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  1. Sign announcing you're an RN on your car?

    rngolfer53 replied to Perpetual Student's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the homemade sign is just a stopgap measure until the nurse can get to the tattoo

  2. Drug seekers: where's the compassion?

    rngolfer53 replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I work in hospice, and in my experience drug seekers are quite rare at EOL. Much more often than not, I find myself educating the families, and Pts themselves, on giving enough meds to keep the Pt...

  3. Drug seekers: where's the compassion?

    rngolfer53 replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    Just ruminating: As nurses, don't we have an obligation to at least attempt to keep the Pt from harm, and isn't part of that harm to themselves? While the Pt's report of pain should get great...

  4. If it's such a horrible job, why not quit?

    rngolfer53 replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer: because not eating is even more horrible than the lousy job. In the short run, most people can't just quit their job. Not without another lined up. It's tough to change careers in the...

  5. Ever burned a bridge?

    rngolfer53 replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting perspective. And good advice. Just about any field is a small world at the local level, and while "Cortezing" may seem like a good idea at the time, life has a way of turning the tables....

  6. Transportation of narcotics and other drugs

    rngolfer53 replied to susanerl's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Well, not administering them to the Pt

  7. Death of the Physical Assessment

    rngolfer53 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    For a good book on the subject, try Every Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders. She's a doctor who tackles the problem of the decline in physical exam

  8. CNAs, LPNs, RNs and Pumps and Pearls Please Advise

    rngolfer53 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    As to the night shift fiasco, show up unannounced at 0200, and see what the staff are doing. Maybe it's just overwhelmed newbies, or maybe they're busy with personal texting, etc. It's a PITA, sure,...

  9. Denial, not just a river in Egypt

    rngolfer53 replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    emphasis addedI think I've had one family that asked too many questions. Much more often it's too few. Questions allow a nurse to assess where the Pt and family are r/t knowledge, emotional state,...

  10. Where to get more patient interaction?

    rngolfer53 replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in General Nursing

    As others have mentioned, home health. Hospice is another area with lots of Pt/family contact. Plenty of teaching to be done, and generally you are really

  11. Difficult familily members (VENT)

    rngolfer53 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Go into home health..............at least the family can't blame you for their house. Not that they won't

  12. When the tables are turned (nurse on the receiving end of care, acted like a fool)

    rngolfer53 replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    You're not the first to freak over needles, so there's nothing to be ashamed of. Embarrassed? Sure, just like all of us at various times. Remember the song "Everybody Plays The Fool Sometime?" Truer...

  13. RN Boom to bust in california

    rngolfer53 replied to tim101's topic in General Nursing

    I read an interesting piece by an investment analyst who follows health care stocks. His position, after quite a bit of study, is that the supposed demographic driven boom in health care that's coming...

  14. texting at work

    rngolfer53 replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Aghhh, caught me. I used my laptop to take notes, and most of my textbooks were on there as well. There were a couple instructors whose lectures were famously non-informative, and I did surf, etc....

  15. What do you nurses think of these allied health professionals?

    rngolfer53 replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    I call hospice chaplains with some regularity to help dead/dying Pts and grieving families. They're absolutely

  16. A witness to CPR

    rngolfer53 replied to michuria's topic in General Nursing

    Studies back your experience on the depth of compressions........most people, even trained ones, don't do them

  17. A Definite Over Stepping of Boundaries

    rngolfer53 replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    In this case, yes I think policies are needed. For a couple reasons, anyway. First, not everyone has common sense, and even those who do will have different standards. Second, there are those who...

  18. Hospital Changes Attendance Policy

    rngolfer53 replied to mcpkin's topic in General Nursing

    I recently saw an informal--read non-scientific--poll on a newspaper web site asking about what you would do if you just didn't want to go to work on any particular day. Just short of 50% said...

  19. The Most Vexing Robocalls Ever...

    rngolfer53 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Wasting the time of phone spammers is the best way to get them to leave their benighted jobs. Good

  20. Tasers, Pepper Spray, and Attack Dogs...Has hospital security gone TOO far?

    rngolfer53 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Given the rising incidence of attacks on health care people, security needs to be tightened in many places. The tool used isn't as important as the quality of people doing the job, and the level of...

  21. Patient Complaints In Spite of Good Care

    rngolfer53 replied to vivere's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes managers are brought in to "clean house" if a unit has a record of complaints, etc. Not saying that this is the case here, because it doesn't sound like it. A number of people leaving after...

  22. Patient education

    rngolfer53 replied to Malijadje's topic in General Nursing

    Ask the Pt exactly who is making the guarantee, and how one is supposed to enforce it. Is there an escrow account, insurance policy, etc? Very simple follow up questions usually expose these frauds in...

  23. Nurse refuses to give or recieve shift report

    rngolfer53 replied to dkweaver's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the reasons, real or otherwise are the obligation of the offgoing/oncoming nurse to unearth. Likely they don't have time or training to do so. As you say, getting and giving report is an...

  24. Non-clinical management telling a Nurse how to be a Nurse

    rngolfer53 replied to SweetLoriRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    The old adage, "If you want something done, give it to a busy person," seems to have been taken to heart by many non-nurse

  25. Should I walk away from this?

    rngolfer53 replied to BigTimeNurse's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, sounds like me, except for the L&D and the outdated uniforms. Now I work with (often) old, dying people and their families. I think the key to finding rewards in nursing is to analyze what...