Nursing617

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1. Dilemma situation! I'm not a nurse, but is this common practice??

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   My role is a concerned employee. Need I say more? And he's been a nurse for a couple of years. If this was your loved one and something didn't seem right, you would be concerned too. It was

2. Bullied for reporting a med error by another nurse

   Nursing617 replied to StaffNurseMcS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I want to THANK YOU for taking action. That's a good

3. Dilemma situation! I'm not a nurse, but is this common practice??

   Nursing617 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Resident had an iv catheter to have morphine administered subcutaneously via a butterfly needle on the abdomen. Before the nurse administered the morphine, he mentioned out loud that he had to get...

4. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I have not. I absolutely will when I find another

5. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   It's mentally exhausting. Sanity is

6. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   All union at my employment. Any little thing someone does or says to any staff member, their reply is "I'm going to the

7. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Absolutely!! I'm doing this for the residents! Not because I'm some "troublemaker". ABUSE is unacceptable and also

8. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 replied to Nursing617's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   It's funny because when I reported staff to the DON he seemed angry and was going to actually do SOMETHING. He told me a few days later they were being investigated. I worked in a hostile work...

9. Sleeping on job?

   Nursing617 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I need to vent...where I work (LTC) the nurses and aides sleep (deep sleep) for HOURS (this is an ongoing issue that has been addressed to the DON and NOTHING has changed. A few aides/nurses were on...