DesiDani

DesiDani

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  1. Do you consider it helpful or not to be given a Pt’s attitude during a report?

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Did you hear of the incident where a family set up a hidden camera in the nursing home. Caught the RN ignoring their dad's cry for help before he died. Nursing Home Hidden Camera Shows Dying Vet's...

  2. What's your best 'Nurse Hack'?

    DesiDani replied to KimasaurusRex's topic in General Nursing

    Very hard of hearing patients, I place the ear part in the patient's ear and talk into the other

  3. Possible reactions from your patients if suggested alternative pain relief

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was listening to NPR and some doctor said that doctors need to suggest acupuncture, massage, and other things instead of opioid pain medication. I know there is an epidemic, but how can experts say...

  4. Is it wrong to tell patient that they might physically hurt you

    DesiDani posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You have a patient that insist on leaning on you. You have a patient that refuses to use a hoyer lift. Is it wrong to tell these patients that you too can be

  5. What was your scariest threat from a patient or family member

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please share how your employee handled the situation and how you dealt with

  6. 1 nurse gets assaulted by a cop HUGE STORY, what of the many assaulted everyday

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sure you heard of ER nurse that was forcibly arrested for refusing to draw blood. That was one incident, what about the ones where patients and family members attack nurses and

  7. Is it wrong to tell patient that they might physically hurt you

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hchapp

  8. What was your scariest threat from a patient or family member

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Your story makes me sad for the nurse and angry at the man and your job.

  9. Is it wrong to tell patient that they might physically hurt you

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm aware that you should never compromise your body. Yet, how do you tell a pt without them thinking that you just don't want to help at all or that you are just

  10. I can't give report to this nurse anymore !!

    DesiDani replied to Student2017555's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You True, but you know she is following a "good in theory, not in practice policy" that mgt has. So how is she going to say "I'm traumatized that I'm zeaolously following a rule that that you set and...

  11. I can't give report to this nurse anymore !!

    DesiDani replied to Student2017555's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have to play devil's advocate for a second. When something goes wrong mgt will be first ask "well did you check it during your report?" So perhaps that happened to her? She may be overdoing it, but...

  12. I can't give report to this nurse anymore !!

    DesiDani replied to Student2017555's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People like that have probably got dinged for something in the past. I wouldn't be surprise if a disciplinary action is on her on her

  13. Why in 2017 do people still believe that if you are at a computer you are goofing off

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was reading an article on how nurses were too busy to comfort patients in GB. Many of the comments claimed that nurses weren't busy and that they were lazy. They spent their time at the nurse...

  14. How to deal with a bully patient?

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently we had a patient who was a bully. He got to do things that other patients weren't allowed to do. Many of the nurses were scared of him and just let him be. He basically ruled the floor. So...

  15. How to deal with a bully patient?

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is that one shift will let a bully get away with something and then when the next shift tries to enforce the rules a big stink usually happens. Eventually people just give

  16. How to deal with a bully patient?

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse told me that a patient actually told her "I know that when make a scene I get what I

  17. When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Cap, white stockings, and all. Do you have

  18. Have you gained sympathy for Nurse Ratched

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Since becoming a nurse? She is the fictional nurse in "One flew over the coucoo nest", typically synonymous with an evil cruel

  19. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    CEUs, BLS/ACLS renewals, and general state requirements you name it. Cheating, cheating, and more no shame cheating. Am I the only one who finds it disturbing and is the problem as systematic as I...

  20. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Sour lemon, may have been in the wrong,but the instructor was too. Like I said

  21. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Imaginary pot. Like my thread saying some nurses chart things that never happened. It happens. Nurses aren't all

  22. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work is now all computerized. You go into a room, log in, and take the test. I overheard one person being paid to take the test for someone

  23. Have you gained sympathy for Nurse Ratched

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I wander if every nurse has a little Nurse Ratched in

  24. When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

    DesiDani replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Just popped up in my head. An older lpn wore the whole set up, skirt and

  25. Should chest compression and breaths be done at the same time

    DesiDani posted a topic in General Nursing

    A RN said during a code, you don't worry about counting 30:2. You just do compressions and breaths at the some time. That's news to me. What say