dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Does your hospital ID badge have your first AND last name on it?

    dudette10 replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and I've never understood why nurses get so worked up about patients knowing their first and last names. Doctors, PAs, and APNs don't seem to

  2. How Can You Be A Nurse With No Clinical Background?

    dudette10 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    After having a manager w/ 20+ years of bedside experience go into management--and do a really bad job of it from the floor nurses' perspective--I have changed my mind about what experience is...

  3. Working long hours to buy gifts for everyone...

    dudette10 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I guess I should be thanking my lucky stars that no one in my family or my husband's family expects gifts. Everyone buys for only their own spouses and children, and that's it! Holiday get togethers...

  4. Nurse Signatures, matching names

    dudette10 replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time, people can't read signatures anyway, but the handwriting is recognized and distinct. Unless you have the same handwriting as this other nurse, I wouldn't worry about it. ETA: If you...

  5. reporting a med error

    dudette10 replied to wiley6coyote's topic in Patient Medications

    You did the right thing. I also believe your characterization of how you spoke to the nurse who made the med error. Although this doesn't change my opinion, I have to ask why the other charges...

  6. When pts demand pain meds AND are sedated

    dudette10 replied to Cauliflower's topic in Patient Medications

    Can you define "sedated" in your context? In general, if you're talking about a patient who wakes up, is groggy, and requests pain meds, I would medicate the

  7. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

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

    You really have to learn to separate "teaching moments" from outright cattiness/meanness/rudeness/gossip. Her delivery could have been much better than it was, but it was still a teaching moment....

  8. Consults??

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

    One of the most difficult things when starting a new job is learning the docs' names and specialties. Which ones are consults, which ones are attendings, and which consults are sometimes attendings?...

  9. Taking things personally

    dudette10 replied to Tobygo2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Quite true. The thing is, in my experience, this wasn't the case. She is just a chronic witch who no longer gives me

  10. Taking things personally

    dudette10 replied to Tobygo2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had that happen to me. When it happened, I said, "You seem upset. Is there something I've done or not done that I can change?" One of two things happen. 1) The nurse backpeddles like crazy...

  11. nursing retirement

    dudette10 replied to kristen312's topic in General Nursing

    The PPs covered nearly everything, but I'll add just one more thing. If you are lucky enough to find an employer with a pension plan, you have to work there a certain number of years to be vested,...

  12. Clinical nursing jobs with "normal" hours

    dudette10 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    Cancer care

  13. Discrimination & Whistle blowing - Would you hire this nurse again?

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

    Become an ER nurse. Problem

  14. Discrimination & Whistle blowing - Would you hire this nurse again?

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

    Although it sounds like no big deal to have 1 specific 24-hour period off per week, I can see how it would be problematic on units with 12 hour shifts. Sundown times change every single day, and you...

  15. Confessions Of A Nurse With Poor Interpersonal Skills

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

    I just want to put a preemptive strike on where this post may lead. (May lead, I said.) I truly believe that nursing is all of these: tasks, critical thinking, knowledge base, time management, and...

  16. Noc Nurse perspective...

    dudette10 replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Although the leftovers are from management "recognition," the real food and comaraderie is from the nurses themselves. I'm also with you on working at night. The shift, not the people.

  17. What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    dudette10 replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Common sense says it's a matter of frequency. If someone is texting a lot, I'd be an idiot to think that it was all an emergent matter that must be attended to at that moment. It's not jumping to...

  18. Wedging my foot in that crack...

    dudette10 replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    I think the OP is using the term "administrative position" in reference to a support position (like administrative assistant aka secretary in a hospital office), not a manager or something like that....

  19. Signing out medications for my manager.

    dudette10 replied to OlaHospiceRNBSN's topic in Patient Medications

    Agree with everyone else. If you want some backup, take a look at The Joint Commission regulations on pulling meds for someone else to give. It's considered "dispensing" by the nurse, and it is...

  20. Noc Nurse perspective...

    dudette10 replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    As for "leaving unfinished business," I work all shifts, and nursing is 24/7. Only a couple of times have I been dumbfounded by what was left because it was clearly extremely important to prioritize,...

  21. Noc Nurse perspective...

    dudette10 replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    We make jokes about the 12-hour old food and getting the scraps of picked over freebies. I think it happens

  22. What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    dudette10 replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Are the med carts stocked? Are the IV trays stocked? Is there garbage that needs to be changed? Are your patients dry and comfortable? Are your patients' rooms tidy and organized? Have you helped...

  23. Article critique help!!!!!!!!!!!

    dudette10 replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    Are you having trouble with the critique itself or the formatting? The links from the PP will help you with formatting, especially Purdue's OWL. I used it all the way through my BSN program for...

  24. About to graduate and discouraged.

    dudette10 replied to kodacat's topic in General Students

    I think our anxiety comes from being older. I remember starting my first job in corporate America at age 21, not knowing what the hell I was doing, and just charging ahead with it. I ended up...

  25. Is my husband being unreasonable?

    dudette10 replied to Nurse ABC's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for that. I don't agree with compensating an 18-year old for watching his siblings while his parents work. Families make sacrifices, and kids shouldn't always get paid for stepping up to...