BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. Incorporating as a nurse

    BabyLady replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    Incorporating would have no benefit

  2. Taking picture of patient?

    BabyLady replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is comparing apples and oranges. When Mom just lost an infant, Mom is so wrapped up in her grief that she isn't thinking of having pictures taken, so therefore, it is up to the nurse to...

  3. Contact precaution question

    BabyLady replied to SchoolNurseLaura's topic in General Nursing

    Contact precautions at our facility is gloves, gown, but no mask. If you violate that here, you are written up. The purpose of contact precautions is to protect other patients of the hospital...

  4. Infant CPR while holding the baby on your arm...What?

    BabyLady replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to play devil's advocate, but assuming you are not stranded in the middle of an ocean if a ship or plan has crashed, upon which occasion would you not have a floor available in which to...

  5. Taking picture of patient?

    BabyLady replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it was inappropriate because the patient being discharged is not just paperwork being completed into the computer, it is also the patient LEAVING the hospital. Did the patient ASK the nurse if...

  6. Expired Epinephrine?

    BabyLady replied to Factory Ten's topic in General Nursing

    Our charge nurse spot checks our Epi daily to make sure we don't have any on hand that is

  7. Facebook

    BabyLady replied to LadyTiger44's topic in General Nursing

    I float down to an adult floor and more than once they have assigned me a patient that when I walked into the door, I knew them. I ask for these assignments to be changed. I have had parents of babies...

  8. Sleeping amenities

    BabyLady replied to Geneve RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this! I really hate it when I go into a patient's room and have to turn on a bright light just to spot check vitals only because there is no other light

  9. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    BabyLady replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    I would agree with you...other than the small detail that probably everyone on her Facebook account knows she is a nurse and knows which hospital she works at. When she said that she came face-to-face...

  10. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    BabyLady replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    There is no risk involved when you don't post anything about work on your account. The owner of the account has control over that completely and I never post anything on facebook that I wouldn't want...

  11. Student caught stealing....

    BabyLady replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Then why didn't they press charges against

  12. Student caught stealing....

    BabyLady replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Then all you need to do is get a witness to go to court that heard her confess or she needs to confess to the

  13. Need advice After Giving Notice: Should I Lay it all on the table?

    BabyLady replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    My advice? Don't...b/c if the DON ever gets fired and you ever want to go back to that facility, that is when it will come back to haunt you. This is a common HR ploy and what will happen is that they...

  14. Student caught stealing....

    BabyLady replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You would have to have proof..not a hunch, but proof. If all you have is rumor or "I know it had to have been her" then I wouldn't waste my time with

  15. asking for meds?

    BabyLady replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    You missed the point...boy, did you miss the point. The point of most of this discussion is not withholding PRN medications, but giving them around the clock ONLY because a patient ASKS for them...

  16. asking for meds?

    BabyLady replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    Anesthesia and other medications given during surgery is very much still with the patient right after the surgery. In c-sections, many times it is not day 1 that the greatest pain is felt when trying...

  17. asking for meds?

    BabyLady replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    A c-section is major surgery and sending a patient home in 24 hours isn't even time enough for an infection to set up. The problems with c-sections that I have seen typically start showing up at the...

  18. Ohio Informed Consents

    BabyLady replied to ccf317's topic in Ohio Nursing

    You do realize that the consent was not valid, even if you had 100 witnesses. Once you administer the sedative...that is it. Anything you signed can be questioned by the patient, as well as a good...

  19. asking for meds?

    BabyLady replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    You would medicate without an assessment of pain? No way would I bring a patient pain meds around the clock simply because they ask for them. If they were having pain, yes, they get pain meds on...

  20. Incompetent or disabled is there a differnce

    BabyLady replied to kahlua66's topic in General Nursing

    No, the Americans with Disabilities Act DOES NOT protect a nurse who cannot fully function as a nurse and puts patient's health at risk. That is NOT an exception. We had a nurse in my unit that was...

  21. Snow- at what point do you call out?

    BabyLady replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    I purposely bought a 4-wheel drive because nursing is an all-weather profession. I live 3 miles from my facility and so far, I have always been able to make it...but I drive very slow. I go to work...

  22. Psychology degree and IVs??

    BabyLady replied to nsu_demon's topic in General Nursing

    A psychologist has a PhD in Clinical Psychology or other doctorate-level psychology discipline. A psychiatrist is a Medical Doctor (MD) who has completed a residency in psychiatry. NEITHER profession...

  23. Pediatric examination standards I don't understand

    BabyLady replied to Shuck's topic in Pediatric

    The purpose of the exam is not a yearly physical for overall health but to see if the student is SAFE to play sports. That does not include a breast or a pelvic exam/pap smear/etc. I would never,...

  24. asking for meds?

    BabyLady replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    I would have done the same thing. It is not about laziness, it is about the order being written as needed. I, as a nurse, cannot tell you (nor can you tell me) what your pain level is going to be like...

  25. Ohio Informed Consents

    BabyLady replied to ccf317's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Informed consent is the physician's responsibility to explain. The nurse, makes sure the form is signed. If you read the form, it clearly states that Dr. so-and-so explained the risks, benefits, etc....