notjustanurse

notjustanurse

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  1. Should family members insist on being present for procedures?

    notjustanurse replied to MG-NotANurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to answer your question by sharing an experience of mine. I broke my ankle badly and needed surgery to repair it. My husband needed to stay home to care for our 9 month old daughter so...

  2. What would the Easter bunny put in a nurses basket?

    notjustanurse replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO!!! No, I don't want one of

  3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    notjustanurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of others that we hear a lot around here are "prostRate", instead of prostate, and "zofraM" instead of zofran. And just the other night I had a patient's mother call lymph nodes "limp...

  4. What would the Easter bunny put in a nurses basket?

    notjustanurse replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    PENS!!! (I have an addiction!) A Pulse ox that self destructs when stolen. Alcohol foam that doesn't turn my hands to bleeding

  5. Im doing my job,Im not part of your team

    notjustanurse replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    where are you practicing? that is certainly not the norm in the facilities i have worked in. of course there is some drama and a few trouble-makers, but it is by far not a normal, everyday thing....

  6. Im doing my job,Im not part of your team

    notjustanurse replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Chin up. Boundaries are a good thing. And setting up boundaries and limits are not drama. It seems like so many people are afraid of creating the slightest bit of perceived...

  7. Im doing my job,Im not part of your team

    notjustanurse replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree with linearthinker, I don't appreciate anyone signing my name to anything without my express permission. Lord knows what she could email at some

  8. Nurse Practitioner in hospital setting?

    notjustanurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was wondering, can a NP round on patients in the hospital setting (under an MD's license, of course)? We have several in our area but none of them have hospital priveleges and it made me wonder if...

  9. Nurse Practitioner in hospital setting?

    notjustanurse replied to notjustanurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And I just realized I misspelled "practitioner" in the

  10. Nurse Practitioner in hospital setting?

    notjustanurse replied to notjustanurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry I didn't phrase that correctly. Thank you all for the input. I hope we will be seeing more of our NP's in the area. I have heard wonderful things about them from

  11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    notjustanurse replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    PhenerGRIN and abdoMUM drive me crazy! I also hate to hear people pronounce cardizem card-ee-a-zem. Only the generic has an "a" in

  12. How to get a nurse to give a quick change of shift report

    notjustanurse replied to 3dayRN's topic in General Nursing

    If nobody ever tells her how is she ever going to know what the problem is? You all may *think* she should realize that she is annoying you, but she may think she is just being

  13. Misery loves company?

    notjustanurse replied to laughingnurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Med Pass: Talk to experienced nurses at your facility about what system they use to get organized and adopt a system that works for you. How often are you required to assess/document on your...

  14. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    notjustanurse replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    DILAUDID by the gallon, Protonix, Lovenox, Tylenol,

  15. Master Cardiology vs. STC

    notjustanurse replied to ashnem's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I found the MC and the STC to be comparable in acoustics. The reason I went ahead and bought the MC is because I was afraid the nice rubber on the STC would break down faster than the parts on the...

  16. Just got my Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope..

    notjustanurse replied to Scrubz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my Master Cardiology. I'm not really sure how I "survived" without it for so many

  17. Lateral Violence

    notjustanurse replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. It takes work, but a manager can stop that kind of behavior in its tracks. And should. Sadly at my facility, my manager is one of the worst to

  18. Time to call a duck a duck?

    notjustanurse replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I personally don't care if I'm considered a professional or a laborer. I just want the basic respect that should come with doing a difficult job, no matter what label is slapped on

  19. Oh no they didn't...uniform changes in florida

    notjustanurse replied to pearljammer's topic in General Nursing

    Our facitlity did this a couple of years ago. Nursing wears royal blue. CNA's wear burgundy. Dietary=purple, radiology=ceil blue, etc. We can purchase them from any company we choose though. I've...

  20. Visitors chasing you down the hallway....

    notjustanurse replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

    Frequently on our unit visitors won't even try to use the call light first, and I can vouch for the 2 PCA's I work with that the patients ARE NOT being ignored. We seem to live in a society with an...

  21. Meds to given instead of ambien?

    notjustanurse replied to stram87's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility we give a lot of xanax and halcion for

  22. Burnout, bad hours, heavy patient load, what to do??

    notjustanurse replied to Nurse Blondy's topic in General Nursing

    What to do? QUIT!!!! Get out, and fast. I understand feeling loyal to a place, but you are staying with an abusive job and hoping "he'll"

  23. which is better, ADC or littmann stethoscope

    notjustanurse replied to lsvalliant's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Do you have the option to go to a retailer and check them both out? Personally I prefer Littmanns all the way for comfort and performance, but others I work with prefer other

  24. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    notjustanurse replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very similar where I work. We are expected to cater to the patients' and visitors without question. The patient is always right, no matter

  25. Flu shot controversy

    notjustanurse replied to JeniRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Doesn't everything cause