Rotifer

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1. Loss of first RN job Today I am so sad

   Rotifer replied to mjkush102's topic in General Nursing

   Once you have 5 patients it isn't an ICU.

2. Who to blame- MD or ER nurse??

   Rotifer replied to freedom22's topic in General Nursing

   I wasn’t being facetious, the original poster kept the patient alive under stressful circumstances – job well done. He/she deserves part of the blame because had this nurse been more experienced, he/she would have hastened the transfer to CCU. You ...

3. Anyone attending Walla Walla Community College?

   Rotifer replied to dukesgal's topic in Washington

   I know this is old but I had to revive it. Excellent description of WWCC! Heh!

4. New LPN Grad and Agency Nursing Question....Need Advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   Rotifer replied to cygnus85's topic in LPN/LVN

   Don't do it - they will eat you alive. An agency hired me over the phone four days after I got my nursing license (RN) and dispatched me to the home of a 5 yo recently discharged from the hospital after being shot in the head. I'm not sure what the...

5. NO more LPN's

   Rotifer replied to itismemonica's topic in LPN/LVN

   I would not mind having LPN’s, I simply have no experience with them. From comments, it appears they are a vanishing species on the West coast – not necessarily elsewhere. A cost issue, I imagine. One can have nurses in a 16 bed ICU doing primary car...

6. NO more LPN's

   Rotifer replied to itismemonica's topic in LPN/LVN

   In four years I have never worked with an LPN, saw one once.

7. CNA with a few problems

   Rotifer replied to TheRicanPrincess18's topic in Disabilities

   i've known several nurses that were/are cutters - with forearm scars to show for it. you will not find a more supportive community than nursing, but you have to earn it. be proactive and work hard, be forthright about your limitations but don’t use...

8. I feel horrible

   Rotifer replied to Ms. Smarty Pants RN's topic in General Nursing

   I can promise you this nurse has left stuff undone. Exactly. Serious error but we have all done it - so has the surgeon. And he/she will rant and rave just as someone ranted and raved at them. The nurse following you is stuck dealing with it, let ...

9. Who to blame- MD or ER nurse??

   Rotifer replied to freedom22's topic in General Nursing

   It is everybody's fault, including yours. I see this happen, particularly with nurses new to the ER and young Hospitalists. I have also seen admitting send septic patients to the stepdown/tele floor mistakenly. You and, more appropriately, your ch...