Susie2310

Susie2310

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  1. Staying late

    Susie2310 replied to penny186's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think you sound like a very conscientious, caring, nurse, who puts the needs of their patients first and does their best to provide excellent care. Doing a good assessment is very important....

  2. COVID Forever Changed Our Society

    Susie2310 replied to Yvonne Hosey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    To my knowledge, the Covid vaccinations are actually medically contraindicated for very few people. I find it enormously troubling, not just from the point of view of disease transmission, but on...

  3. What is the pathophysiology? SPO2 34%

    Susie2310 replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you. Just to be clear, I wouldn't expect you to provide more than very general information in order to protect patient confidentiality; I.e. "ABG's were what one would expect." I was just...

  4. What is the pathophysiology? SPO2 34%

    Susie2310 replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm also thinking that the ABG results would give much more information and most accurately measure the patient's oxygenation/ventilation status, but I know you weren't able to see them - I wondered...

  5. What is the pathophysiology? SPO2 34%

    Susie2310 replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm thinking along the lines of severe sepsis/septic

  6. What is the pathophysiology? SPO2 34%

    Susie2310 replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I assumed it was confirmed that the equipment was working correctly and that there was no human error in reading the result. Was an ABG drawn? What labs were drawn? What were the

  7. Covid Abuse!

    Susie2310 replied to guest1163268's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree that there are people who don't behave properly in their everyday lives; who have bad attitudes, etc., for various reasons. These behaviors can be compounded when the person becomes acutely...

  8. Covid Abuse!

    Susie2310 replied to guest1163268's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My belief and my experience is that in health care, where patients usually have to be seriously ill to be hospitalized, where the threshold for admission is higher that it was in the past, there are...

  9. Reading the MAR

    Susie2310 replied to lexieanders's topic in General Nursing

    What did the physician's order

  10. Will nurses in the ER soon hear the following?

    Susie2310 replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it is quite possible that staff in some ERs' could hear the words spoken in the OP. I just read about a geographic location with a low Covid vaccination rate that has just activated Covid...

  11. Pity Party - US Hospitals Hit With Nurse Staffing Crisis Amid COVID

    Susie2310 replied to JKL33's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't see this at

  12. Pity Party - US Hospitals Hit With Nurse Staffing Crisis Amid COVID

    Susie2310 replied to JKL33's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I read the article. I think that one of the things that I find most interesting is that in actuality there are a number of licensed nurses in the community who, for whatever reason, are not...

  13. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    Susie2310 replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would add to this that I really believe that vaccination should have been mandated for health care workers who don't have an actual valid medical reason for not receiving the vaccine as soon as the...

  14. Valid Reasons To Not Get Vaccinated

    Susie2310 replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I find this attitude on the part of intentionally unvaccinated health care workers who don't have an actual valid medical reason for not receiving the vaccine (as far as I know there are few actual...

  15. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    Susie2310 replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I find this attitude on the part of intentionally unvaccinated health care workers who don't have an actual valid medical reason for not receiving the vaccine (as far as I know there are few actual...

  16. Why Do New Grads Lack Critical Thinking Skills?

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    They

  17. Pulling Meds For Another Nurse To Pass

    Susie2310 replied to Dudlydorite's topic in General Nursing

    I agree completely with your first three points. Even if a policy was in place that specified final responsibility for the med pass, and all the medications remained in their original packaging, and...

  18. Why Do New Grads Lack Critical Thinking Skills?

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I agree completely that understanding the principles behind what we are doing is necessary. The example you gave of the foley catheter shows important principles being ignored and doesn't follow...

  19. Why Do New Grads Lack Critical Thinking Skills?

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think I answered your question in my reply to Nurse Beth. I disagree with you that there are no forces holding educational institutions to task on providing high quality education. As far as I...

  20. Why Do New Grads Lack Critical Thinking Skills?

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I added the above in

  21. Why Do New Grads Lack Critical Thinking Skills?

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    We follow EBP so the clinical procedure steps in the nursing procedure books are written down in the order the experts decide reflects the latest, best, evidence, as I understand it. I believe this...

  22. Why Do New Grads Lack Critical Thinking Skills?

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that you work in staff education/development. In your OP you are asking for preceptor solutions to the difficulties that new grad nurses have...

  23. Pulling Meds For Another Nurse To Pass

    Susie2310 replied to Dudlydorite's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering why you are not able to quickly review the information in the charts that would tell you the reason the patient is admitted, and take note of the patients' prior medical history, etc.,...

  24. Why Do New Grads Lack Critical Thinking Skills?

    Susie2310 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I find the attitude that "Things aren't going to change anytime soon" very defeatist and problematic, when people with the power to make changes exist. Is this passivity due to comfort with the...

  25. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) vs. Allow Natural Death (AND)

    Susie2310 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    The problem I have with substituting AND for DNR is that while the patient in cardiac arrest who has chosen DNR status will not receive resuscitation measures and will instead receive care to keep...