dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. RN total patient care...

    dudette10 replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I also want to add that even if all nurses aren't busy with patients, we are required to do charting. If I don't carve 10 minutes here, 5 minutes there, out of my day to go brain dead at the computer...

  2. Charge nurse taking patients

    dudette10 replied to bamaguy1989's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At my old place, charges took lower acuity patients with a slightly lower ratio (1-2 pts less) than the rest of us. Our ratio could go 1:7 max, and it happened often. Responsibilities were bed...

  3. Charting...what to say?

    dudette10 replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    Esme, thanks for the excerpt. I love OWL too, although I didn't go to Purdue. The reason given was to "help maintain an impersonal tone." Hrmm. While the message of objectivity is good, I think...

  4. Awful Doctors

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

    I "liked" the posts that I felt were very constructively worded criticism. Nothing was "rubbed in" in those posts except for the fact that prioritization of a critical lab value is what she needs to...

  5. Awful Doctors

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

    This might have already been said, but I believe the poster you quoted was saying that the message was correct, but the delivery was wrong. In other words, I believe you agree with the poster you...

  6. Peer Evaluations- Venting

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

    Peer evals CAN be based on professionalism, competence, and reliability (and that's how I would do one, if forced); however, as a peer, I would still hate to say that a co-worker is unprofessional,...

  7. Peer Evaluations- Venting

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

    I would hate to peer review someone who I think sucks. I would love to peer review someone who I think is good. If I had to peer review someone who sucks, the review would be neutral and essentially...

  8. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

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

    "En caul" is when a baby is delivered with the sac intact and the baby inside it, I

  9. Charting...what to say?

    dudette10 replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    At my previous workplace, we never did narrative charting either. When I got a new job, narratives are expected x 2 in a 12 hour shift. It took me a good month to refine my narratives and get in a...

  10. How long does it take you to complete these tasks?

    dudette10 replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    Speed comes with experience in a procedure after you've become a working RN. I, too, think it's a bit unfair to expect speed among nursing students. Focus should be on technique. Speed will come....

  11. How long does it take you to complete these tasks?

    dudette10 replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    Preop checklist--I don't have to do this much anymore, but at my old job, about five minutes. If the patient has jewelry on, a little bit longer to take it off and store it safely. A lot longer if...

  12. Charting...what to say?

    dudette10 replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    I use "I" all the time because it seems like a silly thing to use third person, based on tradition more than anything. The attendings at my facility use "I" all the time, as in "I have personally...

  13. RN total patient care...

    dudette10 replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Easily two-thirds or more of the patients on the floor I work the most are total care. For hospital floors to even think about RN total care, the ratios MUST go down and the redundant or just plain...

  14. Losing respect for nursing students

    dudette10 replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    I love having the students that are eager to learn and help out around. I once had to transfer a patient to another floor, and I asked a couple of the more eager ones to come with me. They did, and...

  15. No rapid response for a DNR?

    dudette10 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    In my workplace, a DNR means no CPR. Intubation, electrical cardioversion, antiarrhythmics, and vasopressors are considered pre-arrest emergency measures. Unless the patient/family has said no to...

  16. Better living--and working--through chemistry.

    dudette10 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I was at my lowest. My absolute lowest. Anxiety would cloud my every move when I was at work. I had a dull ache in my chest for my entire shift. I would dread going back to work. My days off were...

  17. Better living--and working--through chemistry.

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thanks for the support! Nursej22, I haven't looked for studies, but I would think nearly any high stress occupation would have a higher incidence of workers struggling. My father was a cop, and the...

  18. I miss...

    dudette10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...the little button at the top of each thread that says "go to first unread post." Please bring it back!

  19. Regarding nursing students- was this too much to ask?

    dudette10 replied to blondy2061h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It sounds like she's on her final rotation, where she works 1:1 with a nurse. Although you aren't her instructor formally, you ARE her instructor informally. On my final 1:1 rotation, I learned so...

  20. I miss...

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! THANK YOU!!! After looking and looking, I finally found what you are talking about.

  21. Nursing student lied about me to my manager, and I cannot prove it.

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

    I don't see the OP's words as rude and condescending. I would, and have, said "thank you" when I was an orientee and certainly as a student. Hell, I even say it now if something I don't know is...

  22. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

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

    Re-reading your original post, yes, you were assuming they were hired, at least in part, because of their

  23. Shadowing to evaluate performance

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

    It seems that the point is to "improve performance," but it will only work if the management team is dedicated to removing barriers that the nurses being shadowed face. If at the end of all this, it...

  24. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

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

    I am a bit confused by the OP, due to mixed messages. Yes, it is a problem when most new hires to a unit are relatively inexperienced. (I wonder, though, the experience level of current employees,...

  25. Medical Marijuana

    dudette10 replied to Cathy4836's topic in Patient Medications

    Me, too, in the marinol form. In acute care, I have yet to see it used for pain control. Of course, there is a place for this substance in medical care, just as there is for morphine and codeine or...