dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes! Nursing needs are simple. We want working equipment, we want the layout of our units to be efficient, we want input into "ideas" that affect our work. Example: I work mostly on a tele floor....

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

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

    Are you serious? Are you telling me that you seriously believe that bedside nurses should take a completely hands off approach to students assigned to their patients? I hate to break it to you, but...

  3. How to diffuse a situation involving dissatisfied/angry patients

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

    As others have stated, it depends on the pt/family, their *real* issue, and the nurse's personality. Some nurses are good at diffusing, and some, quite frankly, are good at exacerbating the problem....

  4. best i quit or fired story

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

    At first I read that as "well, s***, you too?" as in you were the 9th person to resign that week. Then it dawned on me what your boss really said.

  5. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm curious and not attacking you. have you ever heard of the c suite taking a pay cut to cut costs? And I'm not talking about switching salary for stock options. I'm talking about making less money,...

  6. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Does the c suite ever take a pay cut? Is nursing management ever cut? does the c suite cut at the bottom when consultants haven't even made that

  7. So dietitians can now write orders: Denial of rights.

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

    I have an issue with RDs or speech therapists writing actionable orders. They need to be recommendations. Why? Just had a patient with a swallow eval ordered on admission over the weekend. Speech did...

  8. A male perspective

    dudette10 replied to 4263people's topic in Men in Nursing

    Considering I can barely stand driving a 30 minute commute, they *would* have to pay me all that money to drive 50 hours a week.

  9. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh, yes. ^^^ Staffing offices are known for not doing a darn thing about understaffing, no matter how far in advance they are aware of it. A unit I work on was staffed three short a month in advance....

  10. The culture of AN

    dudette10 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    For what it's worth, flouncing makes me cringe at the drama of it. Especially when there's a new thread posted just for the purpose of flouncing. Urban Dictionary:

  11. The culture of AN

    dudette10 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Having been nursed on the teat of band online message boards that have almost no moderation at all, AN is sunshine and roses. The only time I've been immensely ticked off behind this key board is...

  12. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    How can consultant work focus only on compensation, but not productivity? The two don't live in independently of each

  13. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thanks for being transparent about the truth. Execs are paid big bucks to be ineffective or

  14. Nurse Staffing Costs

    dudette10 replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    As a consultant who has been hired for expertise, your argument should be that you must talk with the frontline who is better able to identify waste and inefficiency. I want you to do something. Sit...

  15. Hospital / Department schedule follow up appointments for patients before discharge?

    dudette10 replied to KQG333's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, I think it's one step beyond a CMS requirement. In other words, CMS requires that the patient follow up with their PCP within 2 weeks of discharge. Hospitals are now making policy that the...

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

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

    Until this post, I go back and forth to whether or not I think you are an arrogant, self-absorbed....whatever, to believing that you are actually engaged in this conversation and interested in others'...

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

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

    I completely understand what you are saying here, but it doesn't have to be an either/or proposition. What the instructors I've seen are exceptionally skilled at is helping students see the big...

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

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

    You know exactly what I mean by my choice of words, but you're just ticked off that I disagreed with your statement that it is not our job to teach students. If you don't want to teach students,...

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

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

    The problem with doing a chest tube insertion is that it is a provider intervention, not a nursing one. In other words, it's out of scope for a licensed

  20. ATI Tests

    dudette10 replied to CSIPAIGE's topic in General Students

    Were these the first ATIs you've taken? If they are, and you found them exceedingly difficult, you'll need to have an ironclad study strategy for the rest of them. Good

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

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

    Oh, good lord. You know what I meant about them being my patients. My responsibility, under my watch, my assignment, whatever. So, how do you expect students to learn? If I go by your...

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

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

    And what position is that? You, student, either do it or don't do it. His choice. It happens every day to many students. I personally hold no grudges toward students who back away from the chance...

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

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

    Uh, no. It's up to all of us to help educate our future co-workers, if our own workload allows. Patients first, coworkers second, students third...at least that's my philosophy. Nursing school is...

  24. WHY OH WHY? Every year-------competencies!!!!!

    dudette10 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    When it comes to the online competencies every year, we spend more time telling each other how to fudge the system so that it registers the training "complete" than actually doing them. Click, click,...

  25. Things you tell newbies

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

    When you are thinking more about food, your bladder, or your colon than you patients, it's time to take a break. READ YOUR ORDERS before acknowledging them. It's the number one way orders get missed...