nelcoy4

nelcoy4

Rehab, Neuro, Travel Nurse, Home Care

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  1. Why don't you just read the chart?

    nelcoy4 replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my facility the ER nurses don't give floor nurses report. We (floor nurses) get a 20 minute notice that a patient is coming. The whole facility uses Epic, so as long as stuff is documented it is...

  2. Patient fx hip after family refused alarm

    nelcoy4 replied to Emilyinsc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At my hospital they have a form for the pt or POA to sign that is very detailed for alarm refusal. Also in the alarm refusal form it goes in depth about forfeiting rights to sue in a result of a fall...

  3. How do you deal with explosive customers?

    nelcoy4 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Like somebody already said, I get silent and take all emotion off my face. Many times they feel stupid when they realize how they sound and they are not going to get a reaction. Some apologized, some...

  4. This transporter looks as if he wants to punch me everytime I see him and Im scared

    nelcoy4 replied to willowRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    His angry face could just be his facial expression, it may not be directed to you personally. When transporters/lab/environmental/supply workers look evil around me, I'm always mirror their facial...

  5. Pill falls on pt gown...is it safe to give?

    nelcoy4 replied to sle1191's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've never heard of this. I would have to do incident reports everyday because a lot of my patients dump their meds in their hands. Then I'm searching everywhere for a pill. I give it to them just as...

  6. I either need day shift or to be single. Vent

    nelcoy4 replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Everybody said what I wanted to say, but I also just want to say I hate lawnmowers!!!!! Everybody on my block knows I work night shift and I don't expect my neighbors to be quiet because my schedule....

  7. Night shifters, a few questions

    nelcoy4 replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7p-7a and I sleep from 10a-4/5p everyday. I keep my sleep schedule the same and I can't sleep at night. I run errands in the middle of the night, early morning, or evening times. It can be a...

  8. Nurses with dreadlocks

    nelcoy4 replied to DarkLotus's topic in General Nursing

    There is 3 nurses on my unit that have locs and I never heard a problem about it. Personally I think if the unit and region is culturally diverse then it won't be a

  9. Vent. Should I feel bad about not picking up shifts?

    nelcoy4 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I'm part time also, but I usually sign up for 36 hours. Whenever I sign up for 20 hours I always get calls. I never answer the phone and I don't feel guilty at all. When i first went to part time I...

  10. Cellphones at work

    nelcoy4 replied to Rehabme's topic in Rehabilitation

    My manager doesn't mind that we carry our cellphones on us. She just doesn't want us to take calls in pt's rooms and we have to keep it on silent. I don't talk on my phone at work, but my phone has...

  11. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    nelcoy4 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I truly don't care about your kids. How can you do any work when you are either on your cell phone or the work line taking personal calls? To the externs if you see that I did something different then...

  12. Working nights, tons of work meetings scheduled during my sleep hours?

    nelcoy4 replied to Jaimie.RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't go to any meetings that are not immediately after my shift. I talked to my manager about it and she suggest that I can get the minutes of the meeting from somebody that attended and post them...

  13. Problem with another nurse

    nelcoy4 replied to brokenroads27's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One thing I had to learn to do is learn every RN's style of report on my unit and let them know my style. We do written report, but we also do a quick verbal to make sure the next shift RN...

  14. So very tired!

    nelcoy4 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just you. On my 1st day off, all I do is sit around and watch tv. My body aches after doing 3 12s in a

  15. Tired of hearing about the kids.

    nelcoy4 replied to TECHTORNHOPEFULLY's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you for posting about this. I usually ignore it or I say "Aw he/she is cute" then I keep it moving. I hate when call bells are going off and the RN is ignoring it because she is facetiming or...

  16. Urinates before, during, and after use of bedpan

    nelcoy4 replied to DSPRoof's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a bladder scanner on your unit? If you do, then start checking her with it every 4 hours pre & post

  17. Coworkers that SLEEP on the job....arrrggghh!!!

    nelcoy4 replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been working permanent nights (7p-7a) for 5 years now and now I'm use to staying up all night. On a few occasions I take my hour break and go in the break room to take a nap. I set my alarm on...

  18. How can I prevent myself from having a nervous breakdown?

    nelcoy4 replied to shabbychic23's topic in General Nursing

    I remember going through the same thing when I was a new nurse. I still go through it every now and then. One thing nursing has taught me was to learn my voice. I was real shy when I first got into...

  19. Does anyone take Topamax for migraines?

    nelcoy4 replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have nothing good to say about it. I had word finding issues, my extremities were

  20. "Uses call light extremely well"

    nelcoy4 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I told this one pt (known for loving the call bell and neuro intact) about hourly rounding in the beginning of my shift. She was on the bell like she was playing a video game right after I introduced...

  21. "Uses call light extremely well"

    nelcoy4 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had wrote down on my personal report sheet every time a certain pt used the call bell. This pt called every 2 mins for the stupidest stuff and then c/o to drs and managemnt about the nurses. I was...

  22. Reported to Manager; What do I do

    nelcoy4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My nurse manager asked me to come into her office after my shift was done. She told me that I was reported by another staff member for not being a team player. She said that I'm not answering other...

  23. Reported to Manager; What do I do

    nelcoy4 replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^^^^ A pool nurse or a young new grad who happens to be a day/night rotater

  24. Night shift employees expected to attend things during day??

    nelcoy4 replied to ArwenEvenstar's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital tries to think of night shift when it come to short meetings. Staff meetings are usually 3pm and 6am. Some classes are held from 5pm-9pm. But if a class is from 8am-4pm, I just don't don't...

  25. Reported to Manager; What do I do

    nelcoy4 replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    Manager says that the call bell is all of our responsibility, not just the nurse it is assign to. I guess since we don't have CNAs on our