nmercer1 replied to NurseRatchedTheBest's topic in HIPAA
It becomes a violation when a medical professional, who knows better, violates the patient's privacy rights. If you are sitting in the waiting room with him, not an employee of the facility, you are a fan. However, if you are an employee, it's you...
If you wanted to sleep at 1 am sir, this was not the place to show up complaining of abdominal pain. Wait, what's that, oh you've had the pain for 2 weeks now, it's a 10 out of 10. Oh , okay, right, I need a temperature. Mouth closed, please, Thanks...
Having been a nurse for 16 years now and having "hated" my job a time or two I will speak to what I have experienced. As a new grad (LPN) I worked with a lot of older more experienced nurses, they taught me a lot. They also complained a lot about th...
nmercer1 replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Relations
As a fellow human being, first and foremost, and an African American female, I want to to say that I am disgusted with your current situation and I will pray for you! That being said, You need to go! There is NO JOB IN THIS WORLD THAT IS WORTH YOUR ...
As an Instructor, I have a few questions....Were you aware that you had to give meds prior to your arrival? If so, were you given time to research the medications prior to administration? When was the last time that you administered a medication IV...
nmercer1 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room
Good luck to those of you going into a peri-op 101 course. I loved mine, it came very easy to me. The nurses weren't always nice or helpful but the ones that were made my experience better. I have been an O.R. nurse now for 10 years, that's hard to b...
WOW...you really sound as if you have been wronged by your instructors. Did you fail nursing school? You really do live up to your tag name. Let me just say..as a former nursing student (LPN, ADN, and BSN) and a current PN instructor, we DO NOT L...