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I’m imploring all of my colleagues to settle down. The OP should feel free to have a forum where she can anonymously ask questions like this. After all, it’s better to be berated online than in person or behind your back my colleagues. OP- here’s ...

Personally, I would only report colleagues to the BON in instances of neglect, prescribing without a license, going outside of your scope and actual or potential harm to a patient due to someone’s actions. I would always first report to hospital man...

I had a similar experience in nursing. After 4 years of the nonsense, it felt like I was constantly in a battle to simply get the resources we needed to care for our patients. I quit 1.5 years ago and I haven’t looked back ever since. Every now and t...

In my previous comments I had more sympathy for the nurse. I’m fact I assumed that there was some sort of short staffing issue that may have led to this. But after reading the legal documents and the nurses own confession, she clearly was grossly neg...

The beautiful thing about nursing is that there is a plethora of opportunities away from the bedside. Nursing is a beautiful profession, but at some point, some of us, need to step away from the bedside. Dont start hating the nursing profession. Con...

First, I want to address the fact that you’re making valid points regarding the mistreatment of nurses by management and physicians. I’ve experienced it and dealt with it and is one of the contributing factors as to why I left the bedside. The other,...

I'm not a school nurse, but after reading the consistency among all of you in your responses, it makes me really glad to see you advocating for the students and not allowing your position to be used in unethical manners! You guys rock!

vec was removed from Pyxis at 1459, code was called at 1529. During this 30 minute period is when the vec was administered.

Beautiful said! @MunroRn

How does it not make sense? It's proven in the literature that organ with blame-culture yield to under reporting of incidents.

Susie I agree with you. I'm not concerned with the consequences of being fired on the individual nurse. Instead, I'm more concerned with other nurses being afraid to speak up or document incidents if they see punivitive solutions to medication errors...

Unfortunately, to err is human. That's a fact of life. We can either use this as a lesson to make sure this never happens again or we can be vultures and breed a culture that promotes keeping secrets instead of reporting yourself. If we want sentinel...

I see the point you're making and I agree with you. When someone comes to work impaired or diverts drugs even once, this person's license is subject to revocation. Usually, however, the Board of Nursing allows second chances. You should read your boa...

I agree. Absolutely gross negligence. The entire person needs to be assessed- her work performance evaluations, previous incidents, etc. Using The Whole Person method, she can be appropriately disciplined and absent any evidence pointing to a PATTERN...

Texas law further explains violations of the NPA as Providing information which was false, deceptive, or misleading in connection with the practice of nursing; By adjudicating action against a nurse without having all of the information a Board of Nu...

Right- but let's say she did the right thing and stayed with the patient, she would have most likely saved the patients life.

Of course I was ICU trained. I was going to take the post-code patient on the unit but the sup called up to start caring for the patient on the floor until patient was able to be given a room (pretty sure I mentioned this in my initial post). I reca...

It's unprofessionalism which also violates the nurse practice act. You have not seen everything the board of nursing will weigh in their determination to take action against her. To think that you can adjudicate on someone's professional licensure ba...

How dare you even say that a nurse should lose her license without knowing her, her work ethic, the quality of her work throughout her tenure, and without knowing all of the facts. The CMS report does not address the nurses experience level, whether ...

Generally speaking 2 nurses. The only time it was acceptable as 1 nurse 1 aide is a pre-op unit that hadn't been opened yet. But that's a no brained, lol. In the event of a code, 2 RN's for sure at minimum.

I've worked at several different hospitals in New Jersey and Arizona. I've worked for fortune 500/US News Rated Level 1 Trauma Magnet facilities to a med-tech startup. The one theme that has been constant at all these organizations have been their ob...

I know this is an older post, but in case you're still looking, I'd say just keep applying. Definitely work on getting your nursing certifications and become involved with QI committees and projects to bolster your resume. Networking is key. As ment...

Sorry you got kicked out. I'd suggest doing a deep dive into investigating whether or not nursing is the right career for you. Not because you failed pharm, but because sometimes, things in life happen for a reason. Talk to tons of nurses, see if you...

There are varying opinions in the nursing profession regarding snow days and nurse safety and I would like to address them here. As a nurse, we have an obligation to our patients. As a human, we have an obligation to our selves and our families. Some...