canoehead BSN, RN

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    Any suggestions

    canoehead replied to Ambersmom's topic in General Nursing

    I also had that problem, and included a recent performance appraisal, because I knew they would only confirm employment
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    Needing Advise!!!

    canoehead replied to asnewnurse2017's topic in General Nursing

    No debate for me, submit your notice as soon as you get the ER position. If you had gone into a welcoming environment with good teachers you might have loved the OR, but that didn't happen. Their...
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    Triage?

    canoehead replied to bunnylovinggrl's topic in General Nursing

    Medical assistants may not even know the true meaning of "triage." Lots that post here don't know how much they don't know. I think anyone hiring for a true triage position would require more than MA...
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    Men not helpful

    canoehead replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You aren't having a male/female issue. You're having a lazy bum/team player issue. You are going to have people that stand around at the desk at every job you take. Pointing it out to them just makes...
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    Anyone having a hard time getting over the verbal abuse?

    canoehead replied to kayleeschiff's topic in General Nursing

    I want to add, if one doc wants clarification from another doc about the treatment plan, they should really talk to each other. The nurse is not a go
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    canoehead replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a get your ass to work nurse, and even I don't want you walking in a storm. Our hospital has members of the public that will come out in their 4 wheel drive vehicles to get essential staff, but...
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    Can i be fired

    canoehead replied to Joshua08's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes. If the people around you are offended it doesn't matter what your intentions
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    canoehead replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    That brings to mind one of my pet peeves. They mandate flu vaccines, but during flu season the number and quality of housekeeping services stays exactly the same. A good wipe down of common surface...
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    Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    canoehead replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Can you not talk to your officemate and negotiate the issue? Agree on quiet hours, ask them to wear headphones for a couple hours in the afternoon? Maybe its not a dealbreaker for them but it surely...
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    gender "issues"

    canoehead replied to rac1's topic in Psychiatric

    Because sexuality is on a continuum, and as we learn more scientifically, we are becoming more flexible in our approach to gender identity. Because a black/white approach might be wrong, and could...
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    Smoking outside

    canoehead replied to LTC_DON's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I believe this already went to court, at least in Canada. You cannot force staff to accompany patients out to
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    gender "issues"

    canoehead replied to rac1's topic in Psychiatric

    I think that if I had been born with male parts, I would have lived my life as a male, and not had any conflict about it. I had trouble understanding the need to dress and act like the opposite sex,...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    canoehead replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    You all seem to think that the hospital wants to maximize health and minimize readmissions. NOPE. They want to maximize profit. Profit, profit, profit. So if that means beds that will turn you, and...
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    When To Call The On Call Doctor

    canoehead replied to MJ48's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If its in your assessment, then you make the call. I would take exception to an offgoing RN telling me to make a call based on her
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    Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    canoehead replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    If its not bothering anyone else, and the nurse does a decent job, I don't care if they play death metal. If someone else has to listen to it, then that's another
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    60 Days In

    canoehead posted a topic in Correctional

    Is anyone watching this show (on A&E)? The inmates get their meds and walk away with them, then pool the drugs to get high. Why is nursing allowing that? I always assumed that prisons would be...
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    Thermometer? Looking for cost Effective and Reliable

    canoehead replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    I used temporal artery thermometers at an ER I used to work in. They are laughable for accuracy, and as much as five degrees out from the rectal temp. It was more accurate to feel the child's forehead...
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    What kind of lawyer can answer my questions?

    canoehead replied to 1blueheron's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt the board would approve of my response. I would say "no" on the grounds that its none of their business. I passed the nursing program, passed the NCLEX and I've worked for x amount of years,...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    canoehead replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    No one has even hinted at
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    Are some people just not cut out for ICU?

    canoehead replied to TigerGalLE's topic in MICU, SICU

    Given the problems you've had, I wouldn't hire her as a CNA. Late every day, leaving without giving report, no insight into her faults...she couldn't keep a job at a self respecting McDonalds. I get...
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    Should ED put in lines before sending up arrest patients?

    canoehead replied to Paris01's topic in MICU, SICU

    I suppose you want your lines untangled too? Darn ICU
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    Different job, same feeling

    canoehead replied to fannymae16's topic in MICU, SICU

    A two year commitment, or what? Did they give you a bonus, or make you sign a contract? If its a hostile work environment, move on. I bet you can get any ICU job you like, if you are currently...
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    Pain scale

    canoehead replied to nurseequestrian's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient states a 4, and you need a 5 to give meds, just use the FLACC (nonverbal pain scale) and document that you assess their pain at 6/10. That will give a clear reason as to why you gave...
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    Efficient shift report

    canoehead replied to HannahMarine30's topic in Critical Care

    I'm one of those nurses that asks a lot of questions. (I'm in the ER)I know perfectly well that the offgoing nurse might not know the answers, but if they do, it saves me from looking it up, or asking...
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    LTC facility - O2 delivery for respiratory distress

    canoehead replied to WCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    An alternative was to use the NRB at 6lpm, but snip off the nose piece so it was no longer a sealed mask. That would be the equivalent of giving blowby, and solve the problem of mouthbreathing. I...