chrisrn24

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1. Would YOU have reported it?

   chrisrn24 replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

   Honestly no. It's not a terribly serious error. I would just mention it next time you see

2. Where to look for non-traditional hours?

   chrisrn24 replied to tsm007's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Are you limited because your day care hours? Do you think that an in home day care could be more flexible? Is it possible if your SO or whoever would be able to watch the baby overnight push their own...

3. Long hair unrestrained at work

   chrisrn24 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I prefer how I look with my hair down. Sometimes I go to work with wet hair too, so I'll leave it down while charting, getting report but put it up when doing personal cares with a

4. Orientation for a new grad

   chrisrn24 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I had approx 6 weeks of full time training before I was on my own. I was a new

5. I'm supposed to what now?

   chrisrn24 replied to jojo489's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   To me this is not black and white. There are times where I've given morphine SL PRN to a sleeping patient who did not request it and I don't regret it. PRN is up to my discretion too and I decided...

6. Smelly nursing home what to do?

   chrisrn24 replied to middleagednurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   It may not be people with UTIs, but rather a cleanliness issue. I have some people with chronically foul urine that don't have

7. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

   chrisrn24 replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I don't work in a hospital but I agree. I'm very susceptible to illness. If there's a stomach bug or cold going around at work, I never fail to get it despite frequent hand washing and cleaning my...

8. Do you have to call your nurse manager before you call the doctor?

   chrisrn24 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   We don't have this policy but we are supposed to call the DON after an

9. Tips on taking vitals on the elderly

   chrisrn24 replied to negatron's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Sometimes I've found that the radial pulse is not always where it should be. Feel

10. How Many Night Nurses Attend Meetings?

    chrisrn24 replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nope if it's not at 0700 I won't

11. Could this be construed as "abuse"?

    chrisrn24 replied to Pat_Pat RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My mom actually was having her BP checked a few months ago and cried out in pain. She never complains about stuff so I know it hurts. I have a lady at work who is severely contracted and I can't get a...

12. Narc Count Disaster

    chrisrn24 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Why is Joe always flustered and insisting on changing the count? Joe would be the one I would

13. INAs in the chart?

    chrisrn24 replied to Sbrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Obviously chart that the incident occurred in the progress notes but don't write "incident report completed." Does that make sense? You can have a copy of the incident report in the chart but don't...

14. Trouble with MAR

    chrisrn24 replied to weezielou's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Why don't they just write "cymbalta 90 mg" and then the nurses have to figure out its a 30 mg cap with a 60 mg

15. Medical Assistants being called nurses

    chrisrn24 replied to Ethicsrn4life's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand why the office staff call them nurse - because traditionally offices are staffed with nurses and most people expect that. The title of MA may be confusing. But it doesn't mean it's right....