whodunit

whodunit

ER, Med Surg,Drug Etoh, Psych

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  1. Family in Denial

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    According to family, she has been in a nsg home for past 11 months, and the behavior has pretty much deteriorated the whole time, she was placed with us for "medication adjustment".Then our case mgr...

  2. Family in Denial

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    Yes to all your questions, my co-workers have all charted the behavior and the rest of the family has been extremely nice ; they say they will love and care for her no matter what, and aplogize for...

  3. Family in Denial

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    The problem I am having with it all is that she requested me to tell her "please in detail" how her mother acted. She stated she had not been able to talk to any of the other nsg staff at the nsg home...

  4. Family in Denial

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, thanks for listening/reading. I've been at this a long time and love what I do , but it is a very frustrating job at

  5. Family in Denial

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    I agree it is awlful; watching family members deal with the change in their parent; my mom called 911 often on us due to her dementia before she died.I have all the sympathy in the world for anyone...

  6. staff education

    whodunit replied to Narges's topic in General Nursing

    Among other things, you can place a notebook with interesting health topics at the nsg station with a sign sheet that everyone signs after reading. Just please don't do like our hospital; they have...

  7. Overtime not paid at time and a half? Is this common?

    whodunit replied to barefootlady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just had a similar situation happen.Our nurse mgnr requires us to e-mail her our on call nights as well as putting them in the unit book so she knows when you are working oncall +I filled out a non...

  8. Nurses/Students: How often do you cry?

    whodunit replied to ToxicShock's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years, I've cried a lot; over babies being born to people who haven't got the sense or responsibility to even care for themselves, for old people dying in a nsg home whose family doesn't...

  9. nurses with anxiety and depression

    whodunit replied to Akercat's topic in General Nursing

    I know most of my co-workers and other nsg friends deal with depression and anxiety on an on-going basis.Most all of us take medication of some kind or the other and to me its no different than taking...

  10. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    whodunit replied to indiansfan's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry for your trouble, can you explain what STNA is?Guess I'm too old to know all these new abbrev.

  11. Fired recently - REALLY need advice!!!

    whodunit replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I did. With mine, the hosp didn't contest my right to draw unemploymen{they were a no show at the hearing} so I got mine.As a matter of fact one of the employees there told me I should contest...

  12. Care Plan Help for Self Care Deficit - Dressing

    whodunit replied to nurseswearscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, it is way too useless, and time consuming/frustrating but until change is made, this is what the going to be nurses have to do, so my attempt at the care plan is/was to help them see why its...

  13. Psychiatric Nurses Please Help.

    whodunit replied to Mikerinhouston's topic in General Nursing

    Alas, in the hosp where I work, we have an inpt psych ward where everyone/anyone goes so its a odd mixture at times. I agree there needs to be a seperation of depressed from just psychotic etc but...

  14. Fired recently - REALLY need advice!!!

    whodunit replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck and keep us

  15. Care Plan Help for Self Care Deficit - Dressing

    whodunit replied to nurseswearscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that a lot of the stuff you deal with in real world nsg does not leave time for a lot of the stuff on my example of a care plan if you tell yourself there is sooo much to do there isn't time...

  16. Care Plan Help for Self Care Deficit - Dressing

    whodunit replied to nurseswearscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on being a first year nsg student,hang in there !:yeah:It may not seem like it now but all this stuff is really easy if you just think what is wrong with my pt, how can I provide care...

  17. Fired recently - REALLY need advice!!!

    whodunit replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    I also have been fired and yes there is a question about ever being fired on every job ap, I've ever filled out.I just answer yes, the reason is personal and that I'm willing to discuss the reason...

  18. Blurred Boundaries: Should we eliminate the distinction between RNs and LPNs?

    whodunit replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in LPN to RN

  19. Blurred Boundaries: Should we eliminate the distinction between RNs and LPNs?

    whodunit replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in LPN to RN

    I also know there are excellant LPN nurses out there and have considered myself lucky to have worked with and learned from them but also have a problem with the thinking that we are equal in our...

  20. Psych Patients Receiving Poor Care in the ER

    whodunit replied to SuperPsychdRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I also work as a ER/psych liaison and agree the ER is swamped .Our hospital is set up with rms which have windows and security sits outside crisis intervention so no other harm can befall them but as...

  21. Holding each other accountable..

    whodunit replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, and don't you just love how managers tell you how we are to hold co-workers accountable? We were having a problem with several nurses being chronically late , which in turn made off-going shift...

  22. Is Being Loyal Worth It?

    whodunit posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Everyone, Our hospital has recently started this new thing of nurses being ranked as top, middle or low performers,with the understanding/expectation that the middle and low move up or out. No...

  23. Is Being Loyal Worth It?

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean about people abusing PTO etc but what about those of us who work our vacations around the needs of the unit and end up with a lot of PTO that is

  24. Is Being Loyal Worth It?

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    You are right about the money, Diane,and its true everywhere a nurse works there is a certain amt of crap to deal with but it seems management is really pushing.Now they are messing witth PTO time.New...

  25. Is Being Loyal Worth It?

    whodunit replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, very interesting...What is the book