PhyllisMSN MSN, RN

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    What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    PhyllisMSN replied to BrandNewbieNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Brandi you have a lot to learn about pain and compassion. Imagine every bone every muscle every joint in your body hurting 24/7. These patients have been in the hospital since they’ve been one and...
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    What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    PhyllisMSN replied to BrandNewbieNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are indeed bias in Nursing whether we want to admit it or not. The sickle cell patients have tremendous pain all over. They are given narcotics from the age of two and three years old to control...
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    Living paycheck to paycheck

    PhyllisMSN replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    Is it possible that you could move or relocate? Nurses have to be proactive and demand what they are worth. Healthcare is now a business, and nurses need to get onboard. I know change is hard, but you...
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    Active License but havent worked in 7 years

    PhyllisMSN replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    In my state, LPN's can only work in Long term care. I would suggest that you get a refresher as things change so much in today's times. Technology, especially the EMR can be a daunting process to...
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    Is management breaking the law

    PhyllisMSN replied to Kromeus's topic in General Nursing

    Wait- when you say briefs you mean diapers? Are you saying the residents are only "allowed" to be incontinent 1-2 times a shift? I don't know if it is against the law, but it sure is
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    PhyllisMSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope this is not the latest trend to be putting nurses in jail. (CNN)Current and former employees of an Ohio nursing facility are accused of mistreating two patients in their care, including one...
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    New job as NA

    PhyllisMSN replied to NewGradRN96's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your job! I was an NA in nursing school and it was the best experience. Of course, during that time, we did not have EMR's! Enjoy your new job and don't worry about the documentation. This...
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    Save yourself; get out of medicine.

    PhyllisMSN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry you have had those experiences in nursing. Maybe nursing is not for you? And that is ok. It does not mean that you are a failure. I absolutely love bedside nursing. I have been a bedside...
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    Fired two times and unable to get job now

    PhyllisMSN replied to Newstartat50's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, hospitals don't have much sympathy for nurses who are sick, or who are having personal problems. I would try agency work until you can get your self together with your personal problems...
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    PhyllisMSN replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    There were two incidences. One was for forgery and yes those nurses should be held accountable. However, the second was the patient got septic because of an infected wound. In this incident, there is...
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    PhyllisMSN replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    Why should "just" the nurses go to jail? If the patient's wounds were so necrotic that the patient went into septic shock, this did not happen overnight. Doctors are paid a nice salary to oversee...
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    PhyllisMSN replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    So wouldn't you agree that there should be more charges brought besides the
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    I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    PhyllisMSN replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    Staff Nurses are not responsible for writing orders for wound care.
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    CMS came in and did an audit and found that Vanderbilt had many deficiencies and they came them a chance to correct them. The nurse never got that second
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure the hospital will fix it after throwing this nurse under the
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Where is the report, please? I can't find it
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly- that is why I am ready to hang this
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think she should be reprimanded, but not lose her license. According to CMS, there are 100,000 deaths due to medical errors each year. Are all of these doctors losing their license? I promise you,...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility, Versed is only given to monitored
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Also, Versed is a procedural drug. Why in the world did the doctor order Versed instead of Ativan or Haldol? It sounds like there was plenty of standard protocol deviations going
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I’m sure Vanderbilt has an Omnicell or Pyxis. Why is the nurse allowed to override a paralytic? I would be willing to bet if someone did a root cause analysis of this unfortunate incident, there...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    PhyllisMSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This is absolutely wrong on many levels. Pharmacy and medicine should also share the “blame”. Why is this nurse able to override a paralytic? The article does not say if the hospital had BCMA-...
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    Any facilities actually using an AccuVein? Any thoughts?

    PhyllisMSN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    I have had mixed results using the vein finder. It has definitely helped with finding antecubital veins. However, I do think the advertisements go over board ! This is the one we
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    HELP New grad job dilemma

    PhyllisMSN replied to TampaNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Are you interested in night shift? Ten minutes versus 1.15 hours is a big difference in commute times. Sometimes I think as nurses we take that "loyalty" syndrome too far. Sometimes we have to think...
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    Med error . I’m devastated

    PhyllisMSN replied to Stephen ww's topic in General Nursing

    Meds errors can happen to the best of us. However, it is quite surprising that the entire hospital is not using bar code medication administration (BCMA). Research has shown that BCMA has decreased...