Orange Tree

Orange Tree

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  1. Reprimanded for giving glucagon?!!!

    Orange Tree replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your grammar is a bit crazy, too. I would have given the glucagon without an

  2. CNA's/PCTs are worked real hard.

    Orange Tree replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    There are actually very few nursing tasks that can be delegated to a CNA. If you feel like you're doing all the work, you're

  3. advice on philosophy of pt. care...are we called to patronize them?

    Orange Tree replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    I look at it like this- they may not always deserved to be catered to, but it makes my life easier to play along. That doesn't mean I'll come running to their room with ice when I'm in an urgent...

  4. Did your school discriminate against the elderly? read to find out...

    Orange Tree replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    The smaller the person, the smaller the margin of error. That's why you're not likely to see students giving meds to pediatric patients and you NEVER see them working in a NICU. Besides that, most...

  5. CNA's/PCTs are worked real hard.

    Orange Tree replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate their hard work, but I'd stop short of saying that I feel sorry for

  6. Feeling Horrible as a new grad

    Orange Tree replied to Hulababe169's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad, unfortunately, I've learned a lot of things the hard way. And I've realized that asking more experienced nurses for their input doesn't always help when I'm unsure about something...

  7. Why do so many nurses from the Philippines come to Canada/USA?

    Orange Tree replied to lilaclover's topic in Philippines

    There are only two who I work with and they both send money home to their

  8. Since when is it okay to brag about abusing a patient?

    Orange Tree replied to kristieRNsn2bFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you and I hope that the threats were

  9. How to get a nurse to give a quick change of shift report

    Orange Tree replied to 3dayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my....few things irritate me more than nurses who give report like it's a free-association assignment for a creative writing class. Mrs. Smith felt nauseous this morning and she vomited once. I...

  10. Feeling some heat after a nurse aid was fired...

    Orange Tree replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    I agree with the first post. Just put your blinders on and keep moving along like nothing happened. I wouldn't say anything about the situation, one way or the other, to

  11. Getting hit on at work?

    Orange Tree replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

    It's even worse when you have two casanovas in a semi-private room and they encourage each other. I'm so glad I'm past my super-hot, drop-dead-gorgeous

  12. wanted: thoughts on bedside reporting

    Orange Tree replied to SiennaGreen's topic in General Nursing

    It's time consuming and impractical...especially paired with team nursing where you have 14 patients to get report

  13. Amusement Park nursing?

    Orange Tree replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds really funny to me for some reason. I'd freak out if someones legs got cut off on a ride and they called me. Wait...that's not the funny part, though. Those were two separate thoughts. I...

  14. My first rapid response (Sorry, this is long)

    Orange Tree replied to libbyjeanne's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am slightly worried that you disclosed so many specifics about your patient....but anyway, I'm glad that you walked in when you did. Yikes! It's hard to sleep after a night like that, isn't

  15. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    Orange Tree replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    if an ma is hired for the position, i wouldn't consider it a "nurse's position". and if mas are not allowed to give medication where you live, then someone who is allowed should be doing it. scope of...

  16. Night-shift workers, do you think you could successful work days?

    Orange Tree replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Days would be super-hard for me. I feel physically ill when I'm up early in the morning no matter how much sleep I've had. When I was a teenager, and lived at home with my "day" oriented family, I...

  17. Ortho Nursing

    Orange Tree replied to Nurse Niki's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed a few things about my floor: 1. we give enough blood on a weekly basis to fill up a swimming pool 2. we have lots of confused elderly patients with one broken hip trying to crawl out of...

  18. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    Orange Tree replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    no, i wouldn't have a problem with a competent ma administering medication to me. the fact that they might have been trained by the physician they work for instead of a nurse in nursing school doesn't...

  19. Accepting tranfer of patient not qualified to care for...

    Orange Tree replied to jamesk78's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've received patients that I'm not comfortable with, but luckily I have a lot of resources, so I am willing to step outside of my comfort zone from time to time. If I get any kind of patient on any...

  20. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    Orange Tree replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At the risk of sounding rude, you seem to be patting yourself on the back a little bit too hard. You may not "mean" to put down MAs, but you certainly seem condescending toward them....amazing, since...

  21. I give in to drug seeking patients

    Orange Tree replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind them too much because they are super drug-tolerant and hard to kill. I worry more about giving a one time dose of IV narcotics to an elderly person than I do about the patient who gets Q...

  22. bi-polar and terminated

    Orange Tree replied to democrat's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to feel critical of colleagues when I perceive that they're not doing things the way I would. I also tend to be unsympathetic to their emotional/social needs because I don't have the same needs...

  23. Does anyone else feel this way?

    Orange Tree replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Nursing

    Nah....we all "get what's coming to us". The fact that they get one thing and I get another doesn't make me feel smug at all. I like the idea of imagining each person as the baby they once were. We...

  24. What would you do

    Orange Tree replied to SashaO's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What would I do? I would choose my battles wisely- and this would not make the cut by a long

  25. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    Orange Tree replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hey, you can have my reserved parking space too! :) I don't really have a parking