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  1. Hipaa and scheduled Dr.'s appointments

    makes needs known posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    My husband has been told he has to furnish proof of a future Dr's appointment in order to get the time off for appointment. Is this not a breach of Hipaa? Say you have an appointment with a...

  2. I don't have time to pee!

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

    Make time to use the the bathroom or leak a little urine when you sneeze, cough or laugh. The choice is

  3. Three year LPN with no experience

    makes needs known replied to kd919's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Do your patients like you? Are you responsive to their needs and health problems. That's what you're their for. Not your crabby complaining critical co-workers. But, it's really a good idea to get...

  4. fire policy

    makes needs known posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our old fire policy was to pull the alarm 1st, and then to rescue pts.that were at risk. The reason made sense because, if we became overcome by smoke or injury, things could become worse. No one...

  5. Are most LTC's always low on supplies?

    makes needs known replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are also short on supplies, and short on people who will put them in proper place. We have all new cabinets and drawers for storing supplies. Whenever we request gloves or sterile water,etc. it is...

  6. post mortem and dentures

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a elderly female patient die last night. While she was dying of course she was not wearing her dentures but her family requested that we put her dentures in after she had died. Question- put...

  7. Neb treatments

    makes needs known posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We just had a pulmonary inservice. We have been told that we are to stay with the patient the whole time they are recieving their neb tx. Sorry no resp therapist. Just me giving meds to 20- to 40 pts....

  8. Neb treatments

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

    Of course not, in fact more documenatation to prove that said breathing tx was effective with VS and sats before and after. " oh wait a min dear pt, before you can have this tx that you are needing, I...

  9. hobbies to keep dementia pts happy?

    makes needs known posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It is so difficult to keep bored and dementia related pts content. Many have had busy full lives and here they are with nothing to do and confused about it all. I have given ladies towels to fold, and...

  10. Where are the supplies?

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    The other as night as I was working, a nurse from another floor came to me and asked if I had any extra bottles of 325mg tylenol, I went and looked I had no unopened bottles in my stock supply for my...

  11. Written up.

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

    We have been experiencing the same lack of respect where I work. We have new management and an even newer DON that has made that threat to many of my coworkers, and she has made 'good' on that threat,...

  12. Where are the supplies?

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

    I guess I could call and ask if there are medical supplies I could pick up at the drugstore/walmart before I come

  13. o2 tubing changes in NYS

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    How frequently do you, based on laws, replace a patients o2 tubing. I thought it was q 7 days but a new nurse at our facility says it is q 3 days. I just looked it up online and all I could find was...

  14. Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    makes needs known replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I became a nurse, I was told by a superior that most of my days as a nurse were going to be disheartening, but every once in awhile you would go home feeling you made a difference. Be kind, be...

  15. My mistake?

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently a pt of mine started to severely desat (40's-50's) on 4L o2, and I notified my SV, she assessed the pt, who happened to be on hospice. She contacted the MD for orders and got an order to send...

  16. Short staffing/call ins

    makes needs known replied to paddler's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Nascar, this sounds great. I like your "Praise in public" theory. We hardly ever hear praise, and I have seen nurses crying while they were being lectured in front of others. 2-3 nurses/aides are...

  17. My mistake?

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

    Thank you again for your help, I honestly thought my superviser called the family. We have paperwork that is sent to the hospital and I never saw it. The chart was taken and the transfer papers...

  18. My mistake?

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

    I goofed up, but I did not realize it until after. I never sent a hospice patient to the hospital. I have been punished and educated. Thank you for your

  19. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    makes needs known replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe you are really

  20. DC'd narcotics

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are still having a problem with management not removing narcotics that dc'd pts had. I counted 26 blister packs dated back to August. Mngmt. does not care if we are hanging onto these narcs as...

  21. Terminated and need advice

    makes needs known replied to wecan11's topic in General Nursing

    Bloodsugar checks ac and hs, and coverage given only at ac. Have you ever seen how some orders are written? All nurses can read, all nurses are crazy busy, and all nurses are

  22. Terminated and need advice

    makes needs known replied to wecan11's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you are talking about, tx written in the medex and meds written in the tx book. Too many people making too many changes and things not getting checked to make sure they are correct and...

  23. most troubling trend in healthcare

    makes needs known replied to sophie09's topic in General Nursing

    The idea that nurses are supposed to be perfect. Hey- we are only

  24. Day shift nurse but picked up an extra night tonight- should I sleep now?

    makes needs known replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    And a refreshing shower to wake up your mind and body. Never underestimate the power of

  25. Water Pitchers

    makes needs known posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals and(or) Health care facilities: Do your patients still recieve water pitchers, with ice and fresh water? If so who delivers them? Nursing or some other