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  1. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    guest64485 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't telling the patient the floor is short staffed make them more likely to sue the hospital instead of the nurse? Were I to lie and say that things were fine, I'd figure that the patient would...

  2. Disheartened at work

    guest64485 replied to Ellekat's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sorry Ellekat, I don't have a whole lot of encouragement for you as I've found it to be the same way. Hospitals seem to treat their med surg nurses very poorly, and both nurse and patient suffers...

  3. Advice w/ administering meds

    guest64485 replied to Nursey103's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You're welcome! Some docs who write that order will include "do not surpass 4g tylenol" but not all will. Oftentimes the doc will order "1-2 tabs q 4 hours" because while hopefully 1 tablet will...

  4. Advice w/ administering meds

    guest64485 replied to Nursey103's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Think of alcoholics - these people can ingest a tremendous amount of alcohol and still be 'sober', whereas a fraction of what they took could cause another person to pass out. Many people have been...

  5. How do you get that CONFIDENCE

    guest64485 replied to anewday's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honestly, you should fake it(around patients) until you actually have that confidence. For example, don't walk in and say "I'm going to try to get an IV in you", say "I'm going to put an IV in you"....

  6. Air in the line!!! What am I doing wrong?

    guest64485 replied to juliannaUT's topic in General Nursing

    Shiccy's method is what I've used and it has worked well for me. One other tip if you've already got your tubing set up: attach an empty syringe to the port where the secondary IV would normally...

  7. Best NCLEX review guides, figured I would ask folks who have passed!

    guest64485 replied to StudentAmie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No matter what you decide to go with, I'd recommend at least a 2 step approach, don't focus on one book alone to cut it. What worked very well for me 1-saved all my study guides for each semester's...

  8. New RN question?

    guest64485 replied to Traci88's topic in Medical-Surgical

    As the poster before me wrote, he may have been comfortable due to his last dose. It is important to stay ahead of pain. In this case, without knowing much about that patient, as long as his...

  9. Disillusioned, Depression, or Both?

    guest64485 replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    Your examples are the reason why I left the hospital for good. I simply couldn't be the nurse I wanted to be there because of short staffing, and at times it was very unsafe. (At bare minimum, I...

  10. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    guest64485 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of when management was telling us we needed to say the line "I have the time" to patients every time we are in their room. It is very frustrating how they want us to lie to patients to...

  11. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    guest64485 replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious, for those who are staunch opponents against saying you are short staffed, what do you say when a patient directly asks you if you are short staffed (and the truth is the

  12. Calling for help!

    guest64485 replied to Tepidorchid's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on the location of the nurse/patient. If both are already in the hospital, you can call on your charge nurse, or call the specialty department for an answer to a specific question...

  13. ANA- political action committee

    guest64485 replied to Epona's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agree with the poster above, NNU gets things

  14. The Suicide Tourist

    guest64485 replied to JRD2002's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the link to watch the program FRONTLINE: the suicide tourist: introduction |

  15. Should I accept this position? I need advice!

    guest64485 replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

    I think you answered your own question here! You listed a lot more negatives about taking this position than positives. You've got a lot going on and if you are not in dire straits money wise, I'd...

  16. Love/Hate relationship with nursing..........help

    guest64485 replied to SadRN2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unfortunately most hospitals are the same. They purposefully understaff in order to save money, and everything falls on the nurse. While experience helps with any job, it can't fix the 'not enough...

  17. Question about office job vs. hospital job

    guest64485 replied to ShiphrahPuah's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    You are correct that many offices are moving towards more and more MAs/MOAs to save money. But if I remember my scopes of practice correctly you still need RNs to do certain things like medication...

  18. to go or not go to pinning ceremony?

    guest64485 replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    To reply to Sensual's post, I refer her to laura's post above. I did not go to my pinning and am happy I didn't. It should be an individual

  19. quantitative stethoscope comparisons?

    guest64485 replied to tyler's topic in General Nursing

    This is an old thread, but maybe this will help someone who is looking for a numerical comparison of steths. Granted these are only the littmann types, but still useful I think Compare Stethoscopes...

  20. smokers

    guest64485 replied to getoverit's topic in General Nursing

    If someone is off the floor that means someone else must be covering their patients. I really don't buy that smokers as a whole are a more efficient group. More likely, the more a person is off the...

  21. Is this bizarre?

    guest64485 replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Management pressuring orientation nurses to end orientation early is very typical, though usually without such force as this, and usually not this early into the orientation. If he is in a non-union...

  22. getting patients to use their incentive spirometer

    guest64485 replied to angelsr28's topic in General Nursing

    Get the family involved. They are often itching for some way to help out anyway and this makes them feel useful. Remind the patient about the IS and why its important, explain again to them and the...

  23. Uninterrupted breaks

    guest64485 replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly as it has been said earlier - in most cases, taking a break means burdening another nurse with your patients meaning she has 12 or more to care for at one time, and that's just not humanly...

  24. Do you guys really hate nursing this much?

    guest64485 replied to damaranicole's topic in General Nursing

    Saying this person wasn't cut out for nursing is not looking at the whole picture. She worked in nursing for 11 years, not just a few months. A person can get VERY burnt out by not being able to be...

  25. What do you hate the most (if anything at all) about your job?

    guest64485 replied to kika72's topic in General Nursing

    Poor staffing to the point where it is dangerous for the patient at times. I've gone home once trembling, thanking my lucky stars that my patient didn't die on me because he was ICU level and I...