Asystole RN

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    Refusing to answer call lights

    Asystole RN replied to beekee's topic in General Nursing

    You and the aides need to document the number and nature of the call lights answered. Document any call lights that she ignores or walks past. Discuss with her that you think the call lights are an...
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    Required to stay at hospital with no pay

    Asystole RN replied to Brdnfrd's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Minnesota, I might a thing a two about snow and weather. The tornado warning was for 4 hours, not the 15 the OP experienced but it was not 10 minutes either. No they did not use force to...
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    Two weeks notice

    Asystole RN replied to superarn86's topic in General Nursing

    Depends upon the facility policy on 2 weeks notice. Whenever I have quit I generally times it with vacation so the 2 weeks overlapped. I personally would not worry about it, just explain it to your...
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    Tatts and HIPAA

    Asystole RN replied to ShockMe's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    LOL. Are you under the impression that people get tattoos because they wish to hide something? They are advertisements of something. Especially if they are gang related, they do not wish to hide their...
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    Required to stay at hospital with no pay

    Asystole RN replied to Brdnfrd's topic in General Nursing

    It does not sound like they held the OP because she might be late for a shift 3 days later, it sounds like they held her for a blizzard. I have been in hospitals in Texas (as an outside vendor) where...
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    Required to stay at hospital with no pay

    Asystole RN replied to Brdnfrd's topic in General Nursing

    Was the employee on-call (expected to be called to duty) or was the employee merely held for inclement weather safety concerns? We would have to dig into the policy at that facility and gain...
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    Required to stay at hospital with no pay

    Asystole RN replied to Brdnfrd's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind that when you work in healthcare you work in an essential facility that has it's own rules and regulations. One might think that if you are compelled to stay that you should be...
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    RT says her scope is wider than mine. Ok?

    Asystole RN replied to CardiacDork's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What something is capable of is different than what something is or what it can be. Generally, there is nothing that a RT can do that a trained and educated RN cannot do. There are definitely things...
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    Do Female Docs Provide Better Care to Their Hospitalized Patients Than Male Counterparts?

    Asystole RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder what some of the posters here would say about the fact that while the vast majority of healthcare is dominated by women, men tend to be promoted faster and take a higher percentage of...
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    Do Female Docs Provide Better Care to Their Hospitalized Patients Than Male Counterparts?

    Asystole RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    "Female physicians were younger (mean [sD] age, 42.8 [9.4] vs 47.8 [11.4] years), were more likely to have undergone osteopathic training (1577 [8.4%] vs 2770 [7.0%]), and treated fewer patients...
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    RT says her scope is wider than mine. Ok?

    Asystole RN replied to CardiacDork's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find that very hard to believe, what state is
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    RT says her scope is wider than mine. Ok?

    Asystole RN replied to CardiacDork's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In most states the RN scope of practice is much wider since it is roughly based on the concept of what you are trained and educated in. There are states where the RT scope is roughly as wide but also...
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    Do Female Docs Provide Better Care to Their Hospitalized Patients Than Male Counterparts?

    Asystole RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    There are definitely biological and social differences between males and females. What is really amusing are those who may not have read the study and are drawing conclusions from weak correlations....
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    Do Female Docs Provide Better Care to Their Hospitalized Patients Than Male Counterparts?

    Asystole RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    No, no they did not. They did not have nearly 50% of the experience metrics for the physicians so it was excluded from the main
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    Trouble getting hired

    Asystole RN replied to nurse_girl2014's topic in General Nursing

    Compile a list of expected interview questions and study them. Prepare statements for each of them and practice reciting them. When asked a question like, "Why should we hire you?" you should be able...
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    Trouble getting hired

    Asystole RN replied to nurse_girl2014's topic in General Nursing

    If you are getting to the interview stage and are not being hired I would look into your interviewing technique. How have the interviews gone in your experience? Were you able to answer their...
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    Do Female Docs Provide Better Care to Their Hospitalized Patients Than Male Counterparts?

    Asystole RN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    There are too many variables that were not fully examined in this study to make much of it. They used physician age as a metric but were unable to use physician practice experience since the data was...
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    Central line confusion

    Asystole RN replied to Emmers4's topic in General Nursing

    When you look at multi-lumen PICC or a CVC the catheter portion, despite looking like a single tube, is bifurcated all the way down. If you cut them in half they look like someone put in a plastic...
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    Asystole RN replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Are opiates given to opiate addicts? We should strive to not judge any patient but there is a strong negative social stigma with pregnant addicts. Destroying yourself is one thing but destroying...
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    Do you ever want to escape nursing profession?

    Asystole RN replied to thida's topic in General Nursing

    My honest answer is that as a nurse, you lobbied the public for the privilege to serve them. As adults we must make choices as to what is important to us. If you do not want to serve the public then...
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    Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    Asystole RN replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Reading is for suckers! When you engage your professional title in public communications you obligate yourself to follow the code of conduct that you volunteered to abide by. Public venting is not the...
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    a more sustainable approach to medical supplies?

    Asystole RN replied to ferminadaza's topic in General Nursing

    There are lots of efforts that are ongoing from the manufacturers and the hospitals. Many GPOs and IDNs including Kaiser and Cincinnati have very strong sustainability programs when it comes to...
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    I GOTTA KNOW!!!!!

    Asystole RN replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    What is surprising to many people is that most products are made by a very, very small amount of companies. You may have several companies selling products but they don't manufacture them. They buy...
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    Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    Asystole RN replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You do not stop being a nurse when you clock out at the end of the day. If someone does not want to abide by the rules and regulations set for a regulated profession then they need to surrender the...
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    Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    Asystole RN replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    LOL. Free speech means that you have the freedom to say whatever you want, it does not mean you are free of the consequences however. When you petition the public for the privilege to serve them in...