FineAgain

FineAgain

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  1. JCAHO Requirement

    FineAgain posted a topic in General Nursing

    The Joint Commission is visiting us this week. Seems they are telling us we now have to provide a pill splitter for every patient. I guess I understand the reasoning behind it but this seems a...

  2. Would you be insulted?

    FineAgain replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Dressed? On your day off? The

  3. Nurses Call the Governor of Tennessee

    FineAgain replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This right here! Except she slammed 2 mg of vec and walked away. I have been so conflicted about this but keep going back to the basics. Not even the "rights" of medication, but the fact that you...

  4. Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    FineAgain replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    We had a patient recently who stated he wanted no provider of any kind who was not white or did not speak English. I was quite pleased when management told me to ask him what hospital he wanted to be...

  5. Rolling out bedside report

    FineAgain replied to magordon's topic in General Nursing

    I think you worked at the same place I work now. And we are now told we will be immediately disciplined, no talk, no write up; just discipline. Bedside report needs to go. away. It is not helpful in...

  6. And we were having such a nice day, too...

    FineAgain replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    No, no! You have to say it three times in a row...like

  7. Tips for inserting foleys

    FineAgain replied to theRPN2b's topic in General Nursing

    Urojet, coude and "high and tight" are the

  8. OCNRN63

    FineAgain replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Add me to the heartbroken list. I always valued her counsel and wish her peace on her journey. I just caught up on her blog and thought she would come through. Such a loss to our

  9. Trouble for taking Doctors candy

    FineAgain replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

    We replied to a code in the cafeteria once...it was actually a cafeteria worker who was choking. She was mostly upset not because she could have died, but that we would tell her boss she choked on a...

  10. Soma or Enclosure Beds... Cruel or not?

    FineAgain replied to Paws2people's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I personally think these beds are much kinder than any restraint and allow freedom of movement while reducing falls. I also don't think they should be considered a restraint but I see why they are....

  11. Why I hate Yankauers...

    FineAgain replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Works great on liquid stool or other puddles on the chux. Makes cleanup (almost) a

  12. Hand off

    FineAgain replied to b747girl5's topic in General Nursing

    Please remember that some nurses will ask you ridiculous questions that have no real bearing on patient condition. I personally give an eye roll but that is somehow frowned upon by management....

  13. Pressure infuser bag questions?

    FineAgain replied to medtechguy's topic in General Nursing

    We don't use pressure bags for blood products either...mainly art lines as others have said. We use the rapid infusers for MTP. Pressure bags are great for dehydration or DKA...I don't pay much...

  14. ZDoggMD

    FineAgain replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Proud to be

  15. Hourly rounding notes

    FineAgain replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    "Pt resting quietly with eyes close, no needs identified" "Pt denies needs; vss at this time" "Medicated for pain per MAR, no additional needs identified" Short, sweet, simple...just a note about what...

  16. A Headache is not an emergency

    FineAgain replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    I give up We just had someone bring a baby in by ambulance for diaper rash x 2 hours. This pretty much sums up the reason for this

  17. Holding benzos

    FineAgain replied to ss033's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree with Muno... The MAP is more important than the actual BP numbers for perfusion, if it sustains below 60 pressors can bring it up. Holding benzos in withdrawal is more harmful than a low...

  18. Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    FineAgain replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    In the wisdom of age, I have learned that there are not as often victims as there are only volunteers. When I became a nurse (later in life I might add), did I lean on and tell everyone about my...

  19. Feeling like you're complicit in the addiction problem...

    FineAgain replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    And I am none of these things...I am a nurse. I can educate but if a med is prescribed, I give it. When I dropped the judgement, I felt better. I cannot change people in an ED

  20. A Headache is not an emergency

    FineAgain replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

    It's not the coming in with a headache that bothers me, its the "I have a HEADACHE! Why are you making me wait with these other people for so long? I just saw someone come in after me that went...

  21. newborn readmits back to NICU

    FineAgain replied to Kldrn9963's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our NICU policy is that once a baby is discharged, either from newborn nursery or the NICU, readmission is to

  22. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    FineAgain replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    [ATTACH]22375[/ATTACH] I hate this meme as well..."what we don't show you"

  23. Giving my two weeks notice even though I'm not finished with orientation

    FineAgain replied to TeddyBer's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's Filipino

  24. Day 3: 2016 Nurses Week Meme Contest

    FineAgain replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    When you find out your ESRD patient with no veins has a

  25. Psych in the ER

    FineAgain replied to ReadyToListen's topic in Emergency

    The problem in our ER isn't the psych assessment as we have clinicians on site. The problem is that there are often no psych beds available and we have to hold people who have been accepted for...