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1. unhappy nurse

   helpme nurse replied to nurse unhappy's topic in Safety

   i worked in a situation like that about a year ago where all the nurses were out to hang one another and if you new forget it, I was there 6yrs so fortunately they left me alone because I was in the facility longer than any of them but I also had to ...

2. No lift policy

   helpme nurse replied to PaulG's topic in Safety

   we have a similar policy in my work place. what it basically states that once the pt is evaluated by pt( which they have to be by the day of admission/readmission) if they have a weight bearing status of any, you as cna or nurse are to encourage the...

3. lpns in the icu

   helpme nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have to say as an lpn I agree with everyone above unless specifically trained to help you in the icu and familiar with tasks and procedures then it's entirely unsafe to have them there, speaking as a person with no icu training i would feel very un...

4. BSN's deliver safer care than ADN's??

   helpme nurse replied to sbic56's topic in Activism

   I just have to say that I don't think that is true at all because there is only a few things that are different in adn vs bsn as far as research material, I'm not knocking the bsn because they also work very hard to earn that degree and I work with a...

5. PA LPN's now permitted to accept verbal orders.

   helpme nurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in LPN/LVN

   I have a question to this new posting is this in effect state wide now and also I was told that we are still not allowed to take or for things that are not in are scope of practice or is this just per facility policy I'm just a little confused about...

6. just starting out!! help!!

   helpme nurse replied to marzigliano's topic in Pennsylvania

   well there are a couple ways to do this you can either go through a vocational school and have the training and classes it's not that expensive but not cheap either or you can look in your surrounding area and see if a hosp or nursing home is offeri...

7. Dr. orders or nursing judgement???

   helpme nurse replied to Alie's topic in General Nursing

   I suggest always get an order unless nursing measure such as oxygen for sob or something like that better to just me on the safe side let the doc make the call that's what they get the big bucks for:)

8. It hasn't even been a week yet and my husband is already starting

   helpme nurse replied to sagelola's topic in General Students

   Lots of Luck and best wishes because school is hard enough without the nagging husband that always thinks we don't do anything at all, all day. i know the feeling about if they are not center of attention and coddled they get cranky but they also w...