suanna

suanna has 30 years experience and specializes in Post Anesthesia.

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1. A fib with rvr

   suanna replied to ksparks's topic in General Nursing

   The patient has no significant health history but is a DNR status? Dosn't his family love him, or is thier a BIG will? Anyone discuss with the patient the fact that if he codes we are just gonna...

2. plea for collective wisdom -- new grad RN nurse struggling badly

   suanna replied to vespera186's topic in General Nursing

   It's been a LONG time since I was a new grad, but what I advise the staff I'm precepting is that the day is way too big to focus on. Ask yourself "what do I need to get done in the next 30 min?" If...

3. Disability: genuinely curious

   suanna replied to anh06005's topic in General Nursing

   The same lawyers that help with SSDI also handle these supplemental employer offered STD programs. Often the requirements to get paid from these plans are as restrictive as federal SSDI. On top of...

4. Disability: genuinely curious

   suanna replied to anh06005's topic in General Nursing

5. Did I say something wrong?

   suanna replied to Pkin1477's topic in General Nursing

   That is part of the problem- it is frequently easier to just do it ourselves than to try to get the staff that could and should be doing some of these tasks to take responsibility for their...

6. Disability: genuinely curious

   suanna replied to anh06005's topic in General Nursing

   We pay into social security for our entire working life. We work a job with one of the highest incidents of back/spine injury in the working world. We then end up with a choice when we have the...

7. Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

   suanna replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

   We've known this for 20+ years. "Body Mechanics" are just a way for the hospital or Workmans Comp administrator to twist the injury to make it seem like it was the nurses fault. I have been counseled...

8. Did I say something wrong?

   suanna replied to Pkin1477's topic in General Nursing

   I want the shift supervisor to call me up every hour and ask if I would "Please record the VS from my patients is it wouldn't be too much trouble". Maybe pharmacy can call me whenever a med is due and...

9. Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

   suanna replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

   Part of the problem is the system is finding more and better ways of sabotaging us. Before CPOE you saw or spoke to the physician so you knew when there were likely to be order changes- most of the...

10. No opinions please just facts

    suanna replied to wheresmyrights's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Who in the world told you this? An employer may have a policy of not allowing staff to work if they test positive for one substance or another, but the BON (at least in my state) only prohibits...

11. Are Camp Nurses allowed to remove splinters?

    suanna replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I'm sure this is a facillity specific question. I doubt you will find a "splinter" clause in any states scope of practice/ nurse practice act. I think this is why I would be driven NUTS by camp...

12. Do you have dreams about your job?

    suanna posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 30 years, I'm good at my job, and almost always get through each shift with little difficulty. I enjoy my unit and my peers. I worked one position for 20+ years, and have been...

13. Still struggling with heart sounds

    suanna replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    I have never in my career had a physician or peer give a hoot about heart sounds. It's nice to be able to say "this patient has a loud pan-systolic murmur that I didn't hear eariler in my shift", but...

14. Is this what nursing is really like?

    suanna replied to meadow71's topic in General Nursing

    In a word- yep. If I could do my job without being the one responsible for ensuring the resident medical staff wrote appropriate orders, the pharmacy sent and timed the right meds, housekeeping...

15. Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    suanna replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    On the "computer med admin systems" issue; These things are only as helpful as the data they are fed. In todays in-patient world, patients are unstable or they wouldn't be in the hospital. That...