Luv Nursing replied to Luv Nursing's topic in Pulmonary
Thank you so much for your insight. I felt like it was a "silly" question because to me, it's a no brainer for the reasons you pointed out in your post. There are Respiratory Nurses, you have home...
I know this sounds silly, but I need to find out if RN's with demonstrated comepetencies, can set up BIPAP, or do they need a special cert? Having a dispute with RT and can't find specific info in...
I understand completely what you are saying. Document, document, document and do everything you can to protect yourself. Is it not crazy we have a mojor nursing shortage and yet EVERYWHERE, there is...
Thank you so much guys for your responses so far. In answer to your questions, the Pharmacist "doesn't have to work" meaning he is doing us a favor because he doesn't need the $...and Risk Management...
I'm dying to know how things turned out. As a Nurse Manager, my first thing would be to remind everyone "involved" that incident reports are not punitive, but a way to evaluate for possibly a system...
My God! You can't possibly stay there, forget your license, your physical being is obviously at risk! I cannot fathom any agency allowing their staff to be subjected to this. I would start looking...
I'm a nurse in the state of Maryland. There's been an on-ging debate - situation regarding utilizing a pharmacy tech in the hospital. The pharmacy tech, who was grandfathered in by the pharmacist,...
I've posted before regarding needing something concrete, so I can see we are all in the same boat. I've develped some spreadsheets I use for personal uses, that all me to show a more clear picture as...
Dear Beachlover, You're not rambling, you're venting to keep your sanity so you can go face another day.....somehthing nurses everywhere understand. Here's another thought for you and for Melinurse,...
Quick thought- I totally understand where you are coming from, and trust me, your department manager doesn't like nor much less agree with staffing from a budget perspective, but budgets do have to be...
I manage a Med Surg unit in name, but we are in reality a PCU as we keep cardiac drips and insulin infusions. Since taking over as the manager, I've instituted a 1 nurse to 6 patient ratio for both...
Luv Nursing replied to TraumaGirl1018's topic in Medical-Surgical
Pyxis are great! The pyxis is a large unit that houses anything you want it to- medications, narcotics, supplies, etc. The purpose of the pyxis is to provide a point of service billing for whatever...
Thank you to everyone who's given me some great suggestions. Please keep them coming. I had already spoke to the Medical Director, the Medical Director had spoke to the Physician, and unfortunately,...
Hey ya'll, I'm actually an acute unit manager but I'm having difficulty with a physician that involves LTC. This physcian refuses to write medication orders on the In-patient hospital physician...