0.adamantite

0.adamantite

Acute Care - Adult, Med Surg, Neuro

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  1. Cliques in Nursing

    0.adamantite posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is a 'clique' a my work, one of them a bully that I know outside of work (catty type of woman who picks on other's appearances, makes fun of obese people, etc). I'm not a part of it and don't...

  2. Have you ever had an accident driving to work in a snow storm?

    0.adamantite replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    I usually work evenings or nights. One evening shift when I was working as a CNA, we had a horrible ice storm. I called my fiance to bring his truck as we only lived 5 minutes away. When we got...

  3. Simultaneous admissions (vent)

    0.adamantite replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    We do our own admissions, our charge does not take an

  4. Top Ten Reasons for Being Fired - Falsification of Documentation

    0.adamantite replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice. I am going to do my best now to charge when I did something at the time I did it. It's so hard though when you're pulled in a million directions, particularly at the beginning...

  5. Charity Patients

    0.adamantite replied to sammiesmom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Back to the topic, we have had patients who have been there many months. Most of the time they are sex offenders, felons, or confused & violent elderly that are not safety able to be discharged...

  6. Tired of hearing about the kids.

    0.adamantite replied to TECHTORNHOPEFULLY's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a family but NO KIDS. Women without kids are discriminated against in the workplace. We work all kinds of hours "because we don't have kids." We work many of the holidays because "we don't have...

  7. Top Ten Reasons for Being Fired - Falsification of Documentation

    0.adamantite replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    How should I acknowledge it? I do this about 95% of the time. We document electronically on flow

  8. Top Ten Reasons for Being Fired - Falsification of Documentation

    0.adamantite replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    So if I do a dressing change at 2000, but don't document it until I get time at 2300, I need to put 'late entry?' I'm just clarifying, because many times I won't document my assessments until many...

  9. Passing things on

    0.adamantite replied to Nanz_B's topic in General Nursing

    I would say it depends on what is getting passed on as an OP stated. I've had a blood transfusion passed on to me and I was NOT happy. I have also had a number of enemas passed to me and also was NOT...

  10. Got to use my neuro skills in real life!

    0.adamantite replied to RunninNurse's topic in General Students

    Even if the OP didn't learn anything from this thread, I did. I am a medical-surgical nurse and would have had no idea what to do in this situation. I would have know NOT to move the person. But...

  11. Can an RN administer general anesthesia?

    0.adamantite replied to Tinkk's topic in General Nursing

    I have nothing to add but wow, I had my wisdom teeth removed a long time ago and I wondered about that. I too have no recollection of the events. It was a nurse who administered the medication. All I...

  12. How do you manage/use your sick time?

    0.adamantite posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a newer nurse (between 1-2 years experience) but in my previous jobs I've only ever called in sick if I physically cannot crawl out of bed to go in. I could count the number of times I've called...

  13. What does a prescription refill nurse do?

    0.adamantite posted a topic in General Nursing

    Curious if anyone has ever heard of this job title

  14. Cops and Nurses

    0.adamantite replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if this has to do with the fact that a large proportion of cops are married to nurses (at least in my anecdotal

  15. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    0.adamantite replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL. Only in

  16. Getting doctors to listen to me

    0.adamantite replied to kamccle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, doctors listen to me and other nurses. On my second day out of orientation, after calling about a troublesome NG tube, a doctor asked me - "What do you think we should do?" with genuine...

  17. Medical-Surgical Nursing (Med-Surg)

    0.adamantite replied to traumaRUs's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It takes a strong person to be a medical-surgical nurse. I have been one for a little over a year. Many nurses are unwilling or very resistant to float to our floor. The patients we receive are...

  18. Violent patients.

    0.adamantite posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We get quite a few patients who are verbally and physically abusive. Many of them are confused, but some are not. Our unit culture allows this type of treatment of staff. There is no support from...

  19. Violent patients.

    0.adamantite replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I mean, I wouldn't have the guts to stand up to the patient most times because if it was just me, I'd fear for my safety. If I was management, I would talk to the physicians about discharge and bring...

  20. Septic shock and reaction to Rocephin/Ceftriaxone

    0.adamantite replied to biscuitmama's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Nothing to add here but this thread is a great pathophysiology

  21. Drug Seeker Stories

    0.adamantite replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Patient - Demanding "Demadex" constantly. "Give me my Demadex!!!" Pain 10/10. I called the doctor multiple times about the pain, the Demadex, etc. We are both so confused. Finally the patient goes...

  22. pt falls

    0.adamantite replied to ekeeven's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have see falls from malfunctioning bed alarms, leaving people in the bathroom alone who are fall risks, low hgb/narcotic induced dizziness, slipping and falling on spilled water/urine. I would look...

  23. Should we teach unlicensed caregiver . . . . .

    0.adamantite replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We teach laypeople do to subQ injections all the time (when they are going home on Lovenox, for example, or insulin injections). I also agree with the liquid

  24. Protocol for dirty linen?

    0.adamantite replied to NRuiz's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you bring a linen bag into the room, you can tie it onto a bedrail and put the linens in

  25. How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    0.adamantite replied to FineAgain's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This is genious and something I've never thought of before - diluting with fluids from the running line. So do you pinch off the part of the line running to the patient, and then draw back fluids from...