dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. When do you know it's time to give up? :/

    dudette10 replied to StudentN123's topic in General Students

    Most schools have an academic support center that helps students develop study skills. Use it. Some schools have open lab where they can go to get extra time in the sim lab. If your school has it,...

  2. stinky patient pet peeve

    dudette10 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Students

    I spoke too soon. Getting to page 2 is where things really heat up. To the OP, if you have never learned basic care in school, your school is doing you a HUGE disservice, not only to your skills but...

  3. stinky patient pet peeve

    dudette10 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Students

    You were much, much nicer than I would have been. Demolishing the pedestal that special snowflake put herself on would have been my priority task of the day. Just reading your post burns me

  4. What's your go to outfit after work?

    dudette10 replied to nurse_jess's topic in General Nursing

    Pajamas. My family hasn't seen me dressed in about two

  5. didnt get consent signed?

    dudette10 replied to txrnswthrt's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The pre-op nurse threw you under the bus. That's why you got "a note" about it. As an aside, there is often tension between floor nurses and procedural areas. The procedural areas are usually under...

  6. Grand jury duty summons

    dudette10 replied to Collsherm's topic in General Nursing

    Fifty dollars A DAY? For TWO MONTHS? I get paid $50 an HOUR at my job. Are you allowed to declare economic hardship to avoid Grand Jury duty? I mean, people could lose their homes if on a Grand...

  7. Disclosing that you cared for a pt??

    dudette10 replied to Kamphaus5's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Untag yourself. Don't reply to the post or PMs. Don't freak out over it.

  8. Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    dudette10 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    My best to her! I can see her whipping out an alcohol pad any time someone comes close to one of her lines! Get well

  9. Major nursing liability

    dudette10 replied to Cjhays's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It would be both the current and last charge nurse. Handing over the keys should be part of charge-to-charge report, and both screwed up. If, at the beginning of shift, the current charge nurse...

  10. Keeping my patient's dignity intact? Please help me!! (long but urgent)

    dudette10 replied to KateyBug's topic in Private Duty

    The only two things I will comment on are the ones that concern me the most. 1) You must "hook him up" to whatever monitors the doctor has ordered. If the patient does not like the monitors, is upset...

  11. Do "PTO" systems seem like a scam to you?

    dudette10 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your employer needs to be careful about rejecting your PTO requests if they have a "use it or lose it" policy. In my state, here is the applicable wording: I would suggest you google a phrase...

  12. Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

    dudette10 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The clinical ladders in the two hospitals I've worked are not really merit-based. It's more like, you do a, b, c, and you are promoted. The standards to keep to stay at that rung on the ladder are...

  13. Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

    dudette10 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not going to say whether I think merit-based pay should happen in nursing because I haven't made up my mind yet, but merit-based pay is for professionals. At five years experience in my previous...

  14. Plastic surgery

    dudette10 replied to Kgj2563's topic in General Nursing

    This is an infection waiting to happen. Is the plastic surgeon doing this in a stand alone OR or hospital setting? Are you an

  15. NEW EBOLA CSZAR Ron Klain

    dudette10 replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Time may prove me wrong about his effectiveness, but the main point of my argument was that I'm unconcerned that he is not a medical professional. Medical professionals don't always make the best...

  16. NEW EBOLA CSZAR Ron Klain

    dudette10 replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    When someone explained that he was an "implementer" not a doctor, I understood more why he was chosen. If he really is good at getting stuff done effectively and efficiently, I will withhold my...

  17. "Clipboard Guy": What's wrong with this picture???

    dudette10 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I read on CBS news that he works for Phoenix Air, which has helped transport 11 Ebola patients over the past two months. Eleven? Brantley, Writebol are the only two I can think of. Not sure if the...

  18. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    dudette10 replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, I wouldn't. But that wasn't the question posed to all of us, and which I answered. You're mixing scenarios and variables. You cannot mandate that the loved ones of nurses should be excluded from...

  19. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    dudette10 replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ethics is never that simple, but I wouldn't expect you to recognize that when you are--in two separate comments--advocating refusing treatment to people that nurses love if the nurses don't do what...

  20. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    dudette10 replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That's crap. Let's talk a little bit about ethics, shall we? It is unethical for anyone to tell me that my family or someone I love could not get care for Ebola if *I* didn't take care of an Ebola...

  21. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    dudette10 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Let's think this through...in hospitals, you have an infectious disease nurse and a team headed by a practicing ID doc. For a hospital to fully prepare for Ebola, the ID doc would have to drop...

  22. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    dudette10 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How do you know that the hospital did not follow CDC guidelines? In the same breath, you said that the CDC relied on hospitals...Who are the experts at containing infectious disease?? No no doubt in...

  23. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    dudette10 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    CNN is now reporting that the 2nd nurse is being transferred to Emory. ETA: It sounds like the second nurse is sicker than the Nina

  24. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    dudette10 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As many outlets have reported, the CDC did not quarantine the healthcare workers taking care of Duncan. I refuse use to throw this worker under the bus, as we don't know if she inquired about...

  25. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    dudette10 replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thankfully, our brilliant ID chief has implemented field-like precautions along with in-person training for Ebola preparedness at my hospital. And, knowing him, I'm quite sure he would be alongside...