dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Shift Change

    dudette10 replied to whitecotton87's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have an answer for you, but having experienced shift change for every shift, noc/am change is the worst. The patients are waking up all at once, and all of us are busy. We have two CNAs on...

  2. What's Wrong With 21st Century Nursing

    dudette10 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated less than a year ago. Are responders to this thread conveniently forgetting the pathophys woven into every non-theory class or did your schools really not teach it? We covered the...

  3. What's your weird quirk?

    dudette10 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I must have my binder set up a certain way before taking report, or I get all

  4. Nurses What's Your Unit's Sick Call Policy?

    dudette10 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just looked up retroactive application of FMLA. You won't be able to do

  5. Nurses What's Your Unit's Sick Call Policy?

    dudette10 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You really should apply for FMLA, even if you don't think you need it for this event. Let's say you get sick again and need time off. Your FMLA to cover this event will provide protection the next...

  6. Can they demand a 4 week notice and pay me minimum wage? Abandonment?

    dudette10 replied to Marie.rn's topic in General Nursing

    "I work for a company that in the employee handbook it states that if you leave from the day you put in your notice, which may be no less then 4 weeks you get minimum wage for all prior wages to be...

  7. What do I do???finanlly got a job but....

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

    You said you got an offer in another state So, that means you drove there for an interview? How far is it? Can you commute (even if a long drive) until your first paycheck and then

  8. teaching hospital vs. community hospitals and the rn

    dudette10 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Same where I work. To the OP...You have to use discretion when calling at night. As a newbie, here is my line of thinking: you call for what can and will be/should be immediately taken care of...

  9. Accuracy and Patient Safety vs Time Management

    dudette10 replied to Goldenhare's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    While I agree that you don't search belongings, some hospitals have a policy against keeping home meds at the bedside. There have been a number of times that I have seen the pharmacy bottles at the...

  10. Do Not Send to Hospital From Nursing Home

    dudette10 replied to toughjob,nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but the reason you had to send him out was because you didn't have the necessary drugs on hand for comfort care. What about suggesting that an emergency supply be kept at the...

  11. Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    dudette10 replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, klone is talking about the fact that you quoted the Declaration of Independence, when the post you were responding to mentioned the Constitution and the Bill of

  12. Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    dudette10 replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You missed my point entirely. If he never lived in the US would he would call himself an American? That's my point, in reference to someone who thought that everyone in the entire Western hemisphere...

  13. Flu Vaccine, enough already!

    dudette10 replied to Bklyn_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you! I'm so tired of people splitting PC hairs over the use of the term "American." It's really ridiculous. The day a Mexican, Brazilian, Canadian, Chilean refers to themselves as an "American"...

  14. What the what??

    dudette10 replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Metoprolol was my downfall for a few weeks. I work a frickin' cardiac floor! I now pronounce it correctly, TYVM. :) meh TOPE ruh lol

  15. do you make sure your pts

    dudette10 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Good. I'm glad you understand my point,

  16. do you make sure your pts

    dudette10 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the answer is for night nurses to take attend to what the other shifts can't do. As I get better at this time management thing, my non-hellish shifts allow me more time for the care my patients...

  17. Job Hopping.........a bad thing??

    dudette10 replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question about your job-hopping. Did you get an increase in pay every time you changed your job? A co-worker and I were talking about job-hopping, and based on her experience, it was the only...

  18. New job...daily essentials?

    dudette10 replied to danielle vines's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Some of it goes in a nursing organizer fanny pack-type thing, except it lays nice and flat around my waist. Makes a potty break a little more complicated, but it works. For the saline flushes, I pick...

  19. do you make sure your pts

    dudette10 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    I've been thinking about this thread a lot. I have mentioned on this board about my back-to-back nights that were so different. The first night (the shift from hell), I didn't have time to attend to...

  20. Getting blood on your hands

    dudette10 replied to ribeyesteak's topic in General Nursing

    Frequency? I've been an employed nurse for a little more than four months, and it's only happened once. A disoriented/impaired judgement patient had to go to the bathroom, so he got up, ripped out...

  21. New job...daily essentials?

    dudette10 replied to danielle vines's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have: --a custom brain sheet that mimics the order of our computer charting --stethoscope --binder for SBARs, brain sheet, and MARs organized in a way to fits my needs --penlight for neuro checks,...

  22. Night Shift or Evening Shift

    dudette10 replied to MsNewbie's topic in Nursing Career

    Hated 3-11 with a family (husband and kids). I never saw them. Now I'm part-time 11-7, and it works out well for me. I have no issues at all switching back to days after working a few nights in a...

  23. do you make sure your pts

    dudette10 replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    The other night, I had six patients, five of which were incontinent of urine and stool. Three of those five needed two people to turn because they were very stiff and/or unable to help turn...

  24. To all nurses: a wish for you.

    dudette10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    May a shift from hell be followed by one that reminds you of why you are a nurse. That is all.

  25. How long did you lurk before you joined?

    dudette10 replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    About two