This week I caught myself saying I "have to" go out of town to present a seminar. The terminology that I used was very negative. Whenever you say you "have to"...
On the floor, I hear some nurses say "I want to get out on time". I think that statement does not consider the needs of the patients. The nurse may have a...
A turtle on a fence post didn't get there by himself. No matter how large or how small your accomplishments, there have always been people along the way that...
In a recent study reported in the February 20, 2008 issue of JAMA, Dr. Peberdy and Associates found that survival from cardiac arrests was worse on nightshift...
On day shift there is ususally enough MD's around to respond. Having access or should I say, no access to MD's at night has always been a problem. Also the...
tourette@...
Mar 19, 2008 10:15 am
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Very good point Joan. I work nights on a cardiac unit, we run the codes a long time before we see a doc. Becky ... From: "tourette@..."...
Rebecca Cox-Davenport
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Mar 19, 2008 6:06 pm
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We have night educators 1 for critical care and 1 for med surg that work during the 7p-7a shifts each of them 4 days a week and may not necessarily be on the...
What a treat, do you need an educator :) ________________________________ From: mpoweryournurses@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mpoweryournurses@yahoogroups.com] On...
Joan Ahern
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Mar 21, 2008 11:13 am
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Our positions are all filled. You can read about the value in my article:Critical Care Nurse June 2004 Breaking Tradition. May have some insight Kathleen...
I need copies of unit educator job descriptions /requirements .Does anyone have any to share ? Patricia A.Didion, MSN RN Clinical Nurse Specialist Firelands...
Didion, Patricia - Nu...
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Mar 21, 2008 1:48 pm
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When fellow nurses do not practice according to standards (forgetting to draw a crucial lab, not following up on the portable chest xray being done), and...
Patty Bartzak RN
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Mar 21, 2008 8:55 pm
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Documentation and manager follow up Kathleen McCarthy "Education costs money, but then so does ignorance" - Sir Claus Moser ... From: Patty Bartzak RN...
That's great Kathleen, I have worked in a hospital for three years with no educator at all. It is very true that new grads are often found on the night shift,...
... with no educator at all. It is very true that new grads are often found on the night shift, this along with fewer resources; it is no wonder we have...
cak131343
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Mar 23, 2008 10:12 am
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If it were me, I would confront that nurse first. Let him/her know that you have been catching these things. It could be that that particular nurse doesn't...
Cool new ideas come from thinking in ways we have never thought before. In years of attending staff meetings, committee meetings, and the like, I've rarely...
Philosophically nurses know that research is important to clinical practice. In a recent study by Donna Jo McClosky, nurses agreed that research helps to...
Encouragement. Although I do not profess to be a dictionary nor do I know anyone named Webster, it seems to me that the word "encouragement" means more than...
The mnemonic "FEAR" is excellent, and one that I will remember (False Evidence Appearing Real). Sometimes nurses don't stand up for other nurses, as they...
Recently a student used our CCRN Test Prep program and took the exam and failed. She wrote to me asking about how to use our 100% passing guarantee. In her...
Transformation is defined as a significant change in the character, or nature of someone by the WordSmyth dictionary. It involves a strong emotional impact to...
Nurses are highly valued by society. I've heard about our nursing leaders getting up in arms about the way nurses are portrayed on TV. However, six out of the...
Flowers brighten up any room… that is already bright. A local flower shop promises that flowers will brighten up any room, but I doubt that they will do very...
We are exploring remote monitoring medical patients in our Medical Surgical units. These nurses have no cardiac or even basic ecg experience/education. I'm...
RNs typically have a job description to: assess, nursing diagnosis, plan, implement, and evaluate nuring interventions. As workplace technology evolves,...
Patty Bartzak RN
patty@...
Jul 16, 2008 1:51 pm
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Tracy We just had a unit go to remote telemetry. We did put all the nurses through the AHA ECG & Pharmacology class. This course has just been developed by the...
Tracy, At our facility we have a heart monitoring station. We have nurses and techs that monitor these stations. They all have to have a 12 lead class. We also...
We do monitoring on our medical-surgical units that is observed by the monitor techs on the telemetry, intermediate care unit. Nurses on units in our hospital...
Hi Tracy, Â As a staff nurse on a telemetry unit, I was very disheartened to learn that the nurses I work with did not know 12 Lead interpretation, and there...
Thank you all for your thoughtful responses! You've been VERY helpful Tracy Tracy Kaltenbacher BSN, RN, PCCN Clinical Nurse Educator Medical Surgical Module ...
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