snh2009

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1. Feeling guilty for call in

   snh2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a rural hospital and of course Joint Commission is here, and I found out my mother is in the hospital yesterday, in the biggest town we have. It is about an hour away from us and I called in today because visitation hours are only 12-8, whi...

2. COVID testing

   snh2009 posted a topic in COVID

   Does your facility make you get two negative test to return to work if you call in sick? I left work yesterday, because I was feeling nauseated and I got hot wearing all that gear. I felt I had food poisoning, from eating out the night before. Once I...

3. How can I tell if my unit is going to close down?

   snh2009 replied to Roda dendron's topic in General Nursing

   I have had this Concern from a different angle. I work in a rural hospital in the ER and now do some house supervisor shifts. We are only seeing about 60-70 in the ER a day, used to see 90 plus. There are several nurses o the icu they have left with ...

4. Questions About Staffing Ratios

   snh2009 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi everyone I have a questions about staffing ratio. I work in the ER of a small rural facility and recently cross trained house Supervisor. The nurses on the m/s / tele area are taking 6pts on days even tele pts. Now these pt are not on any kinds of...

5. Med error

   snh2009 replied to snh2009's topic in General Nursing

   He had a fair amount of tissue. Thank you for the advice and as I said earlier this will definitely be a learning experience

6. Med error

   snh2009 replied to snh2009's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you both for the advice.. This will definitely be in my learning pile. I pray that he is okay and I am over reacting. This is one for me to truly learn from.

7. Med error

   snh2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

   HI, I have made a horrible mistake and I am sick to my stomach worrying about it. My MD ordered decadron 10mg/ml IM. I went to give it to the pt and he wanted it deltoid, I have always done this in am bigger muscle, but he insisted. I figured it was ...

8. To go to HR, or not??

   snh2009 replied to snh2009's topic in Activism

   Thanks for the advice. I think I am frustrated and not sure why I can back to a job that I didn't care for. I guess it was the lesser of two evils or seemed so at the time.

9. To go to HR, or not??

   snh2009 posted a topic in Activism

   So I started working at this facility 3 months ago. I had been there before for 6years in the past. They require a very other weekend rotation for Full timers..during my interviews I stated that I would be at church on Sunday and needed this day off....

10. job hopping vs not wanting to be a nurse

    snh2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for two years and my passion has always been to work in the ER of a level one trauma center. However for the last year I worked as a med/surg nurse at a small community hospital. I transferred to a cardiology floor about 2 months ...