Cajun Nurse

Cajun Nurse has 34 years experience and specializes in Corporate Compliance ICU, US Army ret.

Latest Activity

1. Nurse Practice Act question, can RN's write orders?

   Cajun Nurse replied to 2Cats's topic in Illinois

   during my army career i was an intensive care nurse for ten of those years. at eisenhower army medical center our physicians would write our order for vasopressors, insulin drips and heparin as titrate to a specific value depending on the drip and c...

2. Nurse Practice Act question, can RN's write orders?

   Cajun Nurse replied to 2Cats's topic in Illinois

   the answer is no. the medicare conditions of participation state that medicare partients are under the care of a md/do. most facilities apply these standards to all patients as it is the most exacting standard. i had a discussion with the lead su...

3. Being Sued / Losing License

   Cajun Nurse replied to Meraki's topic in Professionalism

   I have been a registered Nurse for 36 years and my answer to all has been one. It was part of an investigation that I was conducting with Medicaid. My roll was to provide the evidence to the Board of Nursing. You my feel comfortable in the knowled...

4. I wish I had studied this before Nursing 101.......

   Cajun Nurse replied to twins2005's topic in General Students

   I would suggest technical and creative writing. They will help with your papers, but in the future as you progress up the ladder you will be happy you aquired those skills.

5. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

   Cajun Nurse replied to Danielle7's topic in Relations

   first the call to the doc is a requirement under the conditions of participation, the joint commission and plain old provision of quality care. the behavior is unacceptable and is addressed in the joint commission standards, any quality rules and r...

6. Life Just Sucks Sometimes

   Cajun Nurse replied to Thanet's topic in General Nursing

   This is a really great article. I would hope that the writer sends it to NPR. This would be a very meanful This I Belive segment.

7. I hate nursing

   Cajun Nurse replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

   I have been in Nursing for 34 years and actually really do love the job. I think it is important to understand how you feel about your profession. You should give consideration to finding something you really enjoy doing and go into that field. An...

8. Certification in Healthcare Compliance

   Cajun Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   i am curious as to how many nurses are certified in healthcare compliance. i became certified in 2005 and have seen a few certified rns at our national conferences. there are journal articles from nurses also. compliance is a very worthwhile field...

9. what do nurses hate about doctors?

   Cajun Nurse replied to futureMD's topic in General Nursing

   you have hit the nail on the head. the issue is nursing leadership. there is a huge difference between a leader and a manager. in the army nurse corp this behavior is not tolerated. we have conditions of participation for hospitals in our federa...

10. what do nurses hate about doctors?

    Cajun Nurse replied to futureMD's topic in General Nursing

    My current pet peeve is practitioner orders specifically physician verbal orders. First if you are present write and authenticate your own order. If you are not present then make it a point to review the verbal order for accuracy and actual impleme...