steelcityrn

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  1. The Mockery of Nursing

    steelcityrn replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why Lord,

  2. Which one is more stressful: med-surg or LTC

    steelcityrn replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I would vote med surg due its ever changing events that can take place. At least when its LTC, you are used to the patient and

  3. what's a 23 hour observation unit is like?

    steelcityrn replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    All the above and to add it can be up to 72 hours now and called out patient care. This also is used to prevent another re-hospitalization used as a negative statistic against the hospital. Hospitals...

  4. Are nurses being replaced?

    steelcityrn replied to BC Roberts's topic in General Nursing

    Insurance companies are not going to pay for acute care without a licensed professional taking care of them. There may be virtual nurses used in the future, but I do not believe they will ever be used...

  5. Charge nurse has it out for me...kind of a rant

    steelcityrn replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree with the others. Time to walk to H.R. They know how to deal with

  6. Will I be held responsible ?

    steelcityrn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    My point was maybe there was nothing to document, as it was not a true wandering situation. Now that your saying it was, I like the other agree you do not document on anything you did not witness or...

  7. Will I be held responsible ?

    steelcityrn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably want more information about a patient "attempting"to wander. Was it something as simple as walking towards an

  8. Getting Sick at Work

    steelcityrn replied to meaganellise's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes, fell in a wet floor. leople probably thought it wasn't anything big, but besides a knot on my head and a sore back, I had a very rare post traumatic cataract form immediately. If you hit your...

  9. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    steelcityrn replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    My point is "Its all

  10. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    steelcityrn replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing also happens behind a desk. Upon looking at pages and pages of documentation, I cannot tell you how many times I have to talk to the direct care nurse to have a patient re-evaluated for a...

  11. Lots of young people on disability?

    steelcityrn replied to bisacat's topic in Emergency

    I recently met a distant relative at a funeral who is diagnosed with bi-polar. He could not sit still at his own mothers funeral. He was her only child. He was disheveled, had no one there who he...

  12. Ativan...do i hold or give?

    steelcityrn replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    If a medication is not ordered as a prn, you need to report the lethergy to the physician. The order may be changed to 1-2 prn qhs. Once the patient has been on fentenyl for a while, they may need...

  13. Admissions and Privacy

    steelcityrn replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    If that is your facilities policy to ask all of those questions, then so be it. I usually say something like " I know there are alot of questions here for you to answer, do you want family in to help,...

  14. Disruptive co-worker

    steelcityrn replied to nativenurse74's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yup, nothing like a negative person to try and spoil the teamwork. Work even harder to over come

  15. Nurse not passing meds...should I report to BON?

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

    Continue to monitor as you are a supervisor. Continue to be aware of the need to assess her medication rounds. You as a supervisor need to make her aware that you are making sure all medications are...

  16. Is this the wrong field for me?

    steelcityrn replied to CW1978's topic in General Nursing

    It may not be the wrong field, just the wrong place to

  17. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    steelcityrn replied to pn5437's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC is hard. Its very demanding work, and you have alot of family contact. Its not for

  18. Facebook almost cost me my job

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

    I can see how facebook can cause alot of problems! Many times people portray themselves in a certain way, maybe for a laugh. But today, whatever you say on these type of sites can be read by everyone....

  19. HIPAA VIOLATION?

    steelcityrn replied to katie maz's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    This is public information. You can read deaths in papers or online. They usually say where a person passed away at. I do not see a legal issue here at all. Now if she stated why or how the patient...

  20. Feeling bad, like I "ratted out" a nurse

    steelcityrn replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    Only one side of the story here folks. This was a good nurse with a good reputation. Im on her side, and I don't care what you others think. Im not going to pull quotes here and rip others apart. When...

  21. Applying for new RN position, put down former (bad) supervisor?

    steelcityrn replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    I would put the house supervisor down. If they ask for the other name and number then you provide it. She really could only say that you were employed there during that time period, but you never...

  22. Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

    steelcityrn replied to CassB's topic in General Nursing

    You do alot of venipunctures in homecare. I would say we see as many labs ordered as

  23. Feeling bad, like I "ratted out" a nurse

    steelcityrn replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    What if she said she took half a benadryl to help her sleep and it was still making her tired hours later. What if she said she took 5 hour energy and had alot of nervouse energy, a darvacet for for...

  24. MRSA precautions in the ER?

    steelcityrn replied to AnnieNHRN's topic in Emergency

    Thats one benefit from electronical records. This would come up immediately for the staff to

  25. Schedule blood draw times.

    steelcityrn replied to Cryannurse's topic in General Nursing

    Usually where I have worked, ordered labs would fall to a certain time where routine labs are drawn. This would be 4 pm, 7pm, 10pm ect... Stats would be drawn asap. There would also be timed draws...