1TiredOldNurse

1TiredOldNurse has 30 years experience.

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1. Night Shift Rehab Nurse | Life of a Nurse

   1TiredOldNurse replied to suhealth21's topic in Rehabilitation

   You might want to change your screen name to something other than your real name. ?

2. Medication administration confusion???

   1TiredOldNurse replied to Mike DBD's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses are not considered practioners or dispensing practioners, only physicians,dentists,podiatrists,and veterinarians (at least in Georgia). I understand why the OP's facility does things the way they do. I am just wondering if the facility policy ...

3. Medication administration confusion???

   1TiredOldNurse replied to Mike DBD's topic in General Nursing

   This is from Frederick Karsten R. Ph. Director of the Drug and Narcotics Agency State of Georgia. 480-28-.08 Practitioner's Assistants. Nothing in these rules shall prohibit any person from assisting any duly licensed practitioner in the measuring of...

4. Ways to prevent this med error

   1TiredOldNurse replied to nurse_kitkat1014's topic in Medications

   We ALL make at least one med error if we do this long enough. And kudos to you for recognizing and handling it. Sometimes it's c...

5. Med admin times

   1TiredOldNurse replied to Birdy2018's topic in LPN/LVN

   This is not meant to be snarky at all, I just can't think of a better way to say it.......Facilities often have policies and allowed procedures that violate the BON scope of Practice especially when it comes to their LVNs . So when the state does a s...

6. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

   1TiredOldNurse replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

   I had a pediatric patient whose mother said I wrote too loudly. (The company I worked for used paper charting). She also complained that I made too much noise turning the pages of my book.