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1. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

   nursek86 replied to nursek86's topic in General Nursing

   Just to clear things up a bit. No pt died from giving the diprivan. These pt were on vents (of course). Diprivan was not used freely. This practice had been going on for probably 5 yr +. Management was well aware of the practice as well as the ...

2. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

   nursek86 replied to nursek86's topic in General Nursing

   Just to clear things up a bit. No pt died from giving the diprivan. These pt were on vents (of course). Diprivan was not used freely. This practice had been going on for probably 5 yr +. Management was well aware of the practice as well as the ...

3. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

   nursek86 replied to nursek86's topic in General Nursing

   Well I can't believe that it has been that long. Guess I just let my mind wonder too much. Well the end of the story is.... Even tho the nurses were terminated from the hospital. we all have jobs now and I must say we came out much better. The ...

4. I've Had It! Nursing is NOT what it use to be!

   nursek86 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   :kiss Now that is not they way to go. I feel your pain, but remember those people out there watch too much TV. Nursing is a wonderful profession. You probably need a vacation in the tropics. When you return it will look better. Those people need...

5. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

   nursek86 replied to nursek86's topic in General Nursing

   I am glad that there are so many nurses out there to talk to. You all are valid in your thoughts. I think when you stay somewhere so long you get the old comfortable shoe feeling and that is not good. I will let you all know when things get resol...

6. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

   nursek86 replied to nursek86's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, Well the nurses in the ICU was one who 7p to 7a shift. We have staffing for 7 nurses in our dept. We have about 16 staff on nights. so that was half. There were 14 RN s from the OHU let go. That is were the practice started. All th...

7. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

   nursek86 replied to nursek86's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks whoO. We have standing orders for the Diprivan gtt, but not to give a bolus, besides the drug was always available on the unit and when a pt was on the gtt and it was d/c the pharmancy never requested it back. It was not a controlled med. ...

8. Fired nurses in Louisville, Ky

   nursek86 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Recently I was going through Google about this subject and found your web site. I think it is great. I found the discussion about the fired nurses. Well I am one of those nurses. The practice of giving Diprivan to patients that are on the vent ha...