Plucker

Plucker

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Plucker has 2 years experience.


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  1. How far can a patient go?

    I 'caught' a pt doing something bad with their meds and told on them because it had made them very sick--spiked a temp, lethargic.( pt had been at this hospital for over a year) The next day the MD came in and stopped all the pain meds...and the pt ...
  2. This Economy Is Affecting Nurses

    Well, I recently got "displaced" with my hospital RN position. Our unit and sister unit have had a less than desirable census and are now merging. Based off seniority (not experience) I along with several day and night shift RN's as well as all our...
  3. Page from the bed office

    We recently got a page on the beeper from the bed office about a new pt coming to the floor from the ER. It read 'Incarcerated hernia repair'. We got everything ready in the room, anticipating since the hernia was incarcerated, the docs were more t...
  4. Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill SC

    I worked there straight out of school. I had clinicals there as well as preceptorship. I liked it quite a bit, I was on a med/surg floor and the nurse/pt ratio was ok. I didn't want to make the ride to Charlotte three times or more a week. Of co...
  5. oncology nursing and pregnancy

    Well, I didn't think it would be a problem for me but I'll share my situation I found out I was pregnant during the time we were requesting placement for preceptor. I want to be in peds oncology/hem. and picked to go to the outpatient oncology cente...
  6. We had the choice to waive....you just had to fill out a form. I'm in SC. I don't think they can require you to do it.
  7. RN students can sit for LPN????

    I'm in SC and in our school we can challenge the LPN boards after 3 semesters so I did and I'm glad. I'm working the same hrs I did before when I was a CNA-just making more now :) It depends on your program and if they teach you enough to be able t...
  8. Dilema

    That's so true Jen. Did that nurse really know there was Rocephin in there? It could have been anything. She didn't see her draw it up nor was the syringe labeled (even if it had it'd still be wrong) so it could have been urine for all she knew. ...
  9. Dilema

    I will talk to her. I did want to be nice and not say anthing especially when she said "you didn't see that right?" I know that's wrong and unethical I if I was a floor manager I wouldn't want that to happen with my employees. Thanks for respondin...
  10. Dilema

    Ok. During an observational rotation, I witnessed a nurse giving another nurse an injection (she said it was Rocephin) because she didn't want to just throw it away. The nurse took the injection in her behind and said thanks, you just saved me 75$. ...
  11. Gifts for clinical instructors?

    150$ is totally overboard IMO! We never spent more than 30$ and we had the instructor for a whole semester. We did a pedicure certificate for one, a nice plant for one. We also usually do a spread for the floor we are one becuase most of those nurs...
  12. soooo...anyway....

    A big yeah that!! I SWORE I would NOT work in Med/Surg but it looks like that's where I'm heading. I love PCU but not so much a regular med/surg. I too graduate in May and haven't felt like I found my calling yet. I Just knew I would love peds an...
  13. anyone have trouble finding a job?

    I'm in an ADN program and challenged the LPN boards in Sept. and passed but now I can't seem to find a job! :uhoh21: I didn't expect this at all. Our local hospital very rarely hires LPN's and they were looking for some for the ED. I interviewed ...
  14. Im going back to take my exam FRIDAY

    Good Luck! You can do it...
  15. Concept Map

    Jenny, just try it. I bet you can make it work...you've got the right idea