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1. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

   zygee replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I'd be interested in the actual acuity of these patients. The one that was "on a diuretic", was this a high dose constant bumex drip? In any case the dosage wasn't high enough nor the patient critical enough to mention need for pressors that would ac...

2. Is there a place that lists everything within the RN scope of practice?

   zygee replied to zygee's topic in General Nursing

   Also, there is a doctor who has some office staff member that thinks they can be given patient information and that they can give orders for that doctor. They will not tell you who they are or what (if any) credentials they have. They will not take c...

3. Is there a place that lists everything within the RN scope of practice?

   zygee replied to zygee's topic in General Nursing

   The specific issues I've listed came up in a staff huddle lead by the director of my floor during a JCAHO visit to our hospital. JCAHO had found a blood sugar value in the computer for a patient that did not have orders for blood sugar checks in the...

4. Is there a place that lists everything within the RN scope of practice?

   zygee replied to zygee's topic in General Nursing

   Similar to BBP42'S comment the wide variation in what nurses consider to be inside or outside our scope of practice varies and I don't like that. For example, In initial orientation to my unit I was told that we cannot take "continue all home medicat...

5. Is there a place that lists everything within the RN scope of practice?

   zygee posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is there a list of what skills, activities, etc. are within the RN scope of practice? Particularly within Florida? I've tried looking through the FBON resource page which includes the Florida Nurse Practice act. I found a "Help/FAQ" section which had...