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  1. If an MD shoved you...

    Stargazer replied to TracyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Heee. Gotta admit, that one works for me

  2. If an MD shoved you...

    Stargazer replied to TracyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tracy, Write his ass up. By which I mean, document thoroughly in an incident report and make sure copies go to EVERYONE---him, hospital administrators, your manager, his boss, HR, your state nursing...

  3. What would you do?

    Stargazer replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

    Whaaaat? What kind of weaselly, passive-aggressive management style is this supposed to be? If you can dig up dirt on your co-workers, it negates the complaint? She doesn't review the charting to see...

  4. Interviewing for first management position...

    Stargazer replied to rjcpdc01's topic in General Nursing

    Before I interviewed for my first (and current) management position--corporate, not health-care facility-- about 16 months ago, I went to the library and checked out literally every book they had on...

  5. Is it just me? Or is this the nursing school homework hotline?

    Stargazer replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, calm down, kids. I have seen other posts on this board by realnursealso and she doesn't make a habit of lunching on newbies. As I see that many of you, judging by number of posts, are brand-new...

  6. silly question

    Stargazer replied to Lina's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. My unit always had a big Halloween costume party hosted at someone's house and a big Christmas party hosted at someone's house. For everything else--potluck and decorations at

  7. Professional appearance

    Stargazer replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A lot of nurses in my unit used to wear dangly novelty-type earrings, mainly for the same reason that people wear whimsical and colorful scrubs: because it entertains the patients, who are mostly...

  8. What Freaks You Out?

    Stargazer replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I guess I'm done with lunch now. Several things give me the heeby-jeebies (or the gaggies). In no particular order: --vomit (esp. the smell) --lower GI bleeds (definitely the smell) --some mouth...

  9. Embarassing question to all experienced nurses.

    Stargazer replied to micknmel's topic in General Nursing

    adellis, I had a hard time with teeth too! Mouth care (especially when other nurses aren't being too conscientous about it) can be icky. Brushing someone's crusty old stained smelly dentures seriously...

  10. Embarassing question to all experienced nurses.

    Stargazer replied to micknmel's topic in General Nursing

    micknmel, There is an old and really disgusting joke (don't say you weren't warned!!)that a respiratory therapy friend told me that applies to this very subject. Ready? There was once a group of...

  11. need input from Mentors!!!

    Stargazer replied to hollykate's topic in General Nursing

    I have been lucky in that I have always had (with very rare exceptions) wonderful, nurturing preceptors and mentors. One thing that I always found helpful was to make a list of my goals and learning...

  12. need input from Mentors!!!

    Stargazer replied to hollykate's topic in General Nursing

    Clarice, I think that's a brilliant idea to offer a bonus if the new kid sticks around at least a year. Actual financial incentive (if such is actually needed, and judging by some of the other posts...

  13. Non-critical pts in ICU

    Stargazer replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    What is apparent to me here is that the ICU Medical Director completely abdicated his responsibility. I don't know how this position works in other hospitals, but in mine, one of his/her most...

  14. I just need to know the DX....

    Stargazer replied to daz's topic in General Nursing

    Daz, no many how different threads you start, you are getting a consistent message from the people on this board. No one is being mean to you; in point of fact, everyone's replies, including Molly's,...

  15. need a little encouragement please

    Stargazer replied to hollykate's topic in General Nursing

    hollykate, don't let them trick you into believing things are the same everywhere! They're not. It sounds like you now know all the right questions to ask, and the answers you got concerning your new...

  16. 13 hour shifts

    Stargazer replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I also think it's easier to plan care in a 12-hour shift. In ICU, where bathing a pt or changing all of his lines can be a big logistical ordeal, it's much easier to plan over a 12-hour shift than 8...

  17. tools of the trade

    Stargazer replied to V SPN's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with petulip...I take cardiac and respiratory assessment VERY seriously, and the $40 Littmans work great. My first stethescope was one of those expensive ones, and I ended up going out and...

  18. 13 hour shifts

    Stargazer replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Your nurse manager is talking out of her a--. With an AM and a PM primary nurse, a pt could essentially have the same 2 nurses (for 12 hrs at a time) for several days in a row. For very complex or...

  19. ICU panic button

    Stargazer replied to lorrie's topic in General Nursing

    Lorrie, the answer to your question is YES, everyone finds it overwhelming at first. I would seriously wonder about any student or non-emergency or critical care nurse who walked in and thought s/he...

  20. anyone else feel this way?

    Stargazer replied to yankee_in_SC's topic in General Nursing

    Yankee, as has been discussed in the "New nurses in ICU" thread, the only way to make it is with wonderful and supportive preceptors and coworkers. I'm so sorry to hear that you had neither. After 6...

  21. Has a doctor made your day?

    Stargazer replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    The head of the cardiothoracic surgery dept. once walked into a fresh post-op CABG's ICU room, where the very experienced nurse was getting grief from the very inexperienced intern, who had been on...

  22. verbal 'scripts'

    Stargazer replied to NCRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    NRSKaren, to continue with your script, why not end with, "This regrettably inadequate staffing is felt, in part, to be due to administrative policies which most RN's find incredibly insulting, such...

  23. verbal 'scripts'

    Stargazer replied to NCRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, dear Lord. Wouldn't it just give you, as a patient, the warm fuzzies to hear EXACTLY THE SAME GREETING from every single nurse who walked into your room? I'd think they were sharing one collective...

  24. How your staff knows you care?

    Stargazer replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I love the bulletin board idea. That way not only does the employee in question get a warm fuzzy, but everyone who passes by, from MD's to visitors, can see it as well. My unit used to award--and post...

  25. what are my legal rights?

    Stargazer replied to spitfire's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations, Spitfire, for standing up for yourself and your patients. If every nurse on every unit of every hospital started filling out unsafe-staffing forms each time this happened--and...