RNforLongTime

RNforLongTime

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  1. Just let me go!

    RNforLongTime replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Two years ago, my grandmother became unresponsive due to sepsis and had to be moved to ICU. The intensivist was all, well she has a living will that states DNR, another Dr, the Neurologist was like,...

  2. Just let me go!

    RNforLongTime replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    What happens a LOT where I work is a pt comes in A&O and wishes to be a Do Not Intubate..but then their condition deteriorates and the family with the Doctors consent changes the patient to be a...

  3. Things you'd never have done before...

    RNforLongTime replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE mani/pedi's! Love massages. I get a pedi every two weeks in the

  4. So i'm a Nurse right????

    RNforLongTime replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In PA, you would be considered a GN(graduate Nurse) and that's how you'd sign your name...wouldn't be allowed to give IVP meds untill you've passed

  5. Where do you take temps??

    RNforLongTime replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have temporal thermometers where I work. We have oral/axillary only. So I either get an axillary or an oral temp. Usually

  6. What brand of bed does your hospital use?

    RNforLongTime replied to ObtundedRN's topic in General Nursing

    We also have HilRom Versacare beds in my 6 bed

  7. Staff Meetings: What Are They Good For?

    RNforLongTime replied to steelydanfan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, I'll let you know after the next time we have one in our unit. It's been almost two years!!! The DON/unit leader is 'too busy' to have regular staff meetings with us here in

  8. Is the nursing experience better or worse than when you started?

    RNforLongTime replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    This is how I feel as well on most days. When I follow certain RN's on my floor, I KNOW I'm going to spend over half of my shift 'cleaning up' after that person. It's not being petty, it's expecting...

  9. Would love some advice......

    RNforLongTime replied to Punkygrl's topic in General Nursing

    I think anybody going into school for LPN or RN should be required to be a CNA first. I was a CNA my final year of nursing school and I think it really helped me develop time management skills...

  10. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    RNforLongTime replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't tell me that I complain all the time because we work with lazy RN's. You're the new kid on the block here. Just wait, you'll see what I mean. You say my negativity is bringing you down? You'd be...

  11. Survey regarding tube feedings

    RNforLongTime replied to cruisin_woodward's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Survey questions regarding mechanically ventilated critically ill adults receiving temporary enteral nutritional therapy (applies to intensive care registered nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician...

  12. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Nope and I highly doubt the pt JUST went into flash pulm edema the instant he arrived into ICU. Getting a decent report on a new admission IS all about patient care. Lots of times I don't have time...

  13. Telemetry monitoring

    RNforLongTime replied to Bwick's topic in Cardiac

    We mount strips once a shift, 7am,3pm and 11pm. Also for any change in rhythm. We have no dedicated telemetry monitor tech. I'm in ICU and we have a central monitoring unit at the nurses station....

  14. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    ~*Stargazer*~ said: Yes it's frustrating but I'm used to it by now but it doesn't mean I like it. I've reported my concerns to the nursing supervisor and she just shrugs her shoulders and says it's...

  15. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd KILL for a temp probe foley!! Those are deemed "too expensive' where I work :0 More often than not though, I have to pull the report out of the ER nurses at my facility almost EVERY time. So are...

  16. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    For AMI at my facility, they get shipped to the hospital down the street as we have no emergency cath lab available as they do at the Heart Centers down the road... But as I've also stated 100 times,...

  17. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    RNforLongTime replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please clean up after yourself. If you drop it, pick it up. If you spill it, wipe it up. If you use it, put it away! I came back to work tonight after having 4 nights off and had our supply room all...

  18. "The Nurses and HCA's will be responsible for...

    RNforLongTime replied to Guest233447's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I have to do that where I work as housekeeping leaves at 10pm! We had two patient transfers out of my unit at 11pm making those our only empty beds. I cleaned one of them so there would be a...

  19. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    At MY hospital the Dr's(usually DO's) would rather NOT take the elevator up to ICU on the 2nd floor. Why? I dunno. Laziness. As for the guy with garden hoses for veins...we don't have a cath lab in...

  20. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

  21. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    As I said in my original post, I work in a SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. Meaning that pt's admitted to my ICU would normally be admitted to the floor at the larger hospitals down the street from where I...

  22. Best Nursing Quotes

    RNforLongTime replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite patients are SIR----Sedated, Intubated and Restrained!! Give me two(or 3) intubated patients on propofol drips and I'll show you a good

  23. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    RNforLongTime replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Not only did they not TELL me the assessment in report, they didn't even document it on their ER Nursing flowsheet! I sure hope they never get sued because they will be hung out to dry by the...

  24. Refusing Patients' Requests: Can it be done?

    RNforLongTime replied to George4life's topic in General Nursing

    THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM with some of my coworkers. Some of them do not enforce visiting hours. One let the family spend all night at the bedside of one of our pt's who was NOT actively dying. So the...

  25. What should I do?

    RNforLongTime replied to FutureNurseKaturah's topic in General Nursing

    I think you would be better off just going for your BSN straight out of high school. I started off my nursing school career in a hospital based diploma program but 'flunked out' before completing it....