sblanchet

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1. suspension for refusing patient 9

   sblanchet replied to amyliz976's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I can't believe administration would suspend an entire shift over something so ridiculous! Couldn't the patient have stayed in the ED? When confronted with situations such as these if I truly feel...

2. Length of shifts

   sblanchet replied to DarbyD's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   When I was younger I did twelve hour shifts and loved them. It was well worth the extra days off. I lived in sunny South Florida then and had so much extra beach time! Now as a woman of a "certain...

3. tired of bedside care, options???

   sblanchet replied to sun_chica's topic in Nursing Career

   It sounds to me like you simply went into the wrong profession. It's too bad you were not able to figure this out while still in school. Still, there may be hope that something will work out. I...

4. What is "Nursing Theory/Model"?

   sblanchet replied to jstuben's topic in General Nursing

   Finally, one last thought about this discussion about so-called nursing "theory". What ever was the point of changing the description of a certain sound in the lungs from "rales" to today's accepted...

5. What is "Nursing Theory/Model"?

   sblanchet replied to jstuben's topic in General Nursing

   When did I ever say that only wounds are called alterations in skin integrity? I used that as an example. I am well aware, as pointed out by another writer, that the term can apply to any number of...

6. What is "Nursing Theory/Model"?

   sblanchet replied to jstuben's topic in General Nursing

   It is absurd to state that anything as verbose as saying "alteration in skin integrity" constitutes some kind of shorthand . By your own account the phrase can mean anything and so therefore actually...

7. What is "Nursing Theory/Model"?

   sblanchet replied to jstuben's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing theory is a fantasy, plain and simple. Sitting around "theorizing" about where imaginary patients fall on "the health/illness continuum" is more properly called engaging in conjecture. There...

8. The Bad Old Days

   sblanchet replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated in 1981. Nothing annoys me more than listening to "old timers" bragging to today's new grads that when they started they took 60 patients by themselves, cooked all the patients' meals,...

9. Is my patient going to die??

   sblanchet replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

   Blow bottles are NOT the same as incentive spirometry. Using blow bottles a patient exhales to force the ball or whatever it is into the next bottle. Incentive spirometry is the exact opposite. The...

10. Is my patient going to die??

    sblanchet replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Do nurses out there really need MD orders to do nasotracheal suctioning? Where I work it a patient requires it a nurse can just go ahead. In addition I have not seen blow bottles in use for a number...

11. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    sblanchet replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Actually it is hard to take seriously anyone who claims to have "book knowledge" and can't even spell properly. Everyone has a role to play. RN's, especially the ones coming out of university...

12. Is my patient going to die??

    sblanchet replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    It is certainly all right to cry at such a sad situation as this. When you get some more experience under your belt you may find yourself more able to detach yourself from events such as this but...

13. Where do you keep your stethescope?

    sblanchet replied to Still Riding's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have always worn my stethoscope around my neck. It doesn't seem very efficient to have to keep taking it out of your pocket. It I have a psyche patient with a history of violence I just don't use...

14. The Know-It-All nurse

    sblanchet replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the first place I have worked in seven different hospitals and have probably used every type of pump on the market. I am not impressed with any of the drip counter pumps or others that have tubing...

15. Low Down on Nursing Education

    sblanchet replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, heaven save us from the cliches that are supposed to substitute for knowledge! "Lifetime learner", "Thinking out of the box" and other such nonsense. There was nothing wrong with hospital-based...