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  1. Assessments every shift?

    nightengalegoddess replied to Ntheboat2's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of us older RNs can assess in ways you are not yet aware of. Hopefully, body sounds are listened to! When I first became an RN I thank my stethoscope for identifying a AAA. I am just hoping the...

  2. What to do about refusing Dr. orders?

    nightengalegoddess replied to nancynurse0828's topic in General Nursing

    Who did you raise your concerns with? The physician or the charge RN? There may be various reasons you are not aware of for the PICC line. I would definitely ask the physician his rationale for the...

  3. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    nightengalegoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What is wrong with management that they can not control this sort of thing? It is infuriating. I keep to myself now totally. I help my co-workers but you will never hear me chatting or ever speaking...

  4. Is 7 the new 5?

    nightengalegoddess replied to Capco56's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My bad. I had no idea that a magnet hospital could renew with such ratios. Honestly, I thought that the ratios were one of the criteria. There must be a heck of a lot of excellent nursing going on in...

  5. Life After Med/Surg

    nightengalegoddess replied to NurseHotFlash's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oh my gosh, this is so funny. No responses. It IS so hard to get out of Med-Surg. The management doesn't want to let you go and these days it is hard to get yourself into a training situation in...

  6. Is 7 the new 5?

    nightengalegoddess replied to Capco56's topic in Medical-Surgical

    From what I know from administrative type people: each patient is charged not only for the price of the bed and all of the expected treatments/studys/labs/meds given; but also for a nurse. So each...

  7. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    nightengalegoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After reading more comments about this topic...I have to say....some nurses DO have a hard time because they are good looking. I've seen it and heard it. They don't go around talking about how good...

  8. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    nightengalegoddess replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Bullying DOES happen. And it often happens to any nurse who seems to veer from the norm. She may do her job well. But she may stand too straight, have too many curves, be too smart, too competant, too...

  9. "You look tired"

    nightengalegoddess replied to nickel78's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Its so funny to me that it is acceptable to tell someone they look tired. It isn't acceptable to tell someone they look fat, or sloppy, or that they stink. It is also so funny that patients who are...

  10. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    nightengalegoddess replied to Starfish, RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Med-Surg-Tele here.....days, 5-6; nights, 6-7. Five is perfect. Six is usual. Seven is rare.....somehow...the nurse "who can manage well"...always gets that 7th patient (working nights)...why, why,...

  11. Am I harrassed???

    nightengalegoddess replied to neeke816's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't know what country the OP is from....from my USA standpoint, sounds like another planet. Of course, it is comforting to know that the beings on this other planet who happen to be RNs are prettty...

  12. What color do you wear?

    nightengalegoddess replied to Lorien_LPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I find it interesting that in nursing school we were drilled that we are "professionals"....but now we all have to wear dark blue (thus blue-colored workers)....I think we should all go back to...

  13. i cursed somebody at work, somebody overheard and filed a complaint. what can i do?

    nightengalegoddess replied to willowRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are so many nurses who are out to get each other. It is what I hate about this profession. I don't think tatletalling on my co-workers is professional at all. And whoever had a problem with you...

  14. Nurse with potty mouth.

    nightengalegoddess replied to Born2BWild's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Know this is an old thread but was specifically looking for how the average RN views cussing. There ARE therapeutic relationships that call for token cuss words...as has been said, the drug/alcohol...

  15. med/surg nurses..what would you have done?

    nightengalegoddess replied to juzme's topic in Medical-Surgical

    She legally has to leave with a prescription. The under the table law of old nurses........" We just will have to throw this inhaler away after you leave......so you may as well take it...

  16. Immunizations and well visits

    nightengalegoddess replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi. I was that kind of parent before I was a nurse. I did not believe in Western Medicine, but I sure knew as many signs and symptoms as I could from reading obssesivley. For some parents...old world...

  17. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    nightengalegoddess replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    Wow. This was a great post although now it is 2012. Will anyone tell us how things are working in Saudi Arabia now? One year of time seems little to give to allow one to gain some financial momentum...

  18. Who enjoys med/surg??

    nightengalegoddess replied to erika.RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You will learn anything you ever need to know to go anywhere you want to go. Just do

  19. What I like about OR nurses...little talk outside the bounderies

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in Operating Room

    I have posted two questions so far with no answers. That makes me think OR nurses are so happy in their specialty they have no need for this site.......and/or that this is such a privlidged (sp?)...

  20. How to deal with fellow RNs who won't help CNAs and PCTs

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Question. Besides being an example....how does the RN deal with the other RNs who refuse to help their techs with patient care? The impact is that the CNAs and PCTs can not serve 4 nurses at once with...

  21. Personality qualities of the good circulating RN

    nightengalegoddess replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you! I want to be in the OR so

  22. Personality qualities of the good circulating RN

    nightengalegoddess posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just as post has said, please enlighten me on the major personality qualities of the good circulator. Know they are different from the regular bedside RN in some ways. Thank

  23. Split Medical-Surgical?

    nightengalegoddess replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Should defintley be split. Who wants to be a healthy lap appy then find they are in a room double occupied with cellutitis. So many MS even have double occupancy.....still!!!! I have seen stupid...

  24. Mag rider & K rider

    nightengalegoddess replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I always try to get an order with lidocaine mixed with the potassium....when it is going peripheral. I piggy back it into the NS or .45 NS whatever I see is better for particular patient....if it...

  25. One RN alone on Unit

    nightengalegoddess replied to floatRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    thanks, Sapphire18. Didn't know not illegal...yet...so unethical. I need to research about this now. Coulda, shoulda, been a nursing lawyer for a union. I can't believe anyone could excpect to have...