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blackribbon

Med/Surg, Gyn, Pospartum & Psych

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  1. Submit a School Review and Qualify to Win $100!

    blackribbon replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Why is University of Texas Arlington listed as a private/profit college? It is a state run public

  2. Questioning a doctors order

    blackribbon replied to MrsJt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In nursing school, one of my best clinical instructors said "Any trained monkey can be taught to do most of the skills and activities that a nurse does. We are paid the bigger bucks and licensed to...

  3. The Nurse at the Bedside

    blackribbon replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love bedside nursing (gyn/med/surg). It is the reason I went back to school to become a nurse (first degree is in Bioengineering). I have never turned down an opportunity to enlarge my skills, so I...

  4. Did you learn how to study during prerequisites?

    blackribbon replied to Skippy97's topic in General Nursing

    Studying for nursing class is completely different than studying for the prerequisites. Studying for the actual nursing class is really preparing for the NCLEX, at least at our school. Most schools...

  5. Nursing students who want to be NP's

    blackribbon replied to Teaching the future's topic in General Nursing

    Bedside nurses are treated like they are a low-skill entry level job. We get no respect ... even the ones with years of experience and higher level degrees. I personally think that bedside nurses...

  6. Constipation in a cancer patient

    blackribbon posted a topic in Oncology

    What do you recommend for a end-stage cancer patient (metastasis to the bone and brain) who is constipated from narcotics for pain control but throws up almost all her oral medications? The doctors...

  7. Hysterectomy question

    blackribbon replied to emtlpn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The same doctors that do the hyst are the same ones delivering babies and c-sections. You are going to get better care if you are on the unit that knows those doctors and the doctors know the nurses....

  8. Constipation in a cancer patient

    blackribbon replied to blackribbon's topic in Oncology

    Thank you for responding. Pt was getting zofran and reglan and they didn't seem to help. I think the only thing she was getting orally at the time was a few bites of sherbet to take the important...

  9. Advice for outpatient OB to inpatient

    blackribbon replied to DaniDP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just apply for the positions you are interested in. Our training is full time regardless of the status of the position so you will likely have to either take a leave of absence from your current job...

  10. Please, It's a brief - not a diaper

    blackribbon replied to Glycerine82's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Who are we kidding? They are diapers. Briefs are pull up disposable underwear. Changing the name doesn't change what it is or add dignity to an undignified situation. It is really kind of...

  11. When to call Rapid Response Team?

    blackribbon replied to LUCBSN's topic in Critical Care

    Our hospital has policies to designate when to call a rapid response. Those are guidelines. You call a rapid response when a patient's condition changes or warrants more interaction that you can...

  12. New grad with 2 job offers

    blackribbon replied to Nurseannieb's topic in General Nursing

    Follow your heart and gut and pick the unit that you believe you will be happiest on. The first year is hard enough. Don't make it harder by picking the unit you believe will be the hardest. If you...

  13. Scrubs and Name Tags

    blackribbon replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Please wear clean scrubs daily. We don't really need to mix and match hospital contaminants even if your patient (and scrubs) "look" clean. So the answer to how many sets is simply the number of...

  14. are mandatory scrub color-coding in hospitals the wave of the future?

    blackribbon replied to kelligracie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have worked at a small hospital that didn't care what color scrubs you wore and I now work at a huge teaching hospital where we are color-coded. Personally I like it better when I can look across...

  15. When patients keep calling 911

    blackribbon replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL...I literally had a infection induced delirium patient the same week as I posted. She was on droplet isolation so I had to station myself at her door to discourage her from attempting to leave...

  16. Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    blackribbon replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    20% of all new nurses leave the nursing profession forever in the first year of nursing. That is a scary statistic because we know what they suffered through to get that RN licence. This is my...

  17. When patients keep calling 911

    blackribbon replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We use sitters all the time. We often don't have enough and an NA is forced to sit. Most of my sitters are for elderly dementia patients...though we have and sitters for suicide watch. Again, this...

  18. When patients keep calling 911

    blackribbon replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our hospital has a behavior contract for disruptive patients. If they don't abide by our rules for their safe care (including diet and activity restrictions), then they are saying that they are not...

  19. Staff resistant to change - why?

    blackribbon replied to Kim2020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I see resistance to change by good nurses it usually is related to two things: 1. Too much change at one time...or constant change. When your email has a "new policy" and "new practice" in it...

  20. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

    blackribbon replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Most babies get bathed almost on admission to the postpartum floor. Like I said, it is dependent on the baby not any magic number on the clock. Our floor tends to have around 40 babies at any one...

  21. What was the REAL reason you called off

    blackribbon replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    I only have 3 call-in days a year...I save those for when I am or my kids are actually

  22. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    blackribbon replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You don't have the right to refuse meds that are ordered for the patient and the patient is claiming pain. You also don't get to make medical or psychiatric diagnoses. However, if you believe they...

  23. Nursing Arrogance

    blackribbon replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, although that is just dark humor that allows us to survive a horrifically hard job. However, there are some patients who are dead set on killing themselves in spite of our care and...

  24. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

    blackribbon replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our bath is dependent on the baby's temperature. The baby must have a temperature of 36.8 C before he/she can have a bath. Some babies can have it at admission...some aren't that warm for an entire...

  25. Thought I had been punked. I. Can't. Make. This. Stuff. Up.

    blackribbon replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I don't know how we can educate the public better. I am a bedside nurse and am constantly amazed how many of my patients believe the fever IS the illness. I spend a fair amount of time educating...