Ambersmom BSN, RN

I want to add when you file your police report make sure you get a case number. Im sorry this happened to you.

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 tell me of a good pocket book I can get to use as...

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 with a coworker who created a hostile work environme...

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 reason why nothing official has happened is because n...

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. Thanks.again

Thank you! I'll see if I can order it

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 combined.

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 instructors or profs. you had a good relation with c...

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 blood was found at the bedside 2 hrs later, would she...

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 tylenol/ibuprofen (which if wasnt available as a PRN was the fi...

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 its too late. You said you were thinking pt was a sb...

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 it just may be the beginning of the end for them.

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 live.

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 some speaks out. When people just tolerate it, it o...

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 patient safety reports for sentinel level events, it...

I don't know how many will remember my previous post (months ago now) about a temp manager who took a vendetta against me for reporting patient safety issues, said horrible things, and made me question my skills and lose my confidence and self-esteem...

everywhere I worked required 2 people, one to operate the lift, the other to prevent the person being lifted from swinging, grabbing, and to help position, and to ensure they were properly harnessed in. I've never heard of anywhere that allowed 1 per...

OP strongly suggest you contact a lawyer.

Its not an issue of them wanting to let you go because the tech would be leaving, many hospitals won't let you work as a tech or cna if you have your RN, the simple reason being liability. If something happens you are held to the highest level of tra...

We had alot of police on our unit d/t the nature of the unit. We just always told them we could not give out info AND if they were requesting info they needed to contact our SECURITY/hospital police who would guide them. They weren't even allowed on ...

At my place, we have an actual waste container, basically a glorified sharps container and wastes go in there.

Suggest you have a private drug test done if its only been a few days, that can only help you. What happened to the 5mg's you wasted? Did it go in the waste container?

Sorry to hear you are dealing with this issue. I worked LTC years ago and had a similar experience, mine I believe was partially caused by the employer putting my bsn on name badge. It was pretty awful, and abusive. I went to nursing supervisor, and ...

I've never paid travel expenses for a travel assignment.

"well they don't have to use it, at orientation they all get leg bags and gtubes. HR discovered it was more cost effective. I hear next week this is becoming the Resident's new game room."