Nursing617

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1. Dilemma situation! I'm not a nurse, but is this common practice??

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Safety

   My role is a concerned employee. Need I say more? And he's been a nurse for a couple of years. If this was your loved one and something didn't seem right, you would be concerned too. It was Heparin

2. Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

   Nursing617 replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Safety

   I want to THANK YOU for taking action. That's a good nurse!

3. Dilemma situation! I'm not a nurse, but is this common practice??

   Nursing617 posted a topic in Safety

   Resident had an iv catheter to have morphine administered subcutaneously via a butterfly needle on the abdomen. Before the nurse administered the morphine, he mentioned out loud that he had to get the heparin first (referring to the flush). I then ...

4. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric

   I have not. I absolutely will when I find another job

5. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric

   It's mentally exhausting. Sanity is priceless!

6. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric

   All union at my employment. Any little thing someone does or says to any staff member, their reply is "I'm going to the union"

7. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric

   Absolutely!! I'm doing this for the residents! Not because I'm some "troublemaker". ABUSE is unacceptable and also illegal

8. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric

   It's funny because when I reported staff to the DON he seemed angry and was going to actually do SOMETHING. He told me a few days later they were being investigated. I worked in a hostile work environment for approxmatelty two months (because I repor...

9. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 posted a topic in Geriatric

   I need to vent...where I work (LTC) the nurses and aides sleep (deep sleep) for HOURS (this is an ongoing issue that has been addressed to the DON and NOTHING has changed. A few aides/nurses were on their toes for about a week and quickly fell back t...