Harveyslake

Harveyslake

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  1. Calling report to the floor.

    Harveyslake replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, no one wants to get an admission or transfer anywhere near the end of their shift. They drag their feet, don't get rooms cleaned quickly, feign some emergency, whatever. They say things...

  2. First week- will I die of boredom?

    Harveyslake replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

    But, but,.....what about the secret

  3. Calling report to the floor.

    Harveyslake replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Had to laugh yesterday! Our manager had to take an assignment, the ICU was overflowing. Her 2 patients were both written to the floor. She started TRYING to call report 2 hrs before change of shift...

  4. Calling report to the floor.

    Harveyslake replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Had to laugh yesterday! Our manager had to take an assignment, the ICU was overflowing. Her 2 patients were both written to the floor. She started TRYING to call report 2 hrs before change of shift...

  5. Calling report to the floor.

    Harveyslake replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, one time I had a fresh trauma patient. Just arrived from OR. No BP, Tachy. Trauma surgeon at bedside. Double concentrated Levo AND double concentrated Neo and fluids running 999 on the pumps. Had...

  6. First week- will I die of boredom?

    Harveyslake replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

    No, not hard at all for me. Frustrating, infuriating, boring and generally disorganized? You betcha!!! Your mileage may

  7. First week- will I die of boredom?

    Harveyslake replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

    I can guarantee that medical students don't spend an entire semester in a physician theory class trying to define "doctoring". Why nursing students have to endure all that whackadoodle nursing theory...

  8. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    Harveyslake replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    I worked trauma/Neuro ICU. I then took a Monday-Friday GI Lab job. Same pay. Almost NO stress at all for me. However, the GI Lab nurses that had only long ago or never worked acute care where often...

  9. Medication transcribed then immediately d/c'd now boss write up transcription error

    Harveyslake replied to sb1959's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm,.....you might point out that the very purpose of verifying orders is to check for mistakes and correct same. Sounds like you did just that. If you transcribed the med incorrectly and didn't...

  10. What just happened?

    Harveyslake replied to Nurse3000's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The bigger issue here is that the off going nurse could be charged with patient abandonment. The patient remains their responsibility until report is given and responsibility for care accepted by the...

  11. Calling report to the floor.

    Harveyslake replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    There is one particular nurse in our PCU who is just miserable all the time when you call her report from the ICU complaining about every little thing that might not have been done or needs...

  12. First week- will I die of boredom?

    Harveyslake replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

    Here's the the low down on nursing school. It can be very "Trade School Like" it teaches specifically to the test,...that being the NCLEX. All it is designed to do is to prepare you to pass the NCLEX....

  13. Charge Nurse??? Try Ringmaster

    Harveyslake posted a topic in Nurse Management

    With the continued erosion of staffing levels and the ever more prevalent documentation burden, being in charge seems more like trying to run a 3 ring circus without enough clowns. Charge where I work...

  14. Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Harveyslake replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the end of the discussion: if an Admission arrives at 15:15 during report, which nurse is responsible for taking care of the patient? Certainly NOT the off going

  15. Charge Nurse??? Try Ringmaster

    Harveyslake replied to Harveyslake's topic in Nurse Management

    This about sums it up: Hitler, an ICU Charge Nurse Receiving Morning Report. WARNING:

  16. Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Harveyslake replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    yes, we have to hold the transfer patients,........until we NEED an ICU bed,....then magically, a bed becomes available on the floor. Never fails. Nothing worse than trying to get a new ICU patient...

  17. Any hospital recruiting international nurses in New York

    Harveyslake replied to pjsrav's topic in International Nursing

    PinayUSA has been a member since Apr '14 - from 'Texas USA'. Posts: 701 Likes: 585 Trump 2016 - Make America Great Again Build The Wall Illegals are illegal and by law we should deport those here...

  18. Charge Nurse??? Try Ringmaster

    Harveyslake replied to Harveyslake's topic in Nurse Management

    Actually, we have 12 beds in my ICU. Sometimes census is really low. Especially on weekends. The problem is that they staff so tightly that we never have a staffed, empty bed. We routinely hold...

  19. Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Harveyslake replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    "Oh, I'm soooo sorry that happened at the beginning of YOUR shift,....good thing you have time to deal with it. Management would frown on me going even further into overtime to do YOUR work". All...

  20. Salary ...

    Harveyslake replied to mdcp's topic in Research

    No poop,...priceless......Take the job. It will lead to bigger

  21. Low census--what do you do?

    Harveyslake replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ICU. If we have low census, we get floated to Tele or Med/Surg. Or, we get put on call. Never called off because we are ICU. The floor nurses get completely called off. It's never a "snow...

  22. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    Harveyslake replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I walk on the unit and all 14 trauma/neuro beds are filled, 2 call outs, a couple 1:1 patients and I'm in charge with 3 vented patients, all with pressors maxed out and these are the most stable...

  23. What do other hospitals do regard to scheduling staff for weekends?

    Harveyslake replied to Metalchild's topic in General Nursing

    Everywhere I've worked, hospitals, has had a robust, if not fully staffed, weekend program. Very popular and significantly decreases scheduling nightmares, short staffing due to call outs and whining...

  24. Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    Harveyslake replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    Actually,....it served me well by gaining their respect. This particular unit "hazed" people and only bestowed respect when they realized you could stand up for yourself. Things like, so what you...

  25. Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    Harveyslake replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    As a new graduate, I was orienting in a trauma/neuro ICU. My preceptor and I took a stable patient to MRI. We were there about an hour. All I had to do was watch the patient through the window and pay...