NurseConnieR

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1. Unit Managers Working as Staff

   NurseConnieR replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

   Our Directors are expected to step in and work if staffing is unsafe. One floor's nurses call in sick all the time and therefore, their Director has no time to make things any better for them because...

2. Leadership and risk management?

   NurseConnieR replied to drooping eyes's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   You make some valid points Angie. Specifically, it was good to be reminded that there are many hospitals so lacking in responsible, trustworthy leadership that they would purposefully put patients in...

3. Open heart ICU

   NurseConnieR replied to Kiwi's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Have your instructor do some recent research... lots of articles saying the BEST place for new graduate these days is the ICU because you get a better orientation and are able to be watched much more...

4. Unique ways to state the obvious . . . .

   NurseConnieR replied to Ruby Vee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   He's got the "q" sign (tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth) He's getting transferred to SKY C. U. He's a "turn and burn" patient (you know, the kind you turn and they go asystole) Michelin...

5. Need help with rapid response team

   NurseConnieR replied to CCU NRS's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   We're in the process of forming the team. As I know more I'll update the link. Right now, like you, we are gathering information. THIS THREAD

6. Leadership and risk management?

   NurseConnieR replied to drooping eyes's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I suppose we really need more details to make a judgment. I'm going to add some "facts" and see how it changes the picture? You're a med/surg nurse with 6 years of experience and a specialty...

7. I was fired for refusing to give injections incorrectly!

   NurseConnieR replied to katlpn6's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I think there's another way to look at this situation, another perspective. Many of us have been in clinical situations where the practice ranged from "not supported by research" to "unsafe". I...