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  1. nurse manager-request to work on the floor

    rngolfer53 replied to trulynurseatheart's topic in General Nursing

    Having the manager shadow for some shifts assures some quiet shifts. That's the good news. The bad news is that she'll think you are all crazy about being overwhelmed with Pt

  2. Comfort Measures ONLY

    rngolfer53 replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Or, when I'm in a Pt home, I'll ask the family if they have "briefs" for the now-incontinent Pt. They'll sometimes hand me Fruit of the Loom. Not what I had in mind. I'm waiting for the first time...

  3. A unit in trouble

    rngolfer53 replied to adrennen7's topic in General Nursing

    I have to ask just what is "wonderful" about your nurse manager? Does she review Pt assignments? If so, why is she allowing the abusive burdening of one nurse while a couple others float thru their...

  4. Fired!!

    rngolfer53 replied to cjveronica's topic in General Nursing

    While being sick is not your fault, one has to understand that any employer needs to have the work done, and that means having people there to do it. Nursing is a field where the work can't be put...

  5. is there something wrong with using the word combative?

    rngolfer53 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to PC world, where never the truth shall be

  6. Rudeness by physicians!! Anyone else experienced this?

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

    People in general are ruder today than a couple decades ago.....you see it on the roads, in stores, theaters, etc. MDs, or nurses for that matter, are subject to the same trends as the larger world....

  7. Worth moving to a different state for a better job?

    rngolfer53 replied to payne's topic in General Nursing

    In my life before nursing, I moved several times for jobs. Like anything else, there are pros and cons, and picking the cons that bother you least is the key. A couple other thoughts: If you make more...

  8. Take the IV out... yourself.

    rngolfer53 replied to Kaileeia's topic in General Nursing

    Did the OP say she'd stayed at a Holiday Inn Express? I'm not sure how else to account for the do-it-yourself Pt care. As to the Press Ganey, you can bet the answer of the Pt that got the blanket...

  9. OK, Cultural question here, please forgive the stupidity.

    rngolfer53 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Alabama Nursing

    One approach that popped to mind: Ask the Pt family what would make them comfortable. You can preface the question by saying there isn't a lot of good, practical cultural material for nurses--who can...

  10. Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    rngolfer53 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    (emphasis added)But, when we get those notes that say "Don't tell the Pt you're from hospice" it indicates to me there's a pretty good chance the Pt hasn't been given a real chance to indicate what...

  11. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

    rngolfer53 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

    Could he have been asking the ? in an attempt to determine if you had a co-morbidity that was causing

  12. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

    rngolfer53 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

    Not the same thing, really, since the million guilty people will harm many more innocent folks. But I digress. While I think a nurse should give prescribed meds when due, unless there are clear...

  13. Do you know what your state legislature is up to that could affect your License?

    rngolfer53 replied to DogWmn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You will be named in the lawsuit, since you obviously didn't properly train/supervise the CNA. No way would I accept this repsonsibility w/o also having hiring/firing authority over the CNA. Even...

  14. If Nurses were paid $8.50 per hr, would you or would you not

    rngolfer53 replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, call me a hoe, but what flavor ice cream do I get to

  15. If Nurses were paid $8.50 per hr, would you or would you not

    rngolfer53 replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

  16. End of life care gone wrong

    rngolfer53 replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    A hospice referral should have been initiated by the discharging hospital and physician. The situation you relate resulted in unnecessary suffering for both your loved one and your family (obviously...

  17. Anyone ever heard of a policy like this??

    rngolfer53 replied to martin738's topic in General Nursing

    And this is a good example of why nursing is often not treated as a profession. Perhaps the writer didn't mean it to come across the way it was written. All the same, too many nurses are all too...

  18. End stage COPD

    rngolfer53 replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in Pulmonary

    "Anxious" is almost a given, as the experience of severe, or even mild air hunger is most unpleasant. To know that this is the future of your now short life must be terrifying. As several others...

  19. Anyone ever heard of a policy like this??

    rngolfer53 replied to martin738's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, these policies come about b/c of the abuse of calling out on weekends/holidays, leaving others to cover. Ideally, management would track the abusers and take a chunk out of their hide,...

  20. background checks

    rngolfer53 replied to angelsulaiman's topic in General Nursing

    Can't give legal advice here, but here are some of the things I think will be relevant: How long ago was the last of these arrests? Did the driver's license suspensions emanate from DUI charges?...

  21. One of *those* nurses....

    rngolfer53 replied to Shenanigans's topic in General Nursing

    For whatever comfort it's worth, these people come in every occupation, not just nursing. They're motivated, imho, by power and the ability to control/harm others. You're not naive for having a...

  22. How easy is it to lose your nursing license?

    rngolfer53 replied to Ted D's topic in Nursing Career

    I know some siblings who, if they followed the instructor's advice would not only lose their nursing license, but likely be looking at 5-10 in the Big

  23. How easy is it to lose your nursing license?

    rngolfer53 replied to Ted D's topic in Nursing Career

    Looking at the revocations in the BON publications of the states I'm licensed in, most are r/t substance abuse or flat out lying, as in falsification in documenting things that clearly never happened,...

  24. We Can't Use Tap Water for G-tube Meds? Only Sterile Water?

    rngolfer53 replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    I admit to skimming the article, but it mentions that tap water "can" contain the imperfections complained about. I wonder how widespread that problem is, and what concentrations of each substance...

  25. Pt Bites Nurse

    rngolfer53 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    In thinking about this, I think it helps to ask what would be done if the circumstances were reveresed: Nurse bites Pt, draws blood. Would blood work be promptly ordered? I suspect the answer to that...