That was my point exactly. Whether the OP was incorrect on thinking the dressing change should be sterile is irrelevant. The practice witnessed was wrong and
I would rather someone incorrectly change my dressing in a sterile fashion than in the manner this poster's preceptor performed the dressing change. My point was that there are many comments here that...
I admit I haven't read all the comments, but I find it disturbing how many people have dismissed the dressing change as "it's not a sterile procedure". Maybe not, but you absolutely need to wash hands...
100% agree with KatePasa. Whether it is safe to administer the medication in question should be the only consideration. On a medsurg unit you are NOT treating addiction, and what purpose does it serve...
StudentAmie replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing
Liddle...I actually wondered if that was how you intended it after the fact. The sad truth is that the nursing faculty shortage means there is a lot of very expensive but very poor instruction going...
Has anyone here recently taken the CPNP exam (through PCNB)? I am in my second year of a primary care PNP program and am trying to find some resources to order that would help me review throughout my...
StudentAmie replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing
I think the fact that the first things that come to mind as "wise advice" gleaned are negative comments like the ones above speak volumes about how nurses treat one another. Eat the young,
I agree wholeheartedly with what Jennifer said. I am in my peds class right now with the FNP students and the thought of how little peds coursework they get would make me nervous to be certified to...
I am so excited...I graduated in May and have been working on a Medical SubAcute unit...but my passion has always been maternity (former doula), and I just landed a DAY job in Mother Baby! I am also...
University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, same school I did my BSN. Is the PC/AC portion acute care? The one limiting factor to this program is that it is primary care only. Not a big deal right now...
Hello! Is there anyone else here pursuing the pediatric route? I am in a bit of a unique situation as I just graduated in May and got my BSN/RN. I actually work on an adult Medical Progressive Care...
Thanks for all the advice! I am halfway done and will finish in April. My concern is that quite honestly, I don't feel like my education is preparing me much. Other than clinicals, my coursework has...
It sounds like everything you did was incredibly appropriate, and well within the scope of NURSING...so why it's even being brought up that doulas are so terrible sounds like just a somewhat toxic...
StudentAmie replied to HelloOBNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn
Given all of that-the best thing that we do is give good patient care-the other stuff doesn't matter. In fact, I found that patients that got poor care often complained about the extra things we did...
babyktchr, we were sort of advised to put clinical rotations on our resumes, especially if our actual patient contact experience is limited. Our groups are also given lots of choices for which...