notjustanurse

notjustanurse

ICU, Telemetry, PACU, Med-Surg

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  1. Do you think the CDC is biased?

    notjustanurse replied to Tait's topic in Patient Education

    Like another poster mentioned there are preservative-free vaccines available. They are the only ones our facility provides. While I can certainly understand not wanting to inject any amount of...

  2. "W5: The fight for medical information after patients die"

    notjustanurse replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in General Nursing

    The details seem sketchy at best. This "Tom" seems to have diagnosed the patient as having a PE based on s/s that can result from many conditions. And we don't know if he is a doctor, nurse, or the...

  3. Nurses in their 60's or 70's

    notjustanurse replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small, but busy, med-surg floor and we have several in that age group. The 2 aides on my shift are 67 and 78, and they work circles around all of us. I work with an excellent LPN who is...

  4. Just curious- What do you use on the floor?

    notjustanurse replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    We have paper MARs and paper charting. Our ordering system (labs, xrays, diet, etc) is computerized. They are planning for us to go to an EPIC system sometime in the next 2-3 years, but we are very...

  5. Massive changes to 2011 healthcare benefits??

    notjustanurse replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Our open enrollment is coming up soon, but they've already warned us that there will be big changes. I have no illusions about it, I know it won't be good

  6. What does "charge nurse" mean to you?

    notjustanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    At my facility (which is very small) it seems to mean very different things to different people. I am one of several charge nurses on our small med-surg unit. I work with both RNs and LPNs, as well...

  7. What does "charge nurse" mean to you?

    notjustanurse replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I totally agree, I prefer to be busy. At our facility, however, the RN is required to do and chart the assessment if the assigned nurse is an

  8. What does "charge nurse" mean to you?

    notjustanurse replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    To answer NoviceRN10's question, at our facility the RN must assess and chart the LPN's patients. We are blessed with really great LPNs and they do their own assessments, but I like to know what's...