jmgrn65 RN

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    Day Shifters Drive Me Nuts

    jmgrn65 replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    wow I have been in nursing for a long time and I haven't know anyone who didn't talk about thier personal life at some point. I understand we aren't there to socialize but you do need to talk to your...
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    jmgrn65 replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    Ok understood but I don't think anyone here is talking about snowing a patient just for the sake of making them quiet, or to say "next" which by the way is a horrific thought. But you do need to give...
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    REPORT THEM (HOSPITALS) TO JACHO, advise from my sisters.

    jmgrn65 replied to Treasure30's topic in Michigan Nursing

    OSHA (sp) and joint commision both says no food or drink around charts and patients. But I think it should go up the proper chain of command
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    jmgrn65 replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    You can't kill someone with too much o2 unless they have COPD and that isn't usually
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    Day Shifters Drive Me Nuts

    jmgrn65 replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You would think that they would get talked to for unnecessary OT. The socializing shouldn't be at the expense of someone getting out on
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    Day Shifters Drive Me Nuts

    jmgrn65 replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    so the entire time you are at work you don't ever talk about anything
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    Day Shifters Drive Me Nuts

    jmgrn65 replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    not all day shifts are like that. Your NM needs to put her/his foot down and say they have to be out by 0715 to get report and make sure it happens. There is nothing wrong with talking about what is...
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    Why?

    jmgrn65 replied to Rexie68's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Never heard of that. Is it a faciltiy
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    REPORT THEM (HOSPITALS) TO JACHO, advise from my sisters.

    jmgrn65 replied to Treasure30's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I just don't get it, why would they say no. BUt when I want to go to lunch I don't usually ask. I say I am going to get something to eat and I will be back in a few
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    jmgrn65 replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    no if they are actively dying then you are only making them comfortable, they are going to die whether or not you give them morphine. Can you live with yourself knowing they suffered and died, or they...
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    question about hemovac and jp drains???

    jmgrn65 replied to otan11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    removal of drains, we do them all the time. Just as tlh65 has
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    Do I have a right to be upset?

    jmgrn65 replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    you cant work 11-7a than be scheduled to come in 7a-3 there asking you to do double thats crazy. All of those 12 hours in a row, what are they crazy. No you arent' being a baby that is one crazy...
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    Acceptable Staffing for CCU??

    jmgrn65 replied to Fluesy's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    even on our stepdown unit we require 2 staff on at all times. You need someone else there. Unsafe for nurses as well as
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    Rounding with Physicians?

    jmgrn65 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    We don't round with our physicians except the heart surgeons, but most of the units in our hospitals doesn't round. I certainly wouldn't drop what I was doing to round with, just for the sake of...
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    A story I wanted to share. (Long)

    jmgrn65 replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    What a beautiful a way to describe nursing. Thank you it bought tears to my
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    12hr shifts

    jmgrn65 replied to steelersRN's topic in General Nursing

    well it isn't how many hours a day you work it is how many in a week you work. Usually at least in ohio 32 hours or more is considered fulltime, so if you work 3 12's a week than its full time....
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    Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    jmgrn65 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is great, but I don't think that was the intention of the thread. My take is the people that go in to nurses just to make money not necessarily because they like nursing. There are nurses...
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    Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    jmgrn65 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    above quote is why i thought she was unhappy, and I don't disagree with what you are saying. I also have been in nursing long enough to nurses just sit around c/o to other nurses, that is not going to...
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    Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    jmgrn65 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    no it doesn't bother me, they are the ones that will be unhappy at what they
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    Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    jmgrn65 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    unfortantely that is why you are unhappy being a nurse. Management and education aren't the only choses out there. Also other types of floors, every floor is different. Good
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    Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    jmgrn65 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I would do it all over again. I am kind of surprised by the extreme negative posts. There are some many different areas of nursing to go into. Yes Med-surg is difficult and patients/families can...
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    Why does everyone in healthcare not like their jobs?

    jmgrn65 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    I Love being a nurse and do recommend it to
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    What's your favorite area of nursing and why?

    jmgrn65 replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    ICU I like the critical thinking, the one on one. the adrenaline rush, procedures, just everything. I also like informatics thats what i do
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    Nursing opportunites

    jmgrn65 replied to mcost5111's topic in General Nursing

    home health ltc insurance companies telephone triage/nurse line there are many others out
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    Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    jmgrn65 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    That is one reason I have gotten out of bedside nursing. I am in informatics, and work extra on the floor 1-2 a month. patients and families are getting more difficult to deal with, they have...