Jeanne M P

Jeanne M P has 21 years experience.

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1. Getting experience when can't get any job as a new RN

   Jeanne M P replied to dacmorri1's topic in Pennsylvania

   There is a huge difference between not enough nurses and not hiring nurses. I think the problem is that the budget conscious management in anticipation of Obama care simply are not hiring. They dont care about adequate staffing just the $$$ bottom ...

2. Medication Error HELP

   Jeanne M P replied to pomlover08's topic in General Nursing

   Bottom line, it is a med error. Do the right thing. Follow your institutions policy for reporting med errors. Most institutions advocate reporting errors to keep track of the type of error and to look for solutions to avoid the same type of error ...

3. What's an IO

   Jeanne M P replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

   games and trying to avoid talking about medicine since "we're becoming nurses, not doctors." WOW! I almost fell off my chair when I read this. Twenty years ago when I went to nursing school, knowing your medications was paramount (anyone remember do...

4. Fictional vital sign charting

   Jeanne M P replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing assistants have been "making up" respiratory rates for as long as I can remember. I can remember on one occassion when all 28 patients on our unit were breathing at a rate of 20/min. By the way, that would make them all tachypnic. Normal re...

5. has anyone ever discharged a patient with their IV still in?

   Jeanne M P replied to TracyVaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Why yes I have ..... TWICE:yeah:

6. Is nursing really a profession?

   Jeanne M P replied to RN Marx02's topic in General Nursing

   Oops I think its Meriam-Webster

7. Is nursing really a profession?

   Jeanne M P replied to RN Marx02's topic in General Nursing

   Marian Webster defines profession as: a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation b : a principal calling, vocation, or employment c : the whole body of persons engaged in a calling So would have t...

8. Surgeon's Error?

   Jeanne M P replied to Lahryn04's topic in General Nursing

   I have had many years of experience with cholecystectomy, whipple, liver resection, liver transplant, etc. Bile duct leaks are a relatively common post op complication. My understanding from the surgeons is, ...when working in such a small space, esp...

9. Who wears a nursing cap?

   Jeanne M P replied to raincitynurse's topic in General Nursing

   I loved my nursing cap. While in school my entire class looked forward to getting/wearing their caps. Caps represented so much to us. They were a symbol of accomplishment, of achieving a goal. We didnt do the stripe but there was a pin for the ca...

10. Patient's addicted to narcotics

    Jeanne M P replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    What you are referring to regarding multiple prescribers and multiple pharmacy's is known as "diversion". It is the growing problem with chronic pain medicine. Prescription drug abuse is a hot topic for the DEA these days and many new practice guid...