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You do what you feel is good for the patient, do not do sloppy nursing because others do. To properly assess a patient, you must auscultate a persons lungs, heart and abdomen.

Yes, that was going to be my suggestion, a "brain". You can create one with times on it, a place for patients room number and name, then circle the times they will have meds due, mark thru it when completed. Also, have a place to write any PRNs you m...

"Hi, try to find what I call a "seasoned" nurse, one who is willing to teach, and help you out. I have been a nurse for 20 years, I always try to take the new nurses under my wing, and teach them. I know this is not true of a lot of nurses, some get...

Ok, lets see if I can share this without using the words the patients used, and tell it. I had a young male patient who was in an accident, he had to have an AKA (above knee amputation). He was confused while coming out from anesthesia, I heard a lot...