Richard Wolfe RN

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1. Holiday presents rolling in already!

   Richard Wolfe replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

   How do you delete a post?

2. Living Will Tattoo

   Richard Wolfe replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

   They withheld care from an unidentified, intoxicated, unconscious human-being based on a tattoo. That sounds completely unethical in every sense of the word. How do we know that he was not intoxicated when he had the tattoo and now regretted it? I re...

3. Interview With The Most Influential Nurse Of Our Time -

   Richard Wolfe replied to DavidBeckerCCRN's topic in General Nursing

   In your CCRN CRAM DVD set, you talk about an incident where you had an allergic reaction to a kitten. From there you tell a hilarious story about your experience.

4. Interview With The Most Influential Nurse Of Our Time -

   Richard Wolfe replied to DavidBeckerCCRN's topic in General Nursing

   Tell us more about you and the kitten and how you incorporated what you learned from that experience into your bedside practice.

5. New RN, terrified of codes and emergencies

   Richard Wolfe replied to Dd04321's topic in General Nursing

   No one survives a code and goes home with "no deficits".

6. Dr. denigrates NPs, cites low IQ etc

   Richard Wolfe replied to Nurse SMS's topic in NP

   Per the Doctor- "It's all just a bunch of FAKE NEWS."

7. Seeking Advice: Direct Entry Blues

   Richard Wolfe replied to mk989's topic in NP

   That's because beyond theory, doctors know absolutely zero coming out of school. Everyone knows that, therefore they are very accommodating. APRNs are expected to have basic experience through bedside nursing. That is the way it is supposed to work.

8. Anatomy of a Code

   Richard Wolfe replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

   First of all, you seem to be a little full of yourself. Secondly, you guys rock. I always tell my child that if I'm in a hospital that I want a nurse taking care of me. If I'm in the field, then keep that hospital nurse away from me and make sure an ...

9. Moving On Up: Clinical Ladder Programs, are they really worth it?

   Richard Wolfe posted a topic in General Nursing

   Clinical Ladder programs have been used for years to recognize nurses as they progress through levels of nursing practice starting at novice and culminating in an expert level. These ladders are often based on the five levels presented in Patricia Be...

10. Manager wants me to alter documentation on expired patient

    Richard Wolfe replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that your patient died while receiving a blood product raises many questions. Was it the first unit? Was the code witnessed? What was the infusion rate? Did you follow hospital policy for blood product transfusions? Was there a trend that a ...

11. Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    Richard Wolfe replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I know that many vaccines work, but I also know that many do not. You can discredit the flu shot with research from the CDC. However, I still get the flu shot every year (mainly because I'm forced to at work). People tend to take an extreme perspecti...

12. Being Deposed - Help!

    Richard Wolfe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    That's funny, but please no one take that seriously. You would be advised to get a lawyer for both that case and your Board of Nursing hearing if you plead the 5th. Plus, it will be on record that you plead the 5th (which can be brought up in trial) ...

13. Being Deposed - Help!

    Richard Wolfe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    1. I've never heard of a deposition being voluntary. 2. Always carry your own insurance. The facility and their lawyer will throw you under the bus without hesitation. 3. If you are being deposed, then you must assume that you will be named in the su...

14. When to call Rapid Response Team?

    Richard Wolfe replied to LUCBSN's topic in Critical

    The correct answer to when to call a Rapid Response Team (RRT, Met Team, or even a CODE BLUE) is ......anytime that you feel that the situation warrants one. Simply put, you are allowed to trust your gut. However, if you call an RRT for pain meds, th...

15. Hunting down the California BRN

    Richard Wolfe replied to benjaeli's topic in General Nursing

    I am assuming that you are either a foreign educated nurse or you are not a natural US citizen. If that assumption is correct, then six months sounds about right.