errn911susan

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1. When nursing staff ask for medications

   errn911susan replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric

   First of all, I commend you for using your head and giving your coworkers analgesics and antacids from your personal supply. You are fortunate you can afford to keep them painfree and a pleasure to work with. However, once again points are being miss...

2. When nursing staff ask for medications

   errn911susan replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric

   This response is ridiculous, knee jerk reactive, and is obviously made by a non-licensed care giver. Otherwise he/she would understand the seriousness of diversion. Diversion is diversion no matter the compound of the pharmaceutical. This issue is bl...

3. Dilaudid IV Push

   errn911susan replied to hdreserve's topic in Emergency

   Yikes! Which proves the point that Nursing is not to be taken lightly AND admin does not always have our backs! Our practice is completely on us!

4. ER job- new grad

   errn911susan replied to RN-Ella's topic in New Nurse

   Shock Trauma in Baltimore...? Holy Cow!!! Well, I am sure it all must be economy related. Truly. No doubt they would not want to pay me the high wage I make per hour in favor of a new nurse's wage. Hopefully all these EDs have awesome mentors and of...

5. ER job- new grad

   errn911susan replied to RN-Ella's topic in New Nurse

   It is curious that CWhitebn misconstrues my post as being critical of new grads. I understood the author of the original post to be asking for opinion of those of us with good experience under our belts. I gave mine based on my personal experience a...

6. When nursing staff ask for medications

   errn911susan replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric

   The answer to your question is remarkably simple. If the medication is supplied by pharmacy for the patient/patients and you provide it to a staff member, you are guilty of diversion no matter what the medication. If the medication is supplied by pha...

7. Dilaudid IV Push

   errn911susan replied to hdreserve's topic in Emergency

   Who would be liable? The person administering the medication! Doctors and admins can bark orders all they want, but good nursing judgement dictates that you know it is not safe to administer one of the strongest respiratory depressing opiates out th...

8. ER job- new grad

   errn911susan replied to RN-Ella's topic in New Nurse

   Not only should you not take the job, it should not have been offered to you in the first place. The ER is a discipline of nursing that requires years of finely tuned nursing judgement and instinct which a new grad does not and cannot possibly posses...