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mindlor

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  1. Charting things done by others...

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I contend that it is a big deal....what if I have a patient on strict I/O with CHF and the aid hands me a list of guestimated I/Os? This is the age of the 5 star resort.....if I chart am care done...

  2. My New Grad RN Experience at a CA SNF- Dealing with unethical boss

    mindlor replied to grayrose's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lets stop the presses and back up. You were in Semester one in April 2012, then graduated in December 2012? How did you do

  3. Breaking Free From Nursing

    mindlor replied to HealthyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    As far as the ridiculous demands from management, the double and triple charting and all that nonsense...I told them I am not going to be doing it. I told them that when they tire of the way I...

  4. Breaking Free From Nursing

    mindlor replied to HealthyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    A thankless profession? I get thank you's and hugs and tears upon discharge from patients and family on a daily basis. Is the current state of nursing in a shambles? Yes. But thankless? Not in my...

  5. Why do anesthesiologists make more than CRNAs?

    mindlor replied to Mully's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Ummmmm asking why a medical doctor makes more than an advanced practice nurse? How many years does it take to become an anesthesiologist? If a CRNA wants to get paid like an anesthesiologist then...

  6. Is it just me?

    mindlor posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or is nursing one of a handful of professions where it seems that managements job is to work against us at every turn and plot and plan to make our lives as miserable as possible? They want good...

  7. If you could have one nursing superpower, what would it be?

    mindlor replied to Blue Roses's topic in General Nursing

    My superpower would be to magically make the supervisor remain in her office for the entire shift so that us working people could get things

  8. Increased nurse staff levels tied to lower odds of Medicare readmissions penalties, s

    mindlor replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yet another study to try to answer a question that has an obvious answer. Better staffing ratios will improve every measurable data point..... its really kind of a duh?????

  9. You won't believe.....

    mindlor replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am with Esme here. I go way way WAY out of my way for students. Many times the make the difference between a horrible shift and a bearable shift. Plus I love the chance to help shape a new nurse...

  10. University of Tampa

    mindlor posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just completed my app for FNP prog. Wish me luck!! Anyone else have any experience with this program? I hear it is very

  11. The impending doom.......

    mindlor posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So it is Saturday morning 5am.... sipping my coffee.... knowing that I am getting ready to walk into 7 jacked up patients with no tech....... gonna be

  12. Performance Review Gone Wrong!

    mindlor replied to dorselm's topic in General Nursing

    ok so I was a manager in a different field for a long time.....I am here to tell you that if I wrote flowery reviews for all my peeps my boss would send them back down and literally force me to think...

  13. The impending doom.......

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i tell all my bosses straight up...if I do not answer my phone consider that a respectful no thank

  14. The impending doom.......

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    no, I am with the big buys out of nASHVILLE, TN now.....the really big

  15. The impending doom.......

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    wow they have some cojones lol... my goals for the day.....no codes, no falls.... beyond that they will be getting minimal care.....sad.....but what can I do i have realized that in todays hospital...

  16. University of Tampa

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wow, well I got accepted :) Now I gotta see if I really wanna

  17. I need help!! About hurst review~~

    mindlor replied to jenny7rn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hurst is excellent. Do online though. Invariably in the live sessions there are a few wackadoos that monopolize the class time and slow the teacher down, thus things dont get covered or they get sped...

  18. Interest in Nursing is wavering

    mindlor replied to buzzthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds to me like your ratios are certainly reasonable. Make use of bed alarms, posie beds if your facility allows them and anyother means that will make you feel like you do not have to hover of the...

  19. It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    mindlor replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    First to the OP I will say congrats!! Bless you for having so little in your life to fret over that this is at the forefront :) Secondly, I have no idea about med school, but I have first hand...

  20. Mandatory Meeting With CNO

    mindlor posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So all of us have to go to this mandatory meeting. She wants to find out why my floor cannot keep nurses. I guess she cannot figure out on her own what working constantly short and without techs does...

  21. What nurses don't hear often enough

    mindlor replied to Wheels28's topic in Nurses Rock

    Thank you!! I had a patient just yesterday that was just awesome. He helped me more than I helped him....in more ways than

  22. out of control.

    mindlor replied to mish_RN's topic in Emergency

    geodan......

  23. What to do after a rough shift?

    mindlor replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I work days....we have some really fab people on nites and what I do is rather than rush out the door I hang with my night peeps, help them get settled in, put in orders etc, get them off to a good...

  24. So the boss says "When a call light goes off, consider that an error"

    mindlor posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So the hospital where I work is infatuated with customer service and improving survey scores. However, they still love to give us 6 and 7 pts each on a busy really BUSY med/surg/tele floor. With...

  25. Most shocking thing you've seen a physician do?

    mindlor replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    bilateral bedside chest tube insertion.....zero pain meds, no lidocaine, nada, zilch, nothing. The pts screams could be heard throughout the