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1. Preop assesments to slow

   sparkie replied to sparkie's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much. I'm doing my "homework" as we speak :)

2. Preop assesments to slow

   sparkie posted a topic in General Nursing

   i've just finished a preop assessment for day surgery pts. they fill out a risk assesment form, and i review the health hx and systems, and explain to pts. what to expect. then computer input admissions. this is updated the day of surgery with vital ...

3. Anyone experiencing new uniform requirements?

   sparkie replied to queenb091's topic in General Nursing

   hi queenb091, I can certainly understand your reaction to the new uniform policy. Since I just returned to nursing I have become so excited about the whole nurse thing, that I have been doing alot of sewing scrubs, and warm up jackets. I know if th...

4. nurses eat their young!!

   sparkie replied to sparkie's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you Matts Mom, Like many responses I've received, yours gives food for thought. I just wonder how many times the ones who are in the expert league, struggle to stay one step ahead of others. Seems like a lot of extra work to me :)

5. nurses eat their young!!

   sparkie replied to sparkie's topic in General Nursing

   Marty 1, Glad you reponded to my posting. I could relate so much of what your message reply indicated. I have also relocated across the nation to a whole new culture and have worked hard to build new friendships, work relations, and just generally ...

6. nurses eat their young!!

   sparkie replied to sparkie's topic in General Nursing

   Gwenith!!! I am sending you a great big THANK YOU for such a wonderful response to my plea for help. It just about brought me to tears to know that there are great nurses around the world, who would extend a few words of kindness and provide a grea...

7. nurses eat their young!!

   sparkie posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just got off duty and wondered if any other nurses could possibly feel the way I do. I returned to nursing after taking a hiatus of quite some years. I've worked hard to build my skills and doing lots of extra studying in the evening no matter how t...

8. DSU blues

   sparkie replied to sparkie's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Sharann, Yes, I do think that the reponsiblilty is with the surgeons, and many do have an attitude about what or and dsu staff duties entail. Gee, what do you think would happen if we all weren't so in to backing them up, just for the sake of bei...

9. DSU blues

   sparkie replied to sparkie's topic in General Nursing

   I really appriciate your reponse, to dsu blues. Boy was I really needing to vent about the whole senario (sp?). Just to update you our team did some brainstorming about how we could remedy admissions like the one I wrote about. It may not yield us ...

10. Dealing with rude staff nurses

    sparkie replied to boopchick's topic in Agency

    It just so happens I recently came across a comment," Nurses do eat their young". So many times many seasoned nurses are willing to educate, sadly I can say due to burn out or other issues, that compassion may not last. Maskes you just want to .

11. DSU blues

    sparkie posted a topic in General Nursing

    undefinedDSU sluesDSU bluesundefined :uhoh21: Any nurses out there have concerns about surgical patients not being fully prepared both physically/mentally for surgery??? I've recently had experience with pts. who because of not been given a pre op v...

12. need LTC advise ASAP

    sparkie replied to renerian's topic in Geriatric

    Hello renerian, I think you know the answer to your questions. Listen to your gut feelings. My husband is a nursing home administrator for a small snf. I am thankful that he considers patient care to be paramount and does everything he can to keep ...