Ambersmom BSN, RN

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   What to do when Nurse is attacked and employer doesn't file police report?

   Ambersmom replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   I want to add when you file your police report make sure you get a case number. Im sorry this happened to
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   Doctor Behaving Badly - What would you do?

   Ambersmom replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   I know in my state, nurses have taken their complaints with doctors who act unprofessionally by reporting them formally to the board of registration. I worked for a town and had similar experiences...
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   Nice coworker but I'm concerned

   Ambersmom replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

   No, nursing management in other places is not like this(nor is it usually like this outside of nursing). I've seen people terminated for relatively minor infractions but I believe in this case the...
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   Srarting ER position

   Ambersmom replied to Ambersmom's topic in Emergency

   Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I agree, my intention isn't to use the book as a resource during shift hours, but as a resource I can keep in my locker or at home if I need it.
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   Srarting ER position

   Ambersmom replied to Ambersmom's topic in Emergency

   Thank you! I'll see if I can order
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   Show me your babies!!

   Ambersmom replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Animal Lovers's Animal Lovers

   This is my Amber, she is the dog who humbled me, and has cost me more in vet bills then my last dog and 2 horses
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   Srarting ER position

   Ambersmom posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi, I have finally landed my dream job and am starting an ER transition program (my past experience includes emt, paramedic, and burn/trauma, med/surg). I'm both excited and terrified. Can anyone...
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   Let go after orientation and feeling lost now. Need advice

   Ambersmom replied to sunflower101's topic in General Nursing

   Not everyplace is a good fit for everybody, mourn the loss for a little bit then remind yourself that somebody else's opinion matters naught, its just that their opinion... If you have any clinical...
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   Nice coworker but I'm concerned

   Ambersmom replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

   But in the case where you found meds, including IV meds at bedside and still not given 2 hrs later that is a med error and a time change would need to be done, as well as an incident report. So if...
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    Contested a Doctor's Order Psych ?

    Ambersmom replied to mhadvrn34's topic in General Nursing

    So if I'm reading this correctly, Ibuprofen and Tylenol weren't given based on the assumption they wouldn't do anything? Typical SOC, is that you give the medication available, the...
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    How do I trust my judgement after this? First Patient Death

    Ambersmom replied to nurse54361's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very hard lesson to learn, sadly. Sometimes even when the symptoms are there we are distracted, overwhelmed, caring for other patients that we sometimes don't see the bigger picture until...
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    Cna incident investigation

    Ambersmom replied to Nnb07's topic in General Nursing

    One thing to understand here is that hip fractures in an elderly patient result in an average life expectency of 1 year or less, this is NOT a harmless mistake, if this patient is over a certain age...
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    Assisted living turned nightmare

    Ambersmom replied to danij040866's topic in Nursing Career

    in my state we do have RN's in assisted living, and some do take total care patients, rules and patient acuity are changing, at least where I
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    Assisted living turned nightmare

    Ambersmom replied to danij040866's topic in Nursing Career

    report the no lunch to the labor biard, if you don't get one they have to pay you. Facilities need to be held accountable for these impossible work situations and the only way that will happen is if...
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    better days

    Ambersmom replied to Ambersmom's topic in General Nursing

    Well Neats, before you comment perhaps you should look at my other posts. My situation had almost nothing to do with negative comments; it had EVERYTHING to do with me losing my job because I filed...