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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. Dx: Paralysis secondary to hospital admission

    xtxrn replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    yep. seen this

  2. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    xtxrn replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    Keep copies of EVERYTHING you do re: trying to get something done about this. You've identified the problem...and causative or not- someone was hospitalized. Please check your state's requirements...

  3. Comfort care

    xtxrn replied to meghanls's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer: Yes. The dead don't sue. (and there are state differences- even if something is notarized/witnessed and in writing). Longer answer: Family drama gets lit like a bonfire when someone is...

  4. Comfort care

    xtxrn replied to meghanls's topic in General Nursing

    Would be nice, but in the US, if the patient can't communicate, the families CAN change what care/interventions are done- including reversing a DNR, ventilator, etc...it

  5. Charge nurse doing staffing, supervisor overriding orders?

    xtxrn replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    What in the dung do the supervisors do if they don't help get shifts covered? The VAST (all but one) majority of places I worked (all non-union, right to work) staffing was either the staffing...

  6. Correct way to take a carotid pulse

    xtxrn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    Uuuummmmm.....You got that from diva rn !!!! I'm

  7. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    xtxrn replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    huge red flag that this is already going on in their heads. protect yourself. and the residents still at risk w/this

  8. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    xtxrn replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    I respectfully disagree that someone committing fraud needs more education. Charting that something was done, when it was not is SO basic, it would be laughable if it weren't criminal. "Payback" is...

  9. Charge nurse doing staffing, supervisor overriding orders?

    xtxrn replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    1. I worked at ONE place in 19 years that made the charge nurse stop what she was doing (had a full patient load in LTC), and go through the phone list. I thought it was ridiculous and I was in the...

  10. Will there ever be a surplus of nursing jobs again?!

    xtxrn replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    why in the snot would someone pay 120k to get an rn? whoever is paying that needs some comparison "shopping".....those mills want money, passing test scores on nclex, and don't care if you learn how...

  11. Oh boy. Let go from job... not sure if this is it. :(

    xtxrn replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    It takes time to put it all together, ESPECIALLY if your clinicals in school were weak (as so many describe).... Any chance for some type of preceptorship????

  12. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    xtxrn replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    It's falsification of documents - hope that resident comes back, and there's no legal backlash, because that just added a few decimal points to the asking damages. I've been deposed (HORRIBLE...

  13. Vent about psych admit of 12 yo boy

    xtxrn replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you didn't get the residential that was recommended. Many are really good- and the first stability many kids ever had. The kids I worked with on adolescent IP psych BEGGED to go to the place...

  14. Vent about psych admit of 12 yo boy

    xtxrn replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I was interested . I didn't expect the huge chip. Not everybody is against you, what you do, or what you have to say.... and I agree- you have a lot of interaction with people, and nasty...

  15. Will there ever be a surplus of nursing jobs again?!

    xtxrn replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the Hill Country- they were always looking for nurses.... GREAT place to work :) Rural hospitals hurt the entire 17 years I lived

  16. Don't Know What To Do.. (Prospective Student)

    xtxrn replied to UmmIdontknow's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Who said I was

  17. Will there ever be a surplus of nursing jobs again?!

    xtxrn replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    They've been screaming "shortage" since 1983 when I started nursing school.... I'm still waiting for that racket to officially shut

  18. Vent about psych admit of 12 yo boy

    xtxrn replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious :) What area of nursing do you work

  19. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

    xtxrn replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW....isn't the healing sometimes psychological/spiritual/emotional

  20. Correct way to take a carotid pulse

    xtxrn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    Check, then pronounce in one fell

  21. Nurse charting stuff she did not do.

    xtxrn replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    this.... this is what someone can lose a license over.... this needs to be reported to the bon. no..if this is her pattern, there is no evidence that she cares to provide the prescribed care; sxxxw...

  22. Correct way to take a carotid pulse

    xtxrn replied to BonnieSc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a right-handed pulse-taker but a left-handed nose-pincher...I park on the right side of the patient WHEN there is an option. Most of the time, the decision was made by which side was closer to the...

  23. Nope, you're not going to die tonight...... says the hospice nurse

    xtxrn replied to Old.Timer's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. If Berta is talking about the traditions in Denmark, and chatting with "nurse", I wouldn't be looking at her to buy the farm that night either. Yep...people can croak in a lack of a...

  24. Fever and dying

    xtxrn replied to honeybee888's topic in General Nursing

    The fever doesn't necessarily cause "pain"- but discomfort from being overheated. We can't offer medical advice A hospice nurse, or MD office would have better answers based on the specific...

  25. It's not always about you - a mini rant

    xtxrn replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    That's true