MadNursePa

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1. Nursing shortage

   MadNursePa replied to rivet32's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry NJMedguy48, I don't know the source. But, About 6 months ago, I did a paper on it for one of my BSN classes. It was a research paper and it was all based on peer reviewed articles from nursing journals. Sorry again.

2. Nursing shortage

   MadNursePa replied to rivet32's topic in General Nursing

   This "glut" that many of you are posting about is a false one. Hospitals stopped hiring and people stopped quitting d/t the economy. But I assure you, there is still a shortage, at least when and where I work. However, by 2020, 40% of the current n...

3. nursing and pregnancy

   MadNursePa replied to simplyme06's topic in General Nursing

   Don't forget isolation rooms especially varicella. (shingles, chicken pox). Otherwise, use proper body mechanics and ask for help when you need it. I worked until 2 days before my delivery with my first pregnancy and I worked in the ER. Good luck a...

4. Mucomyst

   MadNursePa replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

   I don't like to give it mixed in anything in case the puke or don't finish it. Then, you don't know how much medication they drank. I too, work in the ER and only give the first dose. Often these patients are out of it and its given via NG tube.

5. Pet Peeve

   MadNursePa replied to MadNursePa's topic in General Nursing

   I agree, some patients probabley enjoy the pet names. I work in the ER and I'm referring to the nurses there who use these names without much thought. These patients are essentially strangers.

6. Pet Peeve

   MadNursePa posted a topic in General Nursing

   My biggest pet peeve is when nurses call geriatric patients "honey" or "sweetie". If you get a chance, speak to these patients and learn about them. You'll find that some are ww2 veterans, some are retired md's, some are authors, police officers, mot...

7. Patients as customers????

   MadNursePa replied to MJAJKJ's topic in Relations

   My experience has been that the trend changes. When I was in school, it was "client", then it changed back to "patient", now "customer". The bottom line is the same. Treat people with respect, as you would like to be treated if you were the "custom...

8. Question about a student reporting RN mistakes

   MadNursePa replied to dolphinbeauty09's topic in General Nursing

   This was your patient assignment? Why didn't you put the band on and put the hat in the bathroom? If I was the RN on the floor and a student had that patient, I would assume that the student did that. After the student left, I would have checked. F...

9. What pay are nurses making these days?

   MadNursePa replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a diploma RN in PA working for 16 years, just left a job that was $40.60 hour for home health. Now, I'm back in the hospital working a weekend program for 49.60/hour night shift.

10. Burnt out; thinking of HH

    MadNursePa replied to Blouis's topic in General Nursing

    I have just left a job as an admissions nurse for a HH company after doing it for 3 years. I spent 13 years in the hospital before that. Well, I'm back in the hospital. I found that I was working on my hh laptop 7 days a week. It interfered with m...

11. Can you be fired after giving notice??

    MadNursePa replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I was fired once after giving 4 weeks notice. I had 3 twelve hour shifts left. I worked 9 hours of a 12 hour shift when they called me in the office. It was a bogus claim and it was done to set an example to the rest of the staff. They couldn't aff...