1RNLadybug

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1. RN assessments

   1RNLadybug replied to camilleRN68's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   My thought is, some days only LPN's are doing patient care, with 1 rn as charge nurse...Some of these LPN's have been doing nursing longer than I've been alive! Yet, they have to have their...

2. our prejudices

   1RNLadybug replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   It reminds me of an episode of ER...Nurse is fussing about patient with chronic copd, on ventimask at 50%, and trying to go out to smoke... Nurse says "do you know how hard it is to care for Mrs....

3. unhappy nurse

   1RNLadybug replied to nurse unhappy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I recently transferred to another hospital, out of a hospital that sounds alot like the environment you described. Queen bee is the manager, second bee is her best friend (who has been written up so...

4. Nurses are Overworked

   1RNLadybug replied to Mazieks's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   ...Your patients are saying "you don't look well...why don't you sit a while. Hard to balance home/work. I used to feel guilty for taking a few days off because staffing coordinator will call and...

5. RN assessments

   1RNLadybug replied to camilleRN68's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Patient must be assessed by an RN upon admission, then assessed by RN/LPN every shift...also we make rounds every 2 hours to check on patient, and of course when they use the call light.

6. Getting it on the MAR: How hard is that?

   1RNLadybug replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

   I work at a small hospital/rehab facility. We still use Kardex's! Orders are few, yet STILL at times don't make it to mar and takes days to realize it. It goes back to the nurse that received the...