BlueLightRN

BlueLightRN

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  1. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    BlueLightRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a low-income clinic in a large midwestern city. I make 48,809 yearly salary (before taxes) with no holiday or OT pay, no shift differential and pay for my own benefits out of my salary. I...

  2. Do you ever hold Lantus?

    BlueLightRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    If my patient is going to be NPO or can't keep down food for some reason, I will hold, otherwise, give unless the patient is having constant lows, in which case I would talk to the provider about new...

  3. Do you ever feel like a social worker?

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The doctors don't help either. Next time the patient is in: Well, their labs are worse, not better. Didn't you talk to them about diet, exercise, and medication? Yes, doctor, but they can't afford the...

  4. Do you ever feel like a social worker?

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I try to listen but we see 150 patients a day and I rarely even get a lunch let alone a break. Some days I do not even get to pee. I feel so helpless when the doctor asks me to talk to a patient but...

  5. Do you ever feel like a social worker?

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The issue here is this though. I CANNOT SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. I cannot get him more money or food. I cannot even get anyone else in for food pantries at this point because there are no openings. I...

  6. Patient of our Clinic has no one and nothing for Christmas

    BlueLightRN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I know what the answer to this will be but I wanted to discuss with other nurses about it. She has no family and will have no Christmas dinner or Christmas gifts. She is also battling a disease that...

  7. Patient of our Clinic has no one and nothing for Christmas

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    We do have a social worker, but patients wait months to get in with her. And most of the time the patients at our clinic who see the social worker have such serious problems that loneliness feels like...

  8. Patient of our Clinic has no one and nothing for Christmas

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I didn't do anything for her although it feels like I should have. I don't know, I just feel

  9. Don't you just hate it when a patient yells at you?

    BlueLightRN replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    I constantly get yelled at by patients every day. Work in what people think is a free/walk-in clinic although it's not. Usually about costs and pain meds. Or not getting what they

  10. Anyone getting calls for flu shots?

    BlueLightRN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am already getting calls all the time- is your office offering flu shots? Nope, not yet. Anybody

  11. Patients who ask if you got a flu shot

    BlueLightRN replied to RxOnly's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I got mine today so I'd just say, yes, I don't want to have a higher risk of flu so I got one. No

  12. Hospital sued for faces drawn on surgical patient

    BlueLightRN replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    It's not like they were at a party and they drew a mustache on a passed out drunk coworker or something. A patient who was vulnerable they took advantage of, this is

  13. Cover letter, ok to admit wanting better hours?

    BlueLightRN replied to MrsNicuNurse's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    You can use it as a reason for leaving your old job and it's not an insult to your old

  14. Anyone getting calls for flu shots?

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    LOL didn't ask for the conspiracy theorists to tell me what they feel about the flu vaccine but I guarantee it's not a ploy to make money for big pharma, vaccines save lives. We finally got the...

  15. Pain is better but still hurts sometimes/a little

    BlueLightRN posted a topic in Pain Management

    Is there a kind way to explain to patients that we can help their pain but not make it go away completely? And they can't take 5 times the ordered dose of pain meds because "that makes it so I don't...

  16. Patients with many needs taking up too much time

    BlueLightRN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I had a patient in the other day for a visit that was needed for DM. Now, this was a generous 30 minute appointment time with the case manager to begin with. But all she wanted to talk about was...

  17. Patients with many needs taking up too much time

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I kind of feel this way too. I get referrals for diabetes case management and other chronic problems that the patients need help handling. But most of the time these patients don't care about handling...

  18. orienting: have different "opinions" on holding insulin. who do I listen to?

    BlueLightRN replied to gigi918's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always give long-acting for the most part. I had one patient on long-acting at night and he was getting TID with meals at night shortly before the long-acting. I noticed he was always low in the AM...

  19. Pain is better but still hurts sometimes/a little

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Pain Management

    We're outpatient, so I will not be doing any massage or exercises with these patients (especially since a lot of them are fairly gross, not to be mean but we see a lot of patients whom I don't touch...

  20. Have we lost the "art" of nursing?

    BlueLightRN replied to Barbara Hunter's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I want to scream at people whining and moaning and complaining and taking everything out on me or dumping on me... I AM A PERSON

  21. Patients with many needs taking up too much time

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The patients get referred to me because they're not handling their problems well on their own to begin with though so these aren't the most responsible proactive patients already...

  22. Patients with many needs taking up too much time

    BlueLightRN replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I would LOVE that sign

  23. Cry baby CNAs

    BlueLightRN replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll start off by saying I love my CNAs, they bust butt and they're awesome. But I've had lazy, rude, and stupid ones as well working with me. They want as much money as I make? They're not...

  24. Have we lost the "art" of nursing?

    BlueLightRN replied to Barbara Hunter's topic in General Nursing

    I think the "art" has to be something you just know to do. If a 105 year old diabetic woman who is very sick is dying and wants some ice cream, I'm giving it to her. Why suffer if you can enjoy your...

  25. Scripted responses to difficult phone conversations with patients

    BlueLightRN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Anyone have any responses they use they'd like to share? I have to call patients frequently and explain things they don't want to hear. Their meds were denied by insurance and we had to change. No,...