Angelicpurl

Angelicpurl

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  1. Is tipping allowed?

    Angelicpurl replied to KRVRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where I have worked, we've not been able to receive ANY item of value like a gift certificate or gift card. That's the same as cash. We have to follow federal guidelines in the U.S. if we bill...

  2. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    Angelicpurl replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    They had only a unit clerk call out. You had 3 nurses call out and I've pulled everyone to your unit I can. Not all nurses can work your unit. Remember, everyone is short tonight, not just

  3. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    Angelicpurl replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I don't know....patient had limited mobility & we had to have 2 of us to put on or take off bedpan. I offered to do the lifting/rolling & wish I could've paid attention to how they put the...

  4. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    Angelicpurl replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there! Unfortunately we come across managers who know less about being a nurse every day. Shocking for someone with a license, right? I had a manager who couldn't figure out how to make honey...

  5. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    Angelicpurl replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I worked with one like that. He went in an told a lady she'd had a heart attack & would need to be transferred out for open heart surgery. She went into cardiac arrest! He not only pressed Code...

  6. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    Angelicpurl replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I never understood their thought process beyond thinking cost saving. Our manager said she worked hard to get us better staffing ratios because she read that more RN per patient ratio meant better...

  7. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    Angelicpurl replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    Great inventions, those pagers, right? I worked on a telemetry floor as one of 2 RN'S one night. No, I did NOT have time to put someone on a bedpan if they just rang out. I had to assess 18 patients...

  8. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    Angelicpurl replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've worn one many times. I do community health fairs & vendor REQUIRES us to wear one. But I've worked several places that in order to leave our unit, we put on a lab coat or change. I've also...

  9. Nurse Bullying

    Angelicpurl replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm insulted by your comment. I'm FROM a "hillbilly" state. I was born in the fabulous state known as "West BY GOD Virginia" & I'm proud to say that I've lived in Kentucky and now the wonderful...

  10. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Angelicpurl replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Did we ever work together? (Just kidding!) I recently had a doc tell me his female patient couldn't be pregnant because she told him she'd never had sex! I'm NOT an L&D Nurse, but I can recognize...

  11. Parents who can't/won't pick up kids

    Angelicpurl replied to mc3's topic in School

    A few comments related: I was once a sick kid vomiting in the office with patents who couldn't come get me. I lived an hour from the school and mom had taken our only car to a funeral. I didn't...

  12. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    Angelicpurl replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Me too! But that nurse crew was an odd bunch. They had a code one evening & a nurse in that group was at lunch. No one knew anything about the patient & I was the recorder. So, I started going...

  13. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    Angelicpurl replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My pet peeve was the ones who never accept help & when their patient DOES need help when they're not around, they go back and try to redo/undo your help. I answered a call from a patient I was...

  14. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    Angelicpurl replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, you misunderstood me. I was commenting on how much I love having a unit clerk. They've not taken them away at our hospital, but they've fussed about the cost since we went electronic. Our...

  15. Parent Faked Order?

    Angelicpurl replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Yep. Hence why my boss said, "***" when she hung up from the call. I just happened to be there & heard the mom screaming she wanted me fired for

  16. Live Lice Experiment, Game On

    Angelicpurl replied to GdBSN's topic in School

    I'm jealous! You get to send home the kids with lice or nits??? We have to watch them scratch their heads all day. Because the teachers send them to us when each class starts....and our district says...

  17. Parent Faked Order?

    Angelicpurl replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    I got blasted HIPPA violation because I called MD office to clarify med orders and I was providing home health to the pediatric patient. I also love when I call & the MD office says they'll call...

  18. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    Angelicpurl replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked with awesome HUC in past. We were going crazy down a tech & one went around helping pass ice water. Even someone at the desk directing people, answering phone, and keeping people from...

  19. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    Angelicpurl replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You don't have an assigned parking space? I used to, but I shared it with another nurse who also worked nights....all the way on far end of furthest parking lots. That hospital assigned us spaces and...

  20. Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    Angelicpurl replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was pushing several meds on a patient once and got called by the tech telling me to put the roommate on a bedpan, "since you're in there anyway." Yea....I'll just leave my syringe of Digoxin taped...

  21. Nurse Bullying

    Angelicpurl replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I too was bullied as a nurse. I think any new grad who gets 14 patients and has to share an aide with 2 nurses that have 11 patients each (my aide had 16 patients & their other aide had 10) is...

  22. Collegue with restrictions

    Angelicpurl replied to Mqnurse40's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ohio used to send out a leaflet when I practiced there. It had a listing of all the nurses who had discipline, license #, why disciplined, & for how long, including any penalties. It's been about...

  23. Weed and work.

    Angelicpurl replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Before hire, if sentinel event everyone working gets tested who MIGHT be called in about it, after injuries (even if isn't your fault, like someone hit you)....narcotic count off (entire unit, both...

  24. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Angelicpurl replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep! My former PCP insisted I needed my ears irrigated in her office. I told her no because of having so much scar tissue on the ear drum that my ENT said to come back to him if I had issues. Well, I...

  25. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Angelicpurl replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep! I had a pt many years ago vomiting profusely after lap chole. Bright yellow....so called surgeon. Lap chole was a new procedure for the hospital. Give 6.25 mg Phenegan orally & don't call...