bellasage

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1. PT Pulls out their NG tube...boss says I need to fill out an event report?

   bellasage replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds about right. You would have to fill out an event report. "Event report" isn't just for things that happen but to bring attention to near misses or other situations. Your event report on the that might change a policy on monitoring of patients ...

2. Favortism

   bellasage posted a topic in Relations

   Is it inevitable?

3. CODE question

   bellasage replied to JMDRN09's topic in General Nursing

   Wow.. I'm 3 yr post grad and feel like I dont remember anything!!!

4. do not return list

   bellasage replied to pixley's topic in General Nursing

   Do not return list is just a list with their agency/hospital that you couldn't go back there. nothing legal!! Probably can't use them as a reference. Sounds more like she was threatening you, but what ever, just move on to the next job, I wouldn't b...

5. so what was your life like before u became a nurse?

   bellasage replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

   A little enjoyable??

6. Too many mentally ill patients admitted?

   bellasage replied to ed.hall's topic in Emergency

   I do woman's services and the occasional Med/Surge... They all seem a little mentally ill to me.

7. HIPPA Violation??????

   bellasage replied to belle87RN's topic in HIPAA

   No, it is not a HIPPA violation. Unless you know that by asking your church to pray for a patient in your hospital, then going to describe her in detail with some knowledge that someone in the congregation knows her/or can guess who it is. For exa...

8. terminated

   bellasage replied to luminous's topic in General Nursing

   She can request a review. She has to be willing to go beyond the nurse manager in this case.

9. What are my chances?

   bellasage replied to exquisite20's topic in General Nursing

   Go to the nursing school counselor, you may have to repeat some courses...

10. Trying To Enter a college with our wait list in NJ

    bellasage replied to 49*1's topic in General Nursing

    Don't think you are going to find any luck there. Thats pretty much the story everywhere....

11. Anesthetist or Physicians Assistant?

    bellasage replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you do this job for the money then you will learn real fast that you don't get paid enough for the the stuff we do... But the real measure is not how much money she/he makes but whether or not they are willing to do it for free..... Yes I get pa...

12. How'd you learn bones & muscles?

    bellasage replied to ceraleigh's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Kept 2 body size posters on my wall in bedroom/ one of muscles/ one of bones. Learned one part each day. One day I learned the head, then torso, Left Arm then right arm, then hands, and so on. I just stood there talking to myself in my room every...

13. Am I pathetic?

    bellasage replied to miMOMMYof3's topic in General Students

    Oh that is so annoying! I have one for you, while going to nursing school I kept being compared to my cousin the "scientist" who went to "medical school" and how wonderful it must be to become a "scientist" at such a young age. She is a clinical lab...

14. Oh. My. God. (lol!!!!)

    bellasage replied to SICU Queen's topic in MICU

    Well if the son is BIG DOG wonder what the DAD was???

15. Help with learning lab result interpretation?

    bellasage replied to sarani's topic in Student Assist

    not sure of sites but there are so many great books. Barnes and Noble/ Nursing Section if you don't want to buy, bring paper and pen and write them down!!!