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NotFlo

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  1. Water Pitchers

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

    How many patients on your floor? Filling one by one seems like a waste of time. On my floor a CNA just fills 30 pitchers, places them on the rolling cart as she goes, and goes down the hall and...

  2. HATING MED/SURG

    NotFlo replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    So disagree with this

  3. Help! Pre-employment nicotine test!

    NotFlo replied to noviceRN22's topic in General Nursing

    How about 3600 for a single in a "CDHP" (consumer driven health plan because they've done away with the PPO) with a 1500 deductible before they start paying for anything, no coverage for preexisting...

  4. Dehydration and PEG tubes

    NotFlo replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    I just hate making assumptions about what other people have or haven't done. It's really hard to tell if the tube has been flushed properly or not. I know for all our feeds except for bolus feeds,...

  5. Medication administration, not following the rules

    NotFlo replied to hotflashion's topic in General Nursing

    You can either pour, sign, give or pour, give, sign for each patient. It is fine to sign off the MAR right after you pour right before you give to the patient and then come back and circle anything...

  6. ZZZZ's - Time to be honest!

    NotFlo replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have dozed for a couple seconds while taping report. It's just finally sitting alone in a room repeating a lot of repetitive info. on 20 patients and the fatigue finally catches up with me. I...

  7. make up?

    NotFlo replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    I never wear make-up to work or anyplace else. When I was way younger I experimented with it and hated the way it looked and felt on my face, and it also tended to disappear very quickly. I tend to...

  8. Crazy on-call situations.....

    NotFlo replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    LOL for being called for that situation but wow, I can't imagine being in that RNs shoes even for a short period of time. The DON at my current facility was ADON at another local facility before she...

  9. fun: what does this photo say to you?

    NotFlo replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the scabies outbreak was under

  10. Snack bar in the ER?

    NotFlo replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    Weird! Why not just have a regular bar as well, people need a beer with their burger after all. Also maybe someone going around the waiting room giving mani-pedis while you

  11. Can I refuse an assigment if .....?

    NotFlo replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I would bring up your concerns with your unit manager (or whomever is in charge of your floor) and see what she has to say. Find out exactly what you're going to be expected to do and tell her...

  12. Hospice

    NotFlo replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    One of the local hospice agencies in my area has a special dementia program. I am not exactly sure of what qualifies a person for this service except they have to have had a certain amount of decline...

  13. Why is LTC so hated

    NotFlo replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, whether you find it hard to believe or not, my facility will give a month and more to a nurse that really needs it. My last orientee was on orientation for 6 weeks (and still never "got...

  14. How to help my CNAs

    NotFlo replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There should be a CNA assignment sheet or list that has every patient and their basic info, like how they transfer, how much assist for ADLs, if they are alarmed/fall risks, if they are in thickened...

  15. My horrible hospital stay. What would you do?

    NotFlo replied to Carebear77's topic in General Nursing

    Yes they are supposed to but I work subacute and I can't tell you how many times a pt arrives to us never having been given anything but IV push pain meds. They get to us and of course we can't give...

  16. lovenox injection sites???

    NotFlo replied to OBJandro's topic in General Nursing

    Nope I wont give it anywhere but in the abdomen. It is only approved to be given in the abdomen. Had a patient once given a lovonox injection in the arm. Nurse accidentally administered all or part...

  17. Signing a nurses note for another nurse

    NotFlo replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Of course they shouldn't but I've seen it happen. Also, I've seen DONs initial stuff in MARs/TARs with other nurses' initials and enter blood sugars/BPs/APs under another nurses' initials without even...

  18. IM Morphine

    NotFlo replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have one patient with very special circumstances that gets IM Dilauded for routine pain control. No one has IM morphine ordered for routine pain control when there are other options available...

  19. My narc count was over!

    NotFlo replied to August10's topic in General Nursing

    Always. The nurse withe paperwork should be reading off the number from the sheet, and you should be verifying that the number is correct with the physical count. NEVER have I seen or heard of it...

  20. Health of Staff when working on the floor!

    NotFlo replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    My facility has the same policy, for the entire floor staff, CNAs and nurses alike. Of course, the people who make the policy sit in their offices sipping coffee and water and eating snacks all day...

  21. I'm so stressed, I want to give up nursing...

    NotFlo replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure the technician said "To RULE OUT leg edema?" I'm betting what he said, or what he meant to say, was that the order should say the doppler is being done due to leg edema. I know for our...

  22. I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    NotFlo replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, in my case, I do nursing assessments 8 hrs per day, 40 hrs per

  23. Reapply a Fentanyl Patch?

    NotFlo replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in Patient Medications

    What if one falls off and you can't find it? What if it falls off and you find it stuck on the bed sheets or rolled up in a ball or folded over stuck to itself? All these things have happened at my...

  24. Reapply a Fentanyl Patch?

    NotFlo replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes, this. I would have just put on a new patch and changed the MAR to reflect the change. My facility does not require an order for this. If the facility policy really did want an order for this...

  25. LPNs as Unit Managers?

    NotFlo replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think the problem is more these particular unit managers, not whether they are an LPN or RN. I am sure the obnoxious ones you mention would be just as bad if they had an RN or LPN. However, as...