SheriLynnRN

SheriLynnRN

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  1. Personal Hygiene...

    SheriLynnRN replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    It's amazing how difficult it can be to convince people to shower in the hospital....but in a way I can understand it. Some people just feel too rotten and don't have the energy, and other people just...

  2. Bedside Report...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the first steps in implementing this on our unit will be to go to the other unit in our hospital the uses it to observe the process "in action". I'm actually looking forward to that. It sounds...

  3. Dress codes/uniform policies

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious as to what the dress codes are for y'all. I am moving from one unit to another soon, and I have to purchase new scrubs because each dept. at my hospital has a "unit color". White is...

  4. Getting an epidural (with fentayl) may hinder breastfeeding (new study)

    SheriLynnRN replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did not have an epidural during labor, I received Nubain and Phenergan ivp. I believe that my son was sleepier than he would have been otherwise, and consequently had decreased interest in...

  5. Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    SheriLynnRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Please do not indicate to your patients that they can go home "now". They cannot leave until the discharge orders are written, the instruction sheets are printed and reviewed with them, they have...

  6. Violent Sex Offender on our unit (long)...

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a surgical unit, and we currently have a pt who is a registered "level 3" sex offender, designated as a "sexually violent predator." He was released from prison about a year ago after...

  7. Coworker not following through....

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I followed the same nurse for the last couple of days, I work evenings and she works days. It seems like everytime I follow her, there is alway some issue of another that she mentions in report, the...

  8. Coworker not following through....

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Daytonite, I would have pulled my hair out in that situation. It sounds like you handled it very well. This nurse infuriates me, not so much because of tasks left undone, but because of an apparant...

  9. Violent Sex Offender on our unit (long)...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the responses. I'm glad you all see this in the same light that I do. Some of my coworkers don't, they just shrug and say "Just treat him like everyone else." I am back to work tomorrow...

  10. Violent Sex Offender on our unit (long)...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure the reason that they haven't had a security guard on the unit is because he is a free man. I am glad that we know his history. As far as i know, none of us have broached the subject with him,...

  11. Coworker not following through....

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Venting about work situations in this forum is sometimes frustrating in itself, because it's nearly impossible to convey all the minute details. I'll try to address a couple of things that were asked....

  12. Coworker not following through....

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not to start a debate about the charge nurse issue, because in theory, I agree with you. But, the fact is that there IS a charge nurse on my shift and the established procedure is for her to call the...

  13. New Rule on My Unit......

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have been having some teamwork issues on evening shift, so yesterday our nurse manager implemented a rule that we are to "try for a week." We are not to leave at the end of the shift until everyone...

  14. New Rule on My Unit......

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a really good point. It will take a huge change in mindset for me to do this though. I feel like I just CANNOT sit down to chart unless I am caught up with all of my other "tasks". At 2000,...

  15. Pronunciation

    SheriLynnRN replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I pronounce it "CENTimeter", as do most of the people I grew up around. I got a very nasty look one day in nursing school related to this subject. We were learning about chest tubes and water suction....

  16. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I found something out today that makes this whole situation even more maddening in my eyes! I usually work evening shift, so the LPN in the OP is the only LPN I end up working with 95% of the time....

  17. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I answered the question regarding what LPNs are allowed to do in my state, but due to a comp glitch, it is gone. It was a long post that I don't feel like retyping, so I'll just make a list of what...

  18. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I answered the question regarding what LPNs are allowed to do in my state, but due to a comp glitch, it is gone. It was a long post that I don't feel like retyping, so I'll just make a list of what...

  19. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do have to admit, I am somewhat intimidated by this LPN. She has worked at this hospital for 32 years. I have been there since Nov 2005. She is part of the woodwork. She is older and has WAY more...

  20. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my state LPNs cannot take verbal or telephone

  21. Best Ideas Your Hospital Uses?

    SheriLynnRN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I love that whenever there is a new doctor's order written it is photocopied and the copy is placed on a magnet clip that hangs on a metal communication board at our nurse's station. Each nurse...

  22. Have any new grads been asked to be in charge?

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

    I graduated in May 2004. I have not yet been in charge, and I don't intend to be anytime in the foreseeable future. I have been pretty vocal about my feelings around my coworkers, and I will probably...

  23. Family member sabotaging patient!

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a surgical unit, we have an elderly gentleman in for I/D of his left elbow due to bursitis and cellulitis. He has end-stage Alzhiemer's. We are running tube feeding through a Dobhoff. His...

  24. Family member sabotaging patient!

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Today I learned that both my nurse manager and the social worker were made aware of this situation. In fact, I was told that the DIL was witnessed injecting a syringe of something into the pt's PICC....

  25. Family member sabotaging patient!

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't documented the incidents is witnessed, except for charting the education that I did with the family. I plan to talk to my Nurse Manager today, to see what she suggests. The son and DIL were...