Ems2n21

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1. Nurses Advocate for Safer Staffing, Patient Safety, and Quality Care

   Ems2n21 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Wow. Lots of reading and information!! Awesome & Correct. Every working nurse has felt unable to care for someone who needs to be cared or has had an incident that could have been averted had they not been doing something else! I read the artic...

2. Concerns about Transition to School Nurse

   Ems2n21 replied to zurie's topic in School

   In my experience I have found most school nurses lack good beginner to moderate emergency skills or knowledge in childhood illness & emergencies. Most have what I would assume beginner level but not all. I fell between moderate and expert when I...

3. RN responsibility--how far do you go in being a first responder?

   Ems2n21 replied to wannabecnl's topic in General Nursing

   First let me say kudos for the desire to act to any suffering. And for the comment don't be a hero. BS!! Be a hero. Be your own hero is a great motivation! That said, unless you have an agreement with whomever is responsible for sending qualified p...

4. RN responsibility--how far do you go in being a first responder?

   Ems2n21 replied to wannabecnl's topic in General Nursing

   Much like there are medics/EMTs without a clue, there are nurses as well. The environment in which fire/rescue/EMS/police function is much different than the arena most healthcare professionals function. A nurse has an independent license with a poor...