annmariern

annmariern

vascular, med surg, home health , rehab,

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  1. STR8 vs Gay Male RN

    annmariern replied to Ah life!'s topic in General Nursing

    The perfect "wind up" thread; I suspect this is entertaining them no end. On to page 13 already and spats left and

  2. Hourly rounding... I have the time

    annmariern replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    "Might just as well add a cane and top hat.:monkeydance:: Love that comment. Not been called on to do the above and honestly don't think I could. How sad that its come to nursing as nothing more than...

  3. How much waste do you see?

    annmariern replied to PiPhi2004's topic in General Nursing

    I had an 80 year old nursing home pt, CVA, whose daughter insisted on a PEG replacement, despite the dangers of any kind of procedure on her already frail mother. They couldn't get her off the vent...

  4. Who is in charge of my pt

    annmariern replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

  5. Family Doesn't Want Patient To Know?

    annmariern replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    I will have to deal with this myself personally; my step mother is one of those people who really doesn't want to know, we have talked about it at length. I have encountered several pts over the years...

  6. Dealing with racist co-workers!

    annmariern replied to mytoon38's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agee, hostile work enviroment, your employer is leaving themselves wide open to litigation by allowing this to continue. No-one should have to deal with this at work, or anywhere else for that...

  7. a patient who things she's in a hotel

    annmariern replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    You know what? We aren't psychics. We all start out fully believing our pts are telling us if not the complete truth, at least partially. When you go round after round with pts that are in the midst...

  8. Should this patient be in ICU??

    annmariern replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    ICU, how on earth can you safely take care of someone with that high of an acuity and 5 other pts? Even our PCU wouldn't take that pt as they are no better staffed than we are. Very risky for the...

  9. working on the old-style wards

    annmariern replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I trained in a old victorian hospital, in the mid 80's in the UK. It was good to be able to look up and see all your peeps and what they were up too; they could see you to and therefore didn't think...

  10. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    annmariern replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    we had to wear huge yellow badges that read "are you very satisfied" lost mine to first day, do you know how many crude comments we had to put up

  11. Staff as Patients

    annmariern posted a topic in General Nursing

    Having some issues with this; we are the all private, brand new, flat screen tvs unit and as such we are the VIP floor, the staff floor. And its been a trip. For some reason, major issues with staff;...

  12. Staff as Patients

    annmariern replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your replies; as I got this out of my system I realised how difficult a position we are being put in; I guess its just shocking to me that people who do this for a living can then become...

  13. Chest Tube Question

    annmariern replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I found this on Atriums website, these are the drains we use. 1. Should the suction control stopcock be turned off for gravity drainage or for patient transport? No. The suction control stopcock...

  14. Chest Tube Question

    annmariern replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I think I know what you mean, the same question came up last week so we asked the surgeon; He said it doesn't matter, the valve is just to turn off suction while you top off the fluids when in use....

  15. I Quit!

    annmariern replied to Super Nurse JoshuA's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I am impressed. If I showed up at work and that was the deal, yes, I would have walked too. You can be sure, had you stayed and sucked it up, as so many of us do for the sake of the pts, you...

  16. Precepting: One preceptor/2 orients?

    annmariern replied to yogi2000's topic in General Nursing

    i'd be drinking from the purell dispensers after 12 hours . Thats too much, on top of your pts and families.....surely they can sort something

  17. Bad Docs & Karma

    annmariern posted a topic in General Nursing

    From reading many a post on here, I know you all know of docs who don't deserve the title at all. Negligent, treat nurses and their pts like crap. Happy to report it does seem to come right back to...

  18. Bad Docs & Karma

    annmariern replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Not this guy, I mean all jovial personality, but just the way he was; I had a 90 year old lady, whose next of kin was her gardener. Deaf, smart as whip, but vulnerable. He sneaked in late at night,...

  19. Bad Docs & Karma

    annmariern replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    what blows my mind is everyone knew he was a bad doc, I mean it was blatant incompetence. It took the feds to intervene to stop him. Sad reflection of healthcare in America. When he was on call for...

  20. Found something intersting.

    annmariern replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    That show makes me get up and clean...urrgggh what people can live with, I thought I was laid back. As for the kitchen sponges, wet them, nuke them in the micromave 2 mins. Kills everything. I saw...

  21. New admits at shift change

    annmariern replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    We change shifts twice a day; that leaves 22hrs to transfer pts. In the past month we have had a pt sent up, non responsive, with a bp of 60 palp, no report sent from the ED. One from PACU also...

  22. Good Looking Enough to be a Nurse?

    annmariern replied to casey1988's topic in General Nursing

    I find this very sad, sad because this is something I've noticed lately in the teenage, 20 something girls who seem to feel that they have to look like Media barbie to be accepted. Its not new, but...

  23. Hep C Diagnosis --- Now What???!!!

    annmariern replied to CNA_MISSY's topic in General Nursing

    I had a needlestick and on follow up at the hospital, was told I was hep C+; sick with worry I had a PCR done at my docs....negative. False positives do

  24. First death situation

    annmariern replied to goodgalpal's topic in General Nursing

    After 20 odd years, lots of deaths, non I feel responsible for. Its a part of life. All I hope to do is make it as easy on the pt and their loved ones at possible. I still remember the name and face...

  25. Most RN's first borns?

    annmariern replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    First born, functional alcoholic father, deceased early mother, 2 siblings. Interesting