brockclan3 LVN

Joint commission has been at our facility this week and watched me do a blood glucose check on a patient. I failed to wipe the first drop of blood before obtaining the sample for the stick so our department was cited. My supervisor told me about th...

I work home health in Texas for a government program taking care of nuclear and uranium workers in their home, most patients with around the clock care in 12 hour shifts. I have noticed that there have been staffing issues and regularly see nurses be...

The company is KetaMD. I will be honest with you, it has been a slow start. From the updates we get from the company they are still working out kinks with pharmacies in each state. I haven't had a patient session as of yet. When we do start up we hav...

I just accepted an offer as a telehealth RN administering ketamine and assisting patients through their sessions. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

I am involved with several psychedelic therapy groups on FB, MAPS, and a member of Cannabis Nurses Network. I have watched several great lectures on the subject - how psychedelics reset the brain, ect. I just think of so many patients who have had ...

Girl, this is so encouraging and gets me fired up! Thank you so much for your post! How do we get involved at this point? I am in school right now for my ADN and will graduate in May with my eye on psych. I am doing my preceptership later this sem...

I know this post is from August, but I am highly interested in psychedelic therapies as well. I will graduate with my RN in May and I am looking to branch out in alternative therapies. I have been watching TED talks from psychiatrists and physician...

My supervisor told me that JC would be reviewing my file and she had concerns in regards of my past mistakes/write-ups. I asked her if there was a possibility that I would lose my job and she said she didn't think so. But I know that might be a pos...

Well, in all actuality, when I was trained and in clinicals I was just handed a glucometer and asked to go check the blood sugar. I don't know of any co-workers that check blood sugars like joint commission says we need to. But now we will be wiser...

Hello guys! Just reaching out to any hospice nurses out there. I am currently an LVN and working my way toward RN. I have been considering hospice nursing (I am currently a tech at an ER) and was wondering how you got into hospice care? As in, wh...

I have been a nurse since January and working since February. Since then I have had 5 med errors since beginning my hospital job. Two errors that were administered to two patients but, fortunately, did not result in patient harm. The other three w...

This is all so helpful. This is great insight here and I appreciate the information and your encouragement!

Here is the list unsafe practices that is up for my peer review (it is alot): 1) When I first started work (ED) I was assisting another nurse in starting an IV and NS fluids. The nurse asked for a J-loop; I attached it to the saline flush but I d...

I found an online pharmacology certification course through NAPNES.ORG. I am looking into this.

I will look into this for sure and see what is available. Thank you for the advice.

hherrn, this is great advice. My supervisor went over the fact that I graduated with honors, 3.5GPA, excelled in clinicals (several of rotations were in this department) and she wondered where the disconnect is. I honestly don't have an answer to g...

I can absolutely understand where you are coming from. I, too, am a new nurse (LVN/Tech) and have felt the very same way as you are feeling now. I have felt as though I don't fit in, that the other nurses isolated me, 'made' me feel inferior, disre...

I work as an LPN at my hospital emergency department. I am a new nurse (5 months) and stared out in the ED. On my last shift we had a patient that had just returned from radiology. I was helping the xray tech getting him hooked back up on vitals m...

The meeting with HR went VERY well! I will have an RN preceptor (she is my favorite to work with) for 4 weeks in doing all her med administration while I shadow her. My supervisor, HR director, and nurse educator told me over and over that they wan...

Great advice!!! Thank you so much!

That is great advice, peachtreednurse. I am nervous as heck. Preparing for the worst, hoping for the best.

Just an update: I was asked by my supervisor to not clock in for my regular shift but instead meet with her and HR later in the day. This isn't good...what should I prepare for?

Yes, I am IV certified.

I spoke with my supervisor today and she told me I would get written up for it which is justified. I will also be meeting with our education coordinator later this week for remediation, which I need. I appreciate you all allowing me to be a soundin...

No, psu_213, you are not being preachy at all. You are exactly right in what you wrote. I will not make these mistakes again, I can assure you. Thank you for your encouragement.