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  1. passive aggressive nurses

    treeye replied to treeye's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is almost impossible to always equally distribute new admissions among nurses. Suppose the hall way is 200 ft, is it reasonable to expect a nurse at the end of the hall to admit a new patient in...

  2. passive aggressive nurses

    treeye replied to treeye's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So I may perceive the reasons wrong but it is true that a lot of our admissions on med-surg come on shift change time. Second, med-surg floor is such a fast paced floor where patient turn over is one...

  3. what is "money losers" of a community hospital?

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are a 220 bed community hospital with a very high percentage of the patient population being medicare and medicaid. We were just officially informed that our hospital is 1.7 million in debt and 7...

  4. what is "money losers" of a community hospital?

    treeye replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    by "skilled care beds", do you mean long term care / nursing home/ rehab that is attached to the hospital? As I understand, this type of units rely greatly on Medicare/Medicaid too. When the...

  5. give NOW medication 1.5 hr late, what kind of trouble I am in

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a rehab unit, pts come to us from med-surg floors. One of my pt had run A-fib around 100 for over two weeks and she is on Cardizem 240mg q day. Today the doctor put in a NOW order for 120mg...

  6. give NOW medication 1.5 hr late, what kind of trouble I am in

    treeye replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    I figured one hour is appropriate turn around time for NOW medication, so 10:30 is on time and 11 is 30min late. Anyway, I don't deal with this type of order often since our floor is not considered...

  7. Should I look for a new job in this situation?

    treeye posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a relatively new nurse with 15 months' experience. One of my patient fell over the past weekend with no injuries. When the DON questioned the charge nurse, she rendered me incompetent to make a...

  8. where to complain about tuition increase?

    treeye posted a topic in General Students

    I just started nursing school in the spring semester and my program runs through the summer semester. The financial aid office has been telling me that they don't know the tuition rate for the summer...

  9. where to complain about tuition increase?

    treeye replied to treeye's topic in General Students

    I am out of state student. I have been to Financial aid several times during this semester inquiring what summer tuition is, they pulled the numbers from last year and told me that tuition was $200ish...

  10. Not Excited About Becoming FNP

    treeye replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the post. I was planning to go directly to MSN as soon as I graduate from BSN program since my GRE is going to expire next year. However, I'm not sure which field I want to go into. Now I...

  11. Is it worth going to school for LPN (2014)?

    treeye replied to mzsuccess's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    what's your ultimate goal? LPN? RN? it's hard to find a job as a new LPN grad, but it's harder to find a job as a new RN who has to supervise the LPN and

  12. when I'll be ready to work in the nursing pool

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    I worked part-time at my floor for 15 months after graduating from nursing school and got used to the routine and work responsibilities of my unit. Now there is a full time position in the pool...

  13. honey moon phase with my workplace is over

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    about a year ago as a new graduate, I was so appreciative that I find a part-time job with no experiences. In addition, I started school and working part-time did give my some flexibilities. However,...

  14. cried in front of my boss, is it too bad?

    treeye posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know showing emotions at work is a bad thing. I just can't help crying when the patient's wife told her dying husband "I'm taking you home, my love". Is it bad? I don't want her to think that I'm...

  15. CVA causes drowsiness?

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    On Wedesday, I noticed an older lady on our floor was a little drowsy after getting a blood transfusion. It is hard to wake her up, but when she wakes up, she is A&Ox3. She smiles and talks just...

  16. How to calculate tuition?

    treeye posted a topic in General Students

    My program starts spring, and it runs through summer, fall, then spring, summer. So if I enroll in spring 2013, I'll graduate in summer 2014 after five semesters. It says on the school website that...

  17. accepted but problems in immunization record

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    I got accepted in a good nursing school in November and the school will start in Jan 13. However, I ran into some problems in providing Hep B immunization record. The school requires proof of three...

  18. accepted but problems in immunization record

    treeye replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, just a quick question I have a positive Hep B titer result but the last dose (not sure 2nd or 3rd) was in August 2004. Now my school requires proof of three Hep B vaccination. So my...

  19. unfair assignment

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    One of my coworker had a bad day, two of her pts are very difficult and demanding. When I came to work, the charge nurse assigned both pts to me and let her pick up an easy pts on my hall. so we are...

  20. What to do in family emergency situations?

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    Two weeks ago at the beginning of my shift when I was passing meds, my husband called crying because his Dad coded twice in a hospital and was transfered to ICU. He wanted me to come up immidietely...

  21. When a patient states "something isnt right..."

    treeye replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This past weekend, a pt was just admitted onto our unit. The son of the pt was nasty and screamed at us that his Dad doesn't look right. The charge nurse panicked, she called the rapid response team....

  22. Nursing is not what I thought it would be!

    treeye replied to loheRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new graduate nurse and have stayed at my current job for almost seven months. Nursing is my second career. I have not worked in medical field at all before January this year. However, I am...

  23. what it matters is not what you have done, it is what you did not do

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    This weekend at work was hell. We are short staffed, I was split, had 1.5 times the normal pt load to beging with, and have to help with the lights all the time. One of my pt got blood, another threw...

  24. What happens to nurses when monopoly takes over?

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    just curious what happens to floor nurses, new nurses, and different level of management when monopoly takes over local hospitals. thanks in

  25. a question about documentation

    treeye posted a topic in General Nursing

    on a night shift, a pt c/o nausea. I assessed pt and documented as following: pt c/o nausea. No emesis, no palpitation or sweating. Bowel sound normal in all quads. Water offered. will continue to...