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  1. 50 Things New Nurses Need to Know About Calling Doctors and Other Providers

    kgoode0919 replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You should report this, not the nurse calling, but the situation itself. My facility has a policy that I must call all critical labs within 30 minutes of the lab reporting it as

  2. Transport

    kgoode0919 replied to roma4204's topic in PACU

    The RN always comes to the floor with PACU patients where I work. The RN will call the charge and let them know that they are rolling. When the RN leaves from PACU another nurse watches their other pt...

  3. Most annoying reason for admission?

    kgoode0919 replied to HakunaMatata<3's topic in General Nursing

    I had one for "fever". Her temp was 100.0 Also had another for "weakness and diarrhea" for a 60yo. Really? Take some Imodium and drink fluids! He wasn't even

  4. How do you feel about professors locking the door?

    kgoode0919 replied to Amnesty's topic in General Students

    Honestly, in your situation, I would have pecked on the door. I would gradually excelled to a knock. It would have become very distracting to hear someone knocking every 30 seconds. I would have...

  5. What's your dress code at work?

    kgoode0919 replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work for is color coded. Nurses must buy navy blue and have the facilities' name with "Nursing" embroidered on each top or lab coat. We buy the scrubs out of pocket and then must have...

  6. Does your facility ask you to sleep over when it snows?

    kgoode0919 replied to oliveleaf's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    The hospital I work for encourages us to stay so that we can make it in. If you call out for weather, it's a write up. No excuses or reasons are valid unless someone has

  7. Atheist at Catholic hospital

    kgoode0919 replied to kaydensmom01's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I work for a Catholic hospital and I have co workers who are Atheist. No one cares. If the hospital wanted only Catholics, they would not have enough staff to keep the doors open. I wouldn't worry...

  8. Graduated with high honors - is there any point in saying so on my resume?

    kgoode0919 replied to Raviepoo's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I listed my deans list designation on my resume and a unit manager brought it up in my interview and was impressed. Put it on

  9. Lessons on why not to "Assume" things.

    kgoode0919 replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Holy hell! That poor patient. You did a wonderful

  10. What are the stress level ranking for these units?

    kgoode0919 replied to Humaneclowninscrubs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would hope that the ICU would be more stressful. I work in Ortho and it is not a cake walk. We have surgery days where we crank out about 25 fresh post ops to the floor. I have come on at 7p and had...

  11. How Is Your Census?

    kgoode0919 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    Our census is high because everyone has their deductible paid (elective ortho surgeries). It's awful, but I'm getting OT like

  12. Flushing IV line

    kgoode0919 replied to canard's topic in Pediatric

    in place*

  13. Flushing IV line

    kgoode0919 replied to canard's topic in Pediatric

    My facility requires at least 15ml. Each facility should have a protocol I'm

  14. Doing away with Scrubs

    kgoode0919 replied to Kcwestportboy's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    NO WAY I'm going to change an incontinent pt in my business clothes. Pffff, what are they

  15. Need a Nurse to Interview

    kgoode0919 replied to daniellecorbitt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Call a local hospital and ask to speak with a nurse in infection control. Every hospital will have an infection control dept. Sorry, but I would not feel comfortable doing this without my employers...

  16. Devastated on First Write Up

    kgoode0919 replied to RNtoThe3rd's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is your management's fault, not yours. If this is how your unit usually runs, then you should do just that, run FAR

  17. Staffing requirements

    kgoode0919 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I worked in LTC in TN and we posted our staffing numbers in the hall for all to see. The number of nurses always included the DON, ADON, and hell, even the MDS coordinator. It was

  18. Employee abuse?

    kgoode0919 replied to Cnappy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    911. Workplace violence charges. End of

  19. Is nursing the best career to choose ?

    kgoode0919 replied to TamiamaRebel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will have very bad days and you will have really good days. Just keep your head up and keep on keepin' on! At first it's hard to adjust to the long days or nights, not getting a single break,...

  20. Should male nurses put the toilet seat down?

    kgoode0919 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always take my foot and slam it down as loud as I can. When I exit I just remind everyone that someone left the seat up

  21. get fired?

    kgoode0919 replied to bellefleur's topic in General Nursing

    The early meeting is simply because your manager doesn't understand anymore how it is working the floor. They want to meet with you probably to discuss how the fall happened and what interventions...

  22. University of Tennessee Knoxville or Lee University Cleveland, TN

    kgoode0919 replied to Brad2019RN2b's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    *University* Lee is not a "college" anymore :) (I live in

  23. University of Tennessee Knoxville or Lee University Cleveland, TN

    kgoode0919 replied to Brad2019RN2b's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    The downside about attending a private Christian college like Lee, is having to take many courses that are Lee specific. Those classes do not transfer to another college. A friend of mine ran into...

  24. RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    kgoode0919 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I was an assistant manager at a sporting goods store. For a short while after I graduated, I was a general manager. I thought retail was terrible...little did I know

  25. traction protocols

    kgoode0919 replied to mmc51264's topic in Orthopedic

    Yep, we have protocols. It doesn't mean that they are always followed. If I followed every single policy for all of my patients, then I would work 24 hr shifts (the last 12 hrs spent charting). Our...