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Sedation was in the unopened vial on the nurses computer. While the nurse was with another patient the physician took it off the computer. Although medication should not have been sitting around unattended, physician should not have pushed sedation with no other staff at bedside and leave the patient unattended not notifying the nurse. At our hospital since the procedure was a conscious sedation there must be a 1:1 nurse with that patient until the patient is awake. The biggest issue here is a physician taking a medication from a nurses computer and giving it while leaving the patient alone after the procedure never notifying the nurse.

Looking for opinions on a situation. Recently had a physician take a controlled substance off of a nurses computer, and give it for a conscious sedation without the nurse knowing. Physician never notified RN and patient did not have any safety precautions set up for the sedation. Has anyone else ever had an issue with a physician taking controlled substances from them without their knowledge and giving them without following conscious sedation protocols? Patient should’ve been a 1:1 but RN was not made aware the sedation was being started. Any advice on what to do other than escalating up to management? This is the kind of stuff that puts our licenses at risk and the patients life at risk. I should add that this is in an ER setting on a low acuity area of the ER where the RN already has 11 other patients at a time

Hey everyone, I currently work in the ED and was recently assaulted by a patient and was knocked out. The patient was being petitioned for suicidal ideation. I keep getting told by coworkers that I should press charges against this patient. Although the patient assaulted me, I just find it hard to do knowing that the patient is obviously going through a rough time in their life. I almost feel guilty with filing a police report. Has anyone else dealt with assualt in the workplace from a psych patient? If so, how did you deal with it? Did you just let it go?

Hi all, I wanted to get peoples opinions on working part time (24 hrs/wk) as a nurse tech. I will be starting up in my second semester junior year while taking med surg II, pharmacology II, and maternal-child nursing. I currently work 12 hours a week and my grades are decent (B average). The part time job is in the ED which is my dream job. Are there any RNs that have worked part time as a tech that could give me advice as whether or not it is a good idea to work part time while in school? I am worried about taking on too much to handle.

The only thing that worries me is that he said to me that if he can get me in that I can't back out because it would look bad on him.

Hi all, I am currently a Junior in my BSN program. Recently I have been having doubts about what I should do about two job opportunities for a nurse tech position. The first opportunities is from a professor who went out of his way to bring my name up to the nursing manager to get me an interview. The second is an opportunity that I received to go in for an interview at a place that I previously had a clinical at (happened right after the my professor recommended me for the first job). The second opportunity is the place that I would like to work at. I am worried that if I end up getting a job offer from the second opportunity that I will not look good for not following through with the first job opportunity that my professor went out of his way to get me an interview for. If I get a job offer from the second job opportunity (my preference), how should I go about telling my professor and/or the other employer that I accepted a different job offer. I am just worried about "burning bridges" with someone who went out of their way to help me and the possibility of him recommending someone who fell through.

I recently started my Med Surg 1 clinical in the ER this week. Within 5 minutes of arriving on the floor the second day, there was a person brought in who was found unconscious. I was told to start chest compressions on the patient and it was the first time I have ever done CPR, let alone ever even been in a life threatening emergency. After 3 rounds of CPR over an hour we finally got the patient back and stable. We then were informed by the patients medical power of attorney that the patients wish is to be DNR. We ended up wheeling the patient down to a different room, and right before I was about to leave the room the patient coded again. After finding out she was DNR and that we couldn't do anything for her, I sat and watched as her heart dropped to 0. I didn't know how to feel that the first patient I ever had done CPR on passed away. I had difficulty removing myself from the thoughts of everything that happened, and seeing the family come in just broke my heart. Does anyone else remember the first patient of theirs that they had pass away in front of them? I am still not sure how I feel and just seem bothered by everything that happened that morning. Any suggestions of how to get through the death of your first patient? Does it get easier to deal with your emotions the second or third time it happens to you?

Hi all, I am currently a Junior BSN student. I am looking for some advice about med-surg which I will be starting in the Fall. I have heard many horrible experiences from other students who have had a specific professor that I will have in the Fall, and I am very nervous about starting the class. I have heard of many students failing out of the program after taking this professor's med-surg course. What can I do to ensure my success in med-surg. Also, does anyone have any tips on how to control anxiety before starting a tough class?