monkeybug

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  1. monkeybug

    Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    monkeybug replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have chronic pain. And I rarely ask for narcotics from doctors or nurses that don't know me extremely well, because of this attitude. If I go to the ER for a particularly bad episode, I ask for...
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    Seriously?!?!

    monkeybug replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Regarding not washing, I'm with you, sister. I worked in L&D for years. I know that it's hard to be fresh as a daisy when you're pregnant. But for heaven's sake, if you know you're going to the...
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    Nurses: Why do many of you do this?

    monkeybug replied to terina66's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My first job out of school was at a tiny, rural hospital in the South. I was absolutely amazed to discover that they posted a list of all patients at the door, and that it was very common to have...
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    Nurses: Why do many of you do this?

    monkeybug replied to terina66's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What she's doing is highly inappropriate. There is a huge difference in sharing an interesting story about an anonymous person and sharing a particular person's life story. Huge
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    Nurses: Why do many of you do this?

    monkeybug replied to terina66's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Goodbye, cruel internet, you don't understand
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    Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    monkeybug replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is inexcusable. It is not within your realm of responsibility to "fix" her. Chronic pain patients often don't manifest outward, objective pain cues, like changes in BP. Would it make you feel...
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    Patient dilema

    monkeybug replied to Anggelica's topic in General Nursing

    That is one of the cruelest things I've ever heard about. So what if she is an addict? Is it appropriate to stop all meds? No wonder she wants to stop feedings, her life is probably unbearable...
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    Does your employer make accommodations for your disability?

    monkeybug replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I don't require any accomodations at my current job. The exponential reduction in stress that came with the new job has made my illness much more bearable. At my old (hospital) job there were...
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    Bed Side Report

    monkeybug replied to 280090's topic in General Nursing

    In a labor unit, you end up doing 2 reports. Very, very time consuming. The report the patient hears: This is Ms. So-and-So. She's a G1P0, patient of Dr. X in for an elective induction. Her cervix...
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    Snow- at what point do you call out?

    monkeybug replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    So true! At my last hospital job they had a no tolerance policy for calling in during weather events. BUT, we were not allowed to sleep in empty patient rooms and we had to pay for our own food....
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    Having Trouble Hearing BP's

    monkeybug replied to MotherRN's topic in General Nursing

    Really great advice so far, and I'd like to add that you might want to try different ear pieces. For years I used a Littman Cardiology, but found that it was useless if I had the soft ear pieces on...
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    12 Hour Shifts

    monkeybug replied to BigCSN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm torn on 12s. The Pros: more continuity of care, fewer days worked, more days at home. Cons: exhausting, if you've got an unpleasant patient then you are stuck with them even longer. On work...
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    Is this considered a burn out?

    monkeybug replied to bTRUE's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that still smacks of abandoment to me. I've seen a nurse threatened with abandonment because she was working an extra shift and not clocked in and they were going to pull a regularly scheduled...
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    Is this considered a burn out?

    monkeybug replied to bTRUE's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a rough few shifts. I'd be crying at the idea of having to go back. I'm still marveling, though, at the idea of nurses sneaking off. Who did they give report to? Wouldn't it be...
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    Rounding on patients at night

    monkeybug replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming that because they are asleep that they are not in pain would be an incorrect assumption to make in some cases. It is absolutely possible to sleep while in pain, even severe
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    Value Based Healthcare (HCAHPS)

    monkeybug replied to 8mpg's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm all for improving care, but I seriously don't think this is the way to do it. Patients have unrealistic expectations. Judge hospitals on infection rates, judge them on outcomes, but for heaven's...
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    4 weeks notice?

    monkeybug replied to eileeny21's topic in General Nursing

    You might have a difficult time getting back in the same unit (although I can think of 2 specific nurses who left and came back at my last hospital job), but so many hospitals are part of systems. I...
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    4 weeks notice?

    monkeybug replied to eileeny21's topic in General Nursing

    At our local hospital all professionals (nurses, RT, PT, etc.) must give 4 weeks notice. To leave before that point will make you ineligible for rehire. Look in your facility's policy and procedure...
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    Foley placement BEFORE anesthesia??

    monkeybug replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Depends. If the patient requests, then post-spinal. Otherwise, before they hit the OR. I had one, it's not that bad. The trade-off, as I often explained to the patient, was privacy. If done in...
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    Pain Medication addicts

    monkeybug replied to rgvnurse85's topic in Patient Medications

    Not at all, and you are correct about patients speaking
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    written up for having back pain

    monkeybug replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    That's why I asked her why she didn't qualify. Employers have been know to try to give workers the wrong idea at the employer's
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    Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

    monkeybug replied to mcknis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    HAH, yes! Some of the scariest people I've ever met were white and straight out of the woods of Walker
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    Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

    monkeybug replied to mcknis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Get rid of the guns, and you won't have to work so hard to defend yourself?? Oh, yes, I get it. "But scary home invader, I'm a good person, I believe in peace and social justice, don't hurt me, hurt...
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    Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

    monkeybug replied to mcknis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And I am a "born again" Christian who regularly attends a very conservative church, and my sweet Christian husband, sitting in the pew with me, is armed. If he's dressed, he's armed. If undressed,...
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    Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

    monkeybug replied to mcknis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow, judgmental much? Don't like Alabama? In the immortal words of Lewis Grizzard, a great American, "Delta's ready when you are, we can have you in Cleveland by