Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    Go back to PedsRN's post where he/she said that nurses and physicians are peers. I disagreed, as nurses and physicians are not peers (peers means equivalency in, for example, education, training, and...

  2. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    Use the dictionary. Look up the word "peer." You used it incorrectly. What I said was not "semantics." Also look up

  3. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    dudette10, please show me where in this thread I have said that anyone yelling at anyone is

  4. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    My point was that by referring the question to the physician, the physician can choose to answer the question as he sees fit, or to defer the question. No-one is necessarily made to look

  5. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    The physician is in charge of the patient's care, not the nurse. The physician has spent years in medical school, internships, residencies and specialty training. We are not peers, because we are...

  6. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    This is the situation as I understand it: The physician was discussing some important medical information/plans for discharge with the patient while the OP was present, and the OP told us the patient...

  7. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Susie2310 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And that is my point - gain the basic experience in a LESS acute area than the ED. My family member has had new nurses on med-surg. While I have not been completely comfortable with the situation, I...

  8. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Susie2310 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Med-surg does not commonly receive patients who are as unstable and critically ill as the ED does. While I believe that nurses starting out in med-surg should have received good clinical preparation...

  9. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    Manners please; my name is not "girl." Your profile says that you are a student. If you are going to be a nurse, you will learn that manners count. In the OP's case, the physician, who was undermined...

  10. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Susie2310 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the OP. Regardless of whether people agree on the status of med-surg as a specialty, I think the point is that basic nursing training on a med-surg unit does provide good training in the...

  11. Why is it inappropriate to stand up for yourself?

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

    From your post history you are a new nurse. Without knowing what you said in reply to the patient's question, it is not possible to conclude that your answer, although not apparently directly related...

  12. One Healthcare Risk Manager's View Of Individual Nursing Malpractice Insurance

    Susie2310 replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    Am I understanding correctly that you are a risk manager/claims manager, but that you are not a

  13. Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    Susie2310 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I wholeheartedly

  14. Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    Susie2310 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    The only point I would add to this is that, where you said the decisions and choices are not law, I would say that the nurses' critical thinking process, the Nursing Process (SOAPIE/ADPIE), which is...

  15. Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    Susie2310 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    By "making decisions that save patients lives", I was not referring to treatment decisions that are the prerogative of the physician. Our scope of practice requires that we assess our patients, and...

  16. Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    Susie2310 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Do you really believe that only nurses who work in ICU/critical care make critical decisions that save patient lives? If I recall correctly, you work in critical care. Is this how you see yourself...

  17. Your worst nightmare

    Susie2310 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    During the four hours that the patient, complaining of right and left sided chest pain, waited, the patient was not moved to an area where they were placed on a cardiac monitor; their heart rate and...

  18. Your worst nightmare

    Susie2310 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    My posts on this thread were respectful, so I find some of your comments offensive. When one starts a thread other posters respond according to their experience, beliefs, values, and so forth. One...

  19. Your worst nightmare

    Susie2310 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    In your OP the patient's wife screamed at Amber: "You said it wasn't his heart." Did the nurse tell the patient that it wasn't his heart? If she did, it could have been construed by the patient that...

  20. Your worst nightmare

    Susie2310 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    The patient was male, 50 years old, African, had started a weight training program the day before (these are risk factors for cardiac related chest pain), and presented with left and right sided chest...

  21. Your worst nightmare

    Susie2310 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    From the information in your post it appears as though the patient, who was complaining of what appeared to be cardiac related chest pain, was, until the time they left the A&E after being there...

  22. How do you handle narcissist patients?

    Susie2310 replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I strongly advise against shutting off a patient's call light for staff convenience. Regardless of how disruptive a patient is being, the call light is the primary way the patient can call for...

  23. Nurses that kill

    Susie2310 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I would have titled the thread differently, but, yes, I can believe your

  24. The Wisdom of Lurking

    Susie2310 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I always read your posts too and find them very valuable. I accept that there are areas we disagree

  25. The Wisdom of Lurking

    Susie2310 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    In terms of community, i.e. common ground, what most of us have in common is that we are nurses, students, pre-nursing students, work in health care in another field, or are interested in nursing....