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  1. How can I improve my reputation?

    suanna replied to Gummibear_stare's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm thinking you are hanging an awful lot of your reputation on the single experience of having to leave ill in the middle of a shift. I'm thinking by this part of your post there was a degree of...

  2. The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

    suanna replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ever read the Hippocratic Oath? It is even more outdated and useless. We honor the F. Nightingale because she was one of the first to define Nursing as a career requiring dedication, training,...

  3. Tylenol ordered for pain.

    suanna replied to gouranga's topic in Patient Medications

    Would you rather get chewed out for giving Tylenol for temp and "masking" the patients fever. Why some docs want to see how high a temp will get before they treat it is a mystery to me- but I've been...

  4. Terrible Medication Error

    suanna replied to rekea526's topic in Patient Medications

    The most important thing you have gained from this is the knowledge that everyone makes a mistake now and then. You feel bad about it, and you move on. DON'T LET THIS PARALYZE YOUR NURSING CARE. I...

  5. Positive Drug Test

    suanna replied to Tigerlily8's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Not a BON issue, but I tested positive for PCP (angel dust) with my pain management physician. After several "why don't you just admit it..." conversations, I insisted on a more comprehensive test....

  6. Odd situation

    suanna replied to anonymous88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about this: The mother mentioned to the nurse that the needs of her daughter are beyond what she can manage and wished there was someone smart and caring like the nurse that could adopt her, but...

  7. Whole Lotta Pain...how much longer can I do this?

    suanna replied to MichelleLS's topic in Health, Stress Management

    "Get the doc to put you on diasbility"?? Since when is it up to a doc to decide you qualify for disability. Without approval for Soc Sec- and that amounts to 12 mos without earning income, along with...

  8. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    suanna replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    . The problem being the staff that seem to be indivisibly linked to their phones. Their definition of "down time" is if everyone else is already running around like maniacs, and a patient will die...

  9. I.V.Albumin 25%

    suanna replied to NGYSUN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    As many have said- we run it wide open- the faster the better. Albumin (esp 25%) pulls fluid out of the interstitial space into the circulation. It holds the fluid in the vascular space where it's...

  10. What Have I Gotten Myself Into. . .

    suanna replied to Grace6's topic in Nursing Career

    Not a put-down, but if you are not truely happy in the ICU position, you will not be dissapointing your director, preceptor, or anyone else. They will probably be happy to see you bid off. There is a...

  11. An Idea Whose Time has Long Come: EMPLOYEE satisfaction scoring?

    suanna replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have a policy in our HR department that all employees are required to appear happy and say only positive things about the company at all times, even when off-duty. Complaints or documented...

  12. Voluntary Euthanasia

    suanna replied to GARY_FL_NURSE's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have an idea- rather than deliberately taking action to cause a patients death- there are so many threads on AN about "Sub Par" practitioners of nursing care- maybe we can develope a new specialty-...

  13. 50 Things New Nurses Need to Know About Calling Doctors and Other Providers

    suanna replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I see your point, but why are there so many posts saying "it doesn't matter if the doctor is a grouch- it's your responsibility to call, but it's OK to awaken an attending physician for something that...

  14. Was my professor out of line?

    suanna replied to kimmyanne02's topic in General Students

    OMG what a completely inappropriate conversation. Did she ask you haow often you have sex and your favorite position? The appropriate answer to any of those questions is "NUNYA" . Unfortunately, that...

  15. 50 Things New Nurses Need to Know About Calling Doctors and Other Providers

    suanna replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    #51: ask around, "does anyone else need Dr. Such-n-So, I've got to call him. Nothing endears a doctor to you and your floor as much as "bundling" the half-a-dozen phone calls he is likely to get from...

  16. I don't mean to complain..

    suanna replied to Nurse216's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you 100%. Patient satisfaction, not patient outcomes havae become the new siren song of Nursing departments. Hospitals and Physicians are being pushed to focus on outcome based care for...

  17. HIV needle stick

    suanna replied to Kyliemarie8588's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a personal doctor you know and trust? Just like everyone else- I'm not giving treatment advise, but what your institution decides is appropriate care and risk management may not be what...

  18. Would you send this patient to the unit?

    suanna replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ICU-No. A monitor is indicated for the K+ if for nothing else. I am amazed by the number of times a patient ends up in the ICU because they may be sick. If you are in acute care now-a-days, you are...

  19. Nurse Clueless

    suanna replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Some of it may just be the person finding the right nitch. I started my career at a smallish community hospital. I had done most of my clinicals at a large teaching hospital. I was an absolute BOOB...

  20. Poor Nurse

    suanna replied to lilhemc's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the shoes were the most accurate

  21. Gift for emergency department nurse

    suanna replied to Djprepan's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Once you get your EMT- the best gift you can give her- take the next unwashed, drunk, drug-seeking, wacko hooker you have in the back of your squad to the next hospital down the road. It would be a...

  22. Workplace Cowardice

    suanna replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I would prefer you go to management rather than "confronting me directly". I do a good job, and am proud of the nursing care and professional practice I provide. If...

  23. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    suanna replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everything said in the original post, but I an't help but feel the "Hospital Administration" is getting all the blame. You have $X comming in, the drug companies fave already dropped...

  24. Is there a place for non-confrontational nurses in ICU?

    suanna replied to TurtleLittle's topic in Critical Care

    I think you handled it fine. You don't know what was going on in ER. For all you know the nurse giving you report wasn't able to take the patient to MRI without risking other patients. You stayed...

  25. When A Nurse Needs A Doctor.....

    suanna replied to nurse2211's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm in the minority, but I couldn't care less about a colleague seeing me naked. I'm pretty sure there isn't anything different about my anatomy that would be shocking or even comment worthy. As I...