Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. Pain Scale

    Susie2310 replied to 5228shamrock's topic in General Nursing

    This has been my experience too. On one occasion, when I had severe pain and was shaking and diaphoretic, I confidently rated my pain level as a 10 as I couldn't and still can't imagine being in more...

  2. Unsafe doctor...do I report it?

    Susie2310 replied to Munimula's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think the OP has reasonable concerns. I recently had elective surgery and I would not have been comfortable if the surgeon had been in the condition the OP described. As a patient I want to feel...

  3. Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Susie2310 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Older/experienced nurses bullying younger inexperienced nurses is one demographic of bullying that nurses experience. Of course there are others. As to the frequency of older/experienced nurses...

  4. Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Susie2310 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes people do say to the effect of "I think I'm being bullied; here's the problem." But there's no reason to not use NETY if this identifies the type of bullying they're talking about, when we...

  5. Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Susie2310 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is NETY is brought up often because it is what the posters believe they are experiencing and they want to discuss this/ask for help, or they want to educate themselves about this particular...

  6. Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Susie2310 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    It's not more important than other types of bullying. It (NETY) just gets talked about quite a lot on here, but people talk about other types of bullying too. All types of bullying are

  7. It is a broken system - rant

    Susie2310 replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    I have quoted a reply I made on another thread to a similar post of yours. "You have these concerns as a nurse, as many nurses, physicians, and other health care practitioners do. However, the person...

  8. Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Susie2310 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it is any more appropriate to take the NETY spotlight off genuine situations of older experienced nurses bullying younger inexperienced nurses than I think it is appropriate to take the...

  9. Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Susie2310 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that NETY is often wrongly applied and that these misapplications are often cited as evidence that bullying of newer nurses by more experienced nurses is not really a problem of any magnitude....

  10. AEDs in the Wild?

    Susie2310 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion would be to begin by researching state law as it applies to AED

  11. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    Susie2310 replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    This is very true, yet I prefer scripted good manners over authentic indifference or rudeness which some nurses exhibit. The scripted good manners is a compromise I can live with if it reduces some...

  12. Med surg 1 clinical

    Susie2310 replied to Tj221's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My first semester ADN clinicals (over 20 years ago) were entirely hospital based in acute care, as were most of our clinical rotations throughout the program. Under our clinical instructor's...

  13. Hmm...that's nice

    Susie2310 replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you really saying that a reasonably behaved family member who is authorized to receive protected health information standing next to the nurse discussing their family member's care while looking...

  14. Hmm...that's nice

    Susie2310 replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you sure they are really intending to intimidate you? Have you considered that they may simply be doing their best to learn about their family member's care? I have stood next to my relative's...

  15. Pushing metoprolol IV w/o tele..?

    Susie2310 replied to Joanie49's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I disagree that it is safe to do so without telemetry monitoring. A family member who was not hypertensive received a single dose of a very small amount of IV Metoprolol during an MI. Their resting...

  16. How to politely rescind a nursing school acceptance?

    Susie2310 replied to Nursinghopeful19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I was in your position I would write a short gracious letter on nice paper thanking the nursing school for considering me as a candidate for their program and for offering me a place for the xyz...

  17. Re-pumping for the systolic

    Susie2310 replied to pdor's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught it is not good practice to reinflate the manual BP cuff without fully deflating it first and waiting for one minute, and that doing this could lead to inaccurate results. If I think I...

  18. I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

    Susie2310 replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm . . . I have seen this kind of scenario before too, and at the time had some of the same questions the OP did, i.e. why is this behavior not only allowed to continue, but actually seems to be...

  19. assessmentso that apply to diagnosis

    Susie2310 replied to meonemine's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is good, but I wanted to add that the way I was taught (and possibly you meant this, but because you didn't state this I didn't assume it), goal setting was to be done in collaboration with the...

  20. assessmentso that apply to diagnosis

    Susie2310 replied to meonemine's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I assumed you are referring to anxiety as a nursing diagnosis not as a medical diagnosis. Also, you didn't say what the anxiety is related to/presumed to be related to. Some assessments I can think of...

  21. Confronting Doctors with Wrong Orders

    Susie2310 replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are right; nurses need to advocate for their patients with doctors and clarify/challenge orders that are/appear to be wrong or not in the patient's best interests. As nurses we are the last...

  22. So what's going to happen to health care now?

    Susie2310 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    You have these concerns as a nurse, as many nurses, physicians, and other health care practitioners do. However, the person at the center of all of this, the person receiving the care, the person who...

  23. How to Not Die in the Hospital

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, posts such as this that complain about family members in a very negative way (not the purpose of the thread) do nothing to gain family members confidence in nurses. Then nurses wonder...

  24. Family member died in the hospital...too many questions

    Susie2310 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking just for myself, I think that if I was in a situation where my family member had an unexpected death in a facility, depending on the circumstances I would contact my state Medical Board and...

  25. How to Not Die in the Hospital

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your article on this important topic. From our experience, we have found it very necessary and helpful to have a family member present when one is hospitalized to advocate for one's...