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Hello there Nurse Beth, I just received a letter from BON saying that I have been issued a reprimand. I made a terrible mistake of arriving late 3 days in a row...
Ive been working in a SNF for a few months. I received a phone call while I was at work from someone whos from the state and she asked to interview a clinician...
Dear Nurse Beth, I graduate in May with my BSN and am applying for positions in the ER and ICU. I will have multiple managers from different units in my...
Dear Nurse Beth, I have ADHD and have been an RN for 24 yrs. I have worked in practically every aspect of nursing, trying to find a niche where I actually like...
Ive been an RN for over 30 years. I was terminated for the first time in my nursing career for starting an IV on a patient without having completed the IV...
Im a new nurse working at 2 snfs and I have to see signs in some of the offices say things like Nurses are ordinary people with extraordinary hearts. What if Im...
Dear Nurse Beth, Can you give an opioid without a Dr signing off on it? I say no but my co-worker says yes. I just dont understand if the Dr hasnt signed it...
Dear Nurse Beth, How to find good mentoring/precepting? Im a new-ish RN with 1 year of moderate sedation for procedures work behind me. I moved, and landed a...
Seems like abandonment is the new catch phrase being passed around to scare nurses into working more than they are scheduled for. What exactly is it? I work in...
Hello. I am a NP that worked for a private hospitalist group. Due to a family emergency (family member critically ill/possibly death, coded, in ICU), I had to...
I have been a nurse for about a year now. I work in a physical rehabilitation hospital where I work with mainly elderly. My work position is the kind where I am...
Is it necessary for nursing to be a passion? Why?
Im a registry nurse and I worked at a facility for 1 day. I never worked there again but 6 months later I received a letter in the mail stating that I was being...
Hello everyone, I took my first exam end of July and failed with 476 score. I used mainly Leik but I didnt read the book as thoroughly as I probably shouldve. I...
I just took my test yesterday ( Saturday ) and got the bad pop up. Got the max 145 questions. Im kind of curious as to if ppl that are saying they got the bad...
Nurse Beth, I have been a nurse for 3 years now. I started off in an ICU unit for about 1 year until I got injured, then did 2 years of employee health while...
Ive been a nurse for 14 years now, but this hasnt occurred much up until the past few years. I work in a psychiatric hospital, and patients often address me as...
Dear Nurse Beth, In December I was working in on a very understaffed day while I was quite sick (not a contagious illness) and took prilosec and zofran that was...
Because cauti are high, our manager said that now we cant get orders from the provider. It has to go through him and he has to approve a foley. Does a manager...
Dear Nurse Beth, I am currently working in a small clinic doing conscious sedation for minor procedures. Our MD has innocently had his license lapse due to...
Dear Nurse Beth, I went to ER after taking a gummy with thc by accident. I went to the hospital where I work. The ER doctor asked me what happened I told him I...
I started working as a nurse in February 2020. I started in med-surg and did this for almost a year. Our general surgery unit turned into a covid unit within...
Im thinking of changing specialties to either ER or OR, but I love the travel nurse life. So many question here is for the OR nurses in the group- how long were...
I recently was assigned a sophomore student nurse in the emergency department for the next month or so. Im finding it difficult to teach as well as provide...
I am new to Allnurses and this is my first post. I am needing guidance on creating a paper on concept analysis. I am a nurse practitioner student. I have no...
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