2002MissRN replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing
Why on earth would you medicate someone with Ativan who complained of not being able to breathe because your staff wore a "loud perfume"? You should have talked with the patient to "calm" her down and...
I took the NCLEX in 2001 and my questions shut off after 75 too. OMG I was terrified that I had wasted 2 very :innerconf years of my life. I sweated for a couple of weeks until I got my results. I was...
Most nurses keep a copy of their report sheets in their mailboxes or lockers as for a while it was a BIG problem with info that was passed on to be followed up with social workers, admin, MD and such....
2002MissRN replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric
At our facility, day and evening shifts mostly wear street clothes. Most nurses on night shift wear scrubs and the techs wear street clothes. I work on an adolescent unit and the kids love the...
Oh have touched upon a "sticky" topic. I give report to the oncoming day shift nurses and usually I hear "oh you got your hair cut"; "we did this last night..." who cares??? All I want to do is give...
I work nights and sometimes the only nurse on the unit with 2 techs with 10 to 18 patients, this is in behavioral health on the adolescent unit. We always have male security and usually 2-4 other...
I'm a psych nurse and only first name is on our badges. It is actually hospital policy that in our psych/behavioral health unit it is not on our badges. We receive lots of threats, some empty,...