Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. What Do You Think? Can You Be A Nurse If You Can't Do Bedside Care?

    Susie2310 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really think that the issue is about excluding people unnecessarily who can't physically provide nursing care to patients. I think it's about more than just whether a nursing...

  2. ACLS for non-nurses?

    Susie2310 replied to solDanz's topic in General Students

    Providing information. As each person on this forum is permitted to do, according to their view point and experience. You appear

  3. ACLS for non-nurses?

    Susie2310 replied to solDanz's topic in General Students

    When I recently took AHA ACLS there was an online component (for which Continuing Education credits pertinent to one's professional license were awarded on passing the course) that required you to...

  4. ACLS for non-nurses?

    Susie2310 replied to solDanz's topic in General Students

    For a layperson: BLS (basic life support), definitely yes; ACLS (advanced cardiac life support), no. BLS is taught to laypersons as well as health care professionals; laypersons with this very...

  5. Doctors vs NP's?

    Susie2310 replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming you are referring to physicians when you mention "the best care providers", in my state it is not easy for a physician to legally "fire" a patient. Physicians can be charged with patient...

  6. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly.

  7. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I proposed to you earlier in the thread that this situation appears to be a question of appropriate discharge planning (which includes the nurse's assessment of the patient for discharge). That is the...

  8. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I proposed to MunoRN that the question was one of appropriate discharge planning early on in the thread, and he denied that the situation involved inappropriate discharge planning. I happen to agree...

  9. Does anyone here like nursing?

    Susie2310 replied to bluestar776's topic in General Nursing

    I think that often the issue is really about reasonable expectations for those considering entering the profession. From reading on this forum it appears it is fairly common for people considering...

  10. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    So the thread descends to the level of childish

  11. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    There was a similar thread recently titled: "Seeking Advice: Direct Entry Blues." Several people, including myself, pointed out the value of actual bedside nursing experience prior to assuming an...

  12. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the US patients usually have to be very ill to be admitted to hospital and hospital stays often consist of only a few days even for very serious problems, with patients being discharged home to...

  13. Falsified a Blood Sugar

    Susie2310 replied to Heartbrokennurse11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes, and my post stands. I'm an RN. Hypoglycemia can be just as deadly to a patient who is not on diabetic medication as it can be to a patient who is; diet controlled or borderline diabetic...

  14. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    MunoRN ruled out inappropriate discharge planning in an earlier post if I understood his post correctly when I said that the situation appears to me to be more a question of appropriate discharge...

  15. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not forget we are talking about patients who usually have just been acutely ill and are going home to spend the rest of their recovery there; they are less sick than when they were admitted, but...

  16. Work From Home: Nurse Case Manager

    Susie2310 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Case Management

    Would you be willing to share more information about the type of health care writing you do (your bio says case management and leadership, but can you explain in more detail), and about the types of...

  17. EPIC EHR individualization and mutuality

    Susie2310 replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    The care plan is important. Providing quality care that is individualized to the patient is important. The patient's attorney would be looking at the chart closely. The patient or their family...

  18. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    The situation appears to me to be more a question of appropriate discharge

  19. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you are

  20. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient was ambulating safely on the unit i.e. walking around independently up and down the corridors prior to discharge, and was discharged in the care of a responsible adult who would assist...

  21. Discharging by Wheelchair

    Susie2310 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience it seems that the assumption is often made that the patient will be ambulating independently at home on discharge, possibly with some assistance or PT at first, but in reality they...

  22. Work From Home: Nurse Case Manager

    Susie2310 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Case Management

    It's a sad truth that the conventional wisdom that more experience/education in nursing, while usually enabling one to provide superior nursing care, actually can hinder one's employment prospects...

  23. Falsified a Blood Sugar

    Susie2310 replied to Heartbrokennurse11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have you reflected on the harm that could have happened to the patient as a result of falsifying a blood sugar? Hypoglycemia? Hyperglycemia? Undertreatment or no treatment when treatment is...

  24. How to tell between Mobitz II and 3rd degree heart block

    Susie2310 replied to Irving's topic in General Nursing

    In third degree block the P wave is not related to each QRS in a one to one fashion except by accident because the atrial impulses are not being transmitted to the ventricles. In Mobitz II the PRI is...

  25. New RN fresh off orientation

    Susie2310 replied to registerednurse17's topic in General Nursing

    If you haven't already done so I suggest doing a search of your topics on this forum using the search feature at the top of the screen. There is a wealth of information on this site and all of your...