dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Looking for an ACLS course longer than 2days and not online!

    dudette10 replied to inacopina's topic in General Nursing

    maybe my employer likes screwing people over, but, on my floor (telemetry) we are required to have acls cert by the end of our orientation. the health system's schedule for acls does not always...

  2. Fainting... so dramatic

    dudette10 replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I have had fainting spells since I was a teen. The last time was about five years ago, and it was a very dramatic fall. I felt lightheaded, went to sit down, then I *thought* I was fine. I got back...

  3. Opinion, WWYD?

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

    Don't be so hard on her. She's probably very tired from all the sexual favors she's been doing to keep her lazy butt

  4. New nurse manager resources

    dudette10 replied to kayakingRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I am taking off my nursing hat and putting on the hat of my previous career: project management. You already have the resources: the information about processes and structure that you had at your...

  5. Telemedicine: How will Telecommunications affect Nurses?

    dudette10 replied to jnemartin's topic in General Nursing

    You have to define telemedicine first to determine what sector it will affect. I've observed in an eICU unit, and it's definitely created nursing jobs. It has also created IT and tech jobs to keep...

  6. Is it me? What happened to nursing?

    dudette10 replied to Burlshoe114's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The scripting of healthcare just bugs me. I simply don't do it. I always say, "Do you need anything else?" but I never end it with "I have the time." Ever. I don't, and I'm not gonna lie, but I...

  7. ACLS

    dudette10 replied to LatinaRN978's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When you got your certification card, did it include the AHA logo and "American Heart Association," along with the words "This card certifies that the above individuals has successfully completed the...

  8. Code Blue Announcement

    dudette10 replied to airborneinf82's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    HIPAA violation and family anxiety? Like families don't know the room number of their own family members? Room numbers overhead without a name are PHI? What a load of hogwash... The logistics of...

  9. Are you or someone you love the worst patient ever?

    dudette10 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love my brother. I really do. Through my talks with my brother about his many hospitalizations, I have come to the conclusion that he is the Worst Patient Ever, heretofore known as a WPE or a...

  10. Dietary policy- vent

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

    What diet did the doctor order? That would have restricted the choices that dietary cited to the

  11. Obamacare Survives, Supreme Court Rescues 'Big Health'

    dudette10 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No one here is complaining about the quality of care to the uninsured in this thread. What people are concerned about is bankruptcy because of being uninsured. Sometimes, even the insured go bankrupt...

  12. Do you find the nursing theorists/theories you studied in school useful in real life?

    dudette10 replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. It happens in the clinical setting, too. A nurse at my hospital is pursuing her master's degree. As part of her thesis, she introduced a new flow sheet on a pilot basis and is collecting...

  13. At the minimum, 3 years experience

    dudette10 replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen that too, especially for OR positions. OR is such a unique specialty that the trend you mentioned has to eventually come back around to accepting just RN experience, otherwise the well will...

  14. What do you expect?

    dudette10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    If you are not charge, what do you expect from your charge nurse? If you are a charge, what do you expect from the nurses you are working with? We have semi-permanent charges. Not permanent, but...

  15. Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    dudette10 replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    I appreciate another poster's explanation, but I'll answer this. She said something like "patient education should be done after the event." Considering that ER visits are always in the midst of an...

  16. Question about Nurses Schedules

    dudette10 replied to jojonurse13's topic in General Nursing

    Possible, but not probable. In looking at the list of acute care nursing positions in my area, about 75% of them are straight nights or PM/nights rotations. The other 25% are a mix of day positions...

  17. Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    dudette10 replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    ER nurses should do no patient teaching

  18. How is your life working nights?

    dudette10 replied to AlexisNicole's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very happy that night shift has worked out for you your entire career. What I don't agree with is implying that overwhelming fatigue and a heart-breaking inability to function as part of the...

  19. How is your life working nights?

    dudette10 replied to AlexisNicole's topic in General Nursing

    I'll just ditto what not.done.yet said. My SIL has worked nights her entire career. She has thrived on it. It works very well for some people, and it demolishes the lives of other people....

  20. Do you find the nursing theorists/theories you studied in school useful in real life?

    dudette10 replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, yes, and yes. Here's a very simple example, but one we encounter every day. I had a patient that was reported off to me two shifts ago as using a bedpan. Ok, sure. She had a condition that...

  21. Never placed an IV!!!!!

    dudette10 replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    In my state, it's against state regulations for nursing students to perform venipuncture on a person. They also can't hang blood or take MD orders, per regulation. I know plenty of long-time RNs...

  22. Have you ever shed tears in front of a patient or a patient's family.

    dudette10 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not talking about all-out sobbing, body-wracking crying. I'm just saying tears welling up and possibly spilling over without the accompanying grimace. Is that appropriate, inappropriate? If you...

  23. If you think you need to call the MD, CALL THE MD!!!!

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

    I agree with you, wooh, and I make the call if it's something that can and should be taken care of right then, but no one likes to be yelled at. I got yelled at by a doc one night for a long-ish run...

  24. Chronically late patients...

    dudette10 replied to tlackey's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    No doctor's office is 100% on time. Not even my kids' dentist or orthodontist! If the OP's office is scheduling sick visits in the midst of well visits, it can be logically assumed that the office...

  25. Chronically late patients...

    dudette10 replied to tlackey's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Here's a possible solution. Sick visits are not scheduled visits at my pediatrician's office. The office has "sick hours" for two hours first thing in the morning and for two hours right after lunch...