Shellsie

Shellsie

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  1. Who does the chart reviews at your hospital?? Now that you are "computer charting?"

    Shellsie replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    when we went live on the computerized charting we put into place a "PCM coodinator" who does chart audits daily along with teaching class, updates,

  2. Freedom of Expression

    Shellsie replied to Idaho Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    ok....let me start off by saying i have 7 tattoos.....when i was hired....i had 7 tattoos....when i am in my nursing scrubs only one is visible ( it's on the back of my neck). i think that any person...

  3. If Bill Gates gave you a grant for several billion dollars and said design a hospital

    Shellsie replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    there is hope! for Meditech nursing module anyways...there is something called CMI (clinical monitoring interface) where the monitors in areas like icu, or and pacu will automatically download the...

  4. Online documentation

    Shellsie posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    does anyone use any online documentation? meditech or otherwise? how is it going and is it helping the

  5. Online documentation

    Shellsie replied to Shellsie's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    our meditech system is based on "standards based documentation" which is kinda like charting by exception. it works pretty efficiently i think

  6. RN assessments

    Shellsie replied to camilleRN68's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    an RN must do the admission assessment. If the LPN is doing primary care on day shift and is doing the initial assessment for the day an RN can cosign the assessment. on night shift if an LPN does the...

  7. patient lingo...

    Shellsie replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    how about a patient that says they have a "high hernia" (hiatal hernia) hehe or they take their pink pill "twiced a

  8. ER Arm Bands

    Shellsie replied to debx's topic in Emergency

    when the patient comes into the triage room the triage nurse applies the

  9. PA LPN's now permitted to accept verbal orders

    Shellsie replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    LPN's take verbal and telephone orders all the time here in florida......matter of fact in most long term care facilities there are very few RN's on the

  10. Negativity?

    Shellsie replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    guys, i think if you get your feelings hurt by someone correcting your spelling you need to grow a little thicker skin......hehe i could care less that i spelled HIPAA wrong and someone corrected...

  11. Have you ever taken care of a celebrity?

    Shellsie replied to BarbPick's topic in General Nursing

    wow...never thought my little HIPAA (feel better now?) comment would cause sucha ruckus....hehe and i dont care how its spelled i just know what it means and that i dont wanna screw with it

  12. Made to look like an idiot. (rant)

    Shellsie replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    i would like to say i commend you for your actions in calling the doctor for the new abdominal pain. your scenario started out much like one i lived with my family member just over a month ago....my...

  13. Have you ever taken care of a celebrity?

    Shellsie replied to BarbPick's topic in General Nursing

    HIPPA HIPPA HIPPA hehe i cant tell you if i took care of a celebrity

  14. Does anyone have Admission Nurses?

    Shellsie replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    I was an admission nurse for over a year but switched because it got monotonous. admits would get to the floor and id get there and meet and greet and assess and get history and start iv's and give...

  15. Young Nurses in Love

    Shellsie replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    this is so funny to me....kinda like those sexy little nurse dresses people wear at halloween or in "dirty movies" hehe... first thing i think is "you cant do compressions in that thing!"

  16. Why can't I be a nurse?

    Shellsie replied to Cali's topic in General Nursing

    ive been in your shoes cali..... one day i accidently left my name badge in the car. i work in a small hospital in a small town so i just left it downstairs and went about my business. i went into...

  17. In desprate need of help!

    Shellsie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some information and references fast! I need to know how long we can leave IV sites in....I know it used to be 72 hours but recently I heard it was now 96 hours.....if someone could please let...

  18. To draw blood or not?

    Shellsie replied to shaggy19710's topic in General Nursing

    you can draw blood on the patient but without giving them a list of rights etc....you just explain "mr. person i am going to take some blood to run some tests ok?" and they stick out their arm and...

  19. For Fun: Weirdest Thing in Pt. Bed

    Shellsie replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in General Nursing

    i have found food and forks in beds but when i worked in the nursing home we had a little old lady with a wander guard on and she used to take her knife from the table and sneak off and try to cut off...

  20. Needle Sharpness

    Shellsie replied to Rosie2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    if you stick a vial and pull out the med i really dont think it matters if its one puncture....i mean think about it..the patient is getting stuck with a needle regardless and its gonna be...

  21. Changed my mind

    Shellsie replied to Jamiers's topic in General Nursing

    ya know i am trying really hard not to get mad because this person is stereotyping all nurses based on what it said on an internet forum..... ill tell you something there are easier ways to make good...

  22. Stupid Physician Tricks

    Shellsie replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    we have a doctor that likes to play doctor when its convenient for him....he admits patients to other physicians and "consults" himself. if he ever admits to himself it gets changed the next...

  23. do you have 10mm TB reaction?

    Shellsie replied to itsnowbegun's topic in General Nursing

    i converted to positive ppd during nursing school/working as a cna in the nursing home. i had a chest xray and it was clear so i didnt have to take

  24. Protecting patients from themselves...

    Shellsie replied to bellehill's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i love when patients on tele want to leave the floor and go smoke....they say "im going to go smoke" and what can you say "i cant stop you from smoking because the hospital isnt prison; but i can tell...

  25. Lotus births.

    Shellsie replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i think if we are gonna all keep placentas until they fall off we could but it and the baby matching outfits...dress it up in a bonnet and everything...make it a part of the family like siamese...