kmr

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1. so frustrated with docs/when and when not to page

   kmr replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for 16 years. Experience helps and it also helps when you know the docs. But I ALWAYS err on the side of caution. If they get mad or yell at you oh well. Sometimes you have to page at night! I have been yelled at when clearly it ...

2. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

   kmr replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

   ? Moral of the story: Always strive to work together as a team...when that is not possible pick your battles?

3. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

   kmr replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

   I can tell you that this wasn't the case in terms of what I wrote about. I wasn't looking for things to find wrong with her work!! I didn't have to look:uhoh21:

4. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

   kmr replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

   I have found that reporting nurse's who are doing very incompetent things or actually illegal things doesn't always do any good!!! And YOU get branded as a trouble maker!! I worked with a new nurse who thought she knew everything... but didn't. We b...

5. Med Errors

   kmr replied to UM Review RN's topic in Medications

   I myself was a patient at a large urban hospital. I was 5 weeks pregnant with hyper-emesis, a ruptured ovarian cyst and I was also very hypotensive (80/30 lying) and I was febrile. I was admitted to med/surg floor. I was on IVF running at 125cc/hr an...

6. Please Help Me!

   kmr replied to Desperate_2_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I think you really just need to go to the school nursing dept. and talk to them. I also find it hard to believe that was a felony and not a misdemeanor. You say it is a felony and you obviously should know but wow that is ridiculous if ya ask me!!!!...

7. WA board needs more action

   kmr replied to zacarias's topic in Washington

   Believe me the nursing mentality in Eastern Wa.(with Spokane being the exception) is not what I would call normal (and I will leave it at that!). If you like hot summers and cold winters and don't have to work well then you would love it in Eastern W...

8. Moving to Washington

   kmr replied to tronchase's topic in Washington

   Stay away from Eastern Wa!!! Olympia would be a great place to move. It is on the west (normal) side of the mountains, south of Seattle and the cost of living there is more affordable than the Seattle area. Also Olympia was voted the #1 place in the ...

9. The Beautiful, Beautiful Pacific Northwest

   kmr replied to Foxfour's topic in Washington

   I was born, raised and have lived in Seattle my entire life. I love it here!! I would never dream of leaving. The cost of living in the city and suburbs is high!! But there are nice areas to the north or south or for that matter on the coast that sti...