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  1. Nurse's: Find your own replacement when ill

    suanna replied to Leelee2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It isn't legal- When calling to provide staff coverage for an open staffing hole you are performing a duty for the business, and are erquired to pe compensated for your hours. If you decide to take a...

  2. Do you need to check placement before using a Bard Button or a Mic-key

    suanna replied to changeseeker's topic in General Nursing

    My experience is the same as yours- Cor-Pac tubes, Salem Sumps, Any NG or OG tube is checked Q shift and before each use by auscultation, and initially by KUB, I have never heard of auscultating a PEG...

  3. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    suanna replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    We use IS on every post op patient in CVSICU. From my non-scientific observation- 90% of the patients have no idea how to use an IS and have such poor memory retention post anesthesia- teaching a...

  4. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    suanna replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I hear ya! All that press about 5 years ago about the pending shortage of nurses- I never saw where it was comming from. Sure- LTCs and rehab centers have always had a shortage- and I can see it...

  5. I learned something cool! little tricks to make life easier

    suanna replied to NM nurse to be's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I read through the posts but one thing I'm missing- when your patient is done- what do you do with a plastic bag full of poo?! Do you just chuck it in the room trash can? I bet your housekeeping...

  6. 3 medication errors in 7 months!

    suanna replied to NYCRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honestly, most of what you describe is a "system problem" within you facillity. We are having simular porblems but have yet to get the support from our nursing admin. to help correct the problem....

  7. New Grad in ICU?

    suanna replied to whit16's topic in MICU, SICU

    When I got out of school (a long time ago) I knew my clinical facts, A&P, drugs... What I lacked was time management skills and priority setting. I worked a couple of years on Tele to gain a more...

  8. Highly disturbed today at Clinical...

    suanna replied to cookiesandcream22's topic in General Students

    I'm not LTC but we see the same in acute care. There is a yearly "push" to reduce the linen usage costs in my facillity. I'm sure it is more common in LTC. This is always accompanied by a list of what...

  9. Decertifying a union

    suanna replied to LostButMakinGoodTime's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I you have any further difficulties look into what other organizations you may want to have serve as your collective barg. agent. The ANA or state nurses association usualy have a department that...

  10. Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    suanna replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't get much- an open coffee bar for a few hrs one day, posters and notices various places about the hospital. The medical staff that works most directly withour unit sent a nice box of candy...

  11. Clinical Nurses

    suanna replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    WOW folks- the feedback is a little harsh. There are a lot of days when I hate bedside care and wish I could spend my days guiding the up and comming nurses of tomorow. That dosen't mean I'm a...

  12. Vent- new grads who don't struggle at work

    suanna replied to carebearsRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe she is doing great and is having an easy time making the transition to RN work. There are some out there that are "naturals" to the process of nursing. Perhaps she had a job that provided her...

  13. Managing pain question- best advice

    suanna replied to compassionRN's topic in Orthopedic

    Your intervention and rational were fine. I don't care if another nurse has 50 years in practice. It was your patient, you were assessing the pain. The big question- did the patient die from narcotic...

  14. IABP

    suanna replied to BellaInBlueScrubsRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yep- you had a timing issue. The newer balloon pumps are supposed to have "automatic" timing. As operators we can get lulled into believing the pump knows what it's doing. I dosen't. I never run my...

  15. Why is everything the day shifts responsibility?

    suanna replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How right you are. I've worked nights my entire career. Mostly I stay on nights because all I do as play games on the computer between naps. The patients all sleep quietly through the night and we...

  16. smokers

    suanna replied to getoverit's topic in General Nursing

    Yep- I'm an evil smoker. Look at it this way- what I cost the world in health care expences I'll make up for by dying young and not drawing my pension or social security. You must work with some...

  17. Strange things people present to the ER with....

    suanna replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    I hate to tell you but you have WAY TOO HIGH of an opinion of what an E.R. can diagnose and treat. Didn't they refer you to your GYN? I would think a GYN doc would have a much better chance of working...

  18. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    suanna replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    And my friends wonder why I am living with a GB full of stones. I'm not shy-naked isn't my worry, but I'm not a fan of a few of the O.R. staff and thier attitude toward patients. I'm going to try to...

  19. First medication error & on new graduate orientation :(

    suanna replied to gardenia09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At least the little pan was comfortable! Big mistake-!? no one died. MISTAKES HAPPEN. Accept responsibility for for the error but keep in mind that even when you are doing your best, mistakes will...

  20. How do I know it is right to quit nursing forever?

    suanna replied to nikkibum's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Were you asleep during your clinical rotations? How could you wake up one day and "discover" nursing isn't for you after spending all that time training to be a nurse. I would suspect that what has...

  21. Nursing School vs. Family

    suanna replied to missdixie023's topic in General Students

    I got married to my wife my junior year of BSN. She came with two daughters I think of as my own. Loved them and tried to spoil them as much as any student could. Honestly- I didn't get to see much of...

  22. Time of the month in light colored scrubs

    suanna replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    Certainly not my area of expertise but THANK HEAVEN for my "y" chromosome! Nursing School could have been so much

  23. To quit or not to quit

    suanna replied to syndeytish's topic in First Year After Licensure

    get out NOW. This place seems to love to play the Blame Game, and you are "it". I don't know at what level they are playing but at the "advanced level" of the Blame Game you could find yourself...

  24. Don't you want to be a Doctor?

    suanna replied to silentRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Wow- 15 years ago I got that a lot but I haven't gotten that question for a quite a few years. Maybe it's because I work in a hospital where there are a lot of men in nursing- on some units it is most...

  25. Do doctors really yell at you, and get away with it?

    suanna replied to copyandpaste's topic in General Nursing

    Yep - it happens every now and then. You get over it and try not to take it as personal. Health care is a stressful field. Litigation, diminished compensation, long hours on short sleep and dealing...