tatara

tatara

psychiatric nursing, med/surg adult care

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  1. Do you cut off Name Band?

    tatara replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    The HIPAA is to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery. Where I work, infos on name bands are only the patient's name and the bed/room number. Are these data...

  2. Do you cut off Name Band?

    tatara replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    I

  3. The other Angel of Crimea

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    This comment from a student nurse posted in another website struck me: Florence nightingale was a terrible person.Mary Seacole was the person who really helped during the war.But Mary Seacole was not...

  4. I'm guilty. It's about the condom catheter

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    You're the

  5. MD likes to make you feel stupid

    tatara replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I have a similar story. It happened 5 years ago; the new resident internist assigned in our floor always made me feel less of a person. He once embarrassed me to the point that I wasn't able to hold...

  6. I got my coworker fired

    tatara replied to lovesthefullmoon's topic in General Nursing

    She deserves what she got. I'm

  7. Is This Possible??

    tatara replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle I can imagine how he looked at you. That's over 12 kilos, meaning over 12 liters of fluid retention if ever!? The patient must have that loose and large skin surface area which can...

  8. Is This Possible??

    tatara replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

    hmm...are you sure her recorded weight in the previous days were taken accurately using the same weighing scale each time and at the same period of time, say 6am eveyday? 27 lbs is quite impossible...

  9. Love med/surg?

    tatara replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I've already shared this the last time I encountered a similar concern. The best training ground for budding nurses is the Med-surg adult care section. Through my experiences in that area, I can say...

  10. When to draw the line on religious and cultural accomodation?

    tatara replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    Just smile. Its not your

  11. Do you cut off Name Band?

    tatara replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps our hospital is the only one in the whole world who has this kind of directive for its Security officer . This is the only solution the board had come up with to address the problem on high...

  12. I'm guilty. It's about the condom catheter

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    It is usually ordered for bedridden, male () patients (or pts in CBR) with urinary incontinence whose urine output has to be strictly monitored. In this case, pt has signed a waiver refusing IFC...

  13. Scrub suit vs white, crisp clinical uniform with nurse's cap?

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You have reached me here in southeast Asia. I'm from the Philippines.

  14. Scrub suit vs white, crisp clinical uniform with nurse's cap?

    tatara posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    The hospital where I work is being ran by nuns as administrators. We Nurses are expected to be conservative and sort of traditional in carrying ourselves. We still wear cap, hair neatly tied up in a...

  15. t/c or "to consider" - is this universal?

    tatara posted a topic in General Nursing

    Guys, do doctors out there also use t/c as in "to consider" when they formulate their medical diagnosis aside from r/o? From what I know and by how doctors use t/c here in the Philippines, it seems...

  16. t/c or "to consider" - is this universal?

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    All along, I thought that it is universally acceptable. It is really common around here. Doctors usually use and write it in the chart under initial diagnosis upon patient's admission. Thanks...

  17. Do you cut off Name Band?

    tatara replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    The most senoir Security Guard stationed by the exit door is the one responsible for cutting off the wrist bands of patients on discharge from our hospital. Along with that responsibility is to check...

  18. Question regarding medical jargon

    tatara replied to bunneh's topic in General Nursing

    Guys, do they also use t/c as in "to consider" when doctors out there formulate their medical diagnosis aside from r/o? From what I know and by how doctors use t/c here in the Phillipines, it seems...

  19. they see dead people

    tatara posted a topic in General Nursing

    In my 7 years of clinical nursing experience, I have encountered many incidents wherein dying patients, especially cancer patients in do-not-resuscitate status, would see relatives who apparently were...

  20. I'm guilty. It's about the condom catheter

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...yes, but not with the intention of like "punishing" my patient for being a pervert or rude. Besides here in the south-east part of Asia, men are not as hairy. Where I work, we put mittens...

  21. I'm guilty. It's about the condom catheter

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

  22. Dealing with difficult people

    tatara replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Talk less. Let her vent her frustrations and anger. Look at her in the eyes and don't show any reaction. Now, as she paused to gasp for air, speak audibly about the policy that has to be followed....

  23. I'm guilty. It's about the condom catheter

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    That's a possibility. Then was his 3rd day of admission, 2nd day in c.cath. His nurses before he was assigned to me didn't encounter a similar problem but noted that the patient tend to argue and...

  24. I'm guilty. It's about the condom catheter

    tatara replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. My patient is on IVF challenge. Fluid I & O is strictly being monitored. He is post CVA with residuals, left hemiplegic and is incontinent. He refused indwelling foley catheter...

  25. Elementary School kids and parent teaching on germs and skin

    tatara replied to jorla9903's topic in General Nursing

    My mom used to use analogy when trying to explain to me things when I was little. Kids have great imagination, so I suggest to fascinate them with the story of why the Great Wall of China was built...