tjnurse67

tjnurse67 has 7 years experience and specializes in mental health, med/surg and corrections.

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1. swabbing off iv ports or saline locks before hooking up fluids

   tjnurse67 replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

   Excuse me if you think I'm weird. I came here to ask for advise which I appreciate very much not to be belittled.

2. swabbing off iv ports or saline locks before hooking up fluids

   tjnurse67 replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

   Are you kidding? I would never say it like that to someone

3. swabbing off iv ports or saline locks before hooking up fluids

   tjnurse67 replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

   I have confessed my errors to the infection control of that facility

4. swabbing off iv ports or saline locks before hooking up fluids

   tjnurse67 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have to confess there were times I didn't have an alcohol swab in my pocket and have hooked up the fluids anyway. I would never do that again. I would take the time to go get the alcohol swab

5. How do I get over the "what ifs"

   tjnurse67 replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you thank you all for the awesome words. You have helped me tremendously and I do feel better. I loved all the comments to my post. Thank you again soooooo much

6. How do I get over the "what ifs"

   tjnurse67 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for 7 years now and am totally happy with the type of nursing I now do which is working in a correctional facility...what I can't get over is the errors and mistakes I have made while working on med/surg. I documented and told on ...

7. Need some advice. I hate my job!

   tjnurse67 replied to MommyMmf's topic in General Nursing

   Lord does your story sound familiar....I did just over a year of med/surg nursing and hated it so bad....I loved the experience I was able to gain but did nothing but worry every minute about making errors and when I did make errors had a difficult t...

8. popping and squeezing boils

   tjnurse67 replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

   I have always done site care on these boils when they were opened. I'm asking because I have a guilty conscience I guess. I never had any cases of necritizing fascitis, ever. i always figured it was better to get the pus out and get it on its way to...

9. popping and squeezing boils

   tjnurse67 posted a topic in General Nursing

   please tell me I'm not the only one who has done this...I feel bad about it now but when I worked in prison I squeezed boils on several occasions. I would not do this now. and also worry if I caused long term harm to the patient. I would hate to lose...