MassED BSN, RN

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    Aggravated

    MassED replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    heck yeah, go up that management ladder - and keep going to the next person (including HR) if it's not addressed. That person ruins the workplace morale. She's a liability and everyone is suffering...
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    Lying Foley bag on floor?

    MassED replied to bookwormom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have heard of that - though I haven't ever done that. Also when I worked with ortho patients and s/p knee replacements, the drainage (fresh postop) blood would drain into a bag that was flat on the...
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    What do you appreciate about another nurse's charting?

    MassED replied to soffy's topic in General Nursing

    eeewwwwww sounds like paper charting!!!!!!
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    What do you appreciate about another nurse's charting?

    MassED replied to soffy's topic in General Nursing

    NO KIDDING about the I/O's issue!!!!!! If they're receiving IV fluids and have a foley.... address
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    What do you appreciate about another nurse's charting?

    MassED replied to soffy's topic in General Nursing

    also good to note who is in room with patient, 3 females, 1 male visitor - also note belongings in room and if they go to the floor with a patient. Note if visitors left with belongings - glasses,...
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    What do you appreciate about another nurse's charting?

    MassED replied to soffy's topic in General Nursing

    working in the ER - I know what I appreciate, especially when I'm assuming care for a patient: 1) documenting what is going on! Like what time a patient started contrast prep, they went for xray, CT,...
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    Should this patient be in ICU??

    MassED replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    you know, in the ER, it's not unusual to have your critical care patient (vented, even) and 4-5 other patients.... so you wind up focusing on your sickest and the others have to wait wait wait.... it...
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    Should this patient be in ICU??

    MassED replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    sub q BS are done the same as finger sticks, I'm sure - different regions have different names for the same thing. Here, they call it chem bg's - I'm used to "chemsticks"
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    Should this patient be in ICU??

    MassED replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    you're not wrong. This patient was a time and likely labor intensive patient with multiple issues that was obviously not a med-surg patient. A perfectly appropriate ICU admit. Unless they want...
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    I saved my brother's life last night....

    MassED replied to jbjints's topic in General Nursing

    wow - so great for you on your bravery and composure to think clearly in that dire situation. I hope he appreciates your efforts too - he was
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    New Grad & No one will hire me

    MassED replied to cmh25's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I would make the phone calls to the nurse recruiters, ask for the names of the managers on Med Surg, Tele... wherever you want to go. Hound them. If it's what you want, they'll really admire the...
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    Don't forget the BS

    MassED replied to LaborNurse1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    hmmm never heard of BAN... Nursing is SCIENCE-related, not arts... I did Google it... are these BAN's within a nursing program, specifically? Or are the BAN's just a focus on Nursing? If that's the...
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    Don't forget the BS

    MassED replied to LaborNurse1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If you have a Bachelor's in "biology, chemistry"... those science-specific, then it would be a Bachelor's in Science, not
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    Don't forget the BS

    MassED replied to LaborNurse1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    the top link, it's for RN's getting their BSN or MSN (or they're getting the BSN, then proceeding to the MSN) - pretty clear, actually. Still called BSN and MSN. This program, at the top, says...
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    THE WORST Experience/night of my life!

    MassED replied to emmie08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    well first of all, realize the unit coordinator gave you wrong INFO!! Second, the LAB should be calling a critical value to YOU, the primary nurse, not a unit coordinator (in any setting I have ever...
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    Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    MassED replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    most places need to know if you're contagious, so you have to provide a reason. Where I worked previously to this ER, the sheet had "who called in, staff themselves, or spouse, friend" "stated...
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    Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    MassED replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    a variation/mutation of Hong Kong Flu.... maybe that's what I had in February... hmmm I'm going to go Google that right
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    Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    MassED replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    hahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    MassED replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    then I would say call in with "explosive diarrhea" when you have Influenza (if it could be diagnosed, or just stay home and assume you do).... how could they prove either, anyway? That just...
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    Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    MassED replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I did too - February 7th, in fact. I thought I have had the flu in my life, but after this experience... I realized that likely many people think they have until, like us, they experience the full...
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    honestly!

    MassED replied to 2bManNurse1017's topic in Male Nursing Students

    if that job can accomodate NS hours, I'd go for it. You already posted you'd be able to study, and you don't have kids, I'm assuming. Worst case scenario you cut back on your hours or adjust your...
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    Do you care if they want you to remove your shoes?

    MassED replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    if it was a dangerous situation, shoes be damned! I would run in whatever (or not) I had
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    Do you care if they want you to remove your shoes?

    MassED replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    But, it is someone's home regardless if it's work or a social call - many people have that same rule. And to know that they're a nurse and exposed to more than other professionals who might enter a...
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    Do you care if they want you to remove your shoes?

    MassED replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health

    We don't wear shoes in my house, and I notify anyone coming in the house of that. Even the dog doesn't go past the Kitchen, which is the "dirty floor" zone. Especially not to get work shoes anywhere...
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    MD/NP in triage?

    MassED replied to Dixielee's topic in Emergency

    that's a bit overdone to have an MD out there where a triage nurse, PA or NP could do - the MD would be better to utilize their time and pay to see patients on the main ED and expedite from that end....