Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. Feel like I don't know anything

    Susie2310 replied to mindiianajones's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it is very important to be very aware that our actions and inactions as nurses can seriously harm or kill patients, and to make our best effort to practice safely. This awareness shouldn't...

  2. Feel like I don't know anything

    Susie2310 replied to mindiianajones's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I understand your good intentions, but I respectfully disagree, and I think it is important not to encourage a false sense of security in regard to giving medications safely. A single medication can...

  3. When the Patient Refuses Hospice

    Susie2310 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Under the best conditions, with a very good hospice team that responds quickly to provide pain and symptom management, yes, but not all patients/family members have positive experiences with

  4. I Put my Organization at Risk

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    It sounds as though you are being penalized for being

  5. When the Patient Refuses Hospice

    Susie2310 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    The patient, who is able to make their own decisions, has the right to refuse what the medical team believes is medically appropriate, i.e. palliative care and hospice. We support patients and their...

  6. Last week on preceptorship

    Susie2310 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Emergency

    Alexx, how was your preceptorship structured? I'm not asking about the certificates; I know about those. How did your preceptorship progress over the weeks - what did you learn each week? What care...

  7. Doctor Hiring NP's

    Susie2310 replied to DO89's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If it's dismaying it's because it's the sad truth. Ultimately the patient is the person who suffers. The patient doesn't know how little training the NP has

  8. Last week on preceptorship

    Susie2310 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Emergency

    Alexx, what was your preceptorship like? How was it structured? I remember you took ACLS, PALS, TNCC, and ENPC before you started working with a preceptor. How did your preceptorship progress from...

  9. Loss of all personal freedom.

    Susie2310 replied to Runnerlives's topic in General Nursing

    And we see pharmaceutical and health insurance company stock prices go up when political action to tackle the cost issue is not mentioned (as just recently

  10. Your most annoying, obnoxious family member stories

    Susie2310 replied to JDZ344's topic in Nursing Humor

    The daughters, while demanding, were doing their best to take care of their mother and didn't want her to lie in urine/stool. While their mother needed to have adequate rest, I understand why they...

  11. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    These are my thoughts about the above: The patient's EHR is a legal record. So if there is a lack of clarity in the EHR documentation as to who the patient's nurse is at a given time it will be...

  12. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    mrsboots87 gave examples of how charting handoff using the full names of both the off going nurse and and the receiving nurse, and the time of handoff, would protect her. I think her examples were...

  13. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    The poster you quoted gave examples of what could go wrong in her second, third, and fourth

  14. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    The vast majority of patients (or their families) do not stalk or threaten their nurses. However, available data shows that a nurse is likely to be subject to LATERAL violence in their workplace...

  15. ?Afib in declining 85 year old

    Susie2310 replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in Cardiac

    It depends on the patient's wishes, and it is a personal decision for the patient. Elderly people usually include their close family members in decisions about their care. One's own thoughts as a...

  16. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught in nursing school that a patient has the legal right to know the first and last name of the nurse caring for them. If a patient or their representative requests to know my full name, I am...

  17. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I ask the nurse, "Could you please tell me your full name so that we know the name of the nurse who is caring for me/my family member?" I ask the nurse to spell their first and last names. If the...

  18. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    It's pretty obvious to me that providing only a first name followed by a licensure in the patient's medical record makes it much harder for anyone reviewing the chart to determine who the individual...

  19. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    It's too difficult to ask the person to spell their last name? Anyone with a question regarding your note who needs to contact Charlene G first has to discover who that person is, and you're saying...

  20. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    This is very true, but it appears that some facilities find it acceptable for nurses to document using just their first name on the patient's medical record, and, if this is the case, I find it odd...

  21. Giving last name in report

    Susie2310 replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I can't think of another licensed profession that deals directly with the public where the professionals are as unwilling to disclose their last names as nurses are. Physicians display their...

  22. Universal Deathcare.

    Susie2310 replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Private pay undoubtedly has options for those (a small minority) who can afford to pay privately. In the real world, affording insurance and finding a physician who will treat them is a big enough...

  23. Chronically critically ill - interesting hot topics

    Susie2310 replied to ICUoneofthenurses's topic in Critical Care

    Important topics: Sleep; clustering care to promote rest; comfort; nutrition; preventing delirium; carefully evaluating possible causes of delirium and fixing the causes where possible prior to...

  24. Resident Job Hopper

    Susie2310 replied to sbrendan1223's topic in General Nursing

    The facility that is providing your residency is making an investment in training you with the expectation that you will remain in their employment for a decent period of time after completing the...

  25. Going to Patient's home without patient consent

    Susie2310 replied to RNBecky84's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    This reminds me of when a family member was discharged home from the hospital with home health services if needed, after we made it clear to the hospitalist that we would not require any home health...