zuzi

zuzi

trauma, ortho, burns, plastic surgery

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  1. Hi all! I have a trouble related to remember all lab values and therapeutic dose range for medication (NCLEX exam). They are so many and also each of them is: for infants, for children, for women, for man, ..... Please, if one of you deal with them a...
  2. Nobody Likes A Tattle Tail

    Hey nice social phenomen..."tattle tailing" in nursing world, why and for what? Could you debate the subject a little???
  3. Treated like crap

    Nothing matter more than your hapiness! If you are happy you will find 1000000 jobs, because you will be yourself. If a PRESIDENT job make you unhappy, run away as fast you can...find your spot, don't let others to make you unhappy..YES!!! YOU ARE S...
  4. advice for a coworker

    Neither to try to talk! Is worthless whatever you will try! Corporate head of HR KNOWS better than you imagine what is happen there! Is a lost game, trying a direct confrontation with upper levels. Let the time to go....go out... at one moment you w...
  5. i hope i know when to hang up my stethoscope,

    My first world came is POOR YOU, supernurse. Hon your dreams are too too high , your expectancies giant. Give your self time. These oldies has their role...... may be they are not so speady, neither so mind bright, and may they hands are not so good...
  6. Defiant and Insubordinate

    It is a Mafia and you could not fight against! Be aware with the "open sweatheart kisses"... when they are nice with you ...kissing you on both cheacks, lol, listening to you , then you could ne sure that "la cappo" already let the tumb down for yo...
  7. Seeing the future

    Live your life in present hon, not in the past not dream high for future. Take each day steo by step and live, happy. Let all unhapiness behind and live....yesterday is not, tommorow could not be either, LIVE TODAY and smile !
  8. Defiant and Insubordinate

    "Fight to fight" in a nursing facility is not a good approach AT ALL! Special for patients. The employee will not fallow up the management decisions as soon as they will not belive in them and in the fairness of and much more to show them the door,...
  9. Defiant and Insubordinate

    Nop, nop, nop... is just a bad communication style from both parts and yes probably and some "personality" style issues. Again NURSING IS NOT MILITARY! INSUBORDONATION could be used when everything is CLARE and she refused to do it! Attitude? I have...
  10. Defiant and Insubordinate

    I try to not be on the evil side and I will do it, because sometime WE think just looking at OUR own position, without making conexions with others and REALITY!. This history is a TYPICAL nursing case of passing liability, passing accountability! Who...
  11. behavior monitoring

    Insomnia is not a behavior (may be she couldn't expain ok), but you need to monitor the number of sleep hours for people with ambien..ROUTINELY and ADSE. Let's say that you have a patient with routinely 0.5 ambien at bed time, normal logical mind tel...
  12. behavior monitoring

    Two scenarios here: 1. If is PRN ....NO... patient asks for AS NEEDED. You don't need to monitor on MAR. But even then you need to have nursing notes about effectivness of med. You gave to him with a goal.... was ok? OR not? Any ASE? What did you do ...
  13. Very dangerous situation with many alternatives: 1. If she knew the man and/or she is very self confident on her power of perssuasion... she did PERFECT RIGHT.... acting like a real woman, BUT she was stepping out of the supervisor position policy (s...
  14. I am so sorry to hear that. What policy has HH and hosipce, related safe and safety protection for people employed???? Is a realistic one or need to be changed? Someone screens the future patients and evironment? Is a police check background of patie...
  15. I am sad, I am numb, am I burned out?

    The mangement need to take care of this situation appeard, and each of you need counselling, debriefing. Do you have and policy and procedure for these type of events???
  16. Is healthcare a right or privilege?

    Are both true! Healthcare is a RIGHT! If you refuse healthcare to ANY, you could not be considering human been! Humans are to help, care, protect not to destroy lives! Healthcare is a privillege NEED TO BE! Because I worked for my money, hard and I ...
  17. Is nursing a sick , petty , vindictive world?

    You know why nursing become so bad? And healthcare generally? Because we talk about patients but we think about insurance MONEY! Healthcare and nursing became money makers, many came in nursing field for money, nurses are not anymore"the nurses" are...
  18. How do I stop getting my feelings hurt?

    Sorry Sue to hear that! Just my opinion....is not about LPNs, they are just tools, someone else play dirty games there and she/he/them don't like you. Don't ask me why..... You need to clarify thinks with up-levels....if you can.... Good luck!
  19. Hey, stand up! Dust your pants and smile! Analyze your self! Why did you cried? Because you realized that she will not give you the job? Because you don't have enough money to pay the bills? Refocus your self! YOU ARE AN AMERICAN! Make and go for a ...
  20. can you be a DON/ADON without having your license?

    Oh dear you, you are so straight in your question, lol. I will respond you the same. RIGHT, you have perfect right, she could NOT! Is illegal, unethical, very bad! BUT, american nursing life , nurses and people involved in nursing networks and life e...
  21. J&J Accused of Nursing Home Kickbacks

    Very scarry! And this one is only one from the few that we know about......
  22. Is nursing a sick , petty , vindictive world?

    It is and will be in nursing like in any other profesion and in any other country...but.... probably much more in nursing now. Bad people are everywhere....but are good one also...soooo From a time ago we run money first and after nursing, but hopefu...
  23. Is it me or are Social Workers running the show?

    Let me to tell you somenthing, social workers are part of managerial team so they will fallow up with internal politics. Social workers are the key beetwen what you know, what you see, and what is happen REALLY. I seen, I belive, couple of social wor...
  24. Sign announcing you're an RN on your car?

    YUp Is about vanity....but why a nurse need to be vanitous???? Now my dear american friends explain to Zuzi this socio-cultural "vanity" background.... Why is vanity in american nursing? Signed.. ZZ (no cromozomes here, lol), RN, BS (N is from nu...
  25. advice from Mom's working overnights

    Have many cells phone numbers.... the number open all the time is for emergencies.......