This cna is trouble ....Two nurses have already had trouble with her , she has stopped speaking to two of you? Why don't all of the nurses go to talk with the nurse manager about this cna and all of you stick together....Believe me, I have worked w...
Why would you say that you did not measure the narcotic before giving it to the patient if you measured it? I just do not understand this....I am like the previous commentors, I would shut up and get an attorney even if you think you cannot afford o...
So agree with you ...I don't mind helping a male nurse but I have worked with male nurses who had the female nurses doing injections, catheterizations , ng tube insertions , etc but NEVER return the favor and more often than not are piled up in an em...
If only the male nurses would return the favor...I worked with two male nurses who always needed help with their female patients , even when giving im injections... We not only had to take care of our patients but had to available for their every nee...
The hospital where I worked had protocols that were used as an order sheet for a patient on an epidural drip , signed by the doctor with any changes that he wanted....When I precepted new nurses my patients were still my responsibility...When I had p...
Never heard of giving a heparin bolus sq....The policy where I worked was to give the heparin bolus iv push and then follow protocol as to when to draw ptt labs and change heparin drip rates ....
When I worked on a diabetic unit we treated low blood sugars with milk and a half cheese sandwich , cheese crackers or peanut butter and crackers ...Just giving juice raised the blood sugar quickly then the blood sugar bottomed out again that is ...
Where did the narcotic go that you got out but did not administer? You said that you signed that you gave it but didn't ....You could have errored out the dose that you said you administered but didn't and return the narcotic to the narcotic box.......
The last few years that I worked in an acute care facility I stopped accepting students....They were never on time, I had gotten my report and started assessing my patients and would have to stop to give them a report....Even though the students came...
In my experience a lot of these angry patients know exactly what they are doing...On the unit I worked on we had an HIV pos . patient who liked to spit on the staff...One day I could tell he was getting ready to spit on me...I told him that he did n...
marable replied to Jgirlginger's topic in Pre-Nursing
If you have no medical experience I would highly suggest that you get all of your prerequsites out of the way BEFORE beginning your RN program ....I was an LPN for 15 years , challenged a couple of years in the RN program that I was in due to my LPN ...
marable replied to littlemissRN24's topic in Career Support
When I first became a nurse one had to have at least two years of med/surg nursing before being considered for speciality units....I still think that this is the way it should be as experience is as valuable in being a nurse as the nursing education ...
marable replied to Ashleyherberth's topic in Student Assist
When I worked in critical care where I had to calculate mcgs/ kg I used critical care drug calculation formulas that I had taped to the back of a small calculator at all times....What is the correct answer to this question if 115.6 is incorrect?
You WERE your patients voice and did a great job protecting her.....I heard a chief resident tell a group of his residents this, "don't let me ever hear of you ignoring a nurses concerns , if they tell you that something is wrong with a patient you ...