RNdynamic

RNdynamic

Critical Care, Float Pool Nursing

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  1. Do you chart lies?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that post was from a phone using autocorrect.

  2. Do you chart lies?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Pts end up that way in the ICU because of nurses not keeping up on regular CIWA assessments and medicating adequately, deferring the assessment until the patient wakes up. What you said you do is...

  3. Do you chart lies?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

  4. Diary of An ECMO Nurse

    RNdynamic replied to nowplayingjc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    May want to transition to something else if you overidentify that

  5. Do you chart lies?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    If someone is having DTs, they aren't going to be on CIWA. They are going to be in the ICU on MINDS. DTs are lethal and involve seizures and cardiac instability. Tons of people undergo DTs because...

  6. Do you chart lies?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    If you are leaving parts of the CIWA assessment blank, then how are you calculating CIWA scores? The point of CIWA is to calculate a score at regular times using a standardized tool. Based on the...

  7. Do you chart lies?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    To do a CIWA assessment, a patient has to be woken up, and you are supposed to wake them up to do it. This is part of the protocol. You can't assess hallucinations, delusions, headache, or even...

  8. Do you chart lies?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I have never seen a nurse get caught for falsifying records in either of the hospitals in which I've worked, but I've seen nurses chart lies all of the time. How would they get caught? In...

  9. CMC Cardiac Medicine Subspecialty Certification

    RNdynamic replied to SICU_Murse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've taken PCCN when I worked in stepdown, which was hard, then I took CCRN after getting off orientation in the ICU and passed that, which I found easier. I tried to take CMC between the time I took...

  10. Why would nurses voluntarily sign up at for profit schools?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in School, College Programs

    So.. no one answered my question as to why they wouldn't go to a brick and mortar school that had an online program for RN to BSN that is way cheaper than for profits... UT arlington and penn state...

  11. Slamming in IVP meds and Running Incompatible Meds Together: Is it as bad as they say

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Patient Medications

    When I graduated from nursing school and worked at my first hospital, I was very diligent about pushing meds at the recommended rate; I remember taking up to 4 to 5 minutes just to push dilaudid,...

  12. Do you ever contend with pesty ancillary staff?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Illegal immigrants come from various countries and races.. so I'm not seeing the racial component,

  13. Do you ever contend with pesty ancillary staff?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    America where an estimated 13 million illegals live?

  14. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A lot of threads discuss whether or not bullying is rampant. I want to give some examples of behaviors and I am interested in people to tell me which one(s) consist of bullying, rude behavior, or...

  15. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This happened to me; I found it to be hostile and audacious. Grabbing stuff out of another person's hands instead of asking is not kosher and in my perspective, violates someone's basic sense of...

  16. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I tend to agree with the above. There are A LOT of bad nurses out there who have been in one position for a long time. I don't respect experienced nurses any more than I do new

  17. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why is the idea that a new nurse on orientation deserves lunch illusory to you? By federal law, working 8 hours entitles you to a 30 minute meal period. If allowing this creates an issue for...

  18. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you intimating that it is okay to talk down to or harshly to a complete stranger for the reason that they are a new nurse and they are on orientation? They are a person too. All people are...

  19. Do you ever contend with pesty ancillary staff?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Unfortunately, some of the ancillary staff think they are being extra diligent, high performers by being annoying and pointing out small, relatively inconsequential things. There is a housekeeper in...

  20. Medical Assistants being called nurses

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

    Unfortunately tons of personnel are presenting themselves as something more than they are. One time I was in the ER for a broken leg and a man came in to tell me my x-ray results, and he was an ER...

  21. 5 year BSN programs - alarming

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Schools such as Drexel, Creighton, and others have introduced 5 year BSN tracks. They consist of more classes than 4 year tracks. Drexel, which is a highly reputable school in PA, requires that you...

  22. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Right. Good luck with your crust. Maybe you want to glorify your flatulence next? It's in the same degree of crudeness and self-deprecation. And I'm sure it does wonders for advancing

  23. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't see it that way. I see them as limited people who have never known anything else. The fact that we have two self-indulgent people in this thread who (1) have a signature proclaiming that they...

  24. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I welcome input. But it's dishonest to reimagine my example and present it as factually different than what I am saying is how it happened. It was not a late lunch, a deferred lunch. It was a total...

  25. Bullying - What is it?

    RNdynamic replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know about you, but I don't feel as productive when I am hungry as when I have eaten. I suggest looking up hunger as a motivational state to learn more. People aren't productive when they...