NurseDirtyBird

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  1. Will they contact State Board

    NurseDirtyBird replied to chinadoll1's topic in Patient Medications

    This is one reason why some facilities require two nurses to verify insulin doses. I can imagine that's not easily done in a jail, though - I've never worked corrections, but I'm guessing if there's...

  2. Extremely Overweight Nurses

    NurseDirtyBird replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Nursing Career

    Requirements of every nursing job from now on: UBERMENSCH. Have fun working with the three other nurses left on the

  3. Can we recommend a medication to a doctor to prescribe?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to stallion8797's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP: it rolled downhill and landed on you. MD mad at on call doc, on call doc blames it on nursing, nurse manager gets butt reamed by the doc, and in turn reams yours. It had to go somewhere, you...

  4. Extremely Overweight Nurses

    NurseDirtyBird replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Nursing Career

    Ah, weight. One of the few remaining accepted forms of discrimination. This person would have been kicked off the forum for saying the same thing about gay nurses, nurses of color, or nurses of a...

  5. Pharmacist-turned-RN?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Lizbird5807's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm going to go with the others and say your skills and knowledge would be put to better use with prescriptive authority. Nurses have a lot of knowledge about the medications pertaining to their...

  6. That awkward moment when....

    NurseDirtyBird replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked in a facility with kind of an old fashioned call light system. The sound of the call bells just happened to sound exactly like the buzzer for the game Taboo. Family game night got...

  7. Can I write to a deceased patients family?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Rn112389's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It's one thing if it's a sympathy card sent by the facility, signed by all staff. It's something totally different if it's from one individual. I wouldn't, especially because you would have to get...

  8. I was fired today (I think??)

    NurseDirtyBird replied to joannalpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You didn't get fired, you're being forced to quit. They don't have to do the paperwork justifying your removal, they don't have to get all their ducks in a row first, because you're just going to...

  9. New Nurse Pain Med Question

    NurseDirtyBird replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work SNF, and I always check the VS from the start of the shift before giving a dose of narcs. If the patient's VS were a little off (brady, hypotensive, ect.), then I'll go take another set before...

  10. Potential medication error

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Mjags5's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't want to say medication errors aren't a big deal, because they are; med errors can potentially kill someone. But they happen because nurses are human, and I have yet to meet a nurse that has...

  11. Tattoos/Piercings in the workplace?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It depends a lot on the culture of the area you work. I live and work on the west coast and body modifications have become part of the culture here. I live in an especially liberal area, and there...

  12. Should I get a nice car as a new LPN/LVN?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to NursingBro's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The only time I'd be concerned about what a nurse drives is if the nurse drove a heorifice. That might cause some raised eyebrows. I'd think it was really funny. But I'm not

  13. Pigeon-holed

    NurseDirtyBird replied to pacjeffery's topic in Men in Nursing

    Have you said anything to your

  14. breakdown at work

    NurseDirtyBird replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    A person can cry occasionally when things get bad and still be a professional. Professionals keep their composure as often as humanly possible. Everybody has a breaking point. Everybody. I've...

  15. breakdown at work

    NurseDirtyBird replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I actually cried in front of a patient once. They were a new admit, the DEA rules had just changed for narotics prescriptions, I was having a very very difficult time getting their narcs and they...

  16. What are tasks that nurses can do with or with out a doctors order

    NurseDirtyBird replied to mcclot1993's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I find it interesting that some posters are saying they need an MD order to send a pt. to the ER from a nursing home. You do not have to have an order to call 911. If you have any reason to believe...

  17. Decline a shift equals termination?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to kparry's topic in General Nursing

    My concern is if there's any guarantee they'll get the schedule to you within two weeks, so you're able to give notice. And how can you give 2 weeks notice that you can't make your shift when you get...

  18. Depends leaking.

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Cora_Ann's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you use barrier cream, especially a zinc oxide cream, check how much you're using and if you give it a chance to "dry" a little. Too much will leave a moisture barrier on the brief, which will...

  19. Im a new hire and im pregnant

    NurseDirtyBird replied to newnurse1986's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How about checking with your state's L&I department? The website in my state has a link leading to federal and state family leave

  20. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

    NurseDirtyBird replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

    Firstly, "...I struggle to believe that a JW patient isn't even more on the ball with such things considering how important it is to them," pretty much reads as, "They should have known better."...

  21. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

    NurseDirtyBird replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

    So it would have been the JW pt.'s fault if they got blood products just because they allowed a type/cross pre-op, even if they signed a no-blood products consent? Who cares if they had that...

  22. Patient safety

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Magjr's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No good deed goes unpunished, huh? Of course if you hadn't done it, and waited for an RN or EMS to do the exact same thing, you'd be investigated for negligence. "Why did you act so quick?" Really?...

  23. case manager taught me a gem about families

    NurseDirtyBird replied to SNB1014's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're correct, most patients and family members do make logical connections and cope well. The majority of patients who cope well don't cause issues with care. The "frenzy" is because the family...

  24. case manager taught me a gem about families

    NurseDirtyBird replied to SNB1014's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is very enlightening and I'm really having a "duh" moment right now. Makes perfect sense. I work in rehab/LTC, so of course this kind of thing comes up all the time. Also in different forms:...

  25. Is it helpful to become a CNA before becoming a nurse?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to supermom.of.3's topic in General Nursing

    Not only is it a good way to get your foot in the door, but as a CNA, you are doing "Nurse Work." You will need to assist with ADLs with your patients anywhere, especially if you work in a primary...