BlueLightRN

BlueLightRN

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BlueLightRN has 4 years experience.


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  1. Disrespectful medical assistants

    How do you manage disrespect from medical assistants who are older than you or have more tenure at a place than you do? As in, ignoring you when you speak to them, arguing anytime you ask them to do something, or practicing as if they were a nurse d...
  2. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    Where I live the apartment market rent is about as high as the mortgage on my husband and I's house. I could afford a house alone but it wouldn't be as nice or in as good a neighborhood, or I could live in a cheaper (aka more in a bad neighborhood) a...
  3. Adn Or Bsn?

    I did an ASN program so I could work in the field to afford a BSN program. As an ADN I got zero respect and had to work the worst jobs. No one wanted to hire an ADN in a hospital and I was treated badly. I just completed my BSN and hope to get a bett...
  4. accidental violation?

    You didn't search in it to get information, and yes, it is technically a HIPAA violation but they will be able to tell you were only in the chart 2 seconds and you weren't being malicious and I doubt you'll get in trouble. You are human and electron...
  5. Safe / practical nurse to patient ratio (SNF)

    In LTC it depends on the patient specifically. I could have maybe a max of 20 if they were walky-talky, non-fall risks, etc. If they're needy or have machines or are a fall risk, have to be toileted by staff, max of 10. When I worked LTC though they ...
  6. Does your office/clinic allow walk-ins to see the nurse?

    That's so true and very good advice. Thank you!
  7. Does your office/clinic allow walk-ins to see the nurse?

    LOL well I guess you're right haha
  8. Does your office/clinic allow walk-ins to see the nurse?

    Unfortunately I think my manager is on the way out too, none of the upper management is happy with her because she has no ability to crack down on bad behavior and lets crazy stuff happen with no discipline. :/
  9. Entry level Master in Nursing

    Interesting. I've never heard that that kind of program even exists!
  10. Nurse giving discontinue medications to other patients

    Is there someone that the oncoming nurse can call to get new meds immediately? If not, then the nurse who left the meds elsewhere needs to be trained or disciplined, it's not the other nurse's fault.
  11. Does your office/clinic allow walk-ins to see the nurse?

    If the patient comes up to the front desk and says "I have a question" or "My medicine" or "I was wondering" the lazy useless secretary automatically says, oh, hold on, you have to talk to the nurse about that" and calls me. I'm like, well who is it?...
  12. Does your office/clinic allow walk-ins to see the nurse?

    I know the office charges for INR fingersticks because of the supplies, same for DM fingersticks or for pregnancy tests or NSTs. They charge for supplies and the service, but not for the nurse's time. However, 99.9999999% of our patients have no insu...
  13. Does your office/clinic allow walk-ins to see the nurse?

    It is a toxic workplace and I am trying to get out. Only RN, least senior employee though, every other nurse is an LPN there and they treat me like I am an idiot yet don't know why potassium is given with lasix...
  14. Entry level Master in Nursing

    MS programs do not prepare you for nurse licensure. You'll probably have to do another BS in nursing. If you don't have the basics you can't be a good MS nurse for research/management, etc. A nurse who can't/could never have worked the floor is a nur...
  15. Nurse giving discontinue medications to other patients

    I worked in a LTC ALF facility and had to do this a few times. D/C patients still had full vials of insulin in the fridge, unopened. Pharmacy wasn't delivering any meds for new admit for 10 more hours and the new admit needed insulin. I switched out ...