KimburlyB

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1. Am I doing the right thing by quitting Nursing School? Advice please!

   KimburlyB replied to Olive_Juice's topic in General Students

   Olive_Juice have you sought counseling? I cannot imagine what you are going through! Nursing can be stressful enough on its own; but paired with anxiety disorder I am not sure I could make it! I commend you for sticking it out for the semester and...

2. Did I violate the confidentiality agreement?

   KimburlyB replied to NurseAVO's topic in HIPAA

   Did you actually complain about your ratios or just inquire what others were? I'm sorry that you work in such a stressful environment! I hope good things come for you in the future.

3. Dumb Question

   KimburlyB replied to porkey2's topic in New Nurse

   Questions will arise as you start to orient; you'll see something or be told something you don't really understand. Ask those questions; don't be afraid that your preceptor will think its a dumb question; as a preceptor i'd rather have my orientee a...

4. ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

   KimburlyB replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in General Nursing

   At the start of every shift we look back through all of our orders to verify that they match the MAR and that no labs/ tests ordered were not completed. I have found discrepancies more than once that are days old ( yes, this means some people are sk...