dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Only Charting "The Good Vitals"?

    dudette10 replied to whitecat5000's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's what I don't get about some of the responses. The auto set is rechecked because we think it's not accurate!!! If we thought it was accurate, we would do an intervention immediately. The...

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

    dudette10 replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't get this, "You're wasting my time, so I'm gonna show the ultimate disrespect and play around on my phone just so that you all know I'm above this

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

    dudette10 replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My cell phone is with me at all times, but I make no apologies for that fact. It's all in how you use it, not that it's simply with you. When in school or in work-related education, it was off...no...

  4. how to ask patient for pain scale score correctly?

    dudette10 replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    Being a recent patient in pain, it is sort of difficult to use a pain scale. With movement, I had rated my pain as an 8, but at one point, I had a flare of pain that just kept throbbing. You know,...

  5. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    dudette10 replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Illinois, nights, tele, on a floor where other floors' RRTs come to us if they don't go to ICU, ICU transfers come to us, and we get all MIs, CVAs, and GI bleeds. Six to seven patients a night with...

  6. I feel stupid- just venting out

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

    Not sure what everyone else who responded to this thread is reading, because in your account: he asked you to clarify your report, he gave you feedback, and when you apologized, he brushed it off....

  7. Nurses Calling Patients "Jerks"

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

    The worst patient I've had so far called me stupid and a dumbass. He hurled expletives at me as soon as I walked in the room. He called the CNA working with me on care a fat ass. This guy was alert...

  8. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    dudette10 replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Oh, c'mon! You're being intentionally dense about your own words and how people might react to them. I hate, hate, hate when smart people pretend they don't know what everyone is getting riled up...

  9. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    dudette10 replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The only thing I've ever heard out of a BSNs mouth regarding the degree is this: we are just glad we got it out of the way at the beginning of our careers, rather than going the ADN route and having...

  10. All of a sudden an ASN is no good anymore

    dudette10 replied to pattyslattery's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You're assuming one's reaction to the higher educational requirement. Some of us wouldn't think it meant "we aren't good enough." You gotta do what you gotta do, given the requirements of the job....

  11. "working" when you're off...

    dudette10 replied to blamejoe's topic in General Nursing

    A lawyer that I once worked with had this quote by Abraham Lincoln in his office: "A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade." The same holds true for medical

  12. List your crazy interview questions...

    dudette10 replied to rockstar11's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    There is no correct, serious answer to that question, so a quick-witted response does indeed show all those qualities and more. I would be more worried about someone who tried to calculate a literal...

  13. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

    dudette10 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The interview process that is currently used by many hospitals--personality test, HR screening, interview with NM--is a complete joke. All it takes to know this is by looking around at your...

  14. Narcotics administration

    dudette10 replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    This is only anecdotal evidence, I know, but I'm gonna give it anyway. I am opioid naive. I underwent a 5-hour surgery. Your body WANTS food after surgery (I'm still eating like a pig). I was higher...

  15. Narcotics administration

    dudette10 replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    I think being a patient helps nurses. Not just the relative of a patient...the actual patient. I know that my current and continuing experience has informed my practice

  16. Narcotics administration

    dudette10 replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't think it's lost. You mentioned SCC and CA patients. They live with pain and pain exacerbations and are frightened to death of letting their pain get out of

  17. Narcotics administration

    dudette10 replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    I'll go one further. Patients who are opioid naive with no chronic pain issues may not seem to be in pain, depending on their personalities and pain tolerance. I am one of them. Post-op, I was...

  18. Moving On

    dudette10 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    I can't really say anything to help you, but I know EXACTLY what you mean. I am a little more than a year in, and I know that at the end of two years, I will want to move on. And it scares the...

  19. Do nurses make the worst patients?

    dudette10 replied to Esme12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've had a few RNs as patients. One was wonderful from the get-go, and one had a rep for being difficult but became wonderful after I talked to her for a little while. I was also recently a patient...

  20. Calling the Nurse Manager...what are your opinions?

    dudette10 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Call the unit, ask to be transferred to the NM's office, and leave a short, sweet, to the point voicemail reiterating your interest. Just be prepared for her to answer the phone! What do you have to...

  21. Nurses: Have you ever had to show compassion to someone who didn't want it?

    dudette10 replied to nursingstudent2458's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If another person is going through something that calls for compassion--but they "reject" the compassion--it's most likely the delivery of it that is being rejected. An example: A friend of mine...

  22. Saying 'NO' to overtime

    dudette10 replied to suzbeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to learn to say no to extra hours, you have to first value your time off more than your paycheck. If you don't right now, that's ok. Burn out is a state of mind, rather than simply the...

  23. Responsibilities and liabilities of nursing

    dudette10 replied to Susie2310's topic in General Nursing

    Are you referring to this, which is an exclusion of my own policy: I think this means that you aren't covered when what you do is expected or intended to hurt the patient. In other words, when you...

  24. New nurse still on orientation and first med error?

    dudette10 replied to sleepdeprived1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At the risk of sounding clueless, I have to ask why renal failure and sepsis would be a contraindication to Tylenol. I've been googling, and there are plenty of links to acute hepatic failure, but...

  25. New nurse still on orientation and first med error?

    dudette10 replied to sleepdeprived1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I work, there is a difference between a "write up" and an "incident report." In the very few incident reports I have done, my narrative included a chronological explanation of events without...