Rexie

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1. Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

   Rexie replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

   Granted, the money is good but what other professions have had their salaries capped? Personally, I am uncomfortable with the concept of capping salaries. But if we are going down that path, why not...

2. Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

   Rexie replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

   Apparently it has happened in Massachusetts:

3. Got Written Up, Cant Stop Thinking About It

   Rexie replied to ThatNurseThough's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. It's a pretty crappy way to transfer patients I worked at a hospital that switched to a system in which the floor nurses received no report and were expected to monitor the room assignments...

4. Constant interruptions

   Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been working on a surgical floor and I am about ready to lose it over the constant interruptions, especially when I'm passing meds. We have an intercom system that the secretary uses to call...

5. Med reconciliation

   Rexie replied to schoolforever's topic in General Nursing

   I hate them too. Many patient keep accurate lists in their wallets but a surprising amount don't know or don't care. Calling their pharmacy to verify can be problematic as well because quite a few...

6. Why Do We Continue to Harm Patients?

   Rexie replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   To my knowledge, I've not made a med error that resulted in harm to a patient. It's only by the grace of a God because every day it is push, push, push, rush, rush, rush. We need better staffing. I...

7. What do nurse managers do all day?

   Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is anyone able to tell me what the typical day is like for a nurse manager? Some floors seem to have nurse managers that are present for rounds and are out on the floor quite a bit, even answering...

8. How important is pay vs work environment for y'all?

   Rexie replied to AtlasRN's topic in General Nursing

   So long as I can pay my bills and have a little left over, I'd go for the better work environment. If not, I'd do what I had to do and keep looking for a position that would meet my financial needs...

9. How fast do you run blood?

   Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

   A family member has cancer and needed a unit of blood. The nurse in the infusion center intended to run it over an hour, though she had to slow the rate a bit due to a rise in blood pressure. It...

10. Medication Reconcilliation

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    On the floors I work, when a pt is being admitted, the home medications are to be reviewed in the ED by a med tech and then reviewed again my the RN as part of the admission process. Is this the most...

11. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    Rexie replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the pt has a right to know everything about their care but there are certain things that they do not need to hear from nursing. The worst examples have been times when there was a...

12. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    Rexie replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    We got a small soft cooler. It's actually pretty nice. TPTB provided ice cream sundaes that nobody knew about until after we'd returned from lunch. Typical. Last year, if I recall, we got

13. No Lunches

    Rexie replied to applesxoranges's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was just thinking about this yesterday. I make a point of taking my lunch break every day and if I don't get my lunch break, I will write "no lunch" when I sign out at the end of my shift. Even...

14. Be honest: do you feel valued by your employer?

    Rexie replied to sunnyskies9's topic in General Nursing

    My manager has told us how much she appreciates and values us. Whatever she can do for us, she has. This seems mostly related to scheduling issues, though. As far a the upper managaement goes,...

15. Flu masks & co2

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I work requires us to wear a mask if we do not receive a flu vaccine, no matter the reason. One of the respiratory therapists told me that certain masks will cause a build up of...