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  1. Is this a common attendace policy?

    suanna replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospitals policy is- they are not writing you up because you called off without good reason, rather they "document" ALL call offs because some employees are so frail of frequently ill that they...

  2. Dealing with calls from work

    suanna replied to Katniss88's topic in General Nursing

    I route all the calls from work to a voice-mailbox(Broadband Phone gives you a lot of options). I learned some time ago, going out of my way to help bail out my employer in a time of need did nothing...

  3. Comfort care med protocol?

    suanna replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

    Unfortunately Boards of Medicine and BONs and the Hospital Assoc.have shown little support to the staff members who medicate an end of life patient without absolute evidence of unmanaged pain. There...

  4. Is this a common attendace policy?

    suanna replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    What else is new. Nurses aren't dedicated, educated, committed health care professionals. They are "laborers" like the kid on the grill at McDs' or selling beer and cigs at the local drive through. If...

  5. Bedpan dilemma

    suanna replied to Pennyrieder's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think what a lot of posters are missing is this is an ECF-not acute care. The oncoming nurse may have had 20-30 patients in his or her charge. In that environment routine rounds may not be possible...

  6. Bedpan dilemma

    suanna replied to Pennyrieder's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I hope I'm never a patient in a facility where they can tell me it is against policy for my bowels to move at such an inconvenient time as shift change and I'll just have to tighten the sphincter till...

  7. Do I throw down the Gauntlet?

    suanna posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work for a great hospital with a lot of professional docs and nurses that work well together. Recently I have gotten into conflicts with a resident physician that always seems to start rounds with...

  8. Heparin bolus administration

    suanna replied to RDH-RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'ts very much dependent on the make and model of pump you are using. We use 3 or 4 different models in this hospital and they are all different in how you program. For the most part- set it up like...

  9. if you hate nursing, what would you rather do instead?

    suanna replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    WOW- you make doing rape kits on drunk angry collage girls sound pleasant. I didn't think that was possible. Thanks for the

  10. Is the anti-bully trend going to far?

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

    I'm pretty sure the "Zero Tolerance" policy for Bullying is just a way to get rid of nurses without having to go to the BON or prove negligence. Absenteeism is a non-issue. People just get a FMLA. So,...

  11. Did anyone judge you for being a male nurse?

    suanna replied to ddane94's topic in Men in Nursing

    Only my father. "nurse" was the only "N" word he wouldn't say. I was introduced as his son "who worked with the doctors at the university hospital". He once asked me how many years I had to put in...

  12. SICK of BSN Pedestal

    suanna replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Be thankful it is only BSN. In my area 1 Nurse in 4 is going back for thier MSN. Ther are even 3-4 PhD Nursing programs with a good following. In this area a BSN is what the lazy, non-motivated, sheep...

  13. Central line dressing question

    suanna replied to schnookimz's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your central line. I.J. lines often need changed more frequently do to the drool factor. Even if the dressing remains intact a lot of oral stuff can drift right to your line site. A PICC...

  14. Night weekend track job? Worth it?

    suanna replied to ihatethisjob's topic in General Nursing

    Worked it a few years- gave it up for a staight FT nights position. It depends on what you want from a job and your life outside of work. Consider if you work 3 12s a week- you can work Su, Mo,...

  15. Bullied nurse. I quit. :(

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

    I'm not sure if bullying was going on here or not- but I agree you were not delt with in the most constructive manner. Please consider, I worked with nurse- she was OK- positive attitude, willing to...

  16. Heparin bolus administration

    suanna replied to RDH-RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Your perceptor is nuts- unless there is some silly hospital policy that says you cannot give a hep bolus- and if that's the case- the policy is nuts as well. I almost always give the bolus off the...

  17. Getting Flustered under "the pressure"

    suanna replied to morningland's topic in General Nursing

    As above- 3 years does not give you quite the background to always set the right priorities and never make an error. The patient didn't die- If your BP had tanked or the patient had a big change in...

  18. Bedpan dilemma

    suanna replied to Pennyrieder's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "Wouldn't have left"? When I'm done with my 12hrs-it's someone else that is in charge of the patients. The fact that the nurse that followed you and the CNA did not pay attention in report dosen't...

  19. Do I throw down the Gauntlet?

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

    A doctor HIT SOMEONE??? Physical Therapy- Nope, You hit me=you go to Jail. I may be willing to work with the local prosecuter for a community service instead of Pen time, but I don't wave my rights...

  20. Do I throw down the Gauntlet?

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

    I am not green at this- I've been dealing with cranky doctors for 30+ years. When pushed I can put on the best snarky-professional affect you can imagine. I just wanted to see if any nurse, anywhere,...

  21. My First 12 Hour Clinical Day

    suanna replied to happynurse49's topic in General Students

    My glass was half full- now it's empty and I'm feeling much more

  22. if you hate nursing, what would you rather do instead?

    suanna replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine got her ceritfication as a forensic nurse a number of years ago. She had the image of being Temperance Brennan on "Bones". What she ended up doing is rape kit after rape kit on...

  23. ER help!

    suanna replied to AubreyWinkler's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The "preception of these docs" is being fed by the current war on narcotics. At the state and federal level, anything but short term use of any narcotic pain medication is being labeled as suspicious...

  24. Prednisone

    suanna replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for not getting into the semantic nit-picking about Owlieo.Os use of the drug name "prednisone" when it was obvious the meaning was I.V. corticosteroid. I haven't see this reaction and will be...

  25. I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore

    suanna replied to Poly123's topic in General Students

    Give up now. You have done a pretty honest assessment and determined that a lot of the behaviors that are central to nursing, or at least important for career satisfaction in nursing, make you...