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    Other departments trying to skip on work with RN's "blessing", aka lazy people wanting som

    Graduatenurse14 replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    AMEN maggie!!!!!!! It is ASTOUNDING to me that with amount of technology and more rules, regs, policies, procedures, laws and watchdog groups than any other industry, how inefficiently and many...
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    Manager is emailing my personal email address

    Graduatenurse14 replied to koalafiedRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I seems to me that there is a bigger issue with this hospital not having safe, secure email. By law, personal email accounts cannot be used to transmit patient info so the hospital is very much in...
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    Returning to the bedside..not such a good idea afterall

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Marshall1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I really dislike beside and knew it wasn't for me even in school but in trying to keep myself as marketable as possible in the future, I am at the bedside. I've only been doing it for 6 months and...
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    Got surprised at work yesterday.

    Graduatenurse14 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!!!!!!
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    Do you talk to your coworkers alot on your lunch break?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't really talk anything too personal with people at work or at least I try not to and have both good and bad reasons for
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    7:30 meds? Who is responsible for giving?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Manda92's topic in Patient Medications

    I work with Allscript's Sunrise and ours isn't set up to see what column is Dayshift or Nightshift. The scheduled meds are all yellow and if say the 8:00 am meds aren't given by 9:00 am they all turn...
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    7:30 meds? Who is responsible for giving?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Manda92's topic in Patient Medications

    Overnight RN's give the 7:00 am Synthroid and since the breakfast trays are now coming so early, we give the Insulin based on the morning glucose checks
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    Is there a legal way to donate unexpired costly medication?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to pmabraham's topic in General Nursing

    Try Global Links. They may take them or know of another org that will. Global Links | Sharing Surplus, Saving LivesGlobal Links is a medical relief and development organization dedicated to...
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    Accused of narcotic/ alcohol abuse... No clue what this is about!

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Purplegiraffe's topic in General Nursing

    We can't give legal advice but can review the laws of the US which must be adhered to regardless of Criminal, Civil or Administrative court. It's these kinds situations in Administrative courts...
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    What Nurses Really Want

    Graduatenurse14 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We have RN:Pt ratios in our contract but it gets violated, and the union doesn't care. My union is a JOKE! SEIU Healthcare is for McDonald's workers not Nurses contrary to what anyone says. I...
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    Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    There is a diploma school attached to a large academic/research medical center that has that type of attitude for sure. I heard an instructor say something to her students about "winding up working...
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    Why don't you just read the chart?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Quote from Graduatenurse14 In a sad way, aren't the ED nurses time "more valuable" to TPTB than a floor nurse (like me) since it generates $$ for the hospital in a different way than the floors do?...
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    Why don't you just read the chart?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My Hospital is on a thing to get the ED turnover to be faster as well and if we don't call back in 15 minutes, they are coming up anyway. I'm sure it will be that we have to get on the phone...
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    You should know better

    Graduatenurse14 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a teetotaler and don't smoke BUT I drink too much caffeine free Diet Coke, eat too much fast-food, never exercise, way overdue for a Pap/mammogram and the cherry on top is I rarely
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    Nurses, how do you view your job?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that it was a calling and finding out that it wasn't was very, very rough on me. It's a job and one that I hope to get better
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    Alaris pumps?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Tantorium's topic in Critical Care

    I love Alaris pumps except for their overly sensitive air-in-line sensor. I never had a channel fall off. I like Hospira pumps too. What I use now is very, very rudimentary compared to them- SIGMA...
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    Milieu Disruptive Behavior

    Graduatenurse14 replied to arbasham3363's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked as a milieu therapist in a child and adolescent psychiatric hospital while in nursing school. This example of a behavioral support plan is excellent. I wish we had had something like this...
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    Do We Need More Nurses?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

    In the states where the pay is higher, mostly due to very strong teachers unions, it is very, very difficult to get a full time public school job. To have to substitute for 5+ years, if they ever...
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    Unusual treatments

    Graduatenurse14 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    For those of you who would like to read a true story about Western medicine and Hmong traditional medicine colliding, "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" is a must read!! It changed the way I...
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    Getting alternative AA meetings approved by your program?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If ordered to go to AA/NA which are Spiritual and CR which is solidly Christian, then I would hope that other non-theistic recovery options would be approved as well. I know that in recent years...
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    I got reported to HR

    Graduatenurse14 replied to katie92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm from the North but have watched interviews with people from the South who use Momma/Mamma when speaking about their mother. Reba McIntyre (from OK) came to my mind immediately as she speaks about...
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    Floating Policy

    Graduatenurse14 replied to NGYSUN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a Per Diem Pool and they only float. Not sure if all of them go everywhere or only certain ones go to ICU's. They get paid a lot more but don't get vacation and maybe not even health...
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    "My Tech" or "My Aide"

    Graduatenurse14 replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    There is a CNA on my unit now who doesn't like it. I was a CNA at a different hospital from 2010-2013 while taking per-requs and part of RN school and we always used "my nurse" or "my aide" and...
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    3 Pdn agencies in home.....Hipaa violation to look at chart?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I am new RN who works in a hospital but this sounds so dangerous and negligent by the agencies and the MD if he/she is signing different 485's. This. You all have to CYA as in court it won't go...
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    Scientific or paranormal explanation?

    Graduatenurse14 replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Mine flips too!!! ALL OF THE