lisa bear rn

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1. help me stop making med errors!

   lisa bear rn replied to BulkyMonster's topic in Safety

   I hope you figure out the problem soon, because med charting errors left me with a suspended nursing license, had to go to a facility for a 5 day eval to see if I was taking drugs, three months later and no job, finally cleared of drug use, but on pr...

2. Hello from Texas. Any Outpatient Surg RNs?

   lisa bear rn replied to bjm's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I helped a new outpatient surgery facility get up and running and worked in the PACU department for about 1 year and half. You need to see what all procedures they do, the facility I worked for started doing colon resections and total joint re...

3. Worst nursing experience

   lisa bear rn replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

   My worst nursing experience was brought upon me by myself. I had my license suspended for documentation problems involving narcotics of all things. Got fired, had to go before the board of nursing to try to explain that it was my stupidity that I was...

4. Getting an RN with a prior DUI

   lisa bear rn replied to mfogo's topic in General Nursing

   You should be fine, but talk with the board of nursing about it. You would be so surprised how many nurses there are with DUI arrests as well as "other" problems, and they are still able to practice, not without paying their dues. A friend of mine in...

5. Charting

   lisa bear rn replied to Chicklet2's topic in General Nursing

   Just simply chart what ever you saw, pt sitting in bed, resp rate 18/min, unlabored, family at bedside, call bell in reach.... just for example, you will learn to be more observant and you will be able to tell many things about a patient just by look...

6. need help picking health insurance at new job...

   lisa bear rn replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

   I would advise you since you are single to pick a plan with a low deductible (like 500-1000). You shouldnt pay very much since it would be a single plan. You never know when something will happen. I learned this the hard way, I had a high deductible,...

7. Job Interview in ER

   lisa bear rn replied to Lil_Skipper04's topic in General Nursing

   Happy Birthday, I think you should be hired, usually in orientation they have an EKG class anyway. And learning to draw blood is something you learn on the job anyway! Good Luck! Lisa

8. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

   lisa bear rn replied to Mama2-3's topic in Safety

   No, I am not working right now. Since my license was suspended for a month, I could not work as a nurse and the facility that turned me in fired me, no big deal, I am sure I will be able to get another job. If the BON does contact you, just be straig...

9. I'm worried...not enough nursing classes!!!

   lisa bear rn replied to iToniai's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a RN for 4 years, my first job was in the ER, also a Level 1 trauma center for the region. I felt like I knew nothing from nursing school classes to prepare me. I think that nursing school prepares you with the bare minimum to practice sa...

10. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that, my thoughts exactly. I really felt like I was being brain washed, if I was not a strong person, I might have succomed. I know the facility has to be tough and stern to handle addicts, especially those who are in denial, but I was the...

11. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    yes, there were many occasions where I did not make sure the nurse who saw my waste go sign the paper. We had a paper systen with narcotics and with this system you can get lazy. Instead of the two nurses walking over to the sheet to waste, I would j...

12. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I do believe I am having PTSD. Since I left that place I have been having nightmares, I wake up in the middle of the night sweating, wondering where I am. I feel very timid now and I am not a timid person, almost scared. thats interesting, thank ...

13. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    thank everyone so much for the thoughts and sympathy. Just to recap, I got fired from a small surgical hospital for discrepencies in my charting with demerol, they drug screened me, and that was negative. They fired me and turned me in to the BON and...

14. survived the bon and 5 day eval

    lisa bear rn replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

    and this place I was at was the same place Brett Favre went to, whoooo ooohhh, big deal. I wasnt there for rehab, just for those professionals to break me down. I kept my cool and my license will be returned to me in a couple of weeks, pending the BO...

15. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    lisa bear rn replied to Mama2-3's topic in Safety

    It depends, if your license is suspended you cannot work as a rn, you must resign. That sucks. That is what happened to me. Now that I am getting my license back, I have to find a new job that will take me with all my restrictions on my license for 3...