dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

Med/Surg, Academics

Member

  • Content

    3,530

  • Visitors

    29,363

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    83

All Content by dudette10

  1. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    dudette10 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you for that. My brother was in ICU at Presby Dallas earlier this year, and his care was phenomenal. I'm so glad the hospital took this situation and made a system change. It makes me angry at...

  2. When admin-type RNs forget about the little people.

    dudette10 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A desk job RN walked into my patients room one day to provide specific information to him. I like her very much, but she did something that really annoyed me. I finished what I was doing and left....

  3. Are physicians that thick?

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

    Wow. What was

  4. Hourly rounding. Are you kidding me?

    dudette10 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think it's physically possible for one nurse with seven patients to do so. Most places share the job with a CNA, so it is really every two, which is consistently doable most days. But if it's...

  5. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    dudette10 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I tend to think she is immune. Some individuals are genetically immune to HIV, so why not

  6. Are physicians that thick?

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

    And guess what, when labs' excuse is that they are understaffed, they are let off the hook, as if that's a reason FOR them to not do their jobs, but god forbid if nursing used it as an

  7. Hourly rounding. Are you kidding me?

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

    Seven patients, three minutes each is 21 minutes an hour, every hour. Depending on anxiety level, how the unit is laid out, need for toileting, cuts service type requests, at 10 minutes each hour, you...

  8. Hourly rounding. Are you kidding me?

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

    What I hate about that video is that it presents hourly rounding as a "fluff your pillows" task. Um, I round on my patients to make sure they are still

  9. Ebola here in Dallas USA

    dudette10 replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The link that duskyjewel posted stated that there was an investigation as to why the patient's travel history was not communicated to the docs. Yes, the nurse should have communicated it, but the docs...

  10. Ebola here in Dallas USA

    dudette10 replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hold on. What is the point of an intake report IF NO ONE READS IT? I am not so quick to throw this one nurse under the bus. History-taking is not the exclusive domain of the ED triaging nurse. Here's...

  11. When admin-type RNs forget about the little people.

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

    I adore you, Viva, but I think you were typing your response when I revealed what the patient wanted to know. Nothing earth-shattering, obviously. I would hope any RN with a login and access to that...

  12. When admin-type RNs forget about the little people.

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

    I knew that leaving out the exact piece of info would bring on other perspectives. I respect that. However, I have rethought not including it. If she reads this, she will spot me, but at this...

  13. When admin-type RNs forget about the little people.

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

    Oh, how I love a spot-on use of the word

  14. When admin-type RNs forget about the little people.

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

    This made me LOLOLOL. Thank

  15. Sanity Check Needed for Degree Plan

    dudette10 replied to biochemist's topic in Nursing Career

    Considering many states still require NPs to have collaborative agreements with MDs, your question shouldn't be "Who will deliver it?" MDs are going to want to know "How do you bill for

  16. Patient Satifaction survey scoring

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

    Why would calling your survey company to ask how the surveys are conducted and scored put you in a bad light with management? Sounds reasonable to me, given your position. This is nothing against you,...

  17. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    dudette10 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your comparison of student and patient treatment by nurses is almost laughable, especially in light of your thinly-veiled insult regarding the intelligence level and reading comprehension skills of...

  18. Toxic flu H1N1 hospitalizes nurse for months -54 days on ECMO

    dudette10 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Don't mean to derail, but I have to ask about BMs and nutrition while on ECMO. Anybody care to explain?

  19. Toxic flu H1N1 hospitalizes nurse for months -54 days on ECMO

    dudette10 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thanks for explaining this. I suspected it had to do with the complexities of ECMO access points, and your post confirmed

  20. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Why didn't the senior manager answer it? BWAHAHAHAHA! Rhetoric, how I love

  21. Flu Vaccines. A Hassle?

    dudette10 replied to ChooSoul's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yep, me too. I transferred one to ICU. On a vent, died. H1N1. ID had not yet diagnosed her when I transferred her, so she was on no precautions when I had her. Thank god *I* had the flu shot that...

  22. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, one person called you a name, then you ambiguously referred to "some" of us as downtrodden with questionable coping mechanisms. The Commuter is much better at telling it like it is without being...

  23. Agency perdiem pros and cons?

    dudette10 replied to Cisl4him's topic in General Nursing

    Pros: high rate of pay, work when you want to. Cons: no orientation, spending too much time just figuring out where things are, not knowing policies and procedures that can get you in hot water or...

  24. Ever Been Recognized?

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

    I'm sure to get caught someday. My way of writing here is exactly the way I speak.

  25. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    How did I miss Stewie's post that conjured this response? Stewie, you still here? Have some freakin' respect, please. In the name of research, follow a couple of us around one day, matching step for...