StNeotser ASN, RN

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    Bonus Checks for Marketing...More Pain for Nurses!!

    StNeotser replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    This facility is just interested in the money, and not in patient care at all, obviously. Our charge nurse refused to accept report from the hospital on a new admit who was TPN, needing q1hr...
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    "You're not responsible"!!!!!

    StNeotser replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh shoot! What an awful situation your ALF is putting the nursing staff in (and no other department) Does you ALF have a legal department? Or even call Human resources or an Ombudsman. If she...
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    Comments about our choice of profession

    StNeotser replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

    Most people just focus on the bodily fluids aspect of nursing. When you explain it is much more than that, sometimes it sinks in and most times it doesn't. Oh
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    How long did you work while pregnant?

    StNeotser replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked until 7 months pregnant, but this was in an office setting and in the UK. I'm so blessed I never was pregnant in the United
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    What things do you feel set apart the great nurses from the good ones?

    StNeotser replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Many good answers on here and also I'd like to say being the patients advocate. This means putting in place measures necessary to make sure the physician listens to you - sometimes the patient is too...
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    i sign your paycheck !!

    StNeotser replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    About 95% of my patients are medicare. However I got one person who kept telling me every time I went in the room that they paid $6,000 per month to be there for rehab and I'd better be doing this...
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    How many of you work 2 jobs??

    StNeotser replied to cmawrule's topic in General Nursing

    I used to but only kept it up for about six months. I needed about two extra 8 hr shifts a week for a while when I was getting divorced. I'm back to one and feel far more sane now - got very grouchy...
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    Do you raid the patient fridge?

    StNeotser replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    saltines and peanut
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    Negative "Its all your fault" attitude

    StNeotser replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    No, you're not being silly and I've noticed it too. It's not natural to accept blame for things that weren't your fault. And certainly not to do it for 50 - 60K a year. Just ain't human nature I'm...
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    How a nurse feels about reporting child abuse

    StNeotser replied to crzynrsn08's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who worked for social services in the UK, I'd say what would bother me if I worked with peds at all, which I don't is that abused children do love their parents and abusing parents (some or...
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    Dumbest Pt Family Statement or Question

    StNeotser replied to Gabe's GirlLVN's topic in General Nursing

    "I read on the internet........................." I mean, I suppose you don't have to go to medical school to be a doctor..................apparently you can just read on the
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    Hostile patients?

    StNeotser replied to T123G123's topic in General Nursing

    Where are the signs like these for nurses
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    Things that make me HATE nursing.

    StNeotser replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you KalipsoRed.
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    Hostile patients?

    StNeotser replied to T123G123's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I've had time to sleep on it and have decided if nothing has been done about this individual by the time I go back on Saturday, and she's still there, I'll be following the advice you've all...
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    How Does Your Job Keep You From Giving Good Patient Care?

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

    This is really awful and over many years could be very detrimental to your health. Where I work we have some computer screens set at about shoulder height (for me, I'm short) on the walls. They are...
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    How Does Your Job Keep You From Giving Good Patient Care?

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

    Because nobody bands together to all say that they are tired of doing jobs other departments should be doing or asking why we need to chart something in three different places. People say they'll...
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    Hostile patients?

    StNeotser replied to T123G123's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but this is on a rehab unit in a SNF. If I called the police/security on her they'd laugh. Her whole reason for being this way when I asked her is because she didn't want to be there. She...
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    Hostile patients?

    StNeotser replied to T123G123's topic in General Nursing

    I've just been experiencing the very same trouble over night. Trouble is, it's an old lady who pinches people hard on transfers, and pulls her whole weight down also when being transferred. Has no...
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    Congratulations! You are going to sensitivity training

    StNeotser replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    sweet!
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    Do you wear rings on your fingers to work?

    StNeotser replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    I used to wear them but don't anymore. Once a confused patient squeezed my hand with the wedding ring on so hard that it hurt the fingers either side of it so much I just thought That's it. Also I...
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    Serous / Sanguinous

    StNeotser replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    serous - watery like fluid Sanguineous - bloody fluid. serosanguinous - bit o'
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    Nursing Habits: Sleeping Pills

    StNeotser replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    1 am was about my cut off time too. Sometimes patients would be asleep from about 8pm till 1am and then ask me for a pill because they woke up. I didn't think it was a good idea after
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    Nurses with felony records

    StNeotser replied to CPUREINSTINCT's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't aware that they
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    How to remove staples and use steri strips

    StNeotser replied to crawlyberry's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if it were me in my workplace I'd put a steri strip in the place of the removed staple. But really I'm surprised that the charge nurse you were with didn't tell you what she would do. Doesn't...
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    How to remove staples and use steri strips

    StNeotser replied to crawlyberry's topic in General Nursing

    Normally I take out every other one. I mostly take them out of hip surgeries. Had the surgeon even looked at the wound before the order was