broosevader

broosevader has 1 years experience.

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1. Nurse selling to patient

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like some input from my colleagues. I work in supervision of home care nurses. I found that a nurse was selling items to one of her patients. Nothing bad and the patient is appreciative of receiving the items. But doesn't this break the nurse...

2. Dealing with first loss of patient

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Last night I had my first patient go bad, GI bleed it appears at this point, having a hard time dealing with it, keep thinking back to what I should have done or noticed earlier, does it get any easier, I've been a RN for just one year now, celebrate...

3. New nervous nurse

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello fellow nurses, I'm coming off of orientation at my hospital and will be on my own tomorrow night. I was just wondering if any of you felt nervous on your first shift by yourself?

4. IV start advice

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, nursing student here, wondered if anyone could give me some advice or secrets to successfully starting an IV on patients. I've had a few successes but far more failures. I find what appears to be a large enough vein then go for it but either n...

5. Blood draw question

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, nursing student here with a question about blood draws for a co-worker. He was wondering why his daughter that suffers from asthma has to have a blood draw taken from her wrist rather than her forearm. I'm assuming better O2 readings in this a...