Munch

Munch

Med-Surg/Neuro/Oncology floor nursing.

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  1. Nurses with children always go home early?

    Munch replied to Agatha12's topic in General Nursing

    THIS..couldn't have put it better myself. Your priorities are yours and mine are mine who's to say yours are more important than mine because you have children? Its not my problem you have to leave to...

  2. Nurses with children always go home early?

    Munch replied to Agatha12's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you think so but quite frankly the fact you need to pick your child up isnt my problem. Maybe I don't want to give up my yoga class because you need to pickup your kids. That's not to say if you...

  3. ER RN NYC /Pt:RN Ratio

    Munch replied to BelDym's topic in Emergency

    Hey Beldym...I just wanted to first say I am NOT an ED nurse..I do however work in a huge 1000 plus bed teaching hospital in NYC. Its in a underserved part of the city so the ER is always busy with...

  4. No pain meds in ER??

    Munch replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    I know this thread is old and I haven't read through all the replies but I had to reply this. The gov't is encouraging IV heroin use because you can get syringes from the pharmacy counter? Chances are...

  5. Bad experience as a patient

    Munch replied to Haarlem's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This Seriously..who says this to a patient that is in a panic? She really needs to get out of nursing and go take up basketweaving or something. I understand that if you can yell you can't breathe...

  6. Way too close....way too personal

    Munch replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    I cant stand people that don't respect personal space. You just have to accept that some people are neurotic and the stress of having a loved one sick in the hospital is really going to set them off....

  7. Is this reportable to the BON?

    Munch replied to TX_L&DRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm with mostly everyone else here..just let sleeping dogs lie. First of all no one likes a snitch(ever think the people you want to report to could share the same viewpoint)? If its not grossly...

  8. Forcibly removing piercings in psych patients

    Munch replied to KathyDay's topic in Emergency

    We have a huge psychiatric unit as well as cpep in the hospital I work in and psych patients do go through a search before they come to the ER. But this is done in a private setting by the same sex...

  9. Burn out

    Munch replied to Abakke92's topic in Emergency

    You might just need a change of scenery. My first job was at a pretty small community hospital in the suburbs of NYC. I couldn't stand it. I felt like almost everyone/everything was working against me...

  10. Vent management and sedation/pain management

    Munch replied to MaxAttack's topic in Critical Care

    1mg of morphine q6? I'm sorry that is really funny. I was in a really bad car accident(flipped my mustang and had to be lifted to a trauma center). I was admitted to the step down unit for a week and...

  11. New Nurse Stress

    Munch replied to MayRN2987's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with the others..6 days a week is outrageous especially for someone brand new. Definitely stick to 3 days and once you get your bearings(and you will) then if YOU decide you want the extra shifts...

  12. Verbal order-Denied by resident

    Munch replied to Traumamama02's topic in Emergency

    That is one of the drawbacks of working in a huge teaching hospital(plenty of wonderful things as well). My employer has their very large school of medicine right on the same campus as the...

  13. Children in ED when parent is patient

    Munch replied to jdub6's topic in Emergency

    My sister is a hospital social worker and used to deal with this quite frequently actually when she was working at a busy teaching hospital in the heart of Chicago. She had a frequent flyer that was...

  14. Nurses and bullies...

    Munch replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    My current employer is wonderful. I absolutely love just about everyone I work with(not just the nurses but the doctors/PAs/NPs, clerks, techs, CNA/PCAs, social workers and other support staff)....

  15. Anyone working in correctional in Nassau county

    Munch replied to RNMann's topic in Correctional

    I don't personally work there however I do live in the vicinity of Nassau County and I can tell you this much. The medical provider is constantly making headlines for malpractice, negligence and...

  16. Patients hiding narcotics

    Munch replied to theAMAZINGkilo's topic in Patient Medications

    I've seen docs order the meds to be crushed(unless of course its a long acting narc like ms contin) and mouth checks done after a patient has tried to store their meds. Some may be storing them to get...

  17. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    Munch replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    Yup! My best friend is a charge RN at the county jail(LPNs do most of the hands on patient care, med pass etc..all RNs are charge at this jail) and while the medical provider can recommend treatment,...

  18. Under the Covers: My Experience With Post-op Pain Control

    Munch replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    My post-op pain control was a complete mess. I had a craniotomy that was supposed to be 4 hours turn into an 8 hour surgery due to some complications. I had a PCA ordered but it hasn't been set up by...

  19. Conflict with fellow nurse regarding Dilaudid administration, please help!

    Munch replied to NYCRN21's topic in Pain Management

    Where I work if the patients blood pressure is low we are able to give half the dose. Now in something like cancer pain it may not be enough but its certainly better than PO apap. I agree an alternate...

  20. Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    Munch replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we would get our behinds handed to us if we would have given him the coffee when he wasnt able to have it. The people saying they would just give to him..if the patient was NPO would you...

  21. When Your Patient is an Addict...How to Deal

    Munch replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I am concerned we need to take some advice from the legal profession..."It's better to let ten guilty people go free than have one innocent suffer." I think it should be the same with health...

  22. post op pain mgmt

    Munch replied to Flo.'s topic in Critical Care

    Taking up an ICU bed seems like a waste..I know in my inner city hospital the ICU nurses have much more critical patients to care for. If the patient is low maintenance post-op and can go right to the...

  23. Pain medicine to drug addict?

    Munch replied to MrBlueSky's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't even understand how this is even an issue. Bite the bullet went out the window a long time ago. So since a patient has a history of drug abuse that means they aren't entitled to pain relief...

  24. Medication error

    Munch replied to Jsebastian0114's topic in Patient Medications

    RKN definitely gave you the best piece of advice, have a rep with you. Its always best to have an advocate with experience in your corner, someone who knows how to navigate through these situations....

  25. Narcotics, benzo, phenergan etc...

    Munch replied to empatheticRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm with Olive, I really think what your co-worker did was wrong on so many levels. I think ideally you should be able to trust your health care providers. A friend of mine is a LPN at our county...