I keep hearing everyone say that if you have a valid prescription for meds that show up positive on a drug screen, then everything will be fine if that drug shows up on a drug screen. I just wanted to say that it may not be as simple as that. One of ...
My sister has ADD, and I could see her leaving her kids in the car without realizing it. When her first child was about 2 months old, she had just finished shopping, set her son on top of the car in his carrier, then loaded all her groceries. She sat...
This question came up about a week ago at my new job, a Detox facility. We found it interesting that there are 12 nurses on staff, and 9 of them are first-borns. All of our parents were dysfunctional for various reasons.
THis is what I have used in the past to cover ostomy appliances and feeding tubes for showering. Never tried it for swimming, but it might work. http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/12180682/Seal_Tight_Shield.html
I just started a new job in a detox unit, and everything is paper. Not only is everything paper, but everything has to be written in 2 - 4 places. The DON actually insisted I fill out an incident report for a work-related injury because after 2 days...
I think the biggest one for me is to always sign every med out right away, no matter how busy you are. If someone is taking a med qid, it gets difficult to remember if you have given that same med to that person 7 times or 8 times over the past two d...
For a couple years, I worked for a national home health equipment company. I loved doing travel plans for people who were on oxygen. We would pour over maps and locate oxygen suppliers nearby, I'd contact those companies and negotiate contracts to e...
If you do find an answer, let me know! I've worked nights for 19 years. Once I tried to switch to days and had the exact same problem. Had to go back to nights. I even tried staying up all night, all day and evening, then going to bed after being awa...
Valanda replied to strugglingnurse's topic in General Nursing
I have to agree with RN1989. I often write on the inside of my lower arm. Just quick notes like time and abbreviation for what happened. I have managed to lose little scraps of paper too easily, at least if the info is on my arm it doesn't get los...
I can be a little evil at times, but if other avenues don't work, I'd suggest a "planned accident". Bump into that cart good and hard and watch the meds go flying. The nurse will quickly learn that her practice is unsafe and can possibly cost her alo...
After my mother graduated from Veterinary school, I had to call her Dr. Mom for years after. Needless to say, I find it very hard to call Doc's by their first names. Even if they ask me to call them by their first name, then it's "Dr. Lisa". I gues...
I do get holiday pay for Easter, but what I'd really like to see is holiday pay for Mother's Day. At least when I worked LTC, that was the worst day of the year. Seemed like all the kids from across the country would decide that Mother's Day was the...
Thankfully my MD still uses voicemail. I've known her since I was 14-yrs-old, and I can just tell the desk to put me through to her voicemail. For most things, she'll just call in a script for me or my kids. My husband is a different story tho, sh...
When I worked for a DME company, one of my responsibilities was to teach men how to use the penile pump for erectile dysfunction. Because it uses a ring, size does have to come up. I frequently heard comments such as, "I'll probably need the smallest...