Karou

Karou

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  1. What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    Karou replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    True. Thank you for the

  2. What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    Karou replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I think a combination of nursing judgement and facility policy can be used to differentiate between what you should and should not tell your patient. I have no problem telling my patients their labs...

  3. Documenting Others Meds

    Karou replied to Mr Sacdiff's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We have that option as well with our EMAR, but I interpreted it differently... I thought the "given by other" can only be documented if you witnessed the "someone else" give it. Like if a surgeon did...

  4. Patients taking selfies in clinical areas

    Karou replied to whichone'spink's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I have no words! People amaze

  5. Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    Karou replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We are supposed to do bedside report but it isn't strictly enforced unless our manager happens to pop in early. I dislike it. I personally feel like it takes more time. Medical jargon or specific...

  6. Documenting Others Meds

    Karou replied to Mr Sacdiff's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No. You don't know these other nurses gave the medications they signed off for on paper. That's falsification of documentation. I would refuse to do that. I don't understand why scanning the original...

  7. Proper protocol - nurse error while with daughter in ER

    Karou replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing by questioning the nurses practice. The worst thing (to me) was no cleaning of the hub. That's just lazy, and disgusting. She should have flushed, especially after....

  8. Nurses thrown under the bus

    Karou replied to GM1928's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you should be thrown under the bus alone. Each nurse who take care of the patient before you should be questioned as well. I'm not very familiar with chest tubes either. Our unit does...

  9. Male CNA caring for females

    Karou replied to Firas5's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    No. The patient can (within reason) refuse care providers based on gender. A care provider cannot do the

  10. Can you recommend a medication?

    Karou replied to russianbear's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't work in a teaching hospital. I work at a large 700+ bed hospital on a med surg floor, which gets a large variety of hospitality and specialist doctors. We make suggestions all of the time!!...

  11. How to say no when someone asks for your stethoscope?

    Karou replied to emt... rn student's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Interesting three year old thread to

  12. Suspected drug use in physician

    Karou replied to allegra78's topic in General Nursing

    We are encouraged to report any erratic or unusual behavior that causes concern to our supervisors and house supervisor. We don't report suspected impairment, just the objective behaviors

  13. RANT, sick of certain nurses

    Karou replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I think more information would be helpful. Was the nurse busy, drowning, and overwhelmed? What she said in itself doesn't sound rude to me. Needs more context. Could be that the nurse is a (generally)...

  14. teenagers and pot

    Karou replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Are you joking? I think you are. I hope you

  15. Forgot to put narcotic back in Pyxis

    Karou replied to Shimbo's topic in Patient Medications

    Is "staff adjusted" the same as being cancelled due to census? Or is it being told not to come for disciplinary reasons? Hopefully the pharmacy tech saw the Xanax and returned it. Worst case scenario...

  16. critical thinking

    Karou replied to vgutierrez39's topic in General Students

    CF and sickle cell patients usually have been in and out of the hospital frequently since they were children. Because of frequent hospitalizations starting at a young age, and the pain their diseases...

  17. Communication boards

    Karou replied to Jrodri01's topic in General Nursing

    I always fill my name, but only do the rest of I have time. We have private rooms and it's an expectation that our communication boards are filled out and accurate. Everyone does something different...

  18. not on the work schedule

    Karou replied to HAYNURSE's topic in General Nursing

    That's disgustingly awful of your employer!! I hope other posters can offer you some resources and better advice on how to handle the situation (as I have no experience with this), I just wanted to...

  19. Sad story of an ex-new grad nurse

    Karou replied to furelite's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so sorry, that is awful. It's so hard to loose a loved pet as it is... To add that to everything else... That's just terrible. Your situation is tugging hard at my heart. I am going to keep you...

  20. clinical breakdown

    Karou replied to olivianurse's topic in General Students

    Uh... You are graduating in a few weeks. That changed everything about your post for me. Frankly, I would be concerned about you. You don't need to know everything necessarily, but you need to...

  21. Hurt and Betrayed

    Karou replied to MeiDei's topic in General Students

    I am sorry this happened to you. I misread your post at first as well and interpreted that you had told this classmate the information. When I read she was someone you "trusted" it led me to think...

  22. Sad story of an ex-new grad nurse

    Karou replied to furelite's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really want to hug you! You sound tremendously burdened. Too many sources of stress, anxiety, and pressure. Your husband sounds like a real charmer. I don't know how you feel about him, but I think...

  23. New Grad Nurse Residency Salaries

    Karou replied to tinatheRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pay rate for new grads in residency programs is 23.00 in my area. My hospital compares rates with others (supposedly) to have competitive pay. Negotiation is not an option. BSN makes no more than ASN....

  24. Where will I have the least amount of contact with men?

    Karou replied to nightflower's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you are right that it makes me sexist that the revelation of the OP being male (when I assumed female) changes my perception of the situation. I did ASSume the OP was female. Probably because...

  25. Where will I have the least amount of contact with men?

    Karou replied to nightflower's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I definitely didn't realize OP was male. Well... I don't know what to think. Why would a male nurse not want male patients? It's much more difficult to get into an area with primarily female patients...