We had a young CHI patient, who was a Rancho III with no hopes of improvement, on our floor and his family asked us to put him on the transplant list. We needed clarification as for what the transplant was for. They were very enraged, because how d...
The company shw works for does not have safety insulin needles. She did not recap. She gave her 2 injections, placed the 2 needles in the plastic sheath. When she placed the 2nd needle is when she stuck herself. The company she works for do not h...
I have a friend who recently was administering insulin with an insulin syringe and stuck her thumb. She followed protocol, reported it and went for labs four hours after stick. Her Hep panel was negative, but the patient is positive for Hep C. Sho...
:santa5: merry christmas!! i am working tonight - kids w/grandma! gonna be a real slow night though! to all my nurse's who are working hard and spending this holiday with our "other" family - merry christmas!! we all are in it together! keep smi...
Work in Corpus Christi, only 2 hospital systems; I work in larger system; acute rehab 6-8:1 no CNA/unit clerk, medsurg 4-6:1/CNA 17:1, unit clerk, icu 2-3:1; starting LVNs $10, exp LVNs $16; start RNs $16, experience RNs $26;attempting Magnet status ...
my husband and i are both med-surg lvns. we are exhausted with the treatment we are receiving at our current "employer" and contemplating moving to another city or state anywhere in continental us. just wondering if anyone can throw out some city o...
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i like my daughters names: molly elene (i-leen) and jocelyn gabrielle. my son i went kind of different roel (row-elle) his middle name is a family name secundino. molly and roel are in high and middle school and love the fact that no one has their ...
This is my first time doing a presentation on "What is the Nurse's Role in Rehab-Regarding TBI Patients". I have been looking for nursing articles on the subject, but come up short. (Manager wants articles quoted) We will be presenting to 3 hospit...
:rotfl: omg!!!! that is soooooo me!!! my kids like to call me between 2030 & 2130 when i'm@work; first thing i ask:"is anyone bleeding, house on fire, everyone alive?" :chuckle "nevermind mom - call back when you're done w/meds!", is always the ...
thank you all for your suggestions -i plan to bring up to interdisciplinary team on monday - i really hope they'll help!! everyone's just on the edge and can't stand it anymore!!
need nursing advice!! we have a 60-something yr/old pt newly diagnosed w/guillen barre on our phymedrehab unit. pt loss most of the use of all extremities. active, independent, then this - life altering syndrome. i understand their frustration a...
For some reasons, some staff has NO common sense about sleeping hours!! I work night shift and if someone calls in before 2300, believe me, I am on that phone (won't call later than 2200 though)! If someone calls in later than that, we will start c...