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  1. Diet Coke Commercial: Nurses are Extraordinary

    mappers replied to s_david_a's topic in General Nursing

    What struck me is she was drinking it at the nurses station....Not at my hospital. It was a nice commercial though and glad they included a nurse. It was really the only "ordinary" job they...

  2. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers posted a topic in General Nursing

    One of these days, I'm going to ask someone at my place who is "in the know". This is a common frustration on our floor. It often seems like we will go all day without a single admission and have...

  3. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Oh..and if we have a nurse who is there at the beginning of a shift, they get a team. These "extra nurses" are people who show up mid-shift for whatever reason. Sometimes they get a team, sometimes...

  4. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    No, we don't have the ER hold patients while admits get done. When an admit comes up, the charge will do the Admission Hx, Screenings, etc. Takes 15 - 30 minutes depending on if the patient,...

  5. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I want to say thanks to everyone for not turning this into a back-biting, accusitory thread. I wanted to convey in the OP that I really was looking for information, not venting, and I...

  6. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure, but I don't think the people in bed booking for our hospital are nurses. And that is a problem IMO. The House Supervisor of course is there and oversees, but the people who call the...

  7. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Yep..... Lets just say....the POPLAR trees are big around

  8. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    mappers replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, your charge nurse sounds like a grumpy old bat. Ignore her/him. A report every time you walk out of a room? Just you or everyone? That's

  9. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is what happens with us (sans the resident part, we don't have those.) I think a primary nurse actually calls the admitting doc to get an order to admit. Whether the doc gives more...

  10. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    I think I see one vote ER Docs fault, one vote...just the nature of the ED process, and one vote bed-booking. I don't think I ever would has thought about the ER docs being the hold up. Learn...

  11. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    I'm seeing some terminology and processes that I'm not familiar with, so I'm going to ask for some clarification... "ED docs traditionally do their dispos at the end of their shifts, which for us is...

  12. How can nurses avoid burnout?

    mappers replied to nolamor's topic in General Nursing

    Slightly OT, but I had a cop-friend tell me something he tells new recruits - not to pick up all the OT and off-duty work you can. He said that he has seen over and over again cops who pick up all...

  13. How does your hospital book beds?

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I really would appreciate learning "the other side" so as not to be so frustrated. Have a good day at

  14. Isolation precautions-nurse server question

    mappers replied to mlbdestined's topic in General Nursing

    What's a nurse

  15. TB Test Paranoia

    mappers replied to Joyfull77's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse who gave me mine dried the alcohol off with a clean 2X2....ummm....you're supposed to let the alcohol evaporate on its own. Drying it off with a clean 2x2 defeats the purpose of the...

  16. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    mappers replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL...No, I went back to school when I was in my late 30's. I have a degree in Communications and Psych and worked as a business analyst and technical writer before nursing. That's my "previous...

  17. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    mappers replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OH! I misunderstood you! Sorry about that. I really like our current manager. She has been on the job less than a year and is really doing a great job. Very visible, very positive, but addresses...

  18. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    mappers replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you misunderstood me. Yes we occassionally have falls and occassionally have skin breakdown. When this happens, management addresses it with us. This doesn't mean care is suffering because...

  19. Does your day shift have food days?

    mappers posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work days and it seems like once a week our night shifts have a food day. This is where everyone brings a dish, they set it up in the back, etc. Day shift never does this. Occassionally someone...

  20. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    mappers replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    this doesn't happen at my hospital. i've never been told to give a diabetic patient cake in the name of customer service or anyting similar. that tells me you have non nurses making decisions who...

  21. Just a change of pace.

    mappers replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work as a manager in a very high stress job. I usually worked around 50 hours a week, more during our "busy season". I usually took a laptop home with me and worked from there as well. I...

  22. FMLA

    mappers replied to cecilsgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is abused at our facility. We have people who call out all the time and claim FMLA. One woman actually said her allergies were really bothering her and she had a headache, so she was...

  23. Seriously...

    mappers replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you asked them what to

  24. Most creative thing you've done or could do as an RN

    mappers replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bite, but I don't know how creative this is... I've already done one medical mission trip and would like to do more one day. I've also looked into parish nursing. I went to a two day seminar and...

  25. Phone calls & families <sigh>

    mappers replied to nyteshade's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone ever get this? I've had people call me and want information about the patient. I give them the can't give out info speil and if the person is A&O or has family present offer to...