I think it's great that you are thinking about patient safety. Going home and questioning nurses practices isn't a bad thing. definitely take bad practices as a learning opportunity of how you don't...
Hi allnurses community! Im a new grad and have always found I struggle with writing notes. Patients who have notable things happen during the day, I write as I go. But for the other patients where I...
In this situation, I think the most important thing to establish is why? Why does this patient not want to be turned. Are they in pain? Coginitive deficit? Or do they simply just not want to. If...
Hi! Sorry if this is under the wrong topic. I am a final year, last ever clinical placement, two weeks in the Emergency Department. Which I am loving so far! However, I would like to ask Emergency...
Hi everyone, I am a student RN, a final year on my final placement. I am on my 2nd day at a big teaching hospital and I felt confident all day. My buddy RN left 2 hours earlier than I was due to...
Hi everyone, I am a final year nursing student, I have finished all the academic side of things and just have 5 weeks of clinical left. I am currently on a busy surgical ward in a hospital that was...
This is what I thought also, as I gave the heat pack and just as soon as I got back to the nurses station she buzzed again to notify of the bleed. I feel as though it just bought her attention to the...
Thanks a lot for your advice. :) I am finding that I'm dwelling on it too much and need to move on. I may try journaling. I'm not on placement today so I can't even be reassured that this patient is...