littlebitonurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor
During nursing school we spent a week on an alzheimers unit for geriatrics. My first day on the unit I was at the nurses station when one of the residents came to the desk asking if I could mail a package for her. I asked her what she needed mailed...
littlebitonurse replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing
Wow, I hope that this is not the case at my hospital. I have not worked nights for >3 yrs now but can tell you of the 5 yrs that I did work nights there were time we were so dog-ass tired we would walk up and down the halls just to be moving and ...
littlebitonurse replied to imahobbit's topic in General Nursing
If you give meds according to the 5 Rights, you would absolutely refuse to give something you had not drawn or witnessed being drawn. How can you say Righ Med? if you only have another nurse's word that it is what it is supposed to be. I saw a very...
littlebitonurse replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing
My full time job consists of being the Quality/Risk Manager (I am an RN). I generally work 40/week, Mon-Fri 8-4p. Have been a nurse since 1998 (in this position since 2003). Live in the middle of Kansas, average 2 week gross pay is 1800-2000.:ball...
littlebitonurse replied to sstromberg's topic in General Nursing
I am from a 25 bed critical access hospital that uses Meditech and I like it. Of course, I am on the "core team" for our IT system and helped individualize the system for our hospitals use. We have developed the system slowly in each department and...