NurseyPoo7

NurseyPoo7

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  1. Hospital orientation for CNA/Support staff

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am trying to create a unit based orientation manual/binder for new hires. I've included information on how to call out sick if needed, how you change a scheduled day with another employee, chain of...

  2. Hospital frequent flyers??? Whatever happened to it being an acute care facility!

    NurseyPoo7 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    The nursing school I went to was based on Dorothea Orem's theory of self care. This theory is based on the patient being self-reliant. We were taught specifically to NOT do anything for the patient...

  3. bundle branch blocks

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a medical tele floor and occ. we will have pts whos 12 lead they had in the ED shows a BBB. We use the 5 lead (EASI lead) on our unit. Ive taken 2 cardiac classes offered by our hospital...

  4. Super Morbidly obese patients (1000 lbs)

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know of a facility, rehab, weight loss center which will take a total care patient near 1000

  5. NIHSS - group test C

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    So, it's time to renew my NIHSS certification. I am on group test C on heart.org ... and I have taken the test for the first patient over... and over... and over... (probably 6-8 times now). Per my...

  6. Nurses who come from abusive/addicted families

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've always heard a lot of nurses struggle with addiction themselves or come from abusive households or have a family member(s) who is addicted to something. But I can't seem to find any articles or...

  7. Policies

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a policy at your job which you wish you could change? At my job, you can only have 3 "call out" occurrences before you receive a written warning. If you have children, you receive 5 call out...

  8. shadowing a nurse leader

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am taking classes for my BSN and am a class about nurse leadership. I'm currently shadowing an NP to observe leadership attributes. I'd like to come up with some questions to ask, but I'm currently...

  9. Did your school discriminate against the elderly? read to find out...

    NurseyPoo7 replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    It's true... not only are they usually fairly "stable" just with chronic health conditions.. but most of the patient population is often

  10. Getting to know your patients.

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My friend's father was recently in another hospital's ICU and this hospital had a large sheet of paper with "fill in the blank" things, such as "My name is ______________. I like to be called...

  11. Getting to know your patients.

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure how this is animal hospital-ish?? I've never been to a vets and had them ask me to fill things about what kind of things my pets like to do/play with? My friend's stepmother filled out...

  12. Post Op Patients / Isolation

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My unit is having some trouble finding information regarding whether or not a post-op patient needs to have "dedicated staff". With this, I mean a nurse/CNA who has a post-op patient will not also be...

  13. Post Op Patients / Isolation

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I never mentioned staff not using PPE. I don't know where that came

  14. Neurosurgical/Stroke/Medical Unit Staffing?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Currently the facility I am working for is trying to re-do staffing for the upcoming year (our year rollsover in the summertime) and currently they are cutting corners in nursing/ancillary. Last...

  15. Neurosurgical/Stroke/Medical Unit Staffing?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I dont really know how to respond to this. We do get pts straight out of ICU... e.g. s/p TPA, cranies, back surgeries which had complications during surgery. A lot of our patients are total care.....

  16. inappropriate sinus tach

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would cause someone to have sinus tach even after being put on a beta blocker? It almost seems like the B-blocker is almost not even effective at all. Resting HR on 100mg Toprol has been 95-110s,...

  17. inappropriate sinus tach

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    No, pt is in late 20s, caucasian female. Pt also has hx of "mild asthma" - she said she doesn't take any meds for it - inhalers cause her more

  18. Question about Assisted Living

    NurseyPoo7 replied to jaelpn's topic in General Nursing

    Every ALF I've worked in hasn't had a code cart or even an AED I think. The most "emergency" med we have had is

  19. inappropriate sinus tach

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I dont know specifically about T3 or T4 but the TSH was

  20. Do you write up med errors?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    During report yesterday I was told a pt who came in with N/V was ordered a KCL supplement the previous morning for a K of 2.8. Pt was apparently NPO for a procedure and day shift nurse "selected out"...

  21. Do you write up med errors?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I didnt speak with her prior to writing up the error because she was off the day the error was brought to my attention. BTW, I oriented this nurse on her last day of orientation as a new LPN. She...

  22. Do you write up med errors?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Idk if the MD wrote NPO except meds. But I didnt see any documentation of an attempt to get MD to change meds from PO to IV even if the pt couldnt tolerate PO

  23. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had some nursing students on my unit a few weeks ago and I overheard their instructor and the students discussing an incident that happened with another clinical group at another hospital. They...

  24. HIPAA VIOLATION!

    NurseyPoo7 replied to mehart2001's topic in General Nursing

    You've done enough. You're just looking for drama, in my opinion tho. It's fine you reported him, that is understandable. Would you like him to be fined the maxmimum + go to jail for the maximum term...

  25. t/c or "to consider" - is this universal?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    same as everyone else... never seen it