Yes, you need to know what you are giving. I had a handbook on the cart and looked up drugs all the time. I recently shadowed a new graduate who was passing meds like candy and did not know what many of them were for. I was amazed!?? Her med pass wen...
It's wise to have because you never know when your hospital will turn on you. I've seen long term employees just spit out in a heartbeat. No loyalty anymore. Also, society is more sue happy than twenty or thirty years ago. Poor souls who we would l...
Yes, I am not happy about health care workers without names tags now that I've matured a bit. I figure if they know everything about me including my address, I should at least know there name. I like this doctor and I plan to have a discussion about ...
I had a pap -it had been three years since my last one--and could anyone tell me if this now the norm in exams. When I was rooming in, the assistant (no name tag) asked if I was here for a pap AND breast exam as well. Only a pap was done. Are you sup...
awesome, was going to respond but you passed. Oh, well for someone else. Four of us from school went to a movie the night before. Went to bed at a decent hour. We all passed. The ones who stayed home to study were nervous wrecks.
I wouldn't let a nurse recruiter determine your future. You know who you really are inside not her. Job shadowing is a great idea. Who has the time to mess around doing things you really don't want to do.
Whoops, sorry, I didn't make that clear. I think it should be a 20 month program like the one you went to. Typing too fast. It does seem strange that nurses are called on to make so many more critical decisions than an ultrasound tech would in the c...
I met an ultrasound student the other day. Requirements for her program are a four year degree now. I never thought this before, but I think entry level for RNs should be a bachelor's degree and LPN should go at least twenty months as Marie said. The...
You may have an undiagnosed medical problem which is causing a lot of anxiety. You may need a different area of nursing. You may need another career. I know a nurse who worked six months, then went to school for an accounting degree. She's had a grea...
What I don't understand about Carla is that why if every day you go to work and your nursing notes are deleted, didn't she report this to some governing board. The nursing home has no business complying with record tampering even if the husband wante...
Think of the sheer monotony of her days. One day identical to the next. Never tasting food. Pleasure seeking is natural. What pleasure does she have? What does she have to look forward to---oral care? Being turned and positioned. Staring at mom for a...