BiohazardBetty

Hey y'all! Do any of you hand write thank you notes? If you do, what do you say? My facility sends pre-printed notes that all of us sign, but for the last month or so I've started sending a relatively generic hand-written note to all of my patients ...

I have a little 'nursling' buddy that I've mentored through high school and her first year of college and she starts her first job as a CNA on Monday. What things would you consider useful for a new CNA? I'd like to make her a little "survival kit" w...

Hi, do y'all have any ideas for a good name for monthly Palliative Care training? I'd like to make it sound a little more interesting... maybe "Palliative Pearls"?? Another suggestion was "Palliative Care Pals" but I wouldn't want to take a chance on...

Not looking for unique either, so if the expression "clinical pearls" may be familiar to some staff then that may be the way to go. Thanks!

Thanks, I like that. I'm definitely going for cutesy... Just trying to make something unfamiliar seem a little less scary. I love your suggestion!

Hi, do y'all have any ideas for a good name for monthly Palliative Care training? I'd like to make it sound a little more interesting... maybe "Palliative Pearls"?? Another suggestion was "Palliative Care Pals" but I wouldn't want to take a chance on...

I'm the Palliative Care Coordinator at my hospital & I think it's so interesting too... I wish everyone shared our passion! We are really ramping up our house-wide education. I hope the more relatable the inservices sound the more interest I can ...

Just trying to make it sound a little more interesting & not quite so foreign/boring/institutional is all. I thought "Palliative Care Pearls" was more interesting than "tips" and referred to the expression about pearls of wisdom. Thanks for your ...

The patient was coming from a regular medical bed for a routine CT. I really appreciate your input. It always helps to see it from another side.

I had a patient code (and ultimately die) while in radiology. The patient had been off the floor, and out of my care for all practical purposes, for about 55 minutes prior to coding and was stable when he left my floor. Legally, would the patient sti...

Does your facility allow fans at the bedside? If so, do you have a specific policy for infection control? I'm a palliative care nurse & I'd like to be able to provide bedside fans for dyspnea that would either be thrown away or sent home with th...

Does your facility have a policy?

The organization I work for has started making our morning "huddles" mandatory for each unit. In case you aren't familiar, it's where the charge nurse tells us a little about what to expect that day like pts with anticipated discharges or if a patien...

I'm pretty sure 'tempest in a teapot' is my new favorite phrase. Totally had to google it [emoji87]

I'm not sure where the misunderstanding occurred, but it was never my intention to manipulate or guilt anyone into anything... I was just replying to another persons comment that they would deliberately miss the meetings because it was unpaid time. ...

Semantics regarding the true definition of a martyr aside, there certainly is a time & place for the solution SummitRN proposed, so I don't think it's necessarily a bad attitude to have... Had things not gone as well with my manager as they did, ...

Of course, I did not approach the issue citing unfair or illegal actions, I just asked if she wanted to pay everybody else more to be there early or not... Ultimately it was clearly her decision & I stayed in my lane.

I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm very lucky to have an honest, ethical nurse manager I can go to with my concerns.

Bless your heart. It doesn't have to be quite so dramatic. All it took was asking the nurse manager if we should all start clocking in by 0630 to ensure everyone was compensated for their time in the huddle or if she would prefer we scoot huddles up ...

No, if it's worth addressing then it's worth putting my name on it.

Just to be clear, I never approached this a a hill to die on or not die on, y'all! LOL I just wanted to hear y'all's thoughts before I considered approaching the issue with the powers that be [emoji4]

They would basically be withheld without meeting 95% on huddles, even if we met on everything else. I'm kind of starting to agree with the people saying its a sure fire way to keep us from getting raises because the chances that all 10 or 12 people a...

We have to sign a sheet that is kept in a log book.

If you skip it then you are affecting everyone's end of the year bonus/raise ! Unless the unit has 95% or greater attendance, the whole unit misses out on that point for a raise.

You are required to clock in between 631 & 645, but you are not actually paid until 645, which is when the shift is considered to begin. If we were to clock in before 631, the organization would be required to pay us for that 15 minutes from 630-...