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1. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   guest64485 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   Additional volunteers to utilize as mentioned earlier in this thread is a great suggestion. Regarding utilizing technology, the two things I can think of are : -improved call bell system. If a...

2. About to quit med-surg

   guest64485 replied to Newbie_1's topic in Medical-Surgical

   7:1 dayshift is absolutely unsafe, especially when you have no tech help for some of them. Ridiculous. Is the ratio the same on nights? Perhaps request a shift

3. Clinic vs. Floor nursing

   guest64485 replied to MingaL's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked both, and there are pros and cons to both. Inpatient all depends on the floor, the ratios that you will have and support staff available. I LOVE inpatient med surg work but the working...

4. What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

   guest64485 replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

   Disturbed energy field. We talked in class about how ridiculous it was as we were learning about

5. "Best Practice" would be to have more nurses.

   guest64485 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   During a meeting where staffing was brought up we were told by the manager that we had too much overtime to allow funds to hire more staff...... ......

6. Get CNA cert? Before NP?

   guest64485 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   CNA experience can be helpful. The largest positive is that it will get you comfortable with working intimately with patients. You'll also get exposure to some of the basics, such as blood sugars,...

7. Not enough equipment

   guest64485 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately this is a routine complaint. The most common shortages I've experienced have been dynamaps, pulse ox's, and unfortunately even christmas trees and portable oxygen. It is a frequent...

8. Office Nurse vs Hospital Nurse

   guest64485 replied to MaleNurseYH's topic in General Nursing

   Totally depends on your individual interests, goals, lifestyle(scheduling), staffing levels at your specific facility, etc. I LOVE working hospital med-surg but the physical aspect is something I...

9. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   guest64485 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   So KindaBack, you quoted me, where I said that I had just responded to this issue in my last post. That post (#153) quoted/responded to you specifically and gave specific examples. So I guess you...

10. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    guest64485 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Several people including myself have already responded to

11. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    guest64485 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    People have already touched upon this issue. Report highlights important areas that might otherwise take a longer amount of time to glean from the chart and could be overlooked. In addition, there...

12. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    guest64485 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, that's awful! Reports are very important to highlight critical areas of information/concern, including social issues that aren't appropriate to be written in the chart. Is there any way they can...

13. Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    guest64485 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Loved bedside report as a patient. Once I received important information about my condition that no one bothered to tell me earlier. Liked bedside report as a nurse too - too often something about...

14. Advice on how to leave job

    guest64485 replied to nurse1006's topic in General Nursing

    Always offer 2 weeks notice. It is up to the manager if they want to take you up on that offer or not. Always word your resignation letter very vague and positive "This letter is to inform you of my...

15. Floor Nursing vs. Doctor's Office

    guest64485 replied to addiewaad's topic in General Nursing

    Working conditions are a major difference between the two. It is SO nice to be able to go to the bathroom in the clinic without your phone ringing in there. You can get an actual lunch and sometimes...