sarahg88

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1. Dating a former patient

   sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   I also have a mental health diagnosis. And I would hate for someone to be told that they can't associate with me because of it.

2. Dating a former patient

   sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   I live in a very small area. We have mutual friends. The occurrence of a dual relationship (nurse and personal) Can be highly likely. And t has indeed been a year.

3. Dating a former patient

   sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   A few of my co workers know and are telling me to not freak out about it and don't see it as a big deal. I've also read other threads on here where nurses were dating there current patients and ! Which I think it absolutley wrong. I feel like what I ...

4. Dating a former patient

   sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   Not lashing out, just upset at the fact that there is a lack of support.

5. Dating a former patient

   sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   FORMER patient. I see no policies stating this is an issue. I also had a nursing instructor who married one of her patients! It upsets me that there is a blanket policy on all of this. No authority can dictate my life. As for my professionalism, I am...

6. Dating a former patient

   sarahg88 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I am an LPN in Canada working at a mental health facility. I met a patient nearly a year ago whom I had a totally unexpected connection with. It isn't something I was seeking out and never in a million years did it occur to me that something l...

7. Feeling like giving up..

   sarahg88 posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I have been an LPN for 5 years. I've worked in two different provinces and have had much different scopes or practice in both. Currently, I'm at the lower end of my scope in Atlantic Canada and am treated like low class citizen by the "real" nurses. ...

8. Am I Incompetent?

   sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   Yes i do know how to check the placement of an NG tube.

9. Am I Incompetent?

   sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   To be honest. I have never seem anybody do this... I have completley overlooked this all together. I feel lucky to have not had any TF complications and that i know this now. But im sure the clinical nurse educator feels that i am quite the retard

10. Am I Incompetent?

    sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

    I just researched and learned that this is our policy too. How did i not know this now i feel like a complete and utter failure. I can't believe i've been nursing 20 months and have never done this once. Wow......

11. I feel dumb.

    sarahg88 posted a topic in Stress 101

    I am looking for reassurance, the truth, and insight on how to deal with something that happened and has been happening for awhile. I have been an LPN on an acute care/general internal medicine unit since june 2011. I am a fairly new grad finishing s...

12. Am I Incompetent?

    sarahg88 replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

    I deal with TF all the time! Have just never checked residuals because i have never had a patient with complications!

13. Am I Incompetent?

    sarahg88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am looking for reassurance, the truth, and insight on how to deal with something that happened and has been happening for awhile. I have been an LPN on an acute care/general internal medicine unit since June 2011. I am a fairly new grad finishing s...

14. What is your current LPN salary

    sarahg88 replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN/LVN

    23.91 hour as a new grad, edmonton alberta canada

15. Do i belong somewhere else or am I overreacting?

    sarahg88 posted a topic in LPN/LVN

    Hello fellow nurses. I have been nursing for approx. 11 months now and find myself in situations which i still can't figure out on my own, or which i feel i know nothing about. When i work day shifts theres a lot going on and i find it hard ti wrap m...