JDougRN

JDougRN BSN, RN

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  1. Short for???

    JDougRN posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    OK- Now I know you ALL know what I'm going to describe- the words/letters used to describe situations that you could NEVER put in a chart. I'd like to hear some of yours. "O" sign---What the patients...

  2. I need info from NY LPNs please

    JDougRN posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Hi everyone- I'd appreciate input from any LPNs working in hospitals in NY- I was an LPN for years, and when I first graduated, LPNs were hired in hospitals all the time, and with the exceptions of...

  3. I need info from NY LPNs please

    JDougRN replied to JDougRN's topic in New York Nursing

    I understand what you are saying, but there is "wiggle" room. We could argue that the LPN ALWAYS was under the direction of an RN- The charge RN always knows what is going on, issues with patients are...

  4. Thanks to the decision makers in Albany!

    JDougRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    :mad:I really do wonder who the idiots are that make the policys in NY state. Over the past several years, they have been making a push to eradicate all LPNs from hospitals, by making them unable to...

  5. Having another nurse check insulin doses & other med Qs

    JDougRN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    We have to do this at our hospital, and it is a TOTAL waste of time. Not only do you have to find a cosigner for insulin, but for Heparin, coumadin, ivp narcotics.....it's getting a bit silly. It...

  6. Conditions in hospitals getting worse

    JDougRN replied to JDougRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This same issue just came up in my ethics class. I don't understand why they do the things they do to some of these people. You wouldn't treat your dog like that, but lets shove another tube into...

  7. WHY isn't something being done?

    JDougRN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Some of my earliest memories are of being smuggled into Crouse-Irving Hospital in Syracuse NY when I was 5. I was told that I had to sit quietly in the chair if I wanted to visit my Dad...If the...