D.Johnson

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1. BSN vs. ADN

   D.Johnson replied to goldilocksrn's topic in General Nursing

   No way! Absolutely not! Pay based on experience, yes; competence, yes; knowledge of procedures/polocies, yes;patient responses/ evaluations, maybe; schooling, no way!

2. Medical errors by nurses in hospitals are the result of?

   D.Johnson replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I have to disagree with spacenurse. 3 of the factors contribute to errors. The bottom line is the Nurse. It is his/her responsibility to assure correct time/dose/patient/etc. Are some errors unavoidable? Maybe. Are we always up to date and informed o...

3. Incompetent nurse

   D.Johnson replied to JeanthePHN's topic in Safety

   About the previous post; please excuse all the typos. [This message has been edited by D.Johnson (edited April 23, 1999).]

4. Incompetent nurse

   D.Johnson replied to JeanthePHN's topic in Safety

   Boy, have I been in your shoes! I have a problem with a nurse who likes to fall asleep at the nurse's station. I reported it 'til I was blue in the face. My NCC handled it by giving her more work to do. I guess that was suppose to keep her awake. But...

5. ACLS Training

   D.Johnson replied to penguin's topic in General Students

   check with the American Heart Association. look in the phone book for a chapter in your area. also, try the big teaching hospitals. sometimes they run courses for the icu/er staff, and it may be open to people not employed there. hope this helps. dj

6. TROUBLES

   D.Johnson replied to JENN's topic in General Students

   Dear Jenn; You didn't mention if you went to school days or evenings. Do you go full-time or part-time? Do you also work? Do you have kids at home? My point is to take (and make) time for yourself. Before my last semester of nursing school, I had 4 c...