CodeteamB

CodeteamB

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  1. Am I being selfish?

    CodeteamB replied to magn1jes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe, but so what? As a casual employee you are not obligated to cover anyone. Your employer should be ensuring that they have the staffing to cover sick calls. Perhaps they need another casual...

  2. Do you do the full head to toe patient assessment?

    CodeteamB replied to aywl's topic in Canada

    Ok, I'm a little conflicted on whether to post again, as this thread is kinda dead, but it has been on my mind so I'm going for it. Aywl... the poster from the ER (and please correct me if I am wrong...

  3. Writing multiple times?

    CodeteamB replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

  4. Job that requires certain certificationn questio forr application..

    CodeteamB replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Nursing

    Something along the lines of "I am committed to continuing education and am highly interested in completing my NRP" in your cover

  5. Do you do the full head to toe patient assessment?

    CodeteamB replied to aywl's topic in Canada

    Yeah, you need to be assessing your patients, and this is a totally legitimate issue for someone to complain about. Perhaps you missed something important which the next nurse caught by doing a full...

  6. IV push

    CodeteamB replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

  7. Walk me through your ER

    CodeteamB replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    We are the smallest ER in size in my city but we see the most patients. We are not the trauma center but due to our location many of the assaults, stabbings and gsws end up walking through our door...

  8. RETURNING TO CANADA

    CodeteamB replied to TNOHAZCA's topic in Canada

    Do you know where exactly you want to work? There is a large difference between provinces. If you can narrow it down I'm sure someone can help

  9. wasting time?

    CodeteamB replied to smurfynursey's topic in Emergency

    Ahhhh, the exception that proves the

  10. Sorry state of Nursing ...

    CodeteamB replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

    It's Canada y'all! I agree with everything loriangel said. If you are A&O and acting like a horse's rear you are going to get tuned in real quick, because we have patients, not customers. I...

  11. Electronic cigarettes

    CodeteamB replied to babyjRN's topic in General Nursing

    People use these in the break room at my current job. Totally non-offensive to me (I am very sensitive to cigarette smoke). I have noticed no odour and am happy for my coworkers who are succeeding at...

  12. Infection control question...

    CodeteamB replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, just wash your hands afterwards. When you are at the bank, the grocery store, the playground with your kids you are all touching things that have been touched by people with unknown and,...

  13. Signing your title in everyday signature

    CodeteamB replied to NurseGhostHunter's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, our nurse's notes are still paper. Other things I sign with my name and designation are consents, OR packages, neurological records, alcohol withdrawal sheets, the narcotic sheet, all lab...

  14. Insulin order

    CodeteamB replied to newbiern22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Aside from relying on someone else's reading you are basing your insulin dose on a reading from up to 2 hours ago... nope, not cool. I would not rely on this measurement, and I would advocate for a...

  15. "It's been 2 HOURS!"

    CodeteamB replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, the longest I have ever waited in the ER was 2.5 hours. It was a busy day, and I was triaged level 3. I can't imagine what the media around here would make of a 24 hour *waiting room* wait....

  16. Signing your title in everyday signature

    CodeteamB replied to NurseGhostHunter's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I do this all the time, it just flows out. I usually catch myself halfway through the R so it's either sign RN or P.... Not sure which is

  17. "It's been 2 HOURS!"

    CodeteamB replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    I'm curious. Do you work ER? If so, then where? I am a Canadian ER nurse, in the busiest ER in my city, and I can tell you that the days when our way time gets up to four hours are pretty rare, and...

  18. Question about giving Lovenox

    CodeteamB replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Our prophylactic anticoagulants come with a built in "d/c when patient ambulating well" order. This way it is at the nurse's discretion whether to hold the drug. That being said, there are very few...

  19. How good is your food?

    CodeteamB replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    It's awful. Meal time makes me want to gag, and I just have to smell it, not eat it. When I was in hospital after delivery I ate a yogurt and coffee, then had my husband go out and buy me food when...

  20. Hospital sued for faces drawn on surgical patient

    CodeteamB replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes, that is unbelievable. In the picture she is not intubated.... Which would lead me to think not "fully anesthetized." Am I wrong? (Not that it matters, it just struck me). I can still see...

  21. ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    CodeteamB replied to plinytheRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks for the applause But it's not out of the goodness of my heart, it is an expectation of my job, and any ER nurse who refused to do "floor orders" would not remain employed for long. It's pretty...

  22. ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    CodeteamB replied to plinytheRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The inpatient orders are written in the ER by the inpatient physician, and the ER nurses are responsible for carrying them out until transfer of care is achieved. It is likely at my place of work...

  23. ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    CodeteamB replied to plinytheRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It may be common to have a charting system that doesn't communicate from one area of care to another, but since there are systems that allow for continuity I would say that choosing one that doesn't...

  24. Er predictions

    CodeteamB replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    My city has a big week long festival every summer, that is "drunk and stupid" week, followed closely by "pancreatitis week." Monday mornings are the worst, and it's generally not emergencies, I call...

  25. ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    CodeteamB replied to plinytheRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sounds like the ERs you have worked in are vastly behind the times. Our records are the same in the ER as in the rest of the hospital and the MAR certainly carries over. Reading the OP again, I...