Black Nightingale replied to missdeevah's topic in General Nursing
Writing an incident report and talking to management about her would be the best route. Don't approach the PCA yourself, leave that to management. When speaking to management about her, explain how the situation could've been detrimental. Manageme...
Black Nightingale replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Orthopaedic
This stuff sounds crazy!! Ortho is hard work...the patients are up with 2 assists, have to have assistance with elimination, IV antbx, PCA pumps, turning and reposistioning q 2 hrs..on a floor where we average 35-39 patients a day there are usually 1...
Black Nightingale replied to RN007's topic in New Nurse
I work on a 51 bed Medical-Surg Unit w/ a concentration in Orthopedics. We get lots of shoulder, hip, and knee replacement surgeries, plus many fracture repairs. It is great to get the experience of learning the MedSurg stuff like GI surgeries and bi...
Black Nightingale replied to glaze78's topic in General Students
Hey everyone, I am new here. I really enjoy the site and think you all have some great input! I scored a 26 on my ACT. The first time I bombed it and got a 19, but after reading the book, "ACT for Dummies", I retook it and got a pretty decent score.