all4schwa

all4schwa

Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown

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  1. shoes and sox or stockings

    all4schwa replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Try Gold Toe brand socks for stay put

  2. help me figure out how to say...

    all4schwa posted a topic in General Nursing

    i have a hard time asking people to leave...if it's totally not necessary that they be there, i don't beat around the bush. but we do get a lot of trauma patients, broken up and mangled. this often...

  3. help me figure out how to say...

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    trauma--very good suggestions!! i'll keep these points in mind, thanks

  4. help me figure out how to say...

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    well, i didn't mean to sound callous. of course i realize why they need to be there. i wish we had private rooms, and it's not that i dont like being involved with families. they like me as well....

  5. You Know You're a Young(er) Nurse when...

    all4schwa replied to cristina26houston's topic in General Nursing

    uh oh, that would be me, totally busted.

  6. help me figure out how to say...

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    i guess i left the obvious out, duh. it's policy...they have roomates is mostly the reason. last night i let people come up because they had supposedly come whatever distance to see her. and the NM...

  7. You Know You're a Young(er) Nurse when...

    all4schwa replied to cristina26houston's topic in General Nursing

    when you have to ask why it matters...no really, i didn't realize it mattered. not the red one,

  8. Trouble c accents at work?

    all4schwa replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  9. Trouble c accents at work?

    all4schwa replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't get why someone for whom english is second language would be insulted to find out they have an accent . You OBVIOUSLY know that you have an accent. If a person is frequently asked to...

  10. How do u work nights and have a life?

    all4schwa replied to luv4nursing's topic in General Nursing

    i don't have much of a life between 12 hr shifts, but that wouldn't matter if i was on days or nites. on my days off, i might only sleep a coupla hours when i get home, then i'm ready to go to bed...

  11. What do you think about your hospital?

    all4schwa replied to blacksea pebble's topic in General Nursing

    i love the hospital i work at because i come here and hear how others live!! i wish some of my co-workers could come here and read up on what's going on in other workplaces around the

  12. Nurse to patient ratio

    all4schwa replied to streetdoc's topic in General Nursing

    ours is 5:1 on nights. we're considered advanced care and float to other advanced care units, but I believe other floors carry 7-8 on

  13. Deathbed visions

    all4schwa replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    i've known of many in the nursing home to see or hear children before they

  14. How to maintain/preserve an IV site?

    all4schwa replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    50mL flush would take a long time to do, you'd have to put that on a pump. Then that would be like bolusing them (okay for some, but not for all). But on the same token, maybe the pt with the SL not...

  15. What are you ??

    all4schwa replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I can agree with that!!! I'll watch my mouth though, a lot of our HUCs are so smart they shoud be in n. school, but I can see how that could be worded

  16. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    all4schwa replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    maybe it's another one of those things that varies state to state. here in ohio, in a hospital, an RN must do the initial physical assessment and the care plan. the lpn can do the rest of the...

  17. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    all4schwa replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    nursing and teaching go hand and hand... there is tremendous teaching in nursing. everything i do i'm explaining to my patient what and why i'm doing what i'm doing and how that will effect them....

  18. What are you ??

    all4schwa replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    i find it strange when non medical people ask this question because i feel like they don't know the difference anyway. nor do they even care to know what the difference is in our scope of practice....

  19. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    all4schwa replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    since when do we delegate assessment

  20. heplock needle size

    all4schwa replied to greenbean's topic in General Nursing

    she had taken the 15 minute vitals ( or maybe the PCT did), but she couldn't have come back after that. there was even blood in the bed! total lack of assessment. btw, our iv policy is four days...

  21. heplock needle size

    all4schwa replied to greenbean's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, there was a big stink last night because a nurse tried to run (unsuccessfully) blood through a 22g. Really, it was a 6 day old site and the problem was really that she hung it at six, and...

  22. Criminal or just Bad Judgement?

    all4schwa replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    it's more understandable on a psych unit...it woud still be a PIA but I see how it's supposed to be a CYA thing. Not in this case!! i see what everyone means about asking around; although, we...

  23. IV starts

    all4schwa replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    i think both of these were my problem last night. my "hold" is not working for me, but i see how a side to side would...also, i've notice that gap, but hadn't made the connection as to what that...

  24. *do I even know what I'm doing?*

    all4schwa replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Timothy has really put together a valuable tool...this is priceless. I have read this before. It helped me when I first started on the floor, it helped me three months later when I came across it and...

  25. *do I even know what I'm doing?*

    all4schwa replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    people expect you to ask questions, know that it is your right to do so. its not about being incompetent, it about being new. if anyone forgets, gently remind them. you can't be that incompetent if...