ChrissyCasualty replied to Guest219794's topic in Relations
Here is how it works at my hospital.... Yes, we have access to the ER charts. But we are not allowed to access them unless we are the charge nurse. And when we have an admit come in from the ER, the charge nurse has a TON of paperwork. We need IV siz...
ChrissyCasualty replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing
Easy. Call out the door or, if the place is equipped, hit the button to call the charge desk. There is NO excuse to leave a patient who is already a fall risk ALONE in a room.
ChrissyCasualty replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing
Actually, in the state of Texas GN and GVN do have licenses...they are just temporary. And the hinge on passing the NCLEX. We can practice as nurses under the supervision of an RN but they ARE licenses.
ChrissyCasualty replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing
The part I'm stuck on is where you stated that you saw he was slipping out of bed, went and got two people, came back and he was on the floor. Yea...your director made a dick move. But did you really leave a confused and combative patient with restra...
ChrissyCasualty replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing
Unless you have a Graduate Nurse temp license then no, you cannot do any RN duties. Even a GN needs to be supervised by an RN. I don't know how it works where you are but in Texas you do not get your GN or GVN until you recieve your authorization to ...
ChrissyCasualty replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing
The ONLY time you can use the title of "nurse" is if you have a nursing license. Whether it is Registered Nurse, Graduate Nurse, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse, or Graduate Practical/Vocational Nurse....they all have licenses. The graduate nurse...
ChrissyCasualty replied to RMRN16's topic in General Nursing
First off....BREATHE! Every nurse makes mistakes. Some huge, some not so much. You are a brand new nurse and look alike/sound alike meds are especially nerve wracking. You can bet your license you will probably never mix up those two solutions again....
ChrissyCasualty replied to Eschell2971's topic in General Nursing
Okay that is actually a pretty terrible policy. The hospital I worked for was a small one so everyone got low censused every once in a while. We were called 2hrs prior to start of shift if we were low census. If we didnt go in at all, we got 4 hours ...