steelcityrn

steelcityrn RN

Member

  • Content

    964

  • Visitors

    6,391

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    13

All Content by steelcityrn

  1. I'm ready to resign!

    steelcityrn replied to NTPinky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like a plan....good

  2. Does this make sense to anyone? LONG, sorry.

    steelcityrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    That woman is nuts! Its almost funny. Can you imagine your name is in this pile of paper on a desk, and your info could be mishandled? I would just tell her next time that you decised to disable the...

  3. Do Not Hire

    steelcityrn replied to David Offenbaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well Dave, you are not alone. Know many nurses who changed jobs and were placed on that list for one reason or another. Just move on, there are other options when you need them. Besides, you left...

  4. Why are nurses so angry?

    steelcityrn replied to cmo421's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree.......not much anger on here....just frustration and concern to improve

  5. Took a year off and now I'm having problems

    steelcityrn replied to inshallamiami's topic in Nursing Career

    Is it possible for you to just work per diem right now? Your beating yourself up too much. You only live once, if I could take a year off to go sailing, I would do the same thing. Keep looking, forget...

  6. Question about LGI bleed case

    steelcityrn replied to al7139's topic in Gastroenterology

    I agree with the above. Due to fluid changes, the h+h can appear to change, all the while the patient can be bleeding. Some can bleed with each bm, others can bleed intermittently. Have had many a...

  7. I think Hospice needs hospice...

    steelcityrn replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thats for sure rnkittykat! Just wanted to add that homecare is not like it used to be either. Dirty politics, stealing patients from other agencies,some of the most back stabbing marketers you will...

  8. looking for advice

    steelcityrn replied to brick195969's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would advise you to visit a book store a.s.a.p and pick up a nursing care plan book. You will have a primary dx there with all interventions and charting you should be doing. If you are doing very...

  9. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    steelcityrn replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    All you can do is educate,then notify the physician. Can't force anyone to do anything, even if its for their own good. I have been accused of being "pushy"in the past, all for the concern of the...

  10. False Documentation?

    steelcityrn replied to RPN_2006's topic in Home Health

    Probably better to let this one blow over. If you had the gumption, I would just flat out ask her what irrigation did she use that day since none of the trays there were used, and see what she says....

  11. MRSA has died down.......why ?

    steelcityrn replied to Keepstanding's topic in California Nursing

    haha...thats for sure. The news media must have got tired of chasing Spears around without her underwear on ,or maybe Hilton wasn't attending a party. Anywho....the word is out now. Time for all the...

  12. No report; disrespected

    steelcityrn replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the rest. Just unexceptable to run out the door without giving report. Not to mention she has done this on a sick patient. I feel she should be fired. Her attitude and nursing skills are...

  13. Can we still be friends?

    steelcityrn replied to Jelli_Belli's topic in General Nursing

    I would not worry about anyone unable to except your new status, thats their problem. You will have more responsibility now, and that kind of childish behavior will self explode on them. Just ignore...

  14. Why 2 diuretics (Lasix and Spirnolactone) for CHF?

    steelcityrn replied to discobunni's topic in General Nursing

    I do not see "most " patients with chf on both. Great answers on the mechanisms

  15. A majority of Americans would tolerate higher taxes to help pay for universal health

    steelcityrn replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Insurance companies and pharmacutical companies are a business, in it to make a profit. They are all listed with the dow jones, you can buy stock in them. They will never be in the business to lose...

  16. I don't think I like what is going down (long)

    steelcityrn replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It sounds like the same story you hear everywhere today. Hospitals are in transition. Got to take the good with the bad. Don't be discouraged about the people who left, once the dust all settles, it...

  17. Need some help!

    steelcityrn replied to Laurentina1975's topic in General Nursing

    You say she asked you to refill your medications in the past for her...Did you do that? Why would you tell someone that she works with? Did you expect this person to repeat it and get her in trouble?...

  18. I wish all the washed out tired nurses would retire.

    steelcityrn replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It seems that good points have been made by all. Perhaps this will help others understand both sides of this issue that will effect many nurses especially new nurses. My suggestion is to try and have...

  19. Question regarding Dr. orders....(sorry, long)

    steelcityrn replied to TinkRN8's topic in General Nursing

    All of this should have been given in report. Perhaps this nurse was doing it correct, if no order was written. Only way to know is to read the orders in your

  20. Thoughts - Nurse Mistake

    steelcityrn replied to Seven, RN2b's topic in General Nursing

    I have never new any nurse to give such a report like this over the phone, not to mention giving results that should have been explained to the family by the doctor. That is...the correct family....

  21. Pressure to take breaks ...

    steelcityrn replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    Take your breaks! That place is not going anywhere. Do the best you can, think about what you did on the drive home and ways you might have done it to save some time. Pay attention to how the others...

  22. New RN Career Idea--Healthcare Advocate

    steelcityrn replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I could get into being a health coach. Have to have the gift to gab, and of course health

  23. Family looking through patient chart?(Sorry, kind of long...)

    steelcityrn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to add, and maybe someone did alread , that if you have any questions as to who in the home can read the chart, just ask your employer. As for the family member that seems to be causing...

  24. Fibromyalgia

    steelcityrn replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    They have done studies on patients suffering in pain from fibromyalgia, and their ct scans of the brain were abnomal in comparing them to someone not in pain. This is a true dx with a insurance

  25. tylenol dosage question for 10. month old

    steelcityrn replied to iwanna's topic in Pediatric

    Check with you dr, but I was always under the assumption that they go by age. Just as a 125 lb woman can take two tylenol (as directed 325 mg)as a 400 lb man, going by the