dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

Med/Surg, Academics

Member

  • Content

    3,530

  • Visitors

    29,365

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    83

All Content by dudette10

  1. is your efficiency misinterpreted as lazy ?

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

    Lolololol

  2. ER Nurse Attitude

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

    I respect your opinion, but if she starts out with a genuine understanding of the stresses of nursing, she will be more able to placate family members as best she can in the fewest words possible in...

  3. ER Nurse Attitude

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

    IMO, the latter. You might not avoid a tongue-lashing later on by the higher ups who get an earful from the patient/family, but you can give your side of the story with honesty, dignity, and...

  4. is your efficiency misinterpreted as lazy ?

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

    You are very efficient! Just a suggestion for your downtime: in the very few opportunities I've had with downtime-I am admittedly not as efficient as you are-- I've gone to each room just to say, "Is...

  5. How long was your orientation

    dudette10 replied to porkey2's topic in Emergency

    Twelve weeks on tele as a new grad. Six weeks sounds very skimpy, IMO. However, if this is what you're getting, learn as much as you can about nursing in those six weeks. Honestly, the rest of my time...

  6. tums in an ng tube

    dudette10 replied to menardca's topic in General Nursing

    As BostonFNP said, it depends on why Tums is prescribed, aside from the fact that protonix and famotidine are two different classes that have a similar action. From my reading, Tums can be used as a...

  7. Forced to Take an Assignment You Can Not Handle

    dudette10 replied to 1RN4Christ's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What I found repeating in your post was "confused patient." All it takes is one of them to totally wreck your day. No family, no sitter, everyone stretched thin as it is. The only way to survive that...

  8. How Do You Share Knowledge/Skills With Your Colleagues

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

    Nursing *is* OJT. Period. End of. Orientation can be hit or miss because no one, including the office nurses who are paid as educators, have written down very much. The simplest things, such as codes...

  9. tums in an ng tube

    dudette10 replied to menardca's topic in General Nursing

    I looked up Tums after this post. From what I read, Tums is just calcium Carbonate. Tums Dual Action contains the both active ingredients you described. Apparently, there are two formulations of...

  10. What rhythms do I need to know for ACLS class

    dudette10 replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    You should have been given an AHA ACLS password or book to do homework prior to taking the class. It will give you the information about rhythms you need to know, and I believe there is a pre-class...

  11. ER Nurse Attitude

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

    I like how you learned to handle it. I handle over-the-top families just like you. I come here to vent--or read about vents that give me the commisseration my psyche needs--but, as nurses, we can...

  12. Need Advice from Nurses!

    dudette10 replied to auntlala's topic in Nursing Career

    More money, fantastic hours, a chance to get experience for oncology RN certification, a once in a lifetime volunteer experience. What crazy juice are your classmates drinking? Why are they so fixated...

  13. ER Nurse Attitude

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

    Yeah, the nurse was rude, and a lot of people gave reasons why she might have been rude. She could have just as easily said, "We are all caught up with emergency situations. Your mother is currently...

  14. Looking to hear your personal experience

    dudette10 replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone's pregnancy is different and every pregnancy for the same woman is slightly different. I assume you're asking because you recently found out you were pregnant?What you can do right now: take...

  15. Urinary Cath Insertion

    dudette10 replied to lovecardiacnursing's topic in General Nursing

    Next time, go with your gut. You had an inkling that a full bladder and no urine return didn't sound right. Would it have been possible to gently flush prior to inflating the balloon if the other...

  16. Are Managers against nurses?

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

    I'm not going to reiterate the posts above, but it's good to keep in mind your scheduled shifts before picking up extra shifts. As a float, I've turned down extra shifts on a unit I like better for...

  17. Who Cares About Us

    dudette10 replied to mid2348's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What was the attitude of management about nurses who called in sick at the time of this coworkers illness? The reason I ask: I have acquired a short term medical condition that affects my immune...

  18. Restraints

    dudette10 replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Mittens are one of those gray areas where some facilities consider them a restraint and some don't. I personally think they shouldn't be a restraint because free movement is not compromised--they can...

  19. Needing Advise

    dudette10 replied to Brianrn's topic in General Nursing

    When was this done? Before or after you received the order to d/c in the am? Also, when did she say to you, "This is a business" and " there is no need to call the

  20. Needing Advise

    dudette10 replied to Brianrn's topic in General Nursing

    As I understand the issue, the supervisor is upset that the nurse didn't discharge the patient that night per the original written order for financial reasons. The OP is also upset that she got called...

  21. I am struggling with patient families lately.

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

    I believe it's all included in the hospital room and board charge, which covers nursing, dietary, housekeeping, linens, etc. Lab work, supplies charged out of the Pyxis, drugs, IVF hours, respiratory,...

  22. Soiled Scrubs Mid-Shift

    dudette10 replied to TheBlackDogWaits's topic in General Nursing

    Never had to, but you can put them in a personal items bag that is usually given to patients and stuff it in your locker. Wash when you get

  23. Was reprimanded and told to resign. Advice or thoughts would be appreciated.

    dudette10 replied to nurse20011's topic in General Nursing

    Good. I'm glad you're not one of the managers who does this or condones it. Since you edited during my reply...no, I don't pile all NMs in one basket. I have a wonderful one now, and so are some of...

  24. Was reprimanded and told to resign. Advice or thoughts would be appreciated.

    dudette10 replied to nurse20011's topic in General Nursing

    This whole post bothers me for a number of reasons. A nurse who refuses to resign might be given a knowingly "impossible workload" and is "micromanaged" in order to get her to resign? Is this the MO...

  25. I am struggling with patient families lately.

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

    Personally, I think you guys are talking from two different places. The vent threads here about families are usually about the extremes, or about minor requests in the midst of chaos that a family...