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1. That we are not their secretaries? and that they are just as able to pull up their own computer rounding list as we are?
2. That no, I CANNOT explain the risks and benefits of a surgical procedure, and NO, I do not consider it my responsibility to "remind" you to get consent on the day of the procedure. I can only witness the INFORMED consenting patient's signature.
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18. To stop waking up my sleeping babies after it took me an hour to get him/her to sleep.
19. If my name is on the board next the pt's name than that's means I'm his/her nurse...don't stand around asking who has pt so and so when its written clearly on the board. Its not a hard concept to figure out!
If my name is on the board next the pt's name than that's means I'm his/her nurse...don't stand around asking who has pt so and so when its written clearly on the board. Its not a hard concept to figure out!
Yeah,why is this such a hard concept to figure out? How DID you get through medical school?
21. PLEASE! Do NOT tell your patients they're going to be discharged and then not write the order... or write the order for ANOTHER doctor to clear the patient for discharge. Don't let the "D" word past your lips unless and until you are actually sending the pt. home!
Do you realize that family members take a day off work to bring mom home, they drive from distant places to pick up their relative.
Do you know who will take the blow back when the patient and family find out that they are NOT actually free to leave. Of all the things I've seen pts and relatives lose their composure over, this has got to be one of the most frequent.
jojotoo, RN
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14. How about bringing ME coffee for a change. Or providing snacks for the unit instead of eating all that the nurses' bring.