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plumrn BSN, RN

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  1. What factors do you think have changed that has an impact on healthcare

    plumrn replied to nursingsteph's topic in General Nursing

    bossynurse101 has my vote. That is the major difference I have seen in my years of nursing. When I was a new nurse, all I worried about was taking good care of my patients, and in turn, they were so...

  2. So angry right now. Warning: Extremely long

    plumrn replied to HappyPediRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just wanted to say how sorry I am for your families experience. I think you are on the right track with your plan. Hope your father gets the care he deserves and answers to all your questions. My Mom...

  3. I hate direct admits

    plumrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is so maddening! They come directly from the doc's office. You would think that you would have all the orders you need either with the pt or being faxed to you shortly, including all home...

  4. Ever have a blood bag explode?

    plumrn replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was squeezing the blood bag trying to get it to go thru the leukocyte filter a little faster (? I think that's what it was called-it was several years ago), and the filter and the bag separated...

  5. How many hours do you work?

    plumrn replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Nursing

    I went to class/clinicals Mon-Thur, and worked 0645-2315 on Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday was my only day off and I used it to do all the papers and studying for school. It worked for me. I was really...

  6. My nurse book club announced it is going out of business.

    plumrn replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Was that the Nurses Book Society? I used to have a subscription to this one years ago. I loved it! I bought so many wonderful books. I then realized how much I was actually spending over time and...

  7. Big Brother - Hypoglycemia Seizure

    plumrn replied to Sara5229's topic in General Nursing

    I thought if in doubt, & no way to check quickly, you treat it as hypoglycemia? Hypoglycemia comes on fast. Hyperglycemia is slower and you have more time to react and realize what is going

  8. "Weekends aren't a shift!"

    plumrn replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    If they pay you for your lunch, they can keep you from leaving your unit. Our policy says, employees are strongly encouraged to take their assigned lunchbreaks IF the unit workload allows. Our...

  9. staffing model/grid

    plumrn replied to Colts1RN's topic in General Nursing

    To begin with, your pt load is too high. Surgeries with peds mixed in is too high acuity, especially combined with such a high turnover of pts. Your staff turnover will never get better with all that...

  10. more than nursing professionals wearing scrubs

    plumrn replied to wearingmanyhats's topic in General Nursing

    There are several companies that sell uniforms out there. Look at the uniforms they wear in hotels, fast-food restaurants, grocery stores, etc. They are usually no-iron & wrinkle free, and some...

  11. more than nursing professionals wearing scrubs

    plumrn replied to wearingmanyhats's topic in General Nursing

    Sometime back our hospital was going to make nurses start wearing all white again, because patients/visitors couldn't tell us from housekeeping/dietary/pharmacy staff, etc.. We argued that nurses...

  12. I asked my doctor to get me a licensed person to give me an injection

    plumrn replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree you have a right to ask for a licensed nurse. I think you just went a little far, or overboard in your explanation to her. It seemed a little

  13. Verbal orders...what about them?

    plumrn replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    I thought verbal orders were a no-no with Jcaho now anyway? We are only allowed to take 'Read back telephone orders'; no verbal orders allowed. It it different

  14. Gastric Bypass: trading one set of problems for another?

    plumrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Scary to me. A friend of mine had the surgery and he has been in ICU several times with complications from GI bleeding to renal failure. Wonder if the Lap Band procedure has many complications? Anyone...

  15. Disrespect of LTC nurses by acute care (even though BMs neglected in hospitals)

    plumrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. LTC nurses do tend to get attitude from some in the healthcare field, and I don't understand it. They have such an overwhelming job with few resources to support them. We have pts...

  16. Nurse-Patient Ratios

    plumrn replied to pattin13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That's wonderful! It is not the norm I can tell you. We are pretty close to you with usually start with 5, may be up to 7 before the shift ends. If you stay at 5 it's usually because you discharged 2...

  17. Appearance at work

    plumrn replied to peds_cna's topic in General Nursing

    I love mineral makeup. So quick and easy and looks natural. I have very dry skin and have to moisturize my face every night and a light moisturizer in the morning. Brush on the makeup, mascara and...

  18. Retiring, what is that?

    plumrn replied to lola2B's topic in General Nursing

    Most nurses don't work into their 60's (I don't think??). Some days I think I'll work until retirement age of 67. Other days I don't think I could make it to 57! I think the money will be better the...

  19. Anyone else gotten this?

    plumrn replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    I got a similar one in the mail, but threw it in the trash. They know nothing about me or my career except that I received a certification- like thousands of others. How prestigious can that be?...

  20. Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

    plumrn replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    I remember doing C&A's (clinitest and acetest) on urine samples Qid, ac and hs. The results told us how much insulin on the sliding scale to give. Amazing to think about now! I remember telling...

  21. gift ideas for christmas to co-workers

    plumrn replied to Ms.RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We usually draw names and do a Secret Santa. It's fun and no one gets their feelings hurt because they didn't receive a present from

  22. *sigh* Bad evening

    plumrn replied to BookwormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Somehow it is never easy to relate everything you did in a shift, but you know it was CRAZY, and you don't want to face it again. Thru the years I have had bad shifts where I did not want to go back,...

  23. Checking placement on a PEG tube?

    plumrn replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    How do you test a peg tube for placement? A bolus of air? If so, wouldn't you hear the air even if it wasn't in the stomach? We always check for residual, but I've never checked any other way. Someone...

  24. I'm scared!

    plumrn replied to lj118004a's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, I remember having the same fear! I always had someone to go to when I had a worry about a pt, and felt like I wasn't going to have to be the 'decision-maker'- the RN would be. After becoming an...

  25. Don't wanna always give baths, clean up feces, etc., where to work?

    plumrn replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors office, clinics, management, teaching, school nurse are a few I can think of. However, in some of these you may be cleaning the rare event. The chemo & dialysis nurses occasionally have to...