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  1. The nurse that gave me report was there when I caught the error, it was a mistake, she felt awful about it.
  2. Yup, I was being careful, as I mentioned, the previous nurse programmed it incorrectly and when I received the patient I went in right away to check the drip rates and noticed it was programmed wrong.
  3. The rate was set at 40meq/hr. Total dose in bag was 60meq/500 mls and it was programmed to run over 90 minutes. I caught it after it had already been running for 45 minutes.
  4. I am an experienced nurse and need feedback on a med error I caught. I received a patient who had a potassium level of 2.3, in checking the pump settings during handoff, I saw that the potassium was programmed to run in over 90 minutes, the patien...
  5. I am an experienced nurse and am curious as to what you all think about this. If a patient is complaining of pain and they are specifically requesting IV pain meds but they are tolerating PO and have oral meds ordered, what do you do? If you don't w...
  6. If you make over 100k/year as a nurse

    I make very close to 100k a year. 98k to be exact last year and will be right at 100 this year with recent raise. No overtime, 3-12 hr shifts a week, pacific nw. Night shift, float pool. Have been an RN around 10 years, BSN.
  7. Sleeping on lunch break

    I would have to agree with the poster that said you may have a coworker that developed a resentment against you. Since you are agency staff, sometimes people assume you make more money and automatically hold you to a higher standard than core staff. ...
  8. Should I become a nurse?

    Think twice before continuing nursing school. If you already don't like it, that is a red flag. On the other hand, it can be a vehicle to help you get you to where you want to be so think about what you want to get out of it. I went into it for a...
  9. Been Living A Sendentary Life

    Good for you on your desire to change! I would check out websites such as shape.com to determine what to bring on the first day. It also depends a lot on what you will be doing at the gym, cardio, strength training, classes etc. Asking at the ...
  10. "Borrowing" one patient's med for another.

    I would have to disagree with you, at least in the work situation that I used to work in, I did not see a problem with it. In this situation, all the meds were individually barcoded and in a patient drawer, they were sent up from a central pharmacy...
  11. UAP acting as "nurse" in doctors office!

    This needs to be reported to the BON. Can't you report while remaining anonymous so that it will not affect your job? Perhaps you could give information to the BON which is general enough (or a limited number of specific situations) so that they c...
  12. Why not see this experience as an opportunity to get past some of the fears of being around men? I think it would be an injustice for you to drop out of nursing school because of this. That would mean your abusive father is still controlling your ...
  13. Thanks all for the comments. Yes, I also learned to take shifts whenever they are offered. I also casually wondered if the agency punishes nurses who decline a shift by canceling you first for x amount of days later. I looked into other agencies...
  14. RN in 2 states?

    yup, this is true. I have several nursing licenses and all it takes is filling out the required paperwork, $$$ and waiting. Some of the states require you to submit fingerprints for a background check so that adds on the dollars and wait time too.
  15. Would this be appealing for an RN?

    Honestly, this job sound awesome to me. However, I think this opinion may be affected by the fact that I am unemployed and have been trying very hard to get a job for a few months.