?

    sfn2008 replied to flygirl43's topic in General Nursing

    What people? Who? The nurses at allnurses? The BON? The community where your hospital is located? WHOM are you expecting to stand up and take notice? Hospitals have a Board of Directors. Do nurses...

  10. Code blue: family at bedside????

    sfn2008 replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    During a Code all concern and attention is on reviving the patient. I think it makes a difference if the Code is called in the ED, the ICU or the Floor. In many of the hospitals that I have worked...

  11. Have you quit in disgust?

    sfn2008 replied to flygirl43's topic in General Nursing

    It has always been my thoughts that we do not have a shortage of nurses. We have a shortage of nurses that are willing to work under the conditions that are being presented. Change the conditions...

  12. Fired because i did not accept the assignment

    sfn2008 replied to radial34's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse recruiter recently told me that termination under these cercumstances should be referred to as "ethical differences". In other words you and your employer disputed what was "safe nursing...

  13. You know you have a great job when.....

    sfn2008 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

  14. When to enter meds on MAR

    sfn2008 replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I disagree. I don't identify with the control issues. I feel we should identify and meet NEEDS. Let me ask, how many times would you have liked to just sit and TALK to your patient because you knew...

  15. When to enter meds on MAR

    sfn2008 replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    True, there are many that NEED a professional to administer medication and deliver treatments. And there is definatly a need to protect one patient from the medication or treatment of another. I agree...

  16. You know you have a great job when.....

    sfn2008 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    A young Dialysis patient was "stuck" in an acute care setting because there was a LONG delay in his ability to get follow up care. He had been on our unit for over 3 weeks and was going "stir crazy"....

  17. travel nursing nightmare

    sfn2008 replied to dmarcelal's topic in General Nursing

    :redbeathe

  18. What's the dumbest thing you ever got called on the carpet for?

    sfn2008 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds interesting. Other than your run-in, how is it

  19. Request for deceased to stay in home overnight

    sfn2008 replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Where do I find this kind of a law? You said that the coroner "overrules" . .. my question is.. when I die if I wanted to practice an Irish tradition of having a "Wake", is this now against the

  20. Questions about Travel Nursing

    sfn2008 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Travel

    not knowing the unit patient:nurse ratio, the hospital often has an ideal ratio... but ask to speak to one of the nurses that works on the shift you are being assigned. they are asking for a...

  21. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line

    sfn2008 replied to Implacable's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Even if nurses KNOW that a small air bubble will not be a problem, some patients and their families can FREAK... I learned a trick years ago and it might help.. Take the tubing and wrap it around your...

  22. Altered LOC--Dx help, please!

    sfn2008 replied to Faith&Service's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You have described 1. Hypotension, (Alteration in perfussion:redbeathe) 2. Altered LOC, :zzzzz 3. Adverse Effect to a Medication I am even thinking with what you have described, 4. Altered...

  23. When to enter meds on MAR

    sfn2008 replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How many people in these LTC's actually NEED a nurse to do the med pass? How many patients in the hospital NEED a professional to do a task that they do for themselves at home (and very well I might...

  24. hospice nurse needs advice

    sfn2008 replied to badill00's topic in Nurses Recovery

    get copies of everything that is documented about the practice. you are doing your job the way you were taught. but, it may be that your preceptor did not follow up with a policy or proceedure. your...

  25. Funny video explaining heart rhythms

    sfn2008 replied to Dixielee's topic in General Nursing

    Funny AND Educational. We need more like