ChrissyCasualty

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1. Why don't you just read the chart?

   ChrissyCasualty replied to Guest219794's topic in Relations

   Here is how it works at my hospital.... Yes, we have access to the ER charts. But we are not allowed to access them unless we are the charge nurse. And when we have an admit come in from the ER, the charge nurse has a TON of paperwork. We need IV siz...

2. Nursing Director removed my pts restraints

   ChrissyCasualty replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

   Easy. Call out the door or, if the place is equipped, hit the button to call the charge desk. There is NO excuse to leave a patient who is already a fall risk ALONE in a room.

3. Nurse tech working as RN

   ChrissyCasualty replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, in the state of Texas GN and GVN do have licenses...they are just temporary. And the hinge on passing the NCLEX. We can practice as nurses under the supervision of an RN but they ARE licenses.

4. Nursing Director removed my pts restraints

   ChrissyCasualty replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

   The part I'm stuck on is where you stated that you saw he was slipping out of bed, went and got two people, came back and he was on the floor. Yea...your director made a dick move. But did you really leave a confused and combative patient with restra...

5. Nurse tech working as RN

   ChrissyCasualty replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

   Unless you have a Graduate Nurse temp license then no, you cannot do any RN duties. Even a GN needs to be supervised by an RN. I don't know how it works where you are but in Texas you do not get your GN or GVN until you recieve your authorization to ...

6. Nurse tech working as RN

   ChrissyCasualty replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

   The ONLY time you can use the title of "nurse" is if you have a nursing license. Whether it is Registered Nurse, Graduate Nurse, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse, or Graduate Practical/Vocational Nurse....they all have licenses. The graduate nurse...

7. Discouraged New Nurse

   ChrissyCasualty replied to RMRN16's topic in General Nursing

   First off....BREATHE! Every nurse makes mistakes. Some huge, some not so much. You are a brand new nurse and look alike/sound alike meds are especially nerve wracking. You can bet your license you will probably never mix up those two solutions again....

8. On-call or cancelled? That is the question!

   ChrissyCasualty replied to Eschell2971's topic in General Nursing

   Okay that is actually a pretty terrible policy. The hospital I worked for was a small one so everyone got low censused every once in a while. We were called 2hrs prior to start of shift if we were low census. If we didnt go in at all, we got 4 hours ...