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Is anyone out there aware of/currently uses any type of computer software that would store and organize digital pictures? I discovered our facility would care center is currently storing digital files on a computer, grouped by date. As you can imagine this is taking up a ton of disk space! Just curious if there are any specific wound related programs out there that would adequately store these pics....or how is anyone else dealing with this same issue??? Thanks!!!

Clinical Analyst here. Myself and another analyst are required to be oncall to troubleshoot security and access issues for nurses (our endusers, of course!). I am proposing the purchase of a wireless broadband card for us to conveniently access the network from...anywhere! Does anyone have knowledge on security issues related to wireless broadband? Can anyone suggest a service, or at least clue me into how YOU handle being on-call? Would love the feedback! Thanks.

I don't think I purposely go out and seek appreciation from patients. Of course I want them to feel comfortable, and that is my intention. Perhaps I AM a bit too emotionally vunerable for this type of work. I really think its a part of my personality that I can't change, in every aspect of my life. It really takes a tough person to be a nurse!... at least a bedside nurse! They can really take a beating! Well I'm working on getting out of the bedside arena, but it will take some time....

Yes, when the charge nurse came to me with the issue, she mentioned she thought her complaints were baseless and didn't seem like I did handled anything wrong or out of the ordinary, but just to make it easier on both of us (the patient and I), she took up care of the patient. I guess what kills me the most overall was that this patient generally was not a pain in the ass. I've had those kinds of patients, and if they complained about me...I think I could easily brush if off. But her complaints came as a complete shock to me because like I said, I had her the night before as well, and spent time talking with her about her situation, her family, etc. Its like she was just taking mental notes everytime I did something she didn't like, and then finally went to the charge nurse about it. I was very hurt because she wasn't like this with the other nurses, and it really made me step back and question my abililties to take good care of my patients. I thought, am I really that oblivious? Should I do everything my patients ask me just to make them happy? One thing I can think of that may have made her not like me was that first night I had her, she refused to go to MRI because it was 9pm and she wanted to go to sleep. I tried explaining how important it was that she go because it would be hard to fit her in the next day in case they decided they wanted to do surgery, I even had the doctor go in to coax her into going....she ended up agreeing but by that time MRI refused her because they filled up again. Maybe she was just embarrassed by this situation, and when she saw that I was her nurse this second night, she didn't want to see me again? I have no clue....whatever the case, I thank everyone for their advice. Its making me feel much better.

The patient wasn't saying that their foley was uncomfortable. She just looked at it and said "Does that need to be emptied?"

Thank you very much, that is very sweet. You guys are great, I'm feeling better already. :)

Of course I didn't have another patient about to code, but regardless....I didn't think it was SO important to her that I empty the foley. If I saw/heard that from her, I would have done it....no big deal. I like to think that I do give good customer service, and if I see that its important for this patient to always have a cup of water and a cup of ice at her bedside...or for that patient to have her night time meds EXACTLY at 9pm...I try my best to meet those small needs just to make them happy...as long as it doesn't severly hinder my care towards the other patients...I don't know, maybe this was just some weird isolated case where the patient and I clashed...I guess I'll get over it :) Thanks for the advice

I dont' know exactly what the charge nurse said because I was no where near the room. She was actually in the middle of preparing to take another patient down to the ICU, so I'm sure she didn't spend much time on it....she basically just said "well I'll be your nurse tonight". I wish she would have spent the time to explain MY side of things to the patient...but it was late at night, and like I said, she was busy with other PRIORITIES...which of course I can understand. I SO wanted to go in there and tell the patient exactly what the deal was....(of course I never would do that!)

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Just wanted to add that I mean nursing laws in MARYLAND. thanks

are you sure about this? I am in MAryland, is this true for Maryland. Many nurses work more than 40 hours a week. I've looked up the mandatory overtime laws for nursing, and the gyst of it was mandatory overtime is not allowed, but if a prescheduled on call system is set in place, this is allowed. Seems like a sneaky way to get around the overtime thing, but I know of quite a few hospitals that have this...

I'll get fired? Or at least severly reprimanded, maybe suspended from work. Yes I am mandated to sign up for 2 on calls, but this is a day I chose. And it in the schedule for weeks. Its not like I can say "oops, I forgot, I can't come in"...they will KILL me! Ugh, this job is killing me....

No I'm not in CA, I'm on the east coast

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