grandmawrinkle

grandmawrinkle

adult ICU

Member

  • Content

    272

  • Visitors

    7,792

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    7

All Content by grandmawrinkle

  1. Why I love allnurses ... seriously

    grandmawrinkle posted a topic in General Nursing

    So...I've been peeking around the web, and I found this lovely site called the Student Doctors Network (apparently fondly known as SDN.) I went on there and created an account and actually made a...

  2. Why I love allnurses ... seriously

    grandmawrinkle replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    You have to go to the "forums"

  3. From new student nurse to new RN...nursing diagnosis?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    This was anecdotal information from my NM from the surveyors that were at my facility about 3 months ago. I don't know if they have an "official" position about nursing dx, but they are heavily...

  4. Why I love allnurses ... seriously

    grandmawrinkle replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    From what I have seen, there are a TON of med students and pre-meds, yes, but a lot of the posturing comes from people that list themselves as "attendings". I read a thread yesterday re: CRNAs vs....

  5. From new student nurse to new RN...nursing diagnosis?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    From what I have heard from my manager, nursing diagnoses are actually frowned upon by TJC because they are not conducive to formulating an interdisciplinary care plan, which happens to be TJC's...

  6. From new student nurse to new RN...nursing diagnosis?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    I like you, Frazzled. You are already thinking like one of us. The rationale is that it's required academic paperwork and you need to do it to get through your

  7. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Um, yeah, actually it was kinda like that. I took care of more people with no teeth and farmer tans than I ever had in my life. You know, the Bubba that came in with the NSTEMI that wants his bag so...

  8. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you asked me this before, I forgot to reply. When I did live in FL, it was in N. Central. I wouldn't call it crime ridden, but there was a fair amount of drug

  9. Nursing Administration positions

    grandmawrinkle replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt this. I don't think that you can go into any post-Bac MSN or RN-MSN program without a license to practice nursing, or without the intention of concurrently obtaining a license (DEMSN.) In...

  10. Nursing Administration positions

    grandmawrinkle replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    That wasn't really what I was asking, I know about the DEMSN programs out there (or, at least i know they exist.) I meant ... can you hold an MSN without getting licensed at all, as the OP was...

  11. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you saying that you are going to get anywhere if you try to press charges against a delirious hospital patient that kicks you? I don't think so. You can't bounce a patient from his/her hospital...

  12. Changing career from Telemetry to ICU

    grandmawrinkle replied to jovial10's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital will take you in the ICU as a tele nurse if you have 1-2 years experience. With the way the job market is right now, they have stopped hiring new grads and are taking more experienced...

  13. Any St Kates nursing student want to give me the heads up on what to expect.

    grandmawrinkle replied to Jeannai's topic in General Nursing

    I am a long-ago St. Kate's grad and I thought the school sucked. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I have since finished my BSN and am working on my MSN now, both at different schools, and the...

  14. planning client outcomes (goal)

    grandmawrinkle replied to kubebe's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if a patient with anaphylaxis was not making a sat above 90% at discharge barring any pre-existing pulmonary disease, patient was probably discharged to the morgue. Anaphylaxis is one of those...

  15. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i've never said it doesn't exist. obviously it does. it happened to you, it happened to the doctor that made the news, apparently it has happened to sws. i'm just not convinced that nurse abuse is...

  16. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    SWS, I just don't know. Like I said in this thread before, I've been practicing for almost 11 years, in healthcare for 15, in urban and rural areas, and in several states (including FL, apparently...

  17. Suggestions for an eager student!

    grandmawrinkle replied to AZnursingstudent04's topic in General Nursing

    I personally hate having students, or precepting new grads. I am not an educator and it's not my personality type to be good at instructing, explaining, being patient, etc. On the other hand, I love...

  18. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I forget where I saw this (it was a large national study), but the large majority of abuse in hospitals happens in ERs, psych, and with delirious/demented patients. This makes sense, if you think...

  19. Highest temp you've seen?

    grandmawrinkle replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We don't use F, actually, but that's how this was reporting so I went with it. I remember telling the doc in the room that the temp was 42 something and he said "What is that in Fahrenheit?" LOL --...

  20. How does a new grad become a CCRN?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Lululi's topic in General Nursing

    Checklist for WOCNCB Certification - Wound Care Certification - WOCNCB The WOC people say BSN+WOC coursework. Edit -- if you read it carefully, it doesn't even say BSN. It says Bachelor's

  21. How does a new grad become a CCRN?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Lululi's topic in General Nursing

    Actually CWOCN is a post-BSN certificate. Most places that offer it have you do about 10-15 graduate level credits to be eligible to sit for the

  22. Highest temp you've seen?

    grandmawrinkle replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    108. If I am remembering correctly, the patient had neuroleptic malignant syndrome and survived, but had a very bad outcome (permanent

  23. CCRN?

    grandmawrinkle replied to nursesunflower's topic in Critical Care

    Check the ICU forums, there are lots of threads on this topic. If you don't know the content of the exam you haven't studied enough, I can tell you that, because the AACN specifically spells out...

  24. Need Advice

    grandmawrinkle replied to MarBug7's topic in General Nursing

    YOU ARE NOT STUPID. From the scenario you described, I would not pin this as an obviously septic patient. Subtle, early signs, perhaps, but nothing way out of line or over the edge -- certainly not...

  25. How does a new grad become a CCRN?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Lululi's topic in General Nursing

    ...actually, from these posts, I am not convinced that OP is an RN. Seems to know way too little about basic stuff to me. A