dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Rant:How NOT to be a nurse

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

    Wow. You have much more patience than I. Call bells should NEVER be taken away. She shouldn't have been left on the toilet alone as part of the fall protocol. My hospital has computers in the room,...

  2. Not there to make friends, but don't make enemies either.

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

    Very good point. Although I don't think I have encountered that, maybe the communication was *so* soft that I didn't even recognize that there was a message! Another example: I have witnessed...

  3. Not there to make friends, but don't make enemies either.

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

    Good question. It's one of those things that is very hard to describe. Nothing inappropriate is said, but the tone. Any response seems to be lost in the ether, as if she is so focused on her ideas...

  4. 2 rn's both bsn, ond nearly NP fin leave bp high

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

    You could clean up the blood,

  5. Not there to make friends, but don't make enemies either.

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

    Thanks to both of you. Hope more will jump in. Although this wasn't intended to focus on my interaction with the nurse, jade, I meant that feeling defensive was an auto reaction. I didn't have to...

  6. Do the CNAs or RNs do personal care

    dudette10 replied to RNtobe23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you in nursing school or thinking about nursing school? The PPs are correct. Nursing scope, delegation, and accountability/responsibility will be covered in your schooling, and it will become...

  7. Erroneous Treatments Then & Now, Have Things Really Changed?

    dudette10 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, no, sorry I wasn't clear. The nurse asked for two boxes from the monitor tech at the same time. She took both boxes into the room and placed them on the patients. The box information got...

  8. Off going or oncoming responsibility

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

    Why ANYONE would feel that is acceptable is beyond me. I've had off-goings that didn't get informed consent for a planned procedure. They've told me the procedure, what time it is planned, the...

  9. Off going or oncoming responsibility

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

    Our policy is 96

  10. Off going or oncoming responsibility

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

    Really! Your policy changed recently? Is it possible for you to provide the EBP showing that it's ok for a PIV to go 10 days? Would love to read it and give it to the powers that be to consider....

  11. Etiquette on writing a coworker up?

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

    Obviously, we don't know the specifics of the situation, but it seems that--from your two posts--you really feel a write-up is warranted. I also assume that you have provided direction to the CNA...

  12. "If you're not doing anything..."

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

    "I've been gone for five weeks, so I'm checking my work email. It's piling up! I would help you out otherwise, but right now, I really need to get this done while the gettin' is good.

  13. 2 rn's both bsn, ond nearly NP fin leave bp high

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

    Sorry. I can't say if you "did good" or not. In the ICU after stroke? Must have been VERY recent. Ever heard of permissive hypertension? Reduction of BP post-stroke should not be abrupt, maximum of...

  14. Erroneous Treatments Then & Now, Have Things Really Changed?

    dudette10 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I know of a situation in which two tele monitors taken into the room on two admits, but box information switched when entered into the monitoring system. One of the patients was having some serious...

  15. Off going or oncoming responsibility

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

    In general, an abrupt change in patient condition seen during first assessment/vitals is the oncoming's responsibility. An ongoing issue that it's clear the off-going has been dealing with for some...

  16. Please share your "calling"

    dudette10 replied to Krzysztof's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my mid-40s, been a nurse for only three years, and, while I've figured out and planned the trajectory of my professional life, I can't say I'm "called" to anything. All I know is that every job...

  17. Texting While Working

    dudette10 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have no texting while working story to share, but I have an opinion. Don't we all... Everyone in my family has a phone, but we have a rule about no phones while we are doing things together. If it...

  18. Joint Commission is a Joke...

    dudette10 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that. It does provide me a new perspective...that the preps for a survey are probably more useful for patient safety and improvements that really matter than the survey itself.

  19. Joint Commission is a Joke...

    dudette10 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    JC knows everything is prettied up prior to their arrival and that everything goes back to the way it was prior because the way things are usually done is more efficient and makes more sense. At least...

  20. Joint Commission is a Joke...

    dudette10 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

  21. What to do: ED physician brought dog to work

    dudette10 replied to skinzvictory's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't. Notice that my post made an exception on service and therapy dogs. But, as a PP said, a dog kept in a crate all day doesn't point to service or therapy...it points to

  22. What to do: ED physician brought dog to work

    dudette10 replied to skinzvictory's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm in the minority here, apparently. Service dogs, yes. Pet therapy in specific instances for patients, yes. Someone (anyone) bringing in a pet just because they want to? Uh, no. I think it's...

  23. Recurrent dreams about work.

    dudette10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have recurrent dreams that always have one of the same two themes: forgetting a patient or seeing it's 1600 on a 0700-1900 shift and realizing that I haven't set eyes on my patients at all....

  24. Guys in Peds??

    dudette10 replied to seanynjboy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't think gender matters in any specialty. But I do have a story to tell that will confirm the impact of a male nurse on me and my child. A long time ago, my family was in a serious car accident....

  25. HIPAA violation?

    dudette10 replied to haunani's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    As others have stated, If the nurse-friend had just said "What happened?" This may not have been an issue. MAY not have been an issue, but hospitals are very trigger happy with anything that may even...