NuGuyNurse2b

NuGuyNurse2b

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  1. Improve the care I give.

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to puckrj's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, the HCAP or whatever type of surveys that hospitals now employ in order to receive money from the gov is widespread. OP won't escape this type of mentality at any other hospital, they are...

  2. Did I harm the patient??

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to RN3468's topic in General Nursing

    None taken, I can tell the few people who responded to your comment obviously misread it. Personally I don't see how they did it, I mean, the syntax was there; they just chose one section of what you...

  3. Pure Wick

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Well in theory it works for pts who are required to maintain bedrest, which are the immediate post ops or someone who's recovering, but they are already arriving with foleys. Most of our population...

  4. Med/ surg nurse to patient ratio

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    ^ 8 on nights is common for my hospital. Hell, there are days where I have 8! On the one hand they stress those survey scores, and then go cheap with the staffing. The two are directly

  5. Just Show Up

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to cookinkate's topic in General Nursing

    I've never ran into that. I sign up for my assignments, they give me my box, I put it in my fridge, and then hit the road on my assigned time. It was good side money for when I was a fresh new...

  6. Do employers ask for transcripts from all colleges attended

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to med246's topic in General Nursing

    I was hired into a new graduate residency program, we had to submit transcripts and letters of

  7. CALL OUT & MAKE UP DAYS in NJ...? IS IT MANDATORY OVERTIME?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to GRAB1's topic in General Nursing

    HA! we have a union and we have the same weekend makeup policy in place. The thing is, it's really there to curb the behavior of calling out on a weekend. If you do it once or even twice in a whole...

  8. Come On People, How Stupid Are You??

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You can see if there's prn nitropaste for that. it affects BP more than it does

  9. Come On People, How Stupid Are You??

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've held BP meds outside of parameters before. I mean not as bad as this scenario, but I've held Lopressor for SBP of 110 even though the parameter

  10. Contacted multiple times for same empty shift

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    They seem to want you to work. Have you given it a second thought? That's probably them calling right

  11. DNR issue

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to micstn's topic in General Nursing

    Document, document, document! Also, at our facility, a DNR order cannot be done verbally or via telephone. The MD simply must enter the order himself. It prevents situations such as

  12. PLEASE HELP: New grad, 3 months into first job, want to quit and leave it off resume

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to roseofmay's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure there are no financial clauses that you may not have been aware of. One of the hospitals I interviewed at offered new grad residency, but if you left before a certain amount of time, you...

  13. Frustrating... ED is Not Critical Care

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to bgxyrnf's topic in Emergency

    I am howling at the "Level None" moniker. I'm going to be using that in my daily vocabulary

  14. Chewed out from family

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly there are people like that everywhere. My experience with a hyper vigilant family member last week went down like this: family member asks current labs, updates, pending exams. Was advised...

  15. Seattle-Virginia Mason Panel Interview New Grad

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to jt47382's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got hired through a new grad panel interview, too. It wasn't intimidating at all... You basically have to sell yourself. My panel consisted of 15 other new grads with 0 experience or non-acute...

  16. Trouble with IV starts on Older Adults

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to DowntheRiver's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught 30-45 degrees, but the experienced nurses on my unit go at an even lower angle, like 10-20. But I find that difficult because of the skin and I just end up nicking the

  17. to AMA or not to AMA?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to newnurse925's topic in General Nursing

    That supervisor sounded like he/she cared more about the hospital's tail than OP's license or patient's rights. You simply cannot restrain someone against their will. We're not talking about a...

  18. Too much facebook

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to orangelate's topic in General Nursing

    Did you guys read that story about the 10 Harvard students whose admittance were rescinded due to some FB posts of theirs? This is how dumb some people are. I would allow the co-worker her...

  19. Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I get that from management too. I simply tell them I'm not giving the patients any excuses, I'm merely explaining the

  20. Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The problem isn't even the family members when it comes to that. I could not care less about their tantrums, but our facility is so hell bent on those...surveys...and that's when the hammer of...

  21. Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If I could, i would "like" this comment x

  22. Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You mean like the cost of their hospital stay? I refer them to billing. From what I was told, we sometimes actually lose money based on some new payment scheme. Our hospital doesn't do itemized...

  23. Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    People usually are understanding, but it can also backfire on you. I had a family member point blank said "I don't care about the other people." So I'm on the fence about it. if it's someone who is...

  24. What do I do now.

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to MissouriRN13's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly how i read it, too. And the other posts from OP is certainly not painting a prettier picture of the behavior. Sorry I wouldn't want to work with this person, nor have her take care of...

  25. Nursing is not what it is made out to be..

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to ModernRN's topic in General Nursing

    then don't...no one made you read this