withpurpose

withpurpose has 15 years experience and specializes in Quality, Risk, PI, M/S, PEDS, OPSU/PACU.

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1. My interview at a Hospital with the lions

   withpurpose replied to garn12's topic in Job Hunt

   If this is any reflection of the hospital's culture, I would not want to be a patient there. This is the type of culture that has set itself up for experiencing preventable errors resulting in significant patient harm. Why? Because people are afraid ...

2. Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

   withpurpose replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Safety

   Sounds like you are in an organization that views incident reporting and actions taken as a result as punitive which is usually a reflection of how leadership deals with incident reports. Incident reports help us identify trends and systems problems ...

3. Something my clinical instructor said...

   withpurpose replied to Dnap22's topic in General Students

   You can help protect yourself and the organization by recommending (or even drafting) a protocol to be implemented. While I agree that there probably hasn't ever been anyone to lose their license over this practice, it is still out of scope and has t...

4. Something my clinical instructor said...

   withpurpose replied to Dnap22's topic in General Students

   You cannot run an IV fluid without an order unless the organization has a policy that allows for this practice. While the instructors rationale makes sense, this practice is out of scope for the nurse. IV fluids are considered medications and all med...

5. Flu shots as a student anyone?

   withpurpose replied to yupthischickanurse's topic in General Students

   Many organizations now require anyone coming into contact with patients to have the influenza vaccine (unless they have a documented contraindication). While I respect individual choices to not get the vaccine, when you work in healthcare, you have a...