Well I didnt have the scratch beforehand I know that much, but as far as him scratching me or any blood coming into contact I dont know since I was trying to calm him down and not making him pull his...
Hi guys 2nd year RN here just wanna ask what are the chances of getting HIV from a patient? In my case, i received a superficial scratch when the patient was being ocmbative and pulling out his IV...
I think that RNs in general think that the night shift is the "clean-up" shift where it is ok to leave stuff undone. For example, this guy's hemo was 7.5 and had orders to transfuse 2 units of PRBCs...
Have you ever heard this one: "You guys at night do not do anything but babysit the pts until the dayshift gets here, so I expect everything to be perfect when I come in the AM." ...First reaction?...
To the OP: You know i read somewhere that the economy slump is hitting the NE the hardest so I think you should critical think about how to get an RN job... I mean think about it, you need to go to a...
dRkazN replied to socalchinesenurse's topic in General Nursing
sounds like you did everything you could for each pt that you cared for i mean the K WAS 4.8, but the thing about that is WHEN the K was 4.8, how long the K was 4.8 and how long in between the 4.8 and...
i read all the posts and thanks by the way, but i worked at fast food for 3 long years and you know what i figured out? we (the nurses) are glorified waiters. i hit on it when i was running from a...
I was thinking about a story someone told me the other night, and it had to do something about LPN and RN differences. Where I work at, they tend to give the LPN's a lighter load than RNs. The other...
I say it starts with whoever is giving care to that patient, and those are RNs. But, what happens if those RNs are not "satisfied" and I use that in a broad sense. It could be the unsatisfaction of...
We get 5 accrued hours for each paycheck, and that depends on if you work the total 72 hours a week. What a jip. And Quafetti got it right. I hear patients telling me "oh you're so good to me" and...
to flygirl43: right on! thats exactly what i am saying, doing meetings like that endangers yourself and others. also i forgot what that violation is called but it is as bad as a DUI. Some doctor told...