psu_213 BSN, RN

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    Universal Deathcare.

    psu_213 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, et al. would agree with this
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    Mercy School of Nursing

    psu_213 replied to Nika3024's topic in School, College Programs

    Not saying this to be snarky--you may want to specify what Mercy Hospital you are talking about. It is a fairly common name for
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    Giving last name in report

    psu_213 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    To me, it seems more likely that Brittney would say "I got report from Mike, RN at Memorial Hospital, but he never told me XYZ information in report, and that is what lead to this negative outcome."...
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    Universal Deathcare.

    psu_213 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    I find this extremely ironic. I can certainly understand the sentiment that we do not want the government to "dictate" healthcare. However, many Americans have no real issue with insurance companies...
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    Any other places doing "Hospital Employees' Week" instead of Nurses' Week?

    psu_213 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Its disappearance bothers me more that changing 'nurses week' to 'hospital week.' I've looked for that emoji several times...especially during the 'straining grandma' discussion and all its, umm,...
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    Any other places doing "Hospital Employees' Week" instead of Nurses' Week?

    psu_213 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    double post,
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    Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    psu_213 replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently they need to add a True/False item to the exams: "when touching a pt's genitals you don't have to wear gloves." (Always have more falses than
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    Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    psu_213 replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    Off the topic--what exactly is a
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    Morning commute

    psu_213 replied to asaltu2011's topic in General Nursing

    You did a very good thing to help in this woman in this time of need. As for the other stuff--well, unfortunately life is all about trade offs. You outline some of the (at times painful) sacrifices...
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    Skin Breakdown on the Patient Who Refuses to Turn

    psu_213 replied to moosie_poo's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. And make sure that each time, it is documented that the RN educated the importance of being turned and the risks of not being turned (i.e., pressure ulcer leading to increased pain,...
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    Not disclosing patient death to family member

    psu_213 replied to ddib3's topic in General Nursing

    When my Grandfather died (he was still living at home), my Grandmother lived in a facility--she had pretty significant dementia. The decision was made by her children (my aunt/uncles and my mother)...
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    Not disclosing patient death to family member

    psu_213 replied to ddib3's topic in General Nursing

    I too am curious. I think the OP's positions plays a role in whether the OP needs to know why the resident was not told of the
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    Just got the passive aggressive CC email. Advice please!

    psu_213 replied to SNAMATT's topic in General Nursing

    I had this annoying English class in college--writing in the business setting or something like that. There was a section on email writing--10% of our grades was to write a business email. There was...
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    Suspension

    psu_213 replied to stasiastar's topic in General Nursing

    Tsk, Tsk? If I have an friend who is a manager at another facility, and then came to me and said "So and So just applied for an RN job. I saw he worked at your facility. Do you know anything about...
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    Patient question on nurse interaction

    psu_213 replied to Snowy34's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It sounds like the nurse was trying to offer reassurance, but did so quite poorly. Perhaps she may not have realized that it came off that way, something else was on her mind making her less than...
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    Chart Auditing and education

    psu_213 replied to Rnasn2017's topic in General Nursing

    Is she "commenting" on your wording for billing or compliance issues? Or is she criticizing your assessment, making comments that could, for example, come up on your yearly review? The former I...
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    Medication doses

    psu_213 replied to Jeannetteg's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It really is not going to do you much good if we just hand you correct number, so think it out. After you reconstitute the 1 g of drug with the 5 mL, how many mg of drug are in each mL. So then how...
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    Suspension

    psu_213 replied to stasiastar's topic in General Nursing

    I glad you think this is funny now, but you seem to be oblivious to the idea that your reputation can travel with you license. Maybe you have no problem moving a long distance to get you next job,...
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    Suspension

    psu_213 replied to stasiastar's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to make sure that I have this right. You came it early. You saw the assignment and said "yikes, we are really short staffed." Had the on call person called, saying that there was a call...
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    I am sorry but I had to do this...

    psu_213 replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Humor

    I like cooking my family and my
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    I am sorry but I had to do this...

    psu_213 replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Humor

    It was a ridiculous thread about "nurse brutality." The OP in that thread meant to say "restraining grandma to put in an NG"...he/she typed (or it may have been auto correct "straining Grandma." ....
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    How big of an error would you consider this?

    psu_213 replied to selfiessuck's topic in General Nursing

    I would think of him/her as a human who made a mistake. Humans make mistakes. It happens. Now, if this nurse made this type of mistake over and over, my opinion may be a bit more harsh. Either...
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    Gave Blood transfusion too fast maybe?

    psu_213 replied to Maria1308's topic in General Nursing

    Those are most definitely not in the "vast majority of cases." I think Maverick's point was (and I apologize for putting words in people's mouths) that even though it can be done, i.e, 10 units in 15...
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    BEWARE of online nursing degrees

    psu_213 replied to scandy's topic in General Nursing

    It does. Question for the group--what are the tests the OP is talking about? Why does it matter if you 'fail' a test prep course? What clinicals is the OP referring
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    Do nurses get away with nurse brutality

    psu_213 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Ugg...If we are going down this road, I'm out. BTW, I'm neither agreeing nor disagreeing with anyone's particular viewpoint on the issue...I just think that AN is not the correct forum for a debate...