Cola89

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  1. Now my employer has threatened us with calling the BON if we don't get a pain scale...

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...for all prn pain medications. Say if a doctor prescribes Tylenol "for fever of xxyy" and a nurse gives the medication when a patient has a headache and is asking for the Tylenol... they say they...

  2. Now my employer has threatened us with calling the BON if we don't get a pain scale...

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    MunoRN, yes we went through this before.... the only difference in my case is that e months prior my NMs would make these creepy kind of unbelievable verbal threats..now there's a whole inservice and...

  3. Is a M-F day shift LTC Manager a stressful job?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Found out its a 40 hr/wk job with on-call almost every day off. As described to me, a lot of the job would be mds and the rest would be covering the floor if need be. Not for

  4. Is a M-F day shift LTC Manager a stressful job?

    Cola89 posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    What would a typical day be like when being a "Manager" at a nursing home? The DON of this LTC facility wants me to manage the facility while she branches out to the area's second location. Does...

  5. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    At my new job... a few of the nurse managers have been telling us who work the floor that if we administer a PRN for pain that doesn't have a pain scale given as a parameter, that our licenses are in...

  6. Are You an Instructor? You Should Know...

    Cola89 replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Students

    Instructors like the one you describe KNOW they are giving back to nursing and the community by patiently and thoroughly teaching their students. I hope to be an instructor such as this one

  7. Do I NEED to get my BSN?

    Cola89 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Based on what you said the area you live in is like, no. You don't need a bsn in order to find a direct patient care position. My area has SEVERAL bsn programs and a few asn ones too. I have an...

  8. I am my own worst enemy

    Cola89 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    The guys are just jealous. You have a M-F job that pays the bills. If someone told you that you killed your career by staying in one place too long, that's weird. You are still a nurse and still...

  9. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Probably right. Hope they/we can make some changes in order to make this process more

  10. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like what's going on at our place. JCAHO just visited. It looks like my manager doesn't back her staff up --- not sure about the whole hospital

  11. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    It's becoming increasingly apparent that the corporation for which I work doesn't believe in nurse intelligence. Or if they do, not very much. Seems like they don't even trust the prescribers... (?)...

  12. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Haha. Yes, yes, yes! I use the "Modified McDonald's" scale too... I mean these nurse managers have been saying that when/if the DOCTOR didn't specify for which # do we use x prn pain medicine and we...

  13. Libertarian Healthcare

    Cola89 replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So.. does that mean we both don't like the

  14. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    You would think. I still give the prn pain meds weather they have a scale attached yet or not. The managers have been doing the job of looking through each patient's EMAR and when they see that a...

  15. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Or soul-sucking

  16. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    We can use FLACC too. And Wong-baker I think ? Not sure about that one

  17. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Me too Well, I for one give po pain meds to my patients before PT works with them. Wrong as it may be according to the management, I am writing what I have to write in regards to the darn pain rating...

  18. New hire RN accused of being "mean."

    Cola89 replied to NS885RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Ugh. Recently had an aide tell my manager she thinks I "HATE her" ... because I delegated something, found out she didn't do it, and asked her why that was. Maybe she was nervous for her job? I have...

  19. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting and informative. Although this does claim that pain level interpretations are subjective, this article kind of supports providing a pain range; am I

  20. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Standing orders would be nice. I had to sit down with one of the new docs for 3 minutes too long trying to explain that pharmacy wouldn't allow me to get morphine out of the pyxis until he entered in...

  21. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Starting to think this place thinks we are....monkeys with nursing

  22. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    And just today, I opened my work email only to discover another NASTYGRAM about how if we nurses are not repeating orders back to physicians that we are supposedly "out of our scope" and "prescribing...

  23. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Well around where I live, it's supposed to be the cool, progressive place to work. I thought it would be different or nicer? They have nice benefits like 20k tuition to go for a bsn or np. Really...

  24. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Do they REALLY stand to gain THAT much by threatening us nurses with our licenses then? To be honest, I am confused and overwhelmed by this

  25. Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    This is a non-profit umbrella company of a LARGE INSURANCE CORPORATION. Getting the feeling that they know all the ins and outs and aren't afraid to threaten their staff into getting max...