miss81 replied to ohmeowzer's topic in Medications
They're still not locked drugs where I work. Ativan is used left, right and center but it's in the patient's own drug drawer. As far as I know we don't have any issues with that. But I guess I may not hear about some occurences. AND it's not uncommon...
A member of my family has a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and works as a drug rep. for a pharm. company. She does not need a nursing license. She hated floor nursing and decided to take a different route right from the get go. Just an idea.
My close friend started work in the ER straight out of school. She was thrilled then, but it's 10 years later and she will tell you that she would never recommend it. She will say that she can't believe that they let her work there as a new grad afte...
i guess it's a good thing we have housekeeping staff 24/7... i don't know where i would find the time to being mopping up all the spills, blood and pee or plunging all the "you know what"! i think syringes, stethoscopes, bp cuffs, bedpans, and even c...
I guess it's a good thing we have housekeeping staff 24/7... I don't know where I would find the time to being mopping up all the spills, blood and pee or plunging all the "you know what"! I think syringes, stethoscopes, BP cuffs, bedpans, and even c...
I Was helping another nurse change out a pt in the ER. Once we had him changed he said, "oops, sorry!" The nurse I was with asked, "Sorry for what?" The patient said, " for pooping again." We looked everywhere but could not see any bowel movement any...
miss81 replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing
She is a grown woman. You're not a junior high teacher. You give her your opinion, the info about consequences and the option to leave without penalty, and the rest is up to her. Even if she was in her GP's office and he suggested she go to Urgent Ca...
Nobody says a word about the lawyers, doctors, profs/instructors and other professionals that have these credentials on their name tags, but when it's a nurse we "eat our own". Geez, be proud of how far our profession has come! If you don't want to w...
This is what we do at our hospital. We don't really have a nursery, just an area with a few isolettes for sick babies. Our babies are taken to there mom as soon as the admission assessment is completed on the baby. With the exception is after a c-sec...
We use them in an emergent situation for both adults and paeds until we can get another line. I find it works well for a short time, but they tend to leak and are very painful. That's my experience...
Not in my hospital (except for VAC dressings or packing). That is a Registered Nurses order/intervention. We use our own judgement for type of dressing (i.e. mepitel, silvercel, aquacel, etc.). We also have a wound care RN that can be consulted for v...