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  1. Seriously...

    nicole109 replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with amiro 100%--and to all of the managers out there--your nurses aren't NOT documenting to get on your nerves or because they don't want to...it's because we simply don't have time. We know...

  2. Non-clinical nursing - What is out there?

    nicole109 replied to Sarah27's topic in General Nursing

    If you are against Western Medicine, what about Holistic medicine? Accupuncture? Natropathic Medicine? I realize those would require additional education--but nursing has given you a good start--and I...

  3. Do you tell your family members you visit patient in the bad neighboorhood.

    nicole109 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a home health nurse and I work in a city with one of worst crimes in the nation. Here's my 2 cents on the situation. TRUST YOUR GUT. All patients need care, regardless of where they live--but if...

  4. Lawyer who is a nurse

    nicole109 replied to Ms Tusevljak's topic in General Nursing

    I have a backround in medical malpractice, spent some time working as a paralegal there while in nursing school. We represented the hospitals, and we had 2 nurses in our office that spent their time...

  5. Unique/unusual/interesting career choices

    nicole109 replied to brina8615's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school, I worked as a paralegal for a medical malpractice firm--we had 2 RNs (well I guess they were retired), but they spent their time reviewing medical records and helping the...

  6. anything you wish you were told in nursing school that you werent?

    nicole109 replied to karyan06's topic in General Nursing

    I think the most important thing is to BREATHE! And while I think there is a lot of negativity here, and I certainly am not above that, because I too have contributed my own 2 cents--we all have to...

  7. Pt.s threatening bad feedback on customer service surveys

    nicole109 replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is more than one issue here--I do agree with one of the previous posters that said that it is a real problem that there aren't pants to fit this man, and he should certainly be allowed...

  8. Nursing 101

    nicole109 replied to Copper4's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that you are old, but I think that the public has become very lawsuit happy, and I think that many nurses are either overwhelmed with all of their responsibilities or concerned with...

  9. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    nicole109 replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    I think we can all agree to disagree on this, can we not...while having higher insurance premiums is completely different from charging people from lighting up on campus, I do think that the latter of...

  10. Has your alma mater ever mattered?

    nicole109 replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    I find that my patients ask me A LOT! Maybe it's because I look like I belong in high school...but my employer(s) have never really cared too much, and I've stayed local to where I graduated. But I'd...

  11. How do you handle phone calls from family/others?

    nicole109 replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital that I worked at, we didn't have an "official policy" for codes/pin numbers, but many of the nurses instituted them. I often used this, especially if we had long term patients and...

  12. Nurses living in their home with patients. . .

    nicole109 replied to rl589092's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a home health RN and in Baltimore, and they are pretty popular here too...I'd say in about 50% of the cases the staff actually live on site, but the vast majority of these places do not have an RN...

  13. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    nicole109 replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    What about the way that we carry ourselves? I digress here for a moment in saying that I might be "of a different generation" and I do apologize if this comes off as offensive to anyone. But, I...

  14. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    nicole109 replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'll throw in my 2 cents, you can spend it or not...but first of all, I think that the hospitals that try to tell you what scrubs to wear to work, is just another way of CONTROLLING YOU! And it's all...

  15. In your opinion, was this an inappropriate assignment?

    nicole109 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't mean to be insensitive at all, and perhaps I'm way out of line here, as this is not my area of expertise at all...but as a float/traveler, I think that you should be willing to take on any...

  16. New RN working in Home Health?

    nicole109 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm certainly not a new grad, but I do consider myself VERY green...I've got only 5 years of nursing under my belt, and I've been a home health nurse for about 8 months now. I'll say that I LOVE...

  17. Reapplying after Resignation

    nicole109 replied to RNAchot83's topic in General Nursing

    I think the previous employment check is them calling your references and checking to see that you were actually employed there when you said you were, etc. I don't think that anything shows up on...

  18. Burnt out on bedside nursing

    nicole109 replied to jlbic's topic in General Nursing

    You have to take care of yourself...that's the most important thing to do...there are so many avenues in nursing to explore...I have been where you are, and it's a terrible feeling! I did everything...

  19. screaming doctors....how can we handle them?

    nicole109 replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I don't understand is where is the charge nurse when all of this is going on? Or the nurse manager? Have neither of them ever witnessed this occurring? And if they have, have they not stood up to...

  20. Does her family know how sick she is?

    nicole109 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does anyone have a crystal ball?? Nurses, Doctors, Therapists, Human Beings in general make assumptions like this everyday about medical and non-medical things alike--you are using prudent judgment...

  21. Hourly rounding signoff sheet

    nicole109 replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    It does have something to do with JCAHO, and I do think it's crap...but here's what I think is even more crap! Aside from the fact that they don't go into patient charts, because they can't become a...

  22. Does her family know how sick she is?

    nicole109 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree, I don't see anything wrong with what the OP did here...no matter what the forum (LTC, acute care, home care, etc)...it is the nurse that spends the most time with the family, and after...

  23. Help with Braden Scale

    nicole109 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    As one of the other posters stated, the Braden score assesses several different areas--I have some diabetic patients who are mobile, and even well into their 80s that are not at risk for pressure...

  24. Effective communication at work

    nicole109 replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with whoever said that the classes are a huge waste of time, especially the one that lasted 3-8 days! Give me a break, and no I'm not a horrible communicator. I've come to grips with my flaws,...

  25. Do routine, non-controlled meds need to be behind double lock?

    nicole109 replied to cathyrn01's topic in General Nursing

    Where I worked, our pxysis was not behind a locked med room door, but all of our controlled drugs were in the bottom, and those had to be counted each time they were accessed. Lyrica was one of them....