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  1. Using BSN credentials(not a BSN)

    snuggles49 replied to funfunfun550's topic in General Nursing

    first of all is the person who brought it to your attention a manager? or a Staff nurse ? It is quite possible they may be wrong. I would ask on what authority they got the info. But I agree I would...

  2. Is it ok to draw lab from a PIVC?

    snuggles49 replied to vpierre's topic in General Nursing

    There are PICC cathters that are designed to draw off. Check with your Materials Management Dept. They can contact Reps who can show you the newer product

  3. Floating (sign of bad management?)

    snuggles49 replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    Sign of Good Management. Floating can Reduce OT and Eliminate Calling Staff Off . It is a Win Win

  4. hourly rounding

    snuggles49 replied to suni's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I get tired of the excuse "just don't have time" do you say that about meds, assessments, dressing changes, noting orders, calling doctors ? What does one eliminate because they "just don't have time"...

  5. hourly rounding

    snuggles49 replied to suni's topic in Medical-Surgical

    suni, sorry the link did'nt work. The article was from Medscape. I got it on line at their site. It actually was a CE offering. The title again is Ring for the Nurse! Improving Call Light Management...

  6. hourly rounding

    snuggles49 replied to suni's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We do rounding .( Hospital 80 beds) 1. Rounding is done every 2 hours on day shift (12 hrs) and every 1 hour on noc(12). 2. Day shift nurse rounds at 8am, 10am on own patients then one nurse rounds...

  7. Need Advice; No Grade...Can't Take RN Boards

    snuggles49 replied to helpin_others's topic in General Nursing

    Find this hard to believe. You had 5 classes and how many clinicals in one semester ???? I have experience with several mid-michigan community colleges and I have not ever known them to have more...

  8. need help re removal of temp. dialysis cath.

    snuggles49 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Can anyone tell me where to find information to write a policy for removal of a temporary dialysis catherter or send me your policy. This is for a hospital setting.

  9. need help re removal of temp. dialysis cath.

    snuggles49 replied to snuggles49's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks. Some staff have pulled the temp caths. but we have not had a policy to do this. Same principles and procedures as removal of sheath from cardiac cath/ central line etc. Correct me if I am...

  10. Primary Nursing and Night shift

    snuggles49 replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

    We do "Primary Nursing" if you interpret that to mean "a nurse cares for 5-7 patients and is responsible for all meds (LPN have resource RN for IV pushes), ADL's(can be delegated to CNA),...

  11. fired

    snuggles49 replied to cccc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do Not Lie. This unethical and not morally

  12. Management making mountains out of mole hills

    snuggles49 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    what do you do with the money ? Buy more snacks ? why don't each of you bring in your own snacks then they would probally let you keep them. At our facility we have a moderate size kitchen with a...

  13. fired

    snuggles49 replied to cccc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like you worked in nursing home? Surprised you DON did'nt give you a second chance with counsling esp. when you admitted you were wrong and explained why you did it. Applying for another job...

  14. Nurse abuse: managment just doesn't get it!!

    snuggles49 replied to iluvivt's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I sense a lot of negativity in these posts toward your hospital administrators. First of all all kinds of people come into the ED with all kinds of issues. Was the patient drug seeking, was the...

  15. Will I get fired?

    snuggles49 replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a LPN or RN ? Was this your patient ? as you state" doc gave me some orders because the other nurse was on break ". How did the doctor know the patient needed to be cleaned up ? Was the dr....

  16. Charge Nurse

    snuggles49 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Our Charge Nurse has it easy. Every unit has a charge nurse assigned. Yes the chg nurse takes an assignment. Same amt as the other nurses. But the chg nurse does not do anything aside from assign beds...

  17. compliance audits anyone????

    snuggles49 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    we have been told by our compliance officer we have to do an audit for compliance re to HFAP standards. Anyone have an idea what to audit??? We already do different audits on our specfic units such as...

  18. Insults from a colleague

    snuggles49 replied to Nella007's topic in General Nursing

    Harrashment in the workplace has many defintion. check it out do a search on line you will be surprised. If this colleaque is truely insulting you as you say then perhaps you need to pursue an...

  19. Clock out by 8am or get reprimanded!!!

    snuggles49 replied to RnM21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Where do you draw the line. What about those individuals that "milk the clock" so they can pick up OT. How do you determine if a person has been working that last 15 mins or talking socially to a...

  20. Unfair Wage Increase

    snuggles49 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    A little background: In our facility we have a unit manager for CICU, MED, SURG, OR, ED, OB. The OB dept has been without a manager for almost 1 year. One came and left within 2 weeks. The ED manager...

  21. Unfair Wage Increase

    snuggles49 replied to snuggles49's topic in Nurse Management

    Hmmm. Interesting responses. "boo boo kitty face" ??? I must say this thread has been good therapy for me. I have almost gotten over my intial anger at what I still believe to be an inappropriate...

  22. Unfair Wage Increase

    snuggles49 replied to snuggles49's topic in Nurse Management

    Looking over the reponses to my orginal post I feel the need to add a few more things. Salary discussion among the 5 unit managers never occured. It was never an option as all our salaries along with...

  23. Unfair Wage Increase

    snuggles49 replied to snuggles49's topic in Nurse Management

    Those that have responded to my post are any of you currently managers or have been managers ? If you are currently managers do all your nursing dept. managers make the same wage/ salary

  24. Unfair Wage Increase

    snuggles49 replied to snuggles49's topic in Nurse Management

    I need to clarify some things. The ED manager did not "volunteer" in fact the CICU manager had orginally took the OB dept ( she did volunteer )between the laspe of no manager while they were still...