fergus51

fergus51

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  1. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

    fergus51 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Again can someone please tell me: are your patients not allowed to review their charts? The ones with your full names in them? The spelling of my last name is fairly uncommon, but I wasn't in that...

  2. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

    fergus51 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :rotfl: OK, I'm not in this database apparently and I don't have an unlisted number. That's hilarious!

  3. Are you at work?

    fergus51 replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    Only on my break in the cafeteria. They have computers there for the staff to check email and surf the

  4. Labile babies

    fergus51 replied to Deidre Shiobhan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I try to touch them as little as possible. I do silence the alarms before touching them when I have to and preoxygenate them as well. That usually minimizes the desats and prevents the parents from...

  5. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

    fergus51 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I completely agree. I prefer to be called by my first name, but I introduce myself using both. If my colleagues want me to call them by their last names as a sign of respect I do so, and have them...

  6. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

    fergus51 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you don't want people to be able to look you up, it's a good idea to get an unlisted number/address. If someone really wants to know where you live all they have to do is follow you from the...

  7. U of Pheonx Online?

    fergus51 replied to fergus51's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The problem with those schools wasn't just people getting in that shouldn't, it was that prospective students were being lied to. Basically they were told the number of students passing was much...

  8. Why don't they allow people to bring their pets?

    fergus51 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you are Steph are unfeeling at all. I wouldn't put my dog's survival above another person's either, but since I don't have any kids it's just me and him. I could not leave him to slowly...

  9. Patient Etiquette

    fergus51 replied to brown252's topic in General Nursing

    No, just as it isn't inappropriate for a woman to ask for a woman to do her exam. They may not always be able to accomodate you, but there is no harm in

  10. Fountain Valley?

    fergus51 replied to fergus51's topic in California Nursing

    I can't help it, the area is

  11. US nurse wanting to go to Canada

    fergus51 replied to megs1976's topic in International Nursing

    You're very welcome. I hope it all works out well for

  12. fundal pressure

    fergus51 replied to labor93's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Deb said it. NEVER EVER EVER EVER do fundal

  13. US nurse wanting to go to Canada

    fergus51 replied to megs1976's topic in International Nursing

    If you are going to BC I think http://www.healthmatchbc.org helps international

  14. American and Canadian RNs

    fergus51 replied to TinaK's topic in International Nursing

    I'm both:) Best things about working in the US: the variety of opportunities. It's bigger, so there are way more hospitals and way more schools and way more jobs. If you're interested in pursuing an...

  15. Dress code

    fergus51 replied to NeuroNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We did enforce it where I used to work. Just as we didn't allow parents to come in without scrubbing, we did not allow them to come in with false nails. Security would be called to escort them out if...

  16. Dress code

    fergus51 replied to NeuroNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Fake nails have been strictly forbidden in NICUs for a fairly long time after being linked to several neonatal deaths in one hospital. There is actually a long thread about this you could probably...

  17. Would CANADIAN Nurses Recommend An RN Career?

    fergus51 replied to Om Shanti TO's topic in International Nursing

    It is nothing even close to the way it is down here. I thought that when I worked in Canada too, but trust me, Canadians are amateurs compared to their American counterparts in this regard. At the...

  18. Annoyed that public doesn't know what nurses do?

    fergus51 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Both you and Angie... :chuckle I read her in nursing school and this was the one thing that always stuck out to me. People don't know what nurses do. They need to tell the public. I educate people...

  19. Annoyed that public doesn't know what nurses do?

    fergus51 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you been reading Suzanne Gordon? :) I don't even have to tell my families. They are at the bedside enough to see for themselves all that the nurses do. We have the most contact with

  20. Would YOU ever have a homebirth?

    fergus51 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, I have to say it. Just as homebirths aren't crazy hippies chanting at the moon, trying to allign the mother's chakras, hospitalbirths aren't get them in, pit them, cut them, send them

  21. Double Standard with Sexual Harassment

    fergus51 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    :chuckle Gotcha... I wouldn't want to make anyone here blush with details either :imbar I meant to add before I think the fact that I work union jobs is probably one factor in the equal treatment of...

  22. Dress code

    fergus51 replied to NeuroNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nothing that can not be pushed up above the elbows for scrubbing is allowed in our unit. We also wear our own uniforms and use cover gowns. Docs abide by this policy mostly. As long as they are using...

  23. Would CANADIAN Nurses Recommend An RN Career?

    fergus51 replied to Om Shanti TO's topic in International Nursing

    The biggest negative difference I see is the customer mentality in the US. In Canada patients and their families were much more respectful to the nurses and administrators and managers supported us...

  24. Double Standard with Sexual Harassment

    fergus51 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    I just assumed it bothered you because you say you don't feel it belongs in the workplace. If you told them or your supervisor it was something that bothers you, I'm sure it would stop rather quickly...

  25. U of Pheonx Online?

    fergus51 replied to fergus51's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I've seen those