Rexie

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  1. My Patients vs Our Patients

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Depending on which side of the floor I'm assigned to and which nurses happen to be scheduled (and appropriate staffing, I suppose), I can have either a good shift or a stressful shift. With the right...

  2. Not enough equipment

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I can't tell you how many times I've had to hang IV fluids and/or meds on a patient only to realize he doesn't have an IV pole and/or pump at the bedside. There will be none in the equipment room so...

  3. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Rexie replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    I think at times it's pretty evident they're lying, or perhaps they really don't understand what 10/10

  4. Not enough equipment

    Rexie replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have safety pins, either I was discussing with the manager the other day, and she mentioned calculating drip rates. I think she was kidding. Now I'm wondering if I could actually do...

  5. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Rexie replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    It's been my experience that a lot of people really don't understand the pain scale. I've had people that I don't believe were drug seeking tell me they had 8/10 pain but their body language and...

  6. Hourly Rounding--pushing back

    Rexie replied to CharmantUn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We're supposed to do the hourly rounding but with the poor staffing we're given, we do what we can do. Every now and then, management will get it into their heads that we're going to focus on hourly...

  7. How to succeed as a float nurse

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for a few years and am considering moving to the float pool. It seems like a great opportunity to learn more and do more. If I make the move, I want to do well. So, are there any...

  8. What is your nursing "joy?"

    Rexie replied to jamisaurus's topic in Nurses Rock

    Starting the shift with a whole list of meds and treatments to give, tests that pts need to be sent off the floor for, phones calls to answer, doctors to page to get orders, ect. Basically controlled...

  9. How much info can a roommate get?

    Rexie posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm guessing it's close to none. The reason I ask is that occasionally somebody will have to be moved from a semiprivate room to a private room until they've ruled out for something infectious. Does...

  10. How much info can a roommate get?

    Rexie replied to Rexie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I know you're right. There was something about the other patient crying (and I totally understand her anxiety) that stuck with me and made me wish there was some way to make her feel better without...

  11. How much info can a roommate get?

    Rexie replied to Rexie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It was the latter. The pt was admitted for something else and then later showed flu like symptoms. She eventually ruled out but the way the whole thing played out left me wishing for a better way of...

  12. I want a social life

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm lucky enough (I guess) to work day shift but I still have to work every other weekend. I work 12's, which I mostly like, but after work, I go home, shower, eat, then sleep, and then do it again...

  13. Drug seekers

    Rexie replied to SierraBravo's topic in Patient Medications

    I work on a med/surg unit that gets our fair share of frequent flyers that seem to be drug seeking. I push my pt's IV narcotics over 2 minutes. Some of them become upset but I explain to them that it...

  14. How did the 12 hour shift begin?

    Rexie replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I really like my 12 hour shifts. I feel like it gives me so much more time to spend on my patients that I would have spent getting report and looking up their h&p, etc. I think it is really good...

  15. Get off the phone

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Occasionally, I'll have a patient who is speaking on the phone when I enter the room with meds for them. Some will tell the person they're speaking with that the nurse just came in and that they have...

  16. Favorite Vacation Destination?

    Rexie replied to fawnmarie's topic in Health, Stress Management

    St Martin. I like to park myself on the beach. I think the beach on Pinel Island is my favorite. Good food, good drink, soft sand, turquoise water.

  17. Giving the nurses phones

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    My unit is looking for ways to improve call light response time (without addressing staffing issues because that, according to them, has nothing to do with it ). Somebody suggested giving the nurses...

  18. Spin off: patients with phones

    Rexie replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    This is a huge annoyance for me. I understand that patients need to communicate with family or friends but I can't stand there and wait. Even worse are the patients who pick up the phone and make a...

  19. Floating

    Rexie posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Recently, a local hospital had a one day strike. One of their issues was their hospital's policy regarding floating nurses to other units. I'm curios what other hospitals do about floating. What kind...

  20. Saying no when work calls

    Rexie replied to TerpGal02's topic in General Nursing

    One place I worked, the scheduler was rather cross with me the one time I did not return her call. She was never rude when I turned down an extra shift though. The scheduler at the hospital I work at...

  21. Nights and weekends as neede

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    A hospital in my area has recently been posting day shift positions that require evening and night shifts as needed. I've spoken to nurses who have taken these positions and they are already looking...

  22. Any other cold hearted nurses out there?

    Rexie replied to sweet~revenge's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agreee, if we all had the same strengths, it would be a terrible thing. I have had to pass ng tubes and have left the room feeling bad about it, but not too bad. It really doesn't do anyone any...

  23. Phone, cell, beeper and texting.

    Rexie replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I would be very uncomfortable using my own cell phone to text a physician. Our hospital has one of those systems in which we can send a text to their beeper, which can be tracked. They recently...

  24. Surviving and recovering from the storm

    Rexie replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    In the case of my particular hospital, I think they had plans in place but were overwhelmed. On day shift, my unit had 6 out of 10 nurses call out due to the storm, not to mention many support staff....

  25. Surviving and recovering from the storm

    Rexie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last weekend's blizzard stressed all of us at the community hospital where I work. We were short staffed because some people could not make it in and on top of that, many of us were mandated to stay...