Nuggets for June 19

There were just too many good things I found out there this week, that I had to add this special edition of Nuggets (special because they only usually appear once a week...).

Enjoy!

Rehab-o-rama

As a rehab nurse, I know the FIM, but truthfully, it sometimes drives me crazy when I have to look at someone and when we talk about them in a meeting spit out their FIM numbers. Some are easy, since we take care of bowel and bladder all the time. Those other ones, however, tend to mess me up.

I found this article about how one hospital educated staff on their FIM scoring. It's very clever and involves a cartoon character. Hey, if it works, go for it!

Play nice

Since my OR pal reminded me...It really sucks that they have to write articles like this, but a recent one from AdvanceWEB talks about how nurses in the OR sometimes need to be reminded to be civil.

Relax

Need a quick, contemplative moment? This article by a certified hospice nurse may help you achieve your goal (also from AdvanceWEB).

And from the blogosphere....

Not Nurse Ratched is a new nurse who talks about making her first big med error. Listen up, all you new nurses!

Crass-Pollination had this great post about the inpatient shell game. Just call it bed bingo on steroids or you know it's bad when someone needs to die for you to get a free bed.

And Keith wins the most interesting day post for this one: Bat in a Basket. We have critters all around Madison, but thankfully, no bats.

Nuggets for January 15

Well, it's back to work today, and I still have a bunch of stuff to do before I go. Here are a few things I've found while traversing the internet and various blogs.

My Own Woman has a great post for new nurses. Read it and live it. (I'm not brand new, but I'm still new at nursing and it really made me think.)

Tex from Weird Nursing Tales always has a great sing-a-long on his site. The latest, describes what I get to deal with on evening shift.

As a student nurse, I really enjoyed my trips to OR land at PrivateU's hospital. I almost considered going that route after getting my degree. If you're interested in the jobs of the OR nurse, check out UnsinkableMB's post on life as an OR nurse.

Jeepgirl has one of the reasons why I'm happy there's no full moon this weekend. Some of our people will just be crazy, anyway. All I can hope for is that a few more of them make it out by Friday, so the census comes down a bit before the weekend!