rngolfer53

rngolfer53 has 2 years experience.

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1. Patient Right to Know

   rngolfer53 replied to SuperRN_1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   My experience is that, more often than not, the patient knows, or has a pretty darn good idea of what's going on. When it's not a cultural issue, I've often seen a daughter or son, who was mommy's or...

2. Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

   rngolfer53 replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

   Training and orientation are different things. Orientation is to familiarize the new employee with the particulars of the agency, not train them in intrinsic requirements of the job. If you were...

3. Can you work straights days?

   rngolfer53 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

   If I read your post correctly, you're about one year out of school. With your limited hospital experience, that may be "new grad" in terms of experience if not exactly time. I wouldn't hesitate to...

4. Does anyone else plan to stay in bedside?

   rngolfer53 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

   An axiom of used car dealers is "there's a 'posterior' for every seat." The many roles and setting nurses work in approximates the fit of "seats" in seats. There is no such thing as a perfect job or...

5. What is our job description anyway?

   rngolfer53 replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

   I recently had a confused gentleman whose normal home routine was watching a couple old TV programs and a game show. He knew the channel numbers on his cable at home....but ours was naturally...

6. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

   rngolfer53 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

   The general media is little but a repeater of press releases and other sculpted messages put out by institutions such as schools. They typically rely on the same few "experts" for their analysis, and...

7. How does anyone do double shifts? I'm tired after 40 hours

   rngolfer53 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

   I work 12 hour days in a hospice IPU. I will, with a late call-out or some other emergency stay an extra six hours but only if I don't work the next day. I live close to work, so I run home to feed...

8. The way we ask for someone's pain level?

   rngolfer53 replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

   As a hospice nurse, I always think that un/undercontrolled pain is a cardinal

9. The way we ask for someone's pain level?

   rngolfer53 replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

   I work inpatient hospice, and I get a good % of people who will respond with "uncomfortable" when I ask about pain, and I ask directly. Without getting into a lexicography debate, I try to dig to get...

10. The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    rngolfer53 replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. What is the downside of asking a post-op Pt if they're having pain? If they say "yes" and there are orders for meds, then you give the meds. In some small number of people, I may...

11. I was told "If they won't get out of bed don't hesitate to call rescue."

    rngolfer53 replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Was this person A&O? Competent? If so, what ever happened to autonomy? I'm getting to be old and perhaps crotchety (depending on who you talk to ), but if someone tried to send me to a hospital...

12. What is our job description anyway?

    rngolfer53 replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    Job descriptions should never be confused with the actual job assignment, in nursing or anywhere else for that matter. I'm pretty convinced that job descriptions are written as broadly as possible so...

13. Fun poll: Did you get oriented, or did you get orientated?

    rngolfer53 replied to SuzieVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Why add complexity to a word when the addition provides no benefit? "Orientated" and similar constructs are often used by bureaucrats trying to sound important. A pox on all their

14. My heart is just not in it...

    rngolfer53 replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The only thing I'd add is that you really found how much you miss LTC when you weren't around

15. Nurses: Why do many of you do this?

    rngolfer53 replied to terina66's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Several months ago, I took care of a wonderful, and feisty LOL who needed to poop. Really needed to poop. She had tried Senna, PEG, the usual suspects with no joy. Finally the doc talked her into a...