ladedah1 BSN, RN

ladedah1 has 10 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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1. Help a dsp out

   ladedah1 replied to kaysgonehome420's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not going to lie... I was utterly confused until I finally went back to the top and read the OP's listed specialty. Until today, the only DSP that I was ever aware of was Day Shift Problem......

2. Weirdest nursing “fixes"

   ladedah1 replied to Pres14's topic in General Nursing

   Confused, impulsive patients who won't stay in bed at night: Turn down the thermostat in their room and get them a toasty blanket from the warmer. Might take a bit, but it often puts them to...

3. "Reasonable accommodations" for RN with ADHD & PTSD? And / or advice?

   ladedah1 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

   This is simply not true. When a person has ADHD it is always a factor, even if well managed with medications. If we give a patient medication for pain, we expect pain management, not pain...

4. Heparin drip disaster

   ladedah1 replied to Neuronurse88's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like a busy day! Hospitals are a 24 hour operation. It sounds like you did a lot to try to set the next shift up for success. The fact that they dropped the ball is not your fault....

5. Hospitals charging nurses $100/month for parking?

   ladedah1 replied to kubelkabondy's topic in General Nursing

   I guess it depends on which city. The hospital I work at is in a city and is right in the middle of the downtown area. It has a few of its own ramps, though, and has bought up a lot of parking in...

6. Hospitals charging nurses $100/month for parking?

   ladedah1 replied to kubelkabondy's topic in General Nursing

   Seems like free parking should be something that just comes with the job if you ask me. How do they expect you to get there? Teleport? Charging for parking - being that it is often a necessity...

7. NPO: When It's OK To Take Meds vs. Not OK To Take Meds

   ladedah1 replied to Kelly Kristen's topic in General Nursing

   Depends on the reason for the order. If the patient failed their swallow, it is definitely not OK to provide oral meds. Sometimes I've seen newer doctors add exceptions for "sips with meds" on...

8. How can a nurse sustain a healthy and happy relationship?

   ladedah1 replied to nicenurse819's topic in General Nursing

   I can actually summarize how my relationship has survived my nursing career in two hyphenated words: Part-Time. Seriously. Stress level is virtually nonexistent when you cut out just one shift a...

9. Skills Education Ideas

   ladedah1 replied to Dtwjj's topic in General Nursing

   If it were me, I would send out an email to everyone who would typically be receiving the newsletter and ask them what they would like to see and / or think others may need to learn more about. You...

10. Words You Hate

    ladedah1 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely the O2 Stat... or, even worse, "statting" (as in "She's been statting at 95% since the RT increased her high flow"). Seriously? What do these people think their abbreviating? O2...

11. Nurses Combating the Health Risks of Working Nights

    ladedah1 replied to Lindsay Montford's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely agree! Been on nights my whole career (though, technically, I was a night owl to begin with) and have never had a problem. Everyone I know works around my schedule (and many are...

12. Preventing the Looming Public Health Crisis - Nursing Shortage

    ladedah1 replied to Aetienne's topic in General Nursing

    "Looming?" Where I work, it already feels like a crisis. My unit is 75% travel nurses and we're still consistently taking 2 more patients than our original (safe) ratios demand. We're magnet, yet...

13. Hope for bullying?

    ladedah1 replied to CShel's topic in General Nursing

    Hasn't ever really been a problem on my unit (we're definitely of the whole-unit only survives as one mentality), so I wouldn't really know. Heaven help the person who thinks that they can try to...

14. Bedside Report

    ladedah1 replied to Mr. Murse's topic in General Nursing

    A couple years back, my unit was tracking both bedside report and overtime simultaneously. When we inevitably ended up with overtime, they would make rounds asking what factors we believe...

15. ETOHer...(and other slang)

    ladedah1 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We have a lot of contract nurses where I work right now... that said, it's been a lot of fun learning all the interesting practice tips and terminology they bring with them from allover the country....