dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Floating?

    dudette10 replied to Morganalefey's topic in General Nursing

    I am a tele nurse, and I float to med/surg. I refused to float to ICU three months off orientation, although the nursing supe and my manager tried to talk me into it. I flatly refused. In your...

  2. VIP treatment. Ethical dilemma for paper?

    dudette10 replied to metfan's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent point. When I was in school, we had to provide reasons for the thesis statement and reasons against it. While many here have provided reasons against it, you just provided one for

  3. VIP treatment. Ethical dilemma for paper?

    dudette10 replied to metfan's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. As another poster said, you'll have to take broad ethical concepts and apply them to the scenario you describe. Ironically, someone who posted that it isn't a viable topic with few lit...

  4. Debate over inservice question-Spinal Cord Injury

    dudette10 replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't you supposed to address them both by modifying airway interventions? A suspected spinal injury means you do a jaw thrust instead of a head tilt for any airway issues. This reminds me of NCLEX...

  5. Is this holding me back?

    dudette10 replied to mikala3's topic in General Nursing

    It's not holding you back where you currently work. I don't think it would hold you back in other places either. You'd just have to learn the task at any new job. It's a task that takes practice,...

  6. How do you stay positive about your career?

    dudette10 replied to Jw1724's topic in General Nursing

    Hold on. People are reacting to your first post in which YOU stated that the MAIN ISSUE is your BOYFRIEND! His expectations, his getting upset about your days off when he doesn't have one, his...

  7. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

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

    It's usually just a matter of crowd control and asserting your requirements as a caregiver to maintain privacy and efficiency. I work on a floor that has only double rooms, and the vast majority of...

  8. Not doing what I was hired for

    dudette10 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Several? Did the family members find out that you refused to code their family member after the code status was changed? I would like to know the consequences because I find it hard to believe there...

  9. This just ticks me off.

    dudette10 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Old thread, I know... I don't work ER nor urgent care, but I would think urgent care would be an appropriate place to take someone with a small fishing hook stuck in the skin. No ABC's to worry...

  10. Is there a proper way to chart what a patient/resident says?

    dudette10 replied to black_widow192's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good point, and it applies to this situation. If the patient stated that the day nurse didn't give him his meds all day, what did the OP do about it? I mean, the statement is just hanging...

  11. Is there a proper way to chart what a patient/resident says?

    dudette10 replied to black_widow192's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand that. Thanks for your explanation. I just feel as if there could have been a different, less incriminating way to chart this accusation. At any rate, I would hope that the other...

  12. Is there a proper way to chart what a patient/resident says?

    dudette10 replied to black_widow192's topic in General Nursing

    Why chart that anyway, with or without the other nurse's name? Residents say a lot of things and, I assume, that LTC nurses don't chart every word. ETA: I can't figure out what you were assessing...

  13. Not doing what I was hired for

    dudette10 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    This is why the difference between hospice and palliative is so confusing to working nurses, regardless of what was or was not taught in nursing school. DNR Order, Question & Answer, Hospice...

  14. Not doing what I was hired for

    dudette10 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    We had an inservice with the hospice coordinator of the hospice that is owned by the system I work in. She told us that a patient does not have to be DNR to be admitted to program. I think that's...

  15. Not doing what I was hired for

    dudette10 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. There is so little difference between the two that I still don't get it, even when I looked it up. Hospice does not mean DNR. Hospice does not mean no treatment at all. Hospice also doesn't...

  16. Did I deserve this?

    dudette10 replied to jaelpn's topic in General Nursing

    Agree about sending them out for a drug screen to a facility that does this on a regular basis, usually as pre-employment screens. I can just see when someone comes up positive, the person claims that...

  17. I love you boss ... BUT!!...

    dudette10 replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I work part time, and I often pick up when a coworker is scheduled for a day that she requested off or something personal comes up and she asks me directly, but I never pick up a shift when I'm...

  18. No light duty for RN's in my hospital - is this typical?

    dudette10 replied to srleslie's topic in General Nursing

    Don't just look at FMLA to see what your leave options are. Some employers have a leave policy that is more favorable, such as six months. I qualified for both types of leave (employer and FMLA)....

  19. Does anyone work on an oncology floor?

    dudette10 replied to chariot's topic in Oncology

    I don't know how much traffic the oncology forum gets, but if you go under the specialties tab, scroll down to "Oncology Nursing" and see if you can find what you are looking for

  20. Just curious, What do they teach in Nursing School these days?

    dudette10 replied to AMN74's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever happened to people being happy that things aren't as serious as they might have been? If I thought I had a broken ankle, I would be jumping for joy (figuratively, of course) that it was just...

  21. Bed Baths & Other Nursing Arts Still Taught? (Speaking of Wet Wipe Baths)

    dudette10 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    Yes, basic skills taught in the first day and practiced during the first clinical rotation (among other

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

    dudette10 replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh! Thanks for clearing that up. I read and re-read, and I couldn't figure it out. The tech said "Ms Whitten" and the nurse thought she said the bed number.

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

    dudette10 replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Damn you

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

    dudette10 replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hyperbole goes two ways, it seems. The responses that have said, "You're wasting my time, so I'm gonna play on my toy," come off as an intentional and very public thumbing of the nose to the person...

  25. Only Charting "The Good Vitals"?

    dudette10 replied to whitecat5000's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No. If I get a set of abnormals, I quickly review previous VS on my SBAR, perform my own reassessment of any abnormal vitals and the patient as a whole, and use my nursing judgement to determine if...