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  1. Your Pet Peeves in Nursing..

    mappers replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Pts who remember 15 minutes after the doc has left that they haven't pooped in 3 days. Then I have to call the MD for a laxative. THEN I get PO'd the MDs who order a bottle of Mag Citrate for same...

  2. managements new idea for call-lights

    mappers replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    So does anyone work in a facility or a unit where they like their management and things work well? Where nurses and aides are happy and PG scores are up? What type of a unit is this and what do you...

  3. I need your input on a potentially life-altering decision...

    mappers replied to Scrubs911's topic in General Nursing

    llg, this is what I'm thinking about doing. I've been in nursing on a Med Surg/Onc floor for 1 1/2 years. My background before was in HR and IT. I think I either want to do Nursing Education or...

  4. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    mappers replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! However, I can only control myself and I'm a nurse. So nursing is what I try to improve. If I can take a few minutes to try to understand the other's POV, then share my own (if they're...

  5. SBAR for shift report

    mappers replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I thought SBAR was supposed to be for communicating with a Doc. I mean, what are you "recommending" to the oncoming shift, that they take good care of the patient? I guess there are times you...

  6. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    mappers replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Let me reword what I said...I think people complicate problems by not trying to see the other side before they jump to conclusions. I didn't meant to imply nurses are always to blame. Often times...

  7. about contact precautions

    mappers replied to Amy2005's topic in General Nursing

    PPE is there to protect you from the patient, not the patient from you. And like the other poster said, she should keep her purse under the gown. Of course, droplet precautions are for people who...

  8. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    mappers replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." Best advice out there. Sometimes we do things that we think are helping, but instead it is really creating more work for the person on the other...

  9. Sutures

    mappers replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Hot Lips often had to close for

  10. What kind of personal medical equipment are nurses allowed to use at the hospitals?

    mappers replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I've recently considerd a pulse ox, but realize it wouldn't have been cleared through biomed. This really ticks me off. The unit bought these manual BP Cuffs and pulse oxs in these leatherette...

  11. I Have a Bad Feeling About This Student - Am I Over-reacting?

    mappers replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, it seems to me that a point is being missed. This kid is hearing voices, seeing things, and feels like "something is moving around" inside of him. That alarm bell is much bigger in my head than...

  12. A dedicated charge nurse?

    mappers replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    We have ANMs and dedicated charge nurses for every shift. If they are out, or have a class or something, then someone else will have to step in. Most people hate doing charge though and say it isn't...

  13. Telemetry overuse = ED overflow...Can anyone relate?

    mappers replied to blessings2nurses's topic in General Nursing

    TraumaRus, what is "real"

  14. Disgusted

    mappers replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    I also had a seasoned nurse tell me when I first started "One day, in at least a year, but not before, you will get in your car and think, 'Wow, i actually halfway know what I'm doing.'" In...

  15. Disgusted

    mappers replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Cherrybreeze that looking up s/s of a PE isn't something you need to do at work, unless you have some down time. You are going to see a change in status and react according to the change...

  16. Name a situation that is not your responsibilty...

    mappers replied to NurseCallus's topic in General Nursing

    How about picking up supplies from Central Supply? This really bugs me at our hospital and I don't know why. If we have to get something from CS that we don't stock, we have to go pick it up...ex:...

  17. I'm glad I'm off this morning

    mappers posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    So I had a patient yesterday who'd had abdominal surgery the day before. She had an ABD pad on her belly that had some drainage on it, but we weren't suppose to remove it yet. I thought the drainage...

  18. White Boards

    mappers replied to Zippy Head's topic in General Nursing

    We put date, name of nurse, aide, and charge nurse. Sometimes people might put a "daily goal" or plan for the day. I will sometimes right time for pain medicine if a patient or family calls out...

  19. Frustrating situation

    mappers posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a patient last week that was in a no-win situation. She was in her 40's and came to us with a Dx of "Failure to thrive". She was emaciated, weighed less than 80 lbs, covered in sores, weaping...

  20. Modifying tasks when pregnant. My boss says "no".

    mappers replied to RNnik07's topic in General Nursing

  21. Question about 10cc syringes and picc/ports

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    OK, the one post from BD explains it. I did know that it was the diameter not the actual valume that made the difference. I just had it backwards I guess. And we have needles, I just don't use them...

  22. What are the pros and cons of being all male nurse

    mappers replied to Bono Rose's topic in General Nursing

    Since women have both testosterone and estrogen, are we part

  23. Question about 10cc syringes and picc/ports

    mappers replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the link, but it doesn't help. All plastic syringes have the same PSI according to that chart if I'm reading it correctly. The blood vessel constriction makes some sense, but I don't think...

  24. no wash cloths!!!!

    mappers replied to NurseEmRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had that peanut butter once. The FS people came around asking about any issues, etc. and I said, "this new peanut butter is really bad." They all laughed and said, "We know! It was ordered by...

  25. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

    mappers replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    What I see her showing is how the media in that area is protraying factory workers, not her own opinion of them. She's has described the people who the advertisers are using to market their product....