DusktilDawn

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  1. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    DusktilDawn replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It looks like SmilinBlueEyes has provided alot of useful info Crisscross. Bear in mind that the MD you work for may not be aware of the legalities that govern your practice. Heck, alot of doctors and...

  2. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    DusktilDawn replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Crisscross, it does behoove us all to know the laws and how they pertain to us in whatever setting we work in, especially in regards to what falls into our realm of practice whether it you are an MA,...

  3. public's view of nurses

    DusktilDawn replied to bulldawggirl's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I think how the public defines what a good nurse is and what actually constitutes a good nurse are two entirely different things. I worked with one nurse who did very little when it came to...

  4. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    DusktilDawn replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Chadash, did this person actually represent herself as a "nurse" or was this patient's daughter aware that it was actually an MA taking care of her mother? The "we do almost everything a nurse does,"...

  5. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    DusktilDawn replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Again it is being made an issue of what the family member wishes and not what the patient may actually wish. I don't have an issue with family members being present if it is in accordance with the...

  6. Nursing as maid of all trades

    DusktilDawn replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Funny how that never happens. Funny how we're always on the receiving end of the "we should work as a team" lecture. I'd love to send out a memo: To: whom it may concern. From: The NURSES Subject:...

  7. Meds. off floor taste YUMMY!

    DusktilDawn replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    Those paper cups for

  8. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    DusktilDawn replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    How about a poll asking how many of us would want our families to witness OUR code? Sorry, but I wouldn't want my family present if I was

  9. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    DusktilDawn replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually Dhill, it's not that ALL nurses believe that ALL MAs are guilty of misleading/misrepresenting themselves as "nurses". Personally I believe that MAs have their role in health care. Also, I...

  10. How to deal with litigious patients?

    DusktilDawn replied to IMustBeCrazy's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent point. It is often times very true. I think most often when we are dealing with angry/difficult people they are reacting out of fear. We need to bear in mind that rarely is it about us, the...

  11. How would you handle this difficult person?

    DusktilDawn replied to Mandylpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There really needs to be a ZERO tolerance for workplace abuse, especially between

  12. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    DusktilDawn replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    You get home from work exhausted, lay down on the couch, fall asleep, only to be awakened by a "call bell." You awaken only to realize that your having auditory hallucinations and that you are at...

  13. Ethical situations related to nursing care!

    DusktilDawn replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    Agree 100%. Perhaps then they wouldn't look upon patients seeking help as an interference with their loafing. Sorry, I don't consider it my place to "chastise" or "berate" patients who don't live up...

  14. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    DusktilDawn replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    you wouldn't do this because that would be prescribing treatment for a patient. that definately falls under the doctors scope of practice, and as a nurse you understand that. also any health teaching...

  15. Assisted Living Med. Administration

    DusktilDawn replied to annlet's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You know, as a nurse in a hosptial facility, I cannot give an OTC without a doctor's order, if I do, I can lose my license or at the very least be discipline by the SBON. Nurses have actually been...

  16. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    DusktilDawn replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't understand doctors like this. Is it just that some are SOOOOOO arrogant that they think it's OK for them to blatently disregard laws governing the use of the title nurse. :angryfire...

  17. Brachial and Popliteal Pulse

    DusktilDawn replied to Couch30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You know Couch, I think after you find it (and you will), you won't feel so stressed about it. You aren't the only nursing student who has had some difficulty with skills, I had the hardest time with...

  18. Meds. off floor taste YUMMY!

    DusktilDawn replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    If the wrapper is not opened, then the pill is not contaminated. Yes, you can tear open a wrapper without having your hands or the outside of wrapper touch the pill. We use souffle cups, if I have to...

  19. real bed baths on classmate?

    DusktilDawn replied to nurseabc123's topic in General Students

    There used to be a movie called "Fun With Dick and Jane" (I believe it was a movie). It was a few of the students that came up with the name. No I didn't go to school in the 60's, it was in the

  20. Today was my Pinning/Graduation!~!

    DusktilDawn replied to luv4nursing's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    congratulations

  21. Brachial and Popliteal Pulse

    DusktilDawn replied to Couch30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For the Brachial try walking you fingers from the outside in (pinky side inward) slowly using the "crease" in the antecubital area as a reference. You also need to use a bit more pressure palpating...

  22. real bed baths on classmate?

    DusktilDawn replied to nurseabc123's topic in General Students

    Umm actually I recall as a student nurse we had a fake member (you could view the prostate) and a fake female lower torso that we practiced foley insertion on. They were nicknamed "Dick and Jane."...

  23. I lost my clipboard full of nursing notes today! :(

    DusktilDawn replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Glad to hear you had a better day. Perhaps you should talk to this person who's precepting you and then talk to your UM about continuing with this person precepting

  24. ICU pts on the floor

    DusktilDawn replied to maythen's topic in General Nursing

    And that's exactly what they'll do. If there is not documentation about what occurred, they will claim ignorance. These patients required ICU level care, if a nurse is not qualified on a GPU to...

  25. ICU pts on the floor

    DusktilDawn replied to maythen's topic in General Nursing

    You have every right to be upset. Those patients needed to be monitored in an ICU setting. I wonder if the Charge didn't take advantage of you because your new, since you got both patients that should...