Rexie

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. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  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...

  16. Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Rexie replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    The idea of nursing being just a job has kept me sane (less crazy?). Last summer I posted about being tired of being angry all the time. I was burning out big time. It has helped me detach and by...

  17. Patient huddles: how to improve compliance?

    Rexie replied to PCMH2016's topic in General Nursing

    On most floors that I work on, if there is a huddle, it goes really quickly. We talk about fall risks, concerns, and whatever management has decided we need to improve. Later, there is another...

  18. Calling report to the floor.

    Rexie replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I used to absolutely hate when the ER nurse calling report would tell me "this isn't my patient, I'm just helping out" and proceed to read from the SBAR. I can do that myself! But after working at a...

  19. Tired of being angry

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our patient population is tough - many people with chronic health problems but also lots of (too many) people playing the system. They're demanding, most likely drug seeking, malingering. I find...

  20. Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

    Rexie replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

    I bought the crockpot liners at the supermarket though I don't use them often. I do all the prep the night before and take it out of the fridge and dump into the crockpot. I mostly do this so my...

  21. nurses who are bad patients

    Rexie replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To me, Good Patients are the ones who try to work with us. We're always about talking the patient's health care team. The most important person on that team is the patient himself. His attitude...

  22. nurses who are bad patients

    Rexie replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurses are generally some of my best patients. I'm sure that I've been a bad patient once or twice, not horrifically bad but whiney. I was sick and I was scared. Sometimes we know too much about...

  23. Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    Rexie replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I mostly like taking care of nurses or people in health care. It usually means that I don't have to translate a lot of things into lay language. It also give them the opportunity to ask questions...

  24. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Rexie replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    The trucker who is working through his lunch break is most likely eating while he drives. Due to the nature of the work and not being allowed to eat at the nurses station, nurses who work through...

  25. Nurses who don't have the "passion"

    Rexie replied to My_toe_sis's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. It doesn't matter how or why you came to be a nurse. All that matters is that you do a good job. I suppose this is true for almost any job but I feel like the patients are...