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  1. Would more nurse aides solve the problem of always feeling short-staffed?

    nynursey_ replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    I have mixed feelings about this. Our Nursing Supervisor will often use this phrase in an attempt to make the nurses' feel they're being considered in the staffing needs: "We can't give you a nurse,...

  2. How do you remember all of the nursing considerations for meds?

    nynursey_ replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Your post might be better served to nursing student forums, but in any event, I'll give you a few words of advice: 1. Try learning the medications in classes. Then think of the class of medication and...

  3. Has nursing made you negative?

    nynursey_ replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    This is a tough one to answer. It's like asking me "What came first: the chicken or the egg?" I think if you ask most people who knew me pre-nursing, I was already a negative person. Of course, I...

  4. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I am not above assisting a patient onto a bedpan or cleaning an incontinent patient. What I was more referring to is utilizing that phrase appropriately for things that are nursing specific,...

  5. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    It matters very little what your post was in response to. My response was still relevant. It is appropriate to get the nurse in situations that require nursing judgement or assessment. Checking on the...

  6. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    You're right. It isn't. However, rest assured, the nurse likely does not have the time to tend to that, and this is why ancillary staff and proper delegation

  7. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Request for pain medication are appropriate to request of the nurse. Needing a bedpan is not. Surely you know this. And fetching a pitcher of water, if you're concerned for a patient, can also be...

  8. blood pressure drops after dialysis

    nynursey_ replied to CVARN's topic in General Nursing

    I hold most medications prior to dialysis, including blood pressure medications. There are medications know to dialyze out during treatment, and often times antihypertensives are one of those...

  9. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    And doing that is just inappropriate. Unless you work in an ICU. I can see the need for possibly less PCAs relative to nurses because there are lower ratios and the nurses are usually accountable for...

  10. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I sincerely believe this. I'm not sure why adequate staffing is such a foreign concept to hospital administration. More people to attend to the needs of the patients would equate to better survey...

  11. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to imply that everyone does this all of the time, but it happens often enough that I leave work late a few times a week because I have done everyone else's job AND...

  12. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your input. I completely agree. Not only do we send the message that it is acceptable to expect the nurse to perform all aspects of care, but we also pre-set our patients to expect and...

  13. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    To the contrary, I love my job so much that I want to be able to dedicate my skills exclusively to their nursing needs. At the same time, I recognize the importance of their comfort needs, so I need...

  14. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean to imply that the Case Manager's job to assess the blood pressure, but when you walk by the person whose job you know it is to take a blood pressure, and instead find ME with a bunch of...

  15. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, unit clerks do not page physicians. That task falls to the person who needs to get in touch with said physician. As for answering the phones in general, I'm more irked about the fact...

  16. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    And I'm sorry I didn't clarify before hand. But what I was referring to above was the snarky, passive aggressive post clearly aimed at

  17. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't going to give this response a second thought, but after I thought it over a bit, I'll leave you with this thought: AllNurses, a nursing driven forum, is typically visited by nurses. The...

  18. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what I mean. Nurses are the center of patient care but they are certainly not the only people capable of providing everything and anything the patient needs. Be careful with those...

  19. Post Polio Syndrome; Bad Advice

    nynursey_ replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    My grandfather passed away about 4 years ago from Post Polio Syndrome. He had Polio as a child which left him with a deficit to his left leg causing him to be unable to bear weight on it properly,...

  20. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Administrative Support Assistant or Health Unit Clerk (HUC). CM is not nearly as ambiguous in the nursing world. It's a Case

  21. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I had the same experience. I had an order for a non-formulary medication that was written as a paper order. Upon seeing it, I faxed it (as that's my responsibility) to the pharmacy and awaited the...

  22. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    This is another example to illustrate my point. A medical student, an MD, a CM, a SW, ... anyone! If a patient calls out and needs to be toileted or cleaned, for the LOVE OF GOD TELL THE APPROPRIATE...

  23. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    nynursey_ replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I'll clarify the vital signs request. The patient's daughter happened to be an exceptionally anxious individual in spite of having reassurance that the patient was maintained on IVF, not receiving...

  24. Helpful Hints for the New Nurse.

    nynursey_ replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Establish a rapport earlier on with the seasoned nurses on the floor: they're going to be your best resource in times of

  25. Want To Leave Bedside Nursing

    nynursey_ replied to rnccf2007's topic in General Nursing

    It's not necessarily that I *mind* grabbing a coffee, a pillow, or a box of tissues for a patient/visitor, but what I do mind is that it is becoming demanded and expected to happen over more important...