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ICURN3020

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  1. What's a "difficult pt" to you?

    ICURN3020 replied to KRVRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Uggghh...these patients are probably my least favorite to care for. Disgusting, rude and completely inappropriate. My tactic is to find one of the male nurses (the bigger and manlier the better :)) I...

  2. Bedside rounding in-front of patients

    ICURN3020 replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Tried this at my hospital...it was required of the nurses, not optional. However, we were to ask the patient (if they were awake, oriented, etc) if they wanted us doing bedside report (coming into...

  3. The Face of a Medical Error...

    ICURN3020 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Way to kick someone when they're down You must have somehow missed that childhood lesson: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at

  4. Open up....Spoonfed report

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Trust me, I'm with you there.... I am about as OCD as they get. I just don't expect others to provide me with the information I want/need to know. I can read therefore I find it on my

  5. Open up....Spoonfed report

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nope, not new to the hospital or ICU. From what I've seen, she does take good care of the patients and is not afraid to advocate for

  6. Open up....Spoonfed report

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She has 20+ years

  7. Open up....Spoonfed report

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, three ICU patients due to staffing issues. That's a whole other

  8. Open up....Spoonfed report

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I try to keep her moving along because I want to get my shift started and get in to assess my patients. When I have the info I need, I try to politely wrap it up. I just want the basics and...

  9. Open up....Spoonfed report

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The problem is definitely worse when the report is split between two nurses as one has to wait for the other to finish up. However, I have stayed over 20 min before, giving her report on TWO...

  10. Open up....Spoonfed report

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for the advice. I do put in for overtime any time I must stay over, and management does frown upon unapproved overtime. We have a standard report sheet with the basics for each patient that...

  11. From nurse to a doctor

    ICURN3020 replied to Wutermelon's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can totally relate and this is very difficult. The guilt and personal turmoil related to having to do things you don't necessarily agree with can cause a person to really struggle emotionally as...

  12. The mean nurse coworker

    ICURN3020 replied to Mightymouse1212's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ideas for.........? Not really sure what you're asking for. Do you mean on how to deal with

  13. Thanks, guys.

    ICURN3020 replied to englishgeek's topic in General Nursing

    No offense, but I would hope we would all know that is a given. From nursing school to yearly employer agreements, the importance of this is stressed to us. HIPAA is taken very seriously by...

  14. Walkie Talkie

    ICURN3020 replied to ArrrrEnnn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I see I missed that the OP mentioned that fact twice in her posts. Oh well, I would still be interested to hear their thoughts. We can all (myself included) take offense to statements made by others...

  15. Walkie Talkie

    ICURN3020 replied to ArrrrEnnn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, hopefully she will to share her point of view. Maybe there is something I'm missing or not considering. I'd like to hear her

  16. Walkie Talkie

    ICURN3020 replied to ArrrrEnnn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly, and we as nurses usually are. I can't really understand the offense in this shorthand.....there is nothing derogatory about saying someone can walk and

  17. Walkie Talkie

    ICURN3020 replied to ArrrrEnnn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's the reply that comes to mind for the offended person you speak of..... Pull your panties out of a bunch!!! Of course, I wouldn't actually say that to a coworker, but hey, we can think it,...

  18. Walkie Talkie

    ICURN3020 replied to ArrrrEnnn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes I have heard that term, however it never struck me as

  19. Drug Seekers

    ICURN3020 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    Perhaps so.... I do and it's because I am speaking with people I do not know and who do not know me. I don't have any familiarity with them as I would a co-worker or friend. Me too. Hopefully...

  20. Drug Seekers

    ICURN3020 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    I can understand the frustration that you describe when you say that you continually deal with people who suggest basic ER concepts to you as though you don't already know them. However, my...

  21. Icu Nursing isn't for me help

    ICURN3020 replied to RN-icu's topic in Critical Care

    Only things that come to mind.... Like others have mentioned, an educator of some sort. Maybe diabetes if that disease process in particular interests you. A pharmaceutical representative? As far as...

  22. Icu Nursing isn't for me help

    ICURN3020 replied to RN-icu's topic in Critical Care

    Bless all the home health nurses out there. I knew from day one I couldn't/wouldn't practice in this specialty. I give them a lot of credit in that they are not in a controlled environment (like a...

  23. I want to quit

    ICURN3020 replied to anonrn1's topic in Nursing Career

    If you don't mind sharing, what is it that you enjoy doing and could possibly make a career out of? I agree with the other posters that you should take a break from school and focus on your health...

  24. Drug Seekers

    ICURN3020 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    One more thing....completely off topic but I thought deserved a mention. Although this thread is under "Emergency Nursing" (which I did not even realize initially as I was browsing under "What's...

  25. Drug Seekers

    ICURN3020 replied to KYARNP's topic in Emergency

    I guess this is the comment I should have quoted with my post. It's somewhat telling that you took the time to come back and add this defensive remark to my post (which was neither directed at you...