dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. False Documentation

    dudette10 replied to Daytona.67's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Charting with a limit up to three days after your assessment seems to be the norm. You don't chart what you see today, you chart your assessment that was done three days ago with a "late entry"...

  2. Mandated overtime. What?

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Come to think of it, I have stayed a little later when a nurse who had a majority of my patient load was running late. In other cases with just one patient from my load assigned to another nurse, the...

  3. Chemical restraint and lazy nurses

    dudette10 replied to Veronica.c's topic in Patient Medications

    That's the feeling I get too. My second post was much abbreviated--and rewritten several times--because the assumption by the OP that medication timing was "irrelevant," and I just sorta threw up my...

  4. Nurses that are obligated to work overtime.

    dudette10 replied to diazchris1124's topic in General Nursing

    No thanks. The answer isn't always OP 9-5 to avoid scheduling issues. I work registry, so I work when I want to, don't work when I don't want to. There are very few staff nurses where I work that...

  5. Mandated overtime. What?

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    To answer some of the questions, I work acute care now, and I've worked in two different facilities. I've never been mandated, and I don't think anyone ever has where I've worked. As someone...

  6. Space Nursing

    dudette10 replied to Michael_Espelin's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh no you

  7. Mandated overtime. What?

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a state requirement, a federal requirement, a facility policy, what? Or, is a NPA requirement where you must have someone to report off to, otherwise it is abandonment. Which leads me to...

  8. Space Nursing

    dudette10 replied to Michael_Espelin's topic in Nursing Career

    What was the answer? I'm sincerely curious.

  9. Space Nursing

    dudette10 replied to Michael_Espelin's topic in Nursing Career

    So much has changed in the past 120 years, much more than what changed in the 120 years prior, that I don't think your ideas are so far out there. Who knows what holds in store for human advancement...

  10. How many 12 hour shifts per week

    dudette10 replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I now see where you are coming from, which is your particular lifestage right now. I and another poster are most likely (if I can speak for her/him) responding from a different lifestage all...

  11. Nurses that are obligated to work overtime.

    dudette10 replied to diazchris1124's topic in General Nursing

    I'm posting my response with a vivid memory of your post in another thread. You seem to be contradicting yourself with regard to how much time working is too much time! Bedside dialysis is common...

  12. How many 12 hour shifts per week

    dudette10 replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea what you're trying to say here, comparing a low-paying 60 hour a week job to a high-paying 60 hour a week job. Do you not think, that regardless of the pay per hour that people...

  13. Innocent, BON, and self representation?

    dudette10 replied to leonard888's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do you have malpractice insurance? If so, call them immediately. Depending on your policy, they will provide you with license defense. Word to the wise re: malpractice insurance. I thought I needed to...

  14. Does Preferring to Work Night Shift mean you're lazy?

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

    To answer your title question as bluntly as possible, that's

  15. Ethical Dilemma and Worry

    dudette10 replied to 32MedicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the problem: You were not there for the second code! What could you possibly say? "I saw a napkin with the words atropine and epi on it that don't match what the code sheet says." Beyond that,...

  16. Chemical restraint and lazy nurses

    dudette10 replied to Veronica.c's topic in Patient Medications

    You do have a say. You are one of his nurses! As we have pointed out, timing is an issue, that morning dose is an issue, and heron also brought up the dangers of stopping a benzo so abruptly. You can...

  17. Medsurg/ Tele vs ICU vs Float Nurse

    dudette10 replied to mikkie1317's topic in Nursing Career

    No acute experience=don't float, in my opinion. This is my worry: new RN with admittedly few acute care-type skills, learning a facility, learning the charting system, learning the doctors, learning...

  18. Quit without Notice or Risk Being Fired?

    dudette10 replied to HoneyBeGood's topic in Nursing Career

    Reading those scenarios and how you managed them, I have to agree with a PP that it sounds like you did an good job managing their care. If I'm reading this correctly, you and the charge found out...

  19. Chemical restraint and lazy nurses

    dudette10 replied to Veronica.c's topic in Patient Medications

    Your facility sounds like a *****. You can report what is happening to your

  20. Chemical restraint and lazy nurses

    dudette10 replied to Veronica.c's topic in Patient Medications

    You don't mention any other interventions aside from the use of a benzo to help the resident rest. You also don't mention at what time he receives the medication nor when he is directed to bed. If,...

  21. Pros and cons of an NP education when the goal is to teach.

    dudette10 posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    This is a question I've been mulling over for some time. I do not want to become a provider; I want to eventually teach. There are significant curriculum differences between a concentration in nursing...

  22. Pros and cons of an NP education when the goal is to teach.

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I accidentally put this in the wrong forum. I thought I was in the general forum. Can someone please move it? Thank

  23. WHY do I need a BSN?

    dudette10 replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If you think autonomy only means being able to prescribe the medical plan of care, you aren't appreciating the fullness of our role. Our assessments, since we are at bedside 24/7, influences the...

  24. New RN; I want to quit my job already.

    dudette10 replied to irishlynn5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    agreed that's why, in my post, I advised that she needed to determine exactly what the problem was--night shift or new nurse--before making a request. For me personally, when I was new nurse working...

  25. what to do if I did not see the order

    dudette10 replied to lolita_666's topic in Patient Medications

    Protecting yourself in the future is to read all active orders. They are the basis for the medical plan of care that we are required to carry out. I'm surprised at how many times I will get report,...