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!
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...
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...
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
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...