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  1. Judgement Free Zone Please

    CareBayer replied to sassyrn333's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree with a lot of what you say......thanks for the

  2. ICU visiting hours

    CareBayer posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    The MICU that I work in is closed between 7am-9am, 3pm-4pm and 7pm-8pm (for shift change.) We allow 3 visitors at a time, children may only visit between 5pm-7pm. One support person may stay...

  3. INR reporting issue

    CareBayer replied to HolyPeas's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse who passes the med is the one who is ultimately responsible for checking labs that pertain to that med.....what if the INR was 5 and they still gave the patient

  4. Do you wear rings at work?

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I go ring-less at work (not even my wedding ring.) It grosses me out that some minute microbe could plant itself within the ring's crevasses. Does anyone know about any research articles pertaining...

  5. Computer charting...love it or hate it?

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    What program does your hospital use....we use Cerner. It's OK, but we still have paper charts that the doctors write their orders in. The charge nurse then puts the new orders into Cerner. We...

  6. NSO insurance co...and BAD experiences?

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone had to use their personal liability insurance obtained through NSO? If so, did your policy provide you with eveything it stated? Did you have any problems..... Thanks a bunch from a new...

  7. How many times have you cried???

    CareBayer posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    How far are you into your first year and how many times have you come home and cried? I've been off precepting for five weeks and have come home and cried three times....most of the time it's because...

  8. The Many Hats we Wear...................

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    In the past few weeks, I have made mental notes of the things that I do at my job that are not "on my list of job requirements" so to speak...... 1. Emptying trash in patient's rooms and cleaning up...

  9. Dwindling jobs for LPN's

    CareBayer replied to Poochee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In my hospital, LPN's are no longer allowed to work in crital care nursing areas (step-down units, etc.) We lost an LPN who has worked at our facility as a critial care nurse for over 20 years. She...

  10. Need To Vent About Yesterday @ Work

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a fairly new nurse....I just hit the 6 month mark not too long ago. I work on a busy step-down unit. I arrived at work yesterday at 3PM to four monitored patients and a new admission. The new...

  11. Proof that Magnet Status is a farce (read this article!!)

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.massnurses.org/pubs/positions/magnet.htm

  12. ? for California nurses about nurse/patient ratios...

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I posted this in the California nurses forum but have not received any responses.... What type of floor/unit do you work on and what is your nurse/patient ratio? Has the mandated nurse to patient...

  13. Vent about a charge nurse....

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse....this is my second week on my own (off of precepting.) I have been taking care of five patients on a busy step-down floor with no major complications...until yesterday. There is a...

  14. Vent about a charge nurse....

    CareBayer replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to make my way for awhile before making too many

  15. Vent about a charge nurse....

    CareBayer replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    Fortunately, another nurse on the floor was able to look in on my patients......she witnessed the pandemonium that I was going through. Most of the nurses on my floor are awesome...

  16. The more I think about a comment that my coworker made to me, the more ticked I get!!

    CareBayer replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    There is a nurse that I work with who I HATE giving report to. She shows up and expects me to give her ALL of the info about a patient. I go early so that I can write down the names, doctors,...

  17. ? about latex gloves....

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why are hospitals still stocking latex gloves? Are non-latex gloves more porous (or more expensive) than latex?? I think that I may be developing a latex allergy. My hands are becoming red and...

  18. JACHO is a JOKE

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    If this organization truly cared about patient care, then they would be mandating SAFE nurse to patient ratios instead of harassing nursing staff about why there is a box of gloves propped on the...

  19. Pay difference between.....

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Home-health nursing Hospice nursing & Bedside nursing at a hospital..... Just curious!

  20. The Most Hard Working Shift- Day Or Night Shift?

    CareBayer replied to TPS360's topic in General Nursing

    I work days....very busy, but I know that the night-shift nurses run their butts off too! I am so appriciative of them. They get the floor ready for the day shift (when they can) by stocking,...

  21. Should I speak up, or keep my mouth shut??

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse....I will be done with precepting (out on my own) starting Monday. Already I am our unit's representative on the hospital's quality and research committee. Because of this position,...

  22. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    CareBayer replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting this!!! I completed the poll and wrote my

  23. Forgetting to chart important info

    CareBayer replied to 1jazzynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Everyone has done this....I would talk to an experienced nurse (that you have complete trust in) and ask what you should do. We use computer charting that does not allow us to modify information from...

  24. Do you have to go with patient's to procedures????

    CareBayer posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently, doctors at our hospital have started to require a patient's nurse to go with them to a procedure (if they are on a heart monitor.) This is called "nurse and monitor." I work on a step-down...

  25. Magnet-Scam or does it help the floor nurse?

    CareBayer replied to tirednursedude's topic in General Nursing

    tirednurse.....do you work in the Stark county area or more towards the "big