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  1. TN Nurses Against Proposed Bill (SB 0009) for "Certified Medication Technicians"

    kermitlady replied to ccuRNinTN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    These CMA's sound like the Qualified Medication Aides (QMA's) we have in IN. In LTC, if used appropriately, they can be a huge help. But, they can also be a hindrance as well. I've worked in...

  2. How's the job market there in Indiana?

    kermitlady replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I'm in central IN and the job market is so-so. You can always find a job in LTC but I know one of the hospitals in my town just layed off approximately ninety

  3. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently, I had reason to take my son to the ER. I was not pleased with the triage nurse. The hospital sends out satisfaction surveys to patients and I am sending this letter back with it. I would...

  4. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    A respiratory virus. CXR was clean, RSV culture was negative, labs were WNL. Thankfully, after the neb tx and a week of albuterol syrup, he's much better. I was scared out of my wits though. Any...

  5. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to everyone for your feedback. I am going to send a letter; albeit, a much shorter one. To clarify a couple things, I am NOT sending this letter to get another nurse "in trouble" or demand...

  6. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not trying "to cause trouble" for another nurse. If she didn't take the words sternal retractions seriously, why would she take other words indicative of respiratory distress seriously? That is...

  7. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I tend to get things jumbled up - a product of my mind working to fast to process everything it wants to get out. LOL (You should hear me talk - my grandma's favorite thing to say, was...

  8. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    The retractions were complete; they included everything from collarbone to belly. He was literally using all of his muscles to breathe. Resp rate was 38. Color was good. Audible wheezes but no...

  9. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    That was my view of the situation, she just looked at the person, not saying anything. It was only when the other person said, "it's okay, he can go first" did she proceed to assess my son. (I know I...

  10. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    If we lived anywhere besides where we do, I would have called 911. We literally live a couple blocks from the hospital, in a not-busy part of town. I got my son to the ER in probably 2-3 minutes,...

  11. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse had called the next person's name; she was not with them yet. My complaint is that she did not take the complaint seriously and when I called her on it, she looked to the next name on her...

  12. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    This. This is exactly why I'm so upset about it. And to the person who said I should have idenitified myself as an LPN: I was wearing scrubs, it wasn't my main concern that the triage nurse know my...

  13. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. That's exactly why I asked for

  14. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    Traumanurse07, are you trying to say that I made her feel bad by correcting her? If that is the case, I absolutely do not feel bad in any way about the whole ordeal. My point is that I shouldn't have...

  15. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    My point in sending the letter is to make sure that nurse understands the implications of ignoring a serious complaint and hopefully preventing a repeat occurrence. I saw the nurse look at my triage...

  16. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    That was my idea, it's been a week since we went to the ER and it'll probably be another week until I send the

  17. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    My problem is that she did NOT want to take my son next. She looked to the next person in line, as if asking permission for my son to be seen next! To be honest, that royally pi$$ed me off. She is the...

  18. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    What do I want the outcome to be? That the triage nurse is to take all complaints seriously. If she sees something written on a triage slip like "sternal retractions", that she get up and look at the...

  19. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    I am upset because the triage nurse did not appear to take my complaint seriously and when I did point out that my son was having difficulty breathing, she looked to another patient as if for...

  20. would like opinions on this letter please

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your

  21. How do LPNs View themselves?

    kermitlady replied to HotDrew's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am a nurse in my own right, working under my own hard-worked for

  22. ? for ER nurses

    kermitlady posted a topic in Emergency

    If you were working triage and saw that the chief complaint for a 3 y.o. was "sternal retractions" AND you could hear the child wheezing 2 feet from the triage desk, would you just put his triage slip...

  23. ? for ER nurses

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in Emergency

    In hindsight, I know I should of written resp. distress. I had just came home from a 12 hour shift and was in "nurse mode" as opposed to "mom mode" and wrote the triage slip like I would have for the...

  24. What's the biggest problem, or issue, that you face in your profession?

    kermitlady replied to PediNurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Unrealistic expectations from family members of elderly residents! I work TLC and it is truly shocking how many adults think mom or dad are just going to "snap out of

  25. ? for ER nurses

    kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in Emergency

    Normally, I would have called 911. However, the ER is literally just down the street from our hourse, like 2 minutes by car. It would have taken much longer for an ambulance to get to my house than to...