joyjan

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1. What was your very first Nursing Job?

   joyjan replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

   an RN in a Rehab/LTC.. on DAY SHIFT!! was going nuts on my one-month orientation.. crying... got crazier when I started working by myself... Then my boss turned out to be a monster and bullied me. I became aware of the right way, the hard way... then...

2. What Can Be Done to Avoid this error?

   joyjan replied to callienewh's topic in Safety

   So the previous LTC place I worked in, they have a Coumadin sheet that tells the recent dose, the date it was ordered and the next INR date. The MAR was in grid form and we basically put a line on days before and after the date range of when the Coum...

3. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

   joyjan replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

   the Mindset does depend on your values. Nursing may not pose financial dominance but career stability yes.. you earn the increase with experience and the fact that the knowledge you carry is ahead than most people that don't know about health should ...

4. dealing with confused patients

   joyjan replied to sprintin08's topic in Geriatric

   We talked about this in nursing school. Learned that the approach should be asking them what led them to this idea. In real life it's different. You can't reorient someone in a matter of minutes. It's all about safety, administering the right medicat...