Keysnurse2008

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  1. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ingelin,...i know what you are saying.you are taught in nsg school the "rules" of a perfect world...you know the one.....the one where during every procedure the patient lies completly still and is...

  2. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    hm...cosmo.....get a grip. these things do happen and when they do happen....risk management just wants it to be "hushed up". as far as my case....i am updating to hopefully help someone else who is...

  3. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hope that someone can learn something from this post...I hope it helps some other nurse...bc I had no idea how often this was occuring until it happened to me. I did the smart thing...when I began...

  4. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi guys....well here is an update on my case: I am suppost to go in the next few weeks with my attorney for a mediation date with the hospital.The mediator will be a judge who has been asked to act...

  5. WI Healthcare Worker Retaliation Protection Act

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Simplepleasures's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    amen! i completly agree. the need for federal regulatory intervention is dire! at the core of every single case like this....are nurses who want to work for facilities who truly are placing patient...

  6. Do physicians deserve credit for the work nurses do?

    Keysnurse2008 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    hmmm.....that is just it. i think that it is ridiculous that md's take credit for everything that all members of the healthcare team do. it is like they are "starved" for attention and want to steal...

  7. Nurses radical bid to knock out political curruption

    Keysnurse2008 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ingelin, I know what you are saying. It is.....difficult to trust that any atty/Judge will do the correct thing. But....we have to be proactive. This...is what I think.....there are alot of corrupt...

  8. Nurses radical bid to knock out political curruption

    Keysnurse2008 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    spacenurse..awesome blog.what the cna is trying to shine the spotlight on is pure corruption. these are topics that no one wants to discuss until some unfortunate day.....it is their family member...

  9. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    Keysnurse2008 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Angieoplasty.....girl...you are preaching to the choir! I have seen excellent nurses...who brought tons of experience to the unit they work on....once they near that top-out salary...poof....those...

  10. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hi...just giving you guys another update. spacenurse...my attorney is using the exception to public policy as one of his leverages. But....honestly guys...I finally got a long hard look at the...

  11. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    hi panhandler...i am doing ok (kinda).....getting sicker of healthcare by the min.im thinking of leaving nursing altogether after this is all over. i sent some documents to a forensic examiner....and...

  12. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    to: hellllo nurse i am not a hero ....i am just trying to function by the n urse practice act...trying to keep patients away from practitioners that deviate from the standard of care...bc one day it...

  13. Sentinel Events- Political and Ethical dillema

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    imenid37...you are correct. hospitals do not not want to acknowledge the mistakes that occur bc it opens them up to liability...finicial liability. i actually went to an atty over the event that i...

  14. Sentinel Events- Political and Ethical dillema

    Keysnurse2008 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i have a question and i just want some honest feedback. when a sentinel event occurs as a direct/indirect consequence to a coworker's actions what do you do ?there is hippa to think about.....but...

  15. Sentinel Events- Political and Ethical dillema

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i am doing ok....i have been a nurse for going on 20 years....and this patient ...bothers me. i still think about the patients 3 young children...i think about the lack of remorse on the nurses...

  16. Sentinel Events- Political and Ethical dillema

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sad....but true. i see families that even when they are receiving the best medical and nursing care they are aggressive and threaten litigation if "x" doesn't occur. those families....most of them are...

  17. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thanks Viking.... What has happened to me was horrible and very illegal. The emotional and spiritual turmoil....is horrific. To be accused of something so "unrealistic" for how you practice as a...

  18. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just giving an update on my case: 1. I received some of the healthcare facilities "alleged" proof that I allegedly documented vital signs early.....would you like to know what it looked like? It was a...

  19. RN experience/salary/state you reside in

    Keysnurse2008 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi....just tring to get some insight into salaries in other states.I am thinking of relocating and would appreciate your insight/info. 1.what state are you from? 2.what area do you work in...

  20. Your protocol/standard for head injury?

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Lurksalot's topic in Emergency

    It depends....if it were an impact injury as you are describing of course we would have done plain films of the CTLS to clear them and a stat head CT.If the patient was not complaining/not symptomatic...

  21. Duke University Medical Center

    Keysnurse2008 replied to inv's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Ok....I am thinking of relocating.Just wanting a lil insight from you guys. What is your opinion of Duke Medical for RN's? What do you know about the salary averages there?I have been a ICU nurse for...

  22. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    thanks....i have unfortunately been forced into legal action ...bc this hcf has not tried to remedy this.i really felt kinda betrayed by them...i gave them years of being an unblemished high...

  23. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i have a completly clean record at this hospital, never had a verbal warning, never been written up etc etc. i was an excellent nurse at this hospital...with a deep committment to my job.i was...

  24. Treatment of neurogenic shock

    Keysnurse2008 replied to dorimar's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Then there is neurocardiogenic shock to deal with also.The way to differentiate(msp) neurocardiogenic shock from a true MI is the ckmb and troponin.Mainly the ckmb...in a MI it will trend upward from...

  25. ICP Transducers

    Keysnurse2008 replied to Treb4K's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Changed my fonts for ya! I completly agree Gwenith.I think it is downright dangerous to access that EVD period.Only the Neurosurgeons or their PA's obtain csf samples, not the nurses. We just feel...