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  1. Improvement Ideas

    makes needs known replied to HelloOBNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Offer one free evening of babysitting by your staff, during the first year and a gift certificate to a movie or restaurant. People don't really like hospitals but they do need to stay connected to...

  2. Recognizing achievement

    makes needs known replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    Not too many people notice other's achievements. They sure do notice mistakes

  3. Because thats really gonna help

    makes needs known replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Amazing how everything always looks better on paper than what it really

  4. Just tell your boss your Facebook updates increases your productivity

    makes needs known replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Dennis Qaid was in the new "Yours, Mine and Ours". Stopping to think about anything trivial besides work is how I get my little break. I like to stop and watch TV with some patients, they like it, and...

  5. discontinued narcotics left on unit for weeks

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a busy short term rehab floor. We have alot ofnarcs to count and a good size pile of narcotics that have been discontinued. I am in New York. We have to stuff the narcs into our cabinet and...

  6. discontinued narcotics left on unit for weeks

    makes needs known replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    I am the charge nurse and I count these meds along with current narcs. Our DON doesn't think, or know, this a problem. They are concerned with other problems and expect us to just deal with the space...

  7. Nurse Vs Daughter! Help Me!!!

    makes needs known replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you have called your Dad, don't stop till you get hold of him. My parents divorced when I was a teen-ager and it was very painful. For a long time I went along with my life like I was grown up...

  8. i miss ltc i think

    makes needs known replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our patients used to be called residents, but now we are to call them patients. And our superiors, used to be someone you could go to with a problem and they would try to fix it. Now what we hear is...

  9. i miss ltc i think

    makes needs known replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The grass is always greener on the other side

  10. I hate my supervisor

    makes needs known replied to kikwon89's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Live and Learn, I always hear and say. You won't make THAT mistake

  11. Question about holding Lantus

    makes needs known replied to prinsessa's topic in General Nursing

    I have written about this before, I had a patient that had been unhappy and had decided to not eat all day and when I checked her BS at 5 pm it was 48, she was talking and fine. I got her PBJ...

  12. Pain Scale

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you use the pain scale in your documentation? Do you use a pain scale of 0-10, or something else? We have been using 0-5 for awhile and our patients are used to a 0-10 from other facilities. It's...

  13. Progressive PUP education

    makes needs known replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    This would be good for family members who take elderly relatives home only to return them with a big mushy

  14. "practice what you preach"..am I only one who gets this?

    makes needs known replied to Shanlee79's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah what about when you're too busy to stop for your lunch break and someone has cookies, I stuff a couple in my mouth as I go to the next

  15. avoid interruptions

    makes needs known replied to nhlpn546's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I once asked our unit clerk to refer telephone calls to our head nurse, and not me while I was doing a med pass, (40 pts). The unit clerk passed my request onto the head nurse and I got my a** handed...

  16. medication aides

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are there medication aides in NYS? Can Medication aides pass meds in rehab

  17. Do you "allnurse" at work ?

    makes needs known replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Orginally Posted by makes needs known "I'm surprised so many of you openly admit that you are online while at work. So many facilities are down-sizing staff to save money. I pass medications, do...

  18. Am i wrong for being soo ******..or am i just cranky!

    makes needs known replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like her illness affected her ability to do her job, and no one noticed she wasn't doing her work. She should have asked for

  19. What do you think of this?

    makes needs known replied to honeycakes55's topic in General Nursing

    I was concerned about the floor strippers and waxers we used, so I contacted OSHA. The Smell from these chemicals was horrible. It burned our eyes and nasal passages. The staff would become sick and...

  20. Do you "allnurse" at work ?

    makes needs known replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised so many of you openly admit that you are online while at work. So many facilities are down-sizing staff to save money. I pass medications, do treatments, talk to anxious family members,...

  21. Do LTC nurse-resident ratios reflect how society feels about the elderly?

    makes needs known replied to ehooper80's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if family members of patients read this discussion, what would they think? I know they don't realize what caring for their mom/dad and the 40 other patients entails. The ever increasing...

  22. is nursing fun for you?

    makes needs known replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    You get treats at inservices?!!!! Wow that's

  23. Tube delivered meds

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    When you administer medications by tube do you crush and put them all together, and give, or do you give each med

  24. Tube delivered meds

    makes needs known replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    They told us is, if unable to administer all medications via tube, you could accurately tell which ones they got and which ones they did not get. Also do you check for placement prior to meds/...

  25. Tube delivered meds

    makes needs known replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I have always mixed them all together, too. But new policy is to give separately. Dissolve each crushed med in 5 ml of water, flush before and when done giving all meds. Curious to see how...