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  1. Dressing changes????

    rntg replied to loriaz's topic in Orthopedic

    Most of our docs are using Acticoat or Mepilex silver dressings. Applied in the OR, they are not removed for at least 7 days, or at their first postop visit, unless they have excess

  2. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

    rntg posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need help- Our CNO and hospital administrators are now making manditory on all units, bedside reporting. We call it Walking Rounds, but it is really bedside report. A little backround on our unit:...

  3. The best nursing advice you've ever received

    rntg replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    1. If you think something is wrong, it usually is. 2. Nursing is a 24 hour job, everything does not have to get done on your shift. 3 Never mention a former patient's name (especially the...

  4. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

    rntg replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    I get that part, but how does the charge nurse and the manager stay informed about each patient so they can help where needed, answer questions and make appropriate

  5. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

    rntg replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    From what I am reading, those who like the process, it is really a way to check up on the nurse you are following and make sure they have left nothing over from their shift for you to do. I am seeing...

  6. Your Pet Peeves in Nursing..

    rntg replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    1. Nurses have to take up the slack for all departments, and when something isn't right it always come back on the nurses. 2. New policies instituted by the hospital governing body for changes in...

  7. How to become an effecient nursing director ???

    rntg replied to florence09's topic in General Nursing

    "Make it a point to understand the realities of the floor. Pick up various shifts every couple weeks...you can't really effectively make rules up for people when you don't understand what their job...

  8. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    rntg replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Almost on a daily basis, I hang up the phone and work and wonder why we on the nursing floors are expected to be nice to everyone, but we have to take everyone else's cr__! You talk to any other...

  9. Patient Call backs

    rntg replied to erlissy's topic in Emergency

    It is all about Patient Satisfaction

  10. Walking Rounds

    rntg posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering how many floors use "Walking Rounds" as a means of shift to shift report. 1) How do you go about it? 2) What if a patient needs something during this time (call lights,help to...

  11. Walking Rounds

    rntg replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    If all you say in front of the patient is what you describe above, then where do you get the rest of the report. If you have never had "patient A & B" then you know nothing about them and "ok"...

  12. Knee Replacement

    rntg replied to zenman's topic in Orthopedic

    Out total knees and hips length of stay is generally 3 days on our ortho floor. That means if they have their surgery on Monday they are ready to go by Thursday, regardless if it is single or...

  13. Scanning meds/computer charting

    rntg posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We just started scanning meds/pt bracelets this week at our hospital. We are the pilot unit. I work on a very busy surgical unit. People are coming and going constantly, not unusual to have 20...

  14. Morphine PCA Shortage

    rntg posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has your hospitals experienced a shortage of MS04 PCA syringes? We use a ton of them on our medsurg floor, and we have been told that we will not be getting any in until January. I can't imagine how...

  15. Walking Report and HIPPA

    rntg posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Do any of you have experience with walking report? I was floated to another unit yesterday where they have instituted this. (We still use taped report on our unit) While I understand the premise, I...

  16. Ortho Floor only takes care of ortho problems?

    rntg replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    [ My only thought was thank God I am such a stubborn nurse! If the patient had an ortho nurse, she may have gone home with a PE. Has anyone else noticed that mentality in the hospitals? treat only...

  17. Walking Report and HIPPA

    rntg replied to rntg's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I would have felt this way long before HIPAA also, but what HIPAA has done is make people more aware of this. I just felt really uncomfortable giving and receiving report this way. I asked some of...

  18. Nursing shortages? Not in my area!

    rntg replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is currently OVER HIRING. Our busy med surg floor for instance can have a total of 8 RN's on on day shift if we are at full capacity. Most days we have 9-10 RN's scheduled, this meaning...

  19. The Magic of Touch: What's Happened to the PM Care Backrub?

    rntg replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure why the 12 hour shifts make a difference, but that seems like when the back rubs went by the wayside at our hospital too. Can you imagine no baths on day shift? Why no back rubs at night?...

  20. Scanning meds before giving them( like the BID or ACCU checks)

    rntg replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    Even if we had a closet for our dynamaps and computers, we wouldn't be able to use it, as these things our on busy medsurg floor are constantly in use. There would be no convenient place to put them....

  21. Scanning meds before giving them( like the BID or ACCU checks)

    rntg replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    First let me say I am not particularly fond of the method, but I can see its good points. We have been using the system or one like it for a little over a year. We were already used to the...

  22. NPO-student question:)

    rntg replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the reason they are NPO and we usually get that clarified. I work on a med-surg floor and many of our patiens are NPO with NG's so obviously they would be sucked right out, or have had...

  23. Night shifters vs Day shifters

    rntg replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Being a dayshifter on a busy med surg unit, we have people coming and going at all hours on all shifts. We receive direct admits, new surgeries, ICU transfers, transfers from other hospitals, other...

  24. Topamax

    rntg replied to ER-RN2's topic in General Nursing

    This is off the present topic, but reminded me of an incident last week. Our pharmacist read an order for Toprol XL incorrectly and entered it as Topamax..one of those look alikes. I would never...

  25. No More Demerol IV Push???

    rntg replied to VickyRN's topic in Emergency

    Just wondering what your negative experience with Toradol was. We give it all the time on our med surg floor, either as an antiinflammtory or pain adjunctive. Most of the patients tell us it really...