CathyLew

CathyLew

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  1. Using Last Name Only- HIPAA Violation???

    CathyLew replied to WyldCat's topic in General Nursing

    yea, I have to agree....the purchasing dept is in the hospital is it not...and I would think they were subject to the same confidentiality laws that everyone that works in a hospital agrees to. I...

  2. Enemas in the ER

    CathyLew replied to Jaloc's topic in Emergency

    Heck, we admit people for consitipation... or the wonderful diagnosis that shows up on the census sheet.... FOS (Full of

  3. Mandatory Flu shots

    CathyLew replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The actual date for the deadline is Sept 11. It will be interesting to see what disciplinary action if any the hospital takes on those that

  4. Why am I responsible for the dirty blanket???

    CathyLew replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    in our nurses contract is says *other duties as assigned* that seems to cover the whole spectrum of what a hospital has to

  5. Mandatory Flu shots

    CathyLew replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    love the input everyone is giving. My fist thought when I heard about the mandatory flu shot thing was to put it off as long as possible, and maybe they would run out! ;-) then I saw the gal in...

  6. Mandatory Flu shots

    CathyLew replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    well, by waiting to get sick, I mean the after effects of the shot.... to quote one medical site *flu shots can commonly cause mild side effects fever, muscle aches, and malaise or simply not feeling...

  7. Mandatory Flu shots

    CathyLew replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    not a joke. see this article http://www.truthnews.us/?p=3154 our hosptial Infection control team jumped on it, and made it a policy in our hospital. Many are up in arms. I have never had the flu...

  8. Is Texting legal

    CathyLew replied to shbryer's topic in General Nursing

    you better have a policy that says its

  9. Why am I responsible for the dirty blanket???

    CathyLew replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I think some of it is just how us nurses are. We take on that responsibility like a sponge. If someone comes up to you with the dirty blanket, what do you do? Do you take it, apologize, and...

  10. How many areas of nursing did you try before finding your "niche"?

    CathyLew replied to chingy1206's topic in General Nursing

    I went into Med Surge because that is what us new grads were supposed to do for the first couple of eyars. I stayed there for 17 years, until I just the last few years fell into the computer nures...

  11. I Acted terribly unprofessional today...

    CathyLew replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    not everyone can handle a psych patient. .. i have a problem like some others, with pigeonholing a patient. i knew a great cardiac nurse, who didn't like gastro patients...she would freeze when she...

  12. I Acted terribly unprofessional today...

    CathyLew replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the part about taking the assignment and taking off without doing the assignment. If I read the post correctly, the person did not go back in to sit with the patient. Or maybe I read that...

  13. I Acted terribly unprofessional today...

    CathyLew replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    love the great posts, lots of helpful info...but i do have one question for nursing student 19 you mention you let your anxiety get ahold of you. have you ever had issues like that, or experiences...

  14. Day Off

    CathyLew replied to 311ltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    we just went live with a new med dispense system... and I got suckered into being there for support. (even though I got the same training everyone else had) when I left, I had a call waiting when I...

  15. New nurse...resume question

    CathyLew replied to oguesswhat's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't have a lot of stuff (nursing related) to put on your resume, you could add that. Just remember as you add experience, revamp your resume often, and take out things that would be replaced...

  16. No more mandatory overtime.....

    CathyLew posted a topic in General Nursing

    well, July 1st is when the no more mandatory overtime law comes into effect at our hospital (New York) our nursing administration hasn't made any kind of plan to deal with it! anyone else in this...

  17. Policy on Tattoo's & Piercings

    CathyLew replied to kerric511's topic in General Nursing

    It is in our employee handbook that all tatoos have to be covered. Out Lab guys seem to the the majority of tats, and seeing them come to the floor to draw blood with large bandages, and kurlex wound...

  18. Report sheet

    CathyLew replied to TeeTee,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I never keep my report sheets, but know of others that do. well, I take that back, if I was working back-to back days, I would hand my report sheet to the oncomming shift and get it back that night....

  19. Report sheet

    CathyLew replied to TeeTee,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I actually just built a custom census report for the floor. It has the name, DX, age, dr, ht/wt, diet, and then grids for VS, IV, notes, etc. it is generated from the comptuer just like the census....

  20. Hierarchy in Nursing?

    CathyLew replied to cingle's topic in General Nursing

    >This sounds like high school where certain groups of people always sit at certain cafeteria tables with only their peers.> well, it makes sence that work would mirror that, since most of us...

  21. Recommendation for a white lab coat?

    CathyLew replied to prodigy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Penguin. do a google search, look on ebay, and do a search of uniform catalogs. A lot of the nursing uniform catalogs carry different brands. I would get one every day one, and even one...

  22. Who reads your charting?

    CathyLew replied to Texas Tornado's topic in General Nursing

    with my handwriting and spelling...hopefully no

  23. documentation and getting MD orders

    CathyLew replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    I would wait till either you had the documentation...or you saw the behavior yourself. and why didn't the night supervisor call the MD? I do understand that sometimes lists of things to ask the MD...

  24. Insubordination????

    CathyLew replied to smoses99's topic in General Nursing

    that is a fine line...since what is a nurses duty? as an RN we had no unit cordinator part of the shift, and we had to answer phones, take off orders, make out lab slips and the kardex.... a lot...

  25. Did anyone have a CI who stole from the clinical site?

    CathyLew replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    one of our Dr's came in one weekend, took two egg-crate mattreses, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, towels and washcloths..,.,.he walked out and said he was taking his kids camping, and needed...