dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Do pt families every drive you crazy?

    dudette10 replied to purple10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha! I had one patient complain to me about his niece who was always riding my butt about one thing or another. I told him that if he really wanted her to leave, I could make up something and be the...

  2. Patients with sitters

    dudette10 replied to SarahJ0811's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I feel your pain. There was one sitter for a suicidal patient that gave me a really negative vibe when I first met her, and I couldn't put my finger on it. When her shift was over, the PATIENT told me...

  3. Too much to do for ONE PERSON, staying late to catch up

    dudette10 replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    You MUST manage and prioritize your interruptions. If I'm pulling, scanning, administering meds, i do not answer my phone. If its that important, they'll call back. i have never gotten in trouble for...

  4. Can you work straights days?

    dudette10 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked straight nights. I was willing to wait in line for a daylight shift. I was told by the NM that I was next in line. The NM then proceeded to hire new grads for daylight shifts. I left the...

  5. legal ramifications?

    dudette10 replied to nursecheryler's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Every time I enter a room, I do a little clean up. Warning, rant ahead. I'm getting sick and freaking tired of not only managing my work, but also that which is clearly within the job description of...

  6. Small children visiting patients in the critical care setting... thoughts??

    dudette10 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Critical Care

    We're nurses. We're smart. We discern. And, given specific situations, rules can--and should--be broken when it comes to visitation policies. There are a lot of wonderful stories here about breaking...

  7. Low Acuity Floors

    dudette10 replied to daisygirl5's topic in General Nursing

    This. If a hospital has an on-site skilled nursing and/or rehab unit, those are lower acuity. At any time, however, even those patients can go bad and need to be transferred to an inpatient

  8. Employer's Negative Response to Teaching Hospital Experience

    dudette10 replied to slr0610's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have worked at both as a floor nurse, and it will be an adjustment. In fact, I started out as a new grad working nights at a nonteaching hospital, and the amount of autonomy can be nerve-wracking....

  9. Working PRN and buying your own insurance?

    dudette10 replied to Livi21's topic in General Nursing

    The paperwork nightmare is this: if even one employee uses the premium tax credit to buy their own insurance, the IRS will require the employer to prove that insurance was offered. It adds more...

  10. How does anyone do double shifts? I'm tired after 40 hours

    dudette10 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I refused to do 16s when I was on 8s, and I refuse to stay until 2300 now that I'm on 12s. I know my

  11. You know when you are a good nurse when...

    dudette10 replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I still hesitate to call myself a "good nurse" because I learn every day. I suspect I will never give myself that title then. However, I am more confident, and I now enjoy going to work. You just do...

  12. End of Per Diem?

    dudette10 replied to hdawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    In some systems, I don't doubt it, but per diem where I work means a higher wage without being offered any benefits...no pension, no PTO, no sick time, no health insurance. The higher wage is...

  13. End of Per Diem?

    dudette10 replied to hdawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have done some research on the ACA, and apparently, the change goes into effect 1/1/14. All employees working more than 30 hrs/week on average over the previous 12 month period must be offered...

  14. Working PRN and buying your own insurance?

    dudette10 replied to Livi21's topic in General Nursing

  15. Working per diem only?

    dudette10 replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    I do. No problem getting full time hours. I'm on my husband's insurance, and my kids are teens, so no problem with them staying by themselves. I will never go back to regular staff, if I don't have...

  16. Personality At Work vs. At Home

    dudette10 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's put it this way...I let my husband read my most recent evaluation (which was very positive), and he said, "That's not

  17. Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

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

    The two most demanding patients with basic ADLs who absolutely refused to do anything--but who could dial their cell phones to their daughters complaining that no one did anything for them--also had...

  18. Irritating things about being a nurse VENT

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

    We have a kit with a sterile container for UAs and a vacutainer with preservative for C&S. Our kits, however are designed for collection in the container, then you hook up the vacutainer to put it...

  19. Identity as a nurse.

    dudette10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    There are certain professions in which identity as that profession is obtained over time: police officer, firefighter, teacher, doctor, nurse. It seems to be limited to those professions in which the...

  20. A patient wants to know your thoughts on frequent fliers...

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

    Here's the thing. Chronic migraine sufferers hardly ever look like the second description. They mostly look like the first description, even the teens. They are experts at using distraction to deal...

  21. What the recovery time after a severe hypoglycemia

    dudette10 replied to pinkessence_58467's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It usually doesn't take long for blood sugar to go up. I did have a patient w/ a BS of 22, and it took about 30 minutes w/ two rounds of oral interventions to get it within normal range. Awake,...

  22. Blue about Code Blue

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

    There is a flip side to this. I get a little uncomfortable during my admission questions when a young, relatively healthy patient talks about not wanting to be on life support. I keep thinking,"Yes,...

  23. behind the scenes issue

    dudette10 replied to ryan5014's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The system worked. What is there to write

  24. How do you do double check insulin in an isolation room and scanning?

    dudette10 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    That's how we do it!

  25. Charting...what to say?

    dudette10 replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    Well