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US care plans sound kinda hard and long... That would suck if you don't even do them as an LPN!

I think this makes sense. It's much easier for everyone in the facility to learn a blanket rule like "RNs only for anything IV related", as opposed to getting confused with all the different rules...

Report to your manager

Ok your right "hate" is a strong word. I'm all about furthering education, but I don't like it when nursing students say they are going straight on to medicine- in doing so making it sound like...

I hate when nursing students tell you they plan to go on to medicine, becoming an RN as a "stepping stone" to MD. I wish people would realize the difference between the two professions. It's those...

I don't think you can work as as AIN once you are registered as a nurse. However I knew someone who was an EN then graduated as RN and AHPRA gave her a "dual" registration that was valid for 6...

Get a good brain sheet and modify it so it suits your type of unit and patients. It might seem overwhelming right now but that feeling comes from the rush rush rush of day shift and all the...

First night, sounds like you didn't do too bad. I think "disaster" was a bit of an exaggeration. No one fell/coded it sounds like a half good night. Was this other nurse a preceptor, or just another...

That was ER

I think the OP just didn't handle the situation as best as it could have been handled and it therefore freaked the patient out. It's all in the wording and how you say something. Like others have...

Congrats on getting through the many obstacles to become an RN in the US. I don't have advice sorry.

I know! Imagine having a 24hr pharmacy that made up all our IVABs etc! I'd be in heaven!

Omg on my floor the other day a nurse came looking for me and found me in another patients' room assisting a patient and said: "hey bringonthenight, room 1 is buzzing" Me: "oh what did they...

Preach it

This doesn't even sound legal! How do you work under those conditions?

We do hourly rounding, on nights I have 10-11 patients- no aid. It's hectic, requires constant OCD organization skills haha.

We don't have to do any documentation on putting up side rails. I don't get what the big deal is?

This to me is dangerous. There is no nurse that accompanies the transporter? What happens if the patient becomes/is already unstable during the trip? What can the transporter do in an emergency? ...

This happens all the time to my floor it is so irritating and dangerous. The PACU/ED nurses where I work just don't seem to understand the importance of an un interrupted change over, I have even had...

What are people's opinions on the use of side rails? In most facilities I have worked we put side rails up on falls risk patients or just at patient request. However in one state I worked, no...

We don't have bed alarms in my country at least in my experience. What exactly does it do? When does it alarm? And why do families refuse it? I'm confused.

Talk to your NM. Also do you feel comfortable administering a narcotic when you weren't the nurse who performed the pain assessment?

Is that student serious about the LPN comment? Someone get BrandonLPN to reply

I agree with previous poster regarding the not so fun weather in Australia right now. Also regarding the job crisis in parts of the country. I will answer some of the questions: In my...

I really don't see what the problem is. When I was a student we practiced bed bathing each other- we all wore bathing suits, it's not like your stripping your class mate down and inappropriately...