sandyfeet

sandyfeet

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  1. Alarm fatigue survey

    sandyfeet replied to bsn-bridge-student's topic in Cardiac

    Done! You may want to add to your data the department of the nurses who took this survey; some of your questions I answered "daily" because I get new patients every day being in the ED. Someone who...

  2. Should I apply to nursing school for next fall..or wait?

    sandyfeet replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck with your program! And good luck with the rest of your pregnancy! Make sure you know your absence policies for your program. My professors were very strict about being on time and in class...

  3. Losing the Preceptor . . Er . . . Cane

    sandyfeet replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations Ruby! I know as my preceptor backed away my stress levels increased and I felt sure I was about to kill someone; in face the first day on my own I drove home crying because I...

  4. Transferring to the ED

    sandyfeet replied to sweetloveRN's topic in Emergency

    Good luck on your interview! The ED will not have a rhythm like what you are used to. Patients come and go at different times and you are not giving routine meds. At the beginning of your shift you...

  5. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    sandyfeet replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    (As I wheel out a frequent flyer/ETOH'er/manipulative patient, telling him he can't stay) Patient: You're cold. Me: I'm okay with

  6. Nurses Notes: Guidelines On What Not To Chart

    sandyfeet replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What I would chart is something like "Patient complains of SOB. (further explanation of current respiratory symptoms) NP notified. No new orders at this time." In my ED we were recently taught to...

  7. Why isnt Emergency Nursing listed under critical care?

    sandyfeet replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Emergency

    I viewed the categorization on this website as recognizing that Emergency Nursing is a specialty. If you are a member of ENA you probably read the articles last year in memoriam of Judith Kelleher,...

  8. Sitter breaks

    sandyfeet replied to permanentnights's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  9. Racial Refusals In Nursing

    sandyfeet replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It makes me sad to hear that nurses even have to deal with this. It is a really depressing state of affairs and I would furiously defend any of my co-workers being maligned for such a lame reason!...

  10. How to be a polite patient/family member

    sandyfeet replied to Semolina's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you use the call light, your request can be delegated properly. Often times something can be handled appropriately by a nurse's aide or even the secretary who answers the call light. Or maybe it...

  11. Need help IV discontinue

    sandyfeet replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

  12. Need help IV discontinue

    sandyfeet replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I use the hand sanitizer. I think an alcohol swab wouldn't be enough

  13. Need help IV discontinue

    sandyfeet replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I use alcohol gel to loosen up the tape before pulling it off their skin. People like this because it doesn't pull arm hair or skin. I used to only do this for children and the elderly but now I do...

  14. Cops and Nurses

    sandyfeet replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago I had a roommate whose father was a retired firefighter. He gave me a sticker to put on my car, something like "I support CA123 Fire Station". One day I'm in nightmare Southern...

  15. Mistakes Are Inevitable: No One Is Perfect.

    sandyfeet replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My first med error happened in a code sepsis. To make a long story short, several nurses were helping me get in boluses, foley, and antibiotics. I was a very new grad. At one point I came back into...

  16. Continuous Bladder irrigation

    sandyfeet replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I do CBI all the time. 50mL an hour is way too slow and defeats the entire purpose. You were right to question her! She was

  17. Patients with sticky fingers!

    sandyfeet replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    One of our frequent fliers was barred from receiving any more canes from us--we figure it was his business to sell them underground... And when a patient comes in with a home health nurse, I feel...

  18. Last name on ID badge?

    sandyfeet replied to ravenpuff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

  19. Last name on ID badge?

    sandyfeet replied to ravenpuff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I agree that a determined patient could still find me without knowing my last name. But I prefer to not make their job any easier! This subject is sensitive to me because of an issue with my...

  20. what to do if I did not see the order

    sandyfeet replied to lolita_666's topic in Patient Medications

    The charge nurse was in the wrong for making the statement "nothing for this one", but you are the nurse who accepted care of this patient and it was your responsibility to check the orders. In the...

  21. Last name on ID badge?

    sandyfeet replied to ravenpuff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my first year and a half of nursing, I've only had one incident that made me feel worried that a patient knew my last name. He was angry and was saying "I'm going to kill you. I know you get off...

  22. I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

    sandyfeet replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Never as a child, twice as an adult: one visit vomiting BRB (turned out to be ok) and another for for sudden onset RLQ pain (ruptured ovarian cyst). The second one happened right before I started...

  23. "Get out of here... go do some 'doctor' stuff..."

    sandyfeet replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

  24. Pediatric psych

    sandyfeet replied to JenniferG rN's topic in Emergency

    We definitely follow the same policies for pedi psych. I haven't had any as young as yours; my youngest was an 11 year old SI. But if you think about it, the reasons for the policies are all the...

  25. Honest Question

    sandyfeet replied to RNikkiF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the preceptor was upset because a delay would reflect badly on her as your preceptor. Even though it is weird that she left while you were still working, remember that the mistakes you make...