jRN2be replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency
What a waste of time to pull the pts MRs. I guess that hospital is going to do that for every person that comes into the ER with abdominal pain... headaches....... I dont think that is good pt care, but what do I know im still a student
jRN2be replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency
Kidney Stones? That may be chronic, but there can be physical proof for that persons pain... Isnt that kind of harsh? Isnt the policy for patients that can be classified as pain seeking or drug seeking? HMMM... and isnt it against the law to keep ...
The med surg nurses at the hospital I work at are required to where white. If your a tech, you wear hunters green, no matter where you work. ER RNs where purple.
First of all, last names should not be put on name badges. The patient has no medical reason to need to know your last name. Your boss and Admin are the only people to know- The co-workers that I have worked with for a year now dont even know my la...
arizonamark, easy killer. It aint as bad as some say. CNAs are also referred to as Certified A!@ wipers. But also, it is very nice to help people, and you dont have to work in a nursing home. That is not to say that you will never have to do peri ...
That is socialized medicine. That is what Obama is shooting for.. Nurses will be sitting in hard back metal chairs, no tile floors, and no computers. That 70 year old that needs a heart cath, the one that is not long for this world anyways, will be ...
First a CNA never, ever, takes any kind of order from a MD. I would also get rid of that friend. Those kind of people are not what you need during nursing school. I hope everything turns out well for you.
In the ER where I am a Tech, we are obligated by law to report all assaults. Does not matter what the MD or DO thinks. If the police are not already involved when EMS pulls up, then we call.
I am a Tele Tech at the hospital that I work at right now, and they offered tuition reimbursement when they opened a year ago, and now they say, due to the difficult economical times, there will be none. That will not stop me from being an RN, my dre...
An experienced nurse that I worked with at one time actually gave that difficult patient his 10 mg of IV nubain that was ordered, and when he was knocked out actually went in to his room every hour, woke the pt up, and asked if he needed anything. S...