Sweetxangel16

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1. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Management

   Thank you, I'm giving it my best! I did change the device to a safer one as soon as employee told me what had happened (said employee did not like this change). This employee just asked me Friday at the end of shift. I told them that we'd talk more n...

2. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Management

   Thank you for replying! :) This employee states she is not symptomatic but feels that testing is now necessary & is insisting on it. This person can't provide me with the exact date of the injury either (just the month & approx. week it may ...

3. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Management

   I understand s/s of HIV can take months to yrs to show, but I don't understand how this employee would be able to prove that that needle stick was the source of infection. I mean this employee can't remember who the pt was, let alone the exact date i...

4. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Management

   Thanks for replying :) The employee did receive a warning & I made her review & re-sign our policy for needle inj. I also had an outside speaker come in (from the health department) to do a BBP review & I changed the device to a safer on...

5. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 posted a topic in Management

   Need some help! I am a new nurse manager at an ambulatory surgery center. I was given no formal training for this position so I've been learning as I go, & using some prior knowledge I gained while working on a med/tele floor & as an assistan...