idk about all of this but i think i should get tested for ADD! i have all these symptoms and more! i find myself calling objects by the wrong name. once i asked my fiance "did you put a spoon in here?" referring to a coke can with a straw in it. i me...
Okay good, i'm still a new nurse, and despite what i've learned, i have found myself counseling my pt's while sitting on the side of their bed. I just wondered if this was common practice. :)
wow. you sound exactly like me. word finding issues are my biggest problem. i don't know where to turn, or how to get help- but i am a nurse, and i darn good one :)
My nursing instructor told me once to never ever sit on a patients bed. I work at a LTC facility and i see some nurses sitting on the side of the bed with alert and oriented patients when they are counseling them or trying to cheer them up. What do ...
Thanks for the replies! I didn't want to judge my co-worker for this, and now that i see it is fairly common to look up records! :) i will choose not to, because i want all my patients to be innocent angels in my eyes :icon_roll i can't imagine if th...
Yes i know its public and all, but isn't that a big conflict of interest? or should i look as it like i have a right to know? what do you think about it? :) thanks!
A co-worker mentioned she did this and was telling me about some previous arrests of our patients. Is this illegal? It seems very unethical. what should i do?
I am going to do an LPN to RN program in about a year, but i'm worried. Ya see, i live with my fiance in an apartment, and i am the main bread winner. i work PRN and make about $2000 a month to pay for our expenses (which is about $1000 a month). Fia...
LPNweezy replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing
I poked myself with a sterile insulin syringe right before drawing up the insulin. Thank god it was a sterile needle with nothing in it- this was when i was a student. so i will never make that mistake again !!
LPNweezy replied to shining_brighteyess's topic in General Nursing
Your going to have a lot of people who do not understand how you feel tell you to "get over it", "who cares what others think"- etc. its not that easy, it sure is easy to say tho- if your not that kind of a person. Personally, i think nurses are very...