I know in my state, nurses have taken their complaints with doctors who act unprofessionally by reporting them formally to the board of registration. I worked for a town and had similar experiences with a coworker who created a hostile work environme...
Ambersmom replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing
No, nursing management in other places is not like this(nor is it usually like this outside of nursing). I've seen people terminated for relatively minor infractions but I believe in this case the reason why nothing official has happened is because n...
Ambersmom replied to Ambersmom's topic in Emergency
Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I agree, my intention isn't to use the book as a resource during shift hours, but as a resource I can keep in my locker or at home if I need it. Thanks.again
Hi, I have finally landed my dream job and am starting an ER transition program (my past experience includes emt, paramedic, and burn/trauma, med/surg).
I'm both excited and terrified. Can anyone tell me of a good pocket book I can get to use as...
Ambersmom replied to sunflower101's topic in General Nursing
Not everyplace is a good fit for everybody, mourn the loss for a little bit then remind yourself that somebody else's opinion matters naught, its just that their opinion... If you have any clinical instructors or profs. you had a good relation with c...
Ambersmom replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing
But in the case where you found meds, including IV meds at bedside and still not given 2 hrs later that is a med error and a time change would need to be done, as well as an incident report. So if blood was found at the bedside 2 hrs later, would she...
So if I'm reading this correctly, Ibuprofen and Tylenol weren't given based on the assumption they wouldn't do anything?
Typical SOC, is that you give the medication available, the tylenol/ibuprofen (which if wasnt available as a PRN was the fi...
This is a very hard lesson to learn, sadly. Sometimes even when the symptoms are there we are distracted, overwhelmed, caring for other patients that we sometimes don't see the bigger picture until its too late. You said you were thinking pt was a sb...
One thing to understand here is that hip fractures in an elderly patient result in an average life expectency of 1 year or less, this is NOT a harmless mistake, if this patient is over a certain age it just may be the beginning of the end for them.
Ambersmom replied to danij040866's topic in Career Support
report the no lunch to the labor biard, if you don't get one they have to pay you. Facilities need to be held accountable for these impossible work situations and the only way that will happen is if some speaks out. When people just tolerate it, it o...
Well Neats, before you comment perhaps you should look at my other posts. My situation had almost nothing to do with negative comments; it had EVERYTHING to do with me losing my job because I filed patient safety reports for sentinel level events, it...