RN4NICU

RN4NICU LPN, LVN

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  1. When you call in sick...

    RN4NICU replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    See my previous post about running to the doctor with cold/flu. If my NM wants to pay my copay and deductible for frivilous MD visits (and for the meds to treat what I am exposed to while in the...

  2. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    RN4NICU replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    LOL - yes our Children's hospital insists that we wear "kid-friendly" prints but Scooby does not hide the needle in your hand that you have start the IV with, nor does he make the pain any less (at...

  3. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    RN4NICU replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I would bet that's exactly what they're

  4. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    RN4NICU replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even give those people a second thought because I know for a fact that they will either grow up or nursing will chew them up and spit them out in a matter of

  5. unprofessional behavior in RN community

    RN4NICU replied to miphillli's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I swear as a way of venting stress, anger and frustration, as I'm sure some others do as well. When you look at it like that, I'm amazed there are nurses that don't

  6. What is it really like to be a new graduate nurse????

    RN4NICU replied to profjanmc's topic in General Nursing

    So many people have slammed the care plan, but I think it is necessary for the nursing student who is not yet familiar with critical thinking. They are simply writing down what we already know and do...

  7. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    RN4NICU replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I heard that! Sim with Fe NEVER comes

  8. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    RN4NICU replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    An afterthought - I would like to see a more professional styling of scrubs. They do look like sweats, or pj's or something you would expect to see a scrub-woman wearing. I do not think they invoke...

  9. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    RN4NICU replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    whenever i see someone wearing all white in my facility i think - student, lol quite literally nobody else wears all-white and nobody wears dresses. in the current state of nursing - 12 hour shifts...

  10. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

    RN4NICU replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Were the police called? I think they should have been. Sounds like this calls for a restraining

  11. Pt abandonment

    RN4NICU replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto

  12. Need help with teaching report giving.....

    RN4NICU replied to maddiecat's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a report sheet that listed pt. name, age, diagnosis, physicians, diet, allergies, there was a place for medical history, then each major body system. There was another section for labs and...

  13. Pt abandonment

    RN4NICU replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, hoolahan. When a bunch of us are sitting around talking (rare, but it happens) we notice who is not there and offer to pitch in - as we hope when we are running our legs off that our...

  14. When you call in sick...

    RN4NICU replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I do not go to the doctor for cold or flu unless I am absolutely ready to die. They are viruses, they pretty much have to run their course, and I know enough to know when I have one. Therefore - my...

  15. When you call in sick...

    RN4NICU replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see how they retained their staff (the first place). That is completely unacceptable. I would find another job before I would stand for being treated like a child or a

  16. refusal of assignment

    RN4NICU replied to anurse4life's topic in General Nursing

    Right on, moondancer - I thought the exact same

  17. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    RN4NICU replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I would think he's getting some kind of gratification out of it if he wants it done for an hour at a time. Red flags are going up all over the place on this one. As I said - anyone who...

  18. When you call in sick...

    RN4NICU replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I think we benefit from our unit a little here - our cold or flu virus could make a little preemie deathly ill. Plus, my coworkers get rather angry when nurses come into work sick because it puts...

  19. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    RN4NICU replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Just another thought - anyone who is capable of using a mirror to watch is capable of doing this for themselves! I cannot put into words how disgusted I am! This is nurse

  20. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    RN4NICU replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    You stated in your original post that this patient requests female staff for this. I assumed from that it was a female patient, but as I see from this post, we are talking about a male specifically...

  21. refusal of assignment

    RN4NICU replied to anurse4life's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, to my knowledge, Texas is one of the few "right to work" states that has this clause. (By the way, what is that right to work crap anyway - they should call it what it is: right to fire)....

  22. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    RN4NICU replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Ok...I understand now. Would a glycerin supp. not be effective? It seems much less traumatic to the rectum than 5 minutes of stim. I've never worked with SCI patients. Would the patient not be at...

  23. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    RN4NICU replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure exactly what you're stimulating, but it doesn't sound like routine nursing care to me... Whatever it is, nothing should ever be stimulated for an

  24. Whats happening to nursing...

    RN4NICU replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have the very same thought. I am quickly becoming so disgusted with the direction in which nursing has gone and continues to go that I spend half my time researching other career options. It's a...

  25. refusal of assignment

    RN4NICU replied to anurse4life's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would take a copy of my state's nurse practice act to this little meeting. You have the legal and ethical responsibility to your patients to put their safety before management's