Munimula

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1. Unsafe doctor...do I report it?

   Munimula replied to Munimula's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   OH DEAR LORD. This has absolutely nothing personally to do with the surgeon! We work with probably 30 or more surgeons throughout the week. I on my honor do solemnly swear that I have nothing...

2. Unsafe doctor...do I report it?

   Munimula replied to Munimula's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I loathe that expression, "put on your big girl panties". I came here asking for help, not looking to be derided. That is not helpful, only rude. I am a grown women with a husband, two grown...

3. Unsafe doctor...do I report it?

   Munimula replied to Munimula's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Well, this doctor was knowingly in the OR with some sort of virus/bacterial infection and performing surgery. If we, as nurses, came to work that way (fever, diarrhea, vomiting), we would be sent...

4. Unsafe doctor...do I report it?

   Munimula posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Do I report this? Recently a doctor at an elective surgery facility came to work ill. This doctor had a fever, diarrhea, diaphoretic, asked an anesthesiologist to start an iv, fluids and medicines...

5. Leaving Bedside Nursing

   Munimula replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

   Nursing became a second career for me. As an over 40 adult who had worked in other professional environments, I was appalled at the juvenile behavior and backbiting once I graduated and worked on the...

6. Welcome To The Hospital - From Your Nurse

   Munimula replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

   What about "what is your pain level right now in the affected area on the 0-10 scale?" Then you get an extended version of not only the pain in the affected area since it's inception, but what is is...

7. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

   Munimula replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

   Personally, I have never liked "The View" and their political leanings, but, again, that's my own business. As far as the few comments they made regarding the Miss America nurse; who cares? Was it...

8. Part-time?

   Munimula posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was hired par-time on my unit. Frequently I am asked to work more days than my required part-time hours. Am I obligated to pick up more hours? My hiring contract states 40 hours in a two week...

9. PACU pain medication

   Munimula posted a topic in Patient Medications

   I am a new PACU nurse in an ambulatory center (I have been a floor nurse for three years). Even though up to 2 mgs dilaudid (0.5 mg every ten minutes) may be ordered for pain control, patients seem...