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Inadequate Nursing: Patient Safety in Today's Healthcare Marketplace - A Four Part Series
One of the greatest challenges in today’s rapidly changing healthcare system is maintaining the highest standards for patient safety. Last week, we talked about the issue of inadequate staffing...
Favouritism in nursing school!
I just had my nurse pinning and it was an amazing experience but I also left feeling a little bit upset. They gave out awards and some if the awards for clinical excellence. A good bit of the...
Grooming/Human trafficking
**Please don't post to Facebook** I had a student (14yof) tell me about a "professional" relationship she had initiated with a "record label/music producer/manager." She found this guy cold...
Accepting a position as an RN after being the CNA
Hello! I am in my last semester of nursing school and I am starting to look for prospective jobs. I currently work as a "Student Nurse" at a local hospital, which is essentially a CNA position....
Bachelor in Human Biology to DNP pathway
I will be graduating with a Bachelor in Human Biology next spring and I want to become a DNP, but I'm just not sure on the pathway that I should take and I would love some advice. I have shadowed a...
help! Is my job normal?
How bad is my floor? Is it normal? Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on this forum..Right now I am in desperate need of your opinions. I am currently working on a surgical unit,...
End of year
For those of you not drowning beneath all of the field day scrapes and bruises, how do you prepare for end of year? I feel like I should be doing something.
I'm not crying, you're crying
It started when a sweetpea with a chronic condition (well known to me) came in to have my sign her yearbook. In the 9th grade she spent a lot of lunches resting in the clinic because she was...
Overcounting valium in pyxis
Just curious if i triggered a discrepincency in which there was an overcount of diazepam in the pyxis and found a methadone inside its bin, is that an issue? I did report it.
Kaiser background check
Has anyone gone through Kaiser's background check and had their position revoked? I have a misdeamenor "wet reckless" and have just started the hiring process. I'm terrified this will disqualify me....
Doctor Reported my Mistake to Clinical Instructor
Dear Nurse Beth, I am finishing up my first year in a 3-year graduate nursing program. On my last day of OB-GYN clinical, I made a huge mistake in patient identity (due to a lapse in attention in...
Pregnant and working...how do you do it?!?!?
I'm an ER nurse and currently 26 weeks pregnant with my 1st child. My 1st trimester hit me hard with fatigue...my 2nd trimester has been absolutely amazing! I had all my energy back, I was able to...
Job Decisions: What Means The Most To You?
"You're driving how far?" "What kind of gas costs do you incur?" "Is it worth it?" These are some of the questions I get when I share where I work. I live in the northwest and work in the Twin...
Concerns about Transition to School Nurse
I have an interview today for school nurse at a 6-8th grade campus. My first two years of nursing have been on an adult tele/step-down unit at a trauma hospital. I actually enjoy my job most days but...
Kind of scared right now
*Admin please do not post on Facebook* Got into a meeting with teachers and bosses, basically put we have a student was reported for threats, but none of them were true. We have a police...
scheduled meds
At the end of the year we turn in all medications that haven't been picked up to our boss. Every year I count the Ritalin/Ritalin-like products/the odd pain reliever with codeine/Fiorcet (this...
Nurse pay in France equivalent to CNA pay here
I work with a young French gal who immigrated to the United States. She was a nurse there. She hasn't gotten her license here yet and is working as a CNA. She says that nurses are paid poorly in...
PVT trick?
I took my NCLEX-RN this morning and I answered all 265 questions plus the extra questions after the 265. I do not feel confident at all, the questions were so hard to me. I did the trick about 10xs...
Sometimes I hate rules
Little K student shows up in my office with a bottle of Rx eye drops- clearly has allergies, poor thing eyes look terrible. No paperwork, bottle not in original Rx box, so does not have her name or...
Blatant false documentation
Hi all! A situation arose at work where documentation was changed two weeks after the fact to indicate a doc had assessed a pt in an emergent situation. The pt was never assessed by the doc. I...
