StNeotser ASN, RN

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    Medication Errors: Do you tell the patient?

    StNeotser replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    Yes we are. I have had to do it and believe that it is not only required by law, but it's surely the ethical thing to do,
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    Uninterrupted breaks

    StNeotser replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    My main concern about taking breaks now is this, my charge nurse will not accept narcotic keys or my phone. So even if I go on a fully sanctioned clocked out break who is responsible for my patients?...
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    Where do ALL these family members spring from?

    StNeotser replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps corporate America is to blame? I recently went on FMLA leave to see my mother who is sick. However, what I originally requested was regular leave. I was told because I had not submitted in...
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    Bleach baths for MRSA wounds

    StNeotser posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Hello all, I recently found an order for bleach baths 3 x per week for a patient who has a basal cell carcinoma wound infected with MRSA. Also on an oral ATB. I had never heard of bleach baths,...
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    Skin Prep QUESTION

    StNeotser replied to nurserin's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    We also use skin prep on heels. We don't do it as much as you seem to be doing though, normally we do it when there has been a now healed pressure
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    Those that prefer to work with men

    StNeotser replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I had that going on the year I spent as a CNA. It was absolutely awful. Still, I guess he wasn't b*tching bout me behind my back............ Cos that would have been worse than having to do...
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    UPS Drivers make HOW much????

    StNeotser replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I mentioned in a post yesterday that I work with a former UPS driver turned nurse. She makes more money as an RN. Don't believe everything you
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    Those that prefer to work with men

    StNeotser replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest your clinical instructor was pretty unprofessional for saying it. She needs to keep her prejudices to
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    Do you guys really hate nursing this much?

    StNeotser replied to damaranicole's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I don't think they do make quite as much as $74,000. One of my coworkers was a UPS driver before becoming a nurse and she makes more money
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    When will they realise that nurses can only work so hard for so long

    StNeotser replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I think now only if we collectively work to rule or go on strike. They know damned well that they're putting far too much workload on frontline nursing staff, whatever side of the atlantic one...
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    Do nurses age more quickly than average?

    StNeotser replied to Crystal112's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think working noc shift for three and a half years did age me, though I can't be sure if it would have happened anyway. That's a long time to have sleep deprivation, I always had about two days out...
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    Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    StNeotser replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yellow/green neon scrubs, home made. The person wearing them was a complete loon and shouldn't have been in health care. Also, some home made scrubs that were made out of a plaid material, both pants...
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    Nurse What have you got on your feet!

    StNeotser replied to snoopy29's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got poop on some fabric covered merrell shoes one shift, so I finished the shift wearing non slip socks that I found in the laundry. Not safe I know but not many people
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    what medical drama would you be cast in as a nurse?

    StNeotser replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really watch any. I'd like to be Nurse Jackie without the drug addiction and boyfriend I felt I had to be with between patients. At least she has something between her ears. I've seen about...
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    Do you actually memorize all pts meds?

    StNeotser replied to Nuieve's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes it probably does happen in LTC. I work on a rehab floor so wouldn't even try to do this. Yes, sometimes the patient still has the same meds as last week, but if you try to do it from memory v....
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    Safety Beatup

    StNeotser replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    In one of our recent meetings, our facility had been told of the medicare cuts AND that they were retroactive - in other words our facility needs to pay back some medicare money that has already been...
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    Are you able to put away money for your retirement?

    StNeotser replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely, and I make it a priority. My money gets taken out before I get my hands on it. Though I hope not to be doing floor nursing in my 60's I don't know if I'll be able to handle any kind of...
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    Student loans...how much do you owe?

    StNeotser replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    I borrowed $1500 back in 2002. I've paid it back but that was when community college credits ran about $85 per credit hour. Haven't done the BSN
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    Nurse Distractions and Med Errors please share input

    StNeotser replied to CNOR1988's topic in General Nursing

    I think many med errors on my unit are due to the layout. We have a desk that is in the middle of public area (it isn't really a nurses station) where patients and family members can just come up to,...
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    Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    StNeotser replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sure it's common sense. It's just at the two minutes per hour per patient ratio going in LTC, there probably isn't enough time.
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    If Nursing Were an Olympic Sport...

    StNeotser replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in General Nursing

    The farthest a nurse can walk down a hallway to the furthest patient room without a family member interrupting, someone telling them to do something else or her phone going
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    how would you feel if one of your own(a nurse) didnt have insurance?

    StNeotser replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Seems like enough of our own don't have insurance. I have insurance for myself free from my employer, though I have a $35 copay for routine MD visits, $100 for urgent care. My employer is now pretty...
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    groupone sucks

    StNeotser replied to persephone714's topic in Texas Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/texas-nurses/group-one-background-108647.html
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    DEATH TO THE ALARM!

    StNeotser replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every time someone has a fall in our facility we have to think up a new intervention. So I covered the noc shift one night. There were two little old ladies sharing a semi private room who used to do...
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    Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    StNeotser replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    New paperwork to "solve" some existing problem in addition to computer charting, the CNA charting etc, color coding sticky things. You may work in an office but I don't. If nobody had the time to do...