Aloe_sky

Aloe_sky

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  1. Am I burnt out? Or, are my coworkers making me bitter?

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm at a new hospital, I love bedside nursing but we are always understaffed, 3 patients in the ICU is the norm which I really hate!! I still don't dread going into work yet, in fact I pick up extra...

  2. Am I burnt out? Or, are my coworkers making me bitter?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I completely

  3. Am I burnt out? Or, are my coworkers making me bitter?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I actually sold my soul for my daughter's tuition to be covered by the hospital

  4. Am I burnt out? Or, are my coworkers making me bitter?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    You're right, they hired a new "charge nurse" last night was her first night. She's been a nurse a little over 1.5 years. It was my third shift in a row and I came back to a new assignment, I asked...

  5. Am I burnt out? Or, are my coworkers making me bitter?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I also feel bad for the patients. These nurses are new and I may come off stand offish so they don't ask me questions. The sad part is, they wait till day shift comes in to ask questions when...

  6. Dangers of open ICU?

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK so I just learned something today and have been an ICU/ED nurse for a few years. A coworker that is a travel nurse just told me the reasons why me and her are frustrated is because this is our...

  7. False Documentation & Relationships

    Aloe_sky replied to Curiouscat12345's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Shouldn't you have addressed your concern in that moment to this nurse? I don't understand why nurses especially charge nurses see or hear something, sit around, say nothing, do nothing and then tell...

  8. Dangers of open ICU?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, the problem is all Drs will give different answers. A patients MAP goal will be 65 with an order for pressors to start, cardiology will come in the morning and say SBP goal to titrate...

  9. Pressure ulcers & Q2hr turns

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm at a facility where start of shift I'm noticing patients don't have foam wedges under them. The nurses will say they removed it so the patient can lay on their back for 2 hours. I was taught to...

  10. ICU Nurses, Clear The Pumps q1hr and Document Or...

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am at a new facility where the nurses clear pumps q1 and document continuous fluid intake instead of clicking in the prescribed volume in the computer. They say it's "not accurate" but this is...

  11. ICU Nurses, Clear The Pumps q1hr and Document Or...

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    We use cerner, when the medication is scanned and rate adjusted and documented, it calculates the volume infused that hour. These nurses "unchart" or clear the computer calculated volume infused....

  12. Dialysis catheters

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question regarding dialysis catheter’s. At the facility I work at they call non tunneled triple lumen dialysis catheter a “Shiley with a pigtail” I’m use to calling this a trialysis...

  13. Dialysis catheters

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely agree, my manager admits the staff are resistant to learning new things despite the access to education. Thanks for the

  14. Stoma powder for bed sores?

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient last night where wound care ordered “crusting”, he had a very large stage 3 pressure ulcer on his coccyx that was moderately bleeding. Wound care ordered stoma powder to be applied...

  15. Nxstage CRRT Documentation

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question for those that run NXStage CRRT regarding documentation. I’ve ran CRRT with nxstage for about 8 Years, at this new facility how I was taught to document makes absolutely zero sense...

  16. Nxstage CRRT Documentation

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    For our charting it says at the beginning of the hour document the I&Os from the previous hour (then the computer calculates what to program the CRRT machine to). Then in the next column...

  17. Nxstage CRRT Documentation

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    OK thank you! I’m just trying to wrap my head around why it’s not documented on the actual hour the fluid removal and pressures were measured. Did they ever

  18. Nxstage CRRT Documentation

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    that is my point, this is why I want feedback from nurses that run CRRT with nxstage. If not, I guess to understand is if dialysis is running from 2100 to 2159 and the nurse has been removing fluid...

  19. Intentionally understaffed with a charge out of staffing, is this normal now?!?

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I’m becoming more and more negative when I walk into work. I love being a nurse and I love working in the ICU, the problem is my unit is INTENTIONALLY short, the whole hospital for that matter. When...

  20. Intentionally understaffed with a charge out of staffing, is this normal now?!?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry for the late response, that would be nice however we have full time charge nurses and part time charge nurses. It’s not, one day the pick and choose who to be charge, even the job posting is...

  21. Intentionally understaffed with a charge out of staffing, is this normal now?!?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you don’t, those aren’t requirements at my facility. Like I said, I have been asked to do charge and refuse. The charges don’t help the aides, they don’t help the nurses. They literally...

  22. Intentionally understaffed with a charge out of staffing, is this normal now?!?

    Aloe_sky replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I’m wondering what these nurses are doing for 12hrs?!? on my unit they are Doing nothing for majority of the shift but online shopping!! I can easily sit and do nothing also as one of the...

  23. Upset When Nurses Volunteer To Take On Extra Patients

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an ICU nurse and the ratio is usually 2 patients to every 1 nurse. Now it’s not uncommon to have 3 patients and they don’t care about the acuity. They have dropped the bonuses, don’t send...

  24. Falsely Accused Of Patient Neglect

    Aloe_sky replied to Anna0029's topic in General Nursing

    Next time ask the visitor to step

  25. Sleeping On Unit

    Aloe_sky posted a topic in General Nursing

    My manager gave me a paper to sign saying 2 nurses said I was sleeping at the nursing station and ignoring my patient alarms. I told him I wasn’t even at the nursing station the entire shift and was...