DusktilDawn

DusktilDawn

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  1. final 2 weeks of orientation on med-surg....

    DusktilDawn replied to lesrn2005's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I'm not sure why the Charge nurse doesn't feel this would be in your best

  2. Medication Nurse Assistants

    DusktilDawn replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    The confusion has to do with role title variations: Qualified Medication Assistant (QMA) Medication Nurse Assistants (MNA) Certified Medication Technician or Certified Medication Assistant (CMT or...

  3. Medication Nurse Assistants

    DusktilDawn replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    i apologize if i am attributing this remark incorrectly, but there was a remark about "nursing being a shadow" of what it used to be. i disagree. what has gone on is that the nusing profession is...

  4. Medication Nurse Assistants

    DusktilDawn replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    The primary focus is the patient. Can they assess and relate to patients the way nurses are trained to do? Actually I did read what you had written. All of it. I don't see where this question was...

  5. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    DusktilDawn replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the three seasoned male nurses on my unit are awesome to work with and their patient's love

  6. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    DusktilDawn replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Actually Daytonite, I realize you did not mean that literally. I just didn't feel anyone was condoning ignoring a visitor in obvious distress. The point is we will be asked by visitors for evaluation...

  7. Medication Nurse Assistants

    DusktilDawn replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the issue is about unlicensed assistive personnel giving meds. In an ideal world qualified licensed personnel would be providing medication to patients. Sorry BSN isn't the end all and be all...

  8. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    DusktilDawn replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Have had visitors faint, develop SOB, c/o chest pain, vomiting, etc. Yes they are taken care of appropriately and incident reports were done. Yes it was the staff nurses who took care of these people....

  9. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    DusktilDawn replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen good and bad. There are definately some agency nurses that are more than welcome back to my unit. I do try and bear in mind that since they are not regular staff, they may (or should be)...

  10. medical advice seekers! (rant)

    DusktilDawn replied to sconoli's topic in General Nursing

    Let me guess......CUSTOMER SERVICE. Very dangerous policy for both staff and the facility. Any advice given over the phone we as nurses can be held accountable for. Are these calls recorded or kept...

  11. Medication Nurse Assistants

    DusktilDawn replied to K205's topic in General Nursing

    Bear in mind I'm not knocking Pharmacy techs here, my sister was one for a few years before becoming an RN. Granted she certainly has a leg up in regards to medication knowledge and the effects of...

  12. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    DusktilDawn replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    exactly ruby, the bp could have been normal, but it would only have been one piece of data collected. there could be any number of things going on with this visitor in the original post that would not...

  13. legality of supervision

    DusktilDawn replied to tolalam's topic in General Nursing

    Actually unit staffing at my facility is done by non-nursing personnel in staffing office located far away from any nursing unit, who have no concept of what goes on in regards to ANY UNIT in the...

  14. legality of supervision

    DusktilDawn replied to tolalam's topic in General Nursing

    In what context and what is being

  15. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    DusktilDawn replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    hi rehab, no i don't know of any black and white specific instance to provide. i also work in michigan. michigan has no standards of practice acts for nurses. michigan bon, michigan's public health...

  16. A Hard Lesson Learned

    DusktilDawn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see, you called the department manager, who then referred you to the who then referred you back to the department manager. The fact that you called these people should have been enought for them...

  17. Can u be a good nurse if you've never worked as a CNA?

    DusktilDawn replied to retour_divin's topic in General Nursing

    That's just HER opinion. No I don't think your being irresponsible, you did learn basic patient care, did you not? Do not all CNAs start out inexperienced with patients until they've had their first...

  18. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

    DusktilDawn replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lori, my post wasn't specifically directed towards you, so I apologize if that is how it appeared. It just seems that the big bone of contention on this thread is in regards to a 30 minutes between...

  19. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

    DusktilDawn replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think what we all need to bear in mind here, is that anothers place of work is not like our own. How things run where you work, is not the way it may run elsewhere. Also how the Charge nurse...

  20. What Love's Got To Do With It

    DusktilDawn replied to Talino's topic in General Nursing

    Very cute. I'm sure the health nurses will find me, they always

  21. Frustrated New Nurse

    DusktilDawn replied to KTYRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't think your supervisor responded appropriately. She should have taken the time to discuss these issues with you. She should have also discussed how to handle these situations. For example: Did...

  22. STUDENTS: what do you want out of staff nurses? NURSES: vice versa....

    DusktilDawn replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, the instructors and students arrive the day of clinicals, usually between 0630 and 0700. Sometimes an instructor will come at 0500 and will actually talk to the staff in regards to...

  23. I have had such a day....(Looooong)

    DusktilDawn replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Well augmentin is a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate (clavulanate increases the effectiveness of amoxicillin) and amoxicillin itself also does not come in IV form. Being a penicillin and...

  24. Are 12 hr shifts long and drawn out?

    DusktilDawn replied to FirstYear2005's topic in General Nursing

    Psssst Sonia, FirstYear2005 asking if 12 hour shifts were boring. Agree with the rest of your post

  25. Pet Peeves

    DusktilDawn replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    I'll try and give the Reader's Digest condensed version: I was working as an RPN/LPN on a surgical unit and an outpatient unit. One day I was on the outpatient unit and was asked to go down and help...