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  1. Do we have to give IV pain meds if patient requests when PO meds are ordered?

    VegRN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I am an experienced nurse and am curious as to what you all think about this. If a patient is complaining of pain and they are specifically requesting IV pain meds but they are tolerating PO and have...

  2. need perspective- rapid administration of potassium

    VegRN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I am an experienced nurse and need feedback on a med error I caught. I received a patient who had a potassium level of 2.3, in checking the pump settings during handoff, I saw that the potassium...

  3. need perspective- rapid administration of potassium

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in Patient Medications

    The nurse that gave me report was there when I caught the error, it was a mistake, she felt awful about

  4. need perspective- rapid administration of potassium

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Yup, I was being careful, as I mentioned, the previous nurse programmed it incorrectly and when I received the patient I went in right away to check the drip rates and noticed it was programmed

  5. need perspective- rapid administration of potassium

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in Patient Medications

    The rate was set at 40meq/hr. Total dose in bag was 60meq/500 mls and it was programmed to run over 90 minutes. I caught it after it had already been running for 45

  6. If you make over 100k/year as a nurse

    VegRN replied to amie1169's topic in General Nursing

    I make very close to 100k a year. 98k to be exact last year and will be right at 100 this year with recent raise. No overtime, 3-12 hr shifts a week, pacific nw. Night shift, float pool. Have been...

  7. Sleeping on lunch break

    VegRN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to agree with the poster that said you may have a coworker that developed a resentment against you. Since you are agency staff, sometimes people assume you make more money and...

  8. Should I become a nurse?

    VegRN replied to boomboom6800's topic in General Nursing

    Think twice before continuing nursing school. If you already don't like it, that is a red flag. On the other hand, it can be a vehicle to help you get you to where you want to be so think about what...

  9. Been Living A Sendentary Life

    VegRN replied to thanrye8710's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you on your desire to change! I would check out websites such as shape.com to determine what to bring on the first day. It also depends a lot on what you will be doing at the gym,...

  10. "Borrowing" one patient's med for another.

    VegRN replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to disagree with you, at least in the work situation that I used to work in, I did not see a problem with it. In this situation, all the meds were individually barcoded and in a patient...

  11. UAP acting as "nurse" in doctors office!

    VegRN replied to cc01183's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This needs to be reported to the BON. Can't you report while remaining anonymous so that it will not affect your job? Perhaps you could give information to the BON which is general enough (or a...

  12. per diem agency nursing and high amount of cancelation

    VegRN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi all, I am new to agency nursing and am getting the lovely experience of being canceled nearly every single shift. I have been cancelled about 90% of the time and am wondering whether this is...

  13. Can I make it through nursing school being scared of male patients?

    VegRN replied to nohika's topic in Nursing Career

    Why not see this experience as an opportunity to get past some of the fears of being around men? I think it would be an injustice for you to drop out of nursing school because of this. That would...

  14. Any experienced nurses having trouble finding a job?

    VegRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently had to quit my job due to my husband being transferred across the country in his job. At our new city, the unemployment rate is higher than average, 10% but, I thought being an experienced...

  15. per diem agency nursing and high amount of cancelation

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Thanks all for the comments. Yes, I also learned to take shifts whenever they are offered. I also casually wondered if the agency punishes nurses who decline a shift by canceling you first for x...

  16. RN in 2 states?

    VegRN replied to wlb06's topic in General Nursing

    yup, this is true. I have several nursing licenses and all it takes is filling out the required paperwork, $$$ and waiting. Some of the states require you to submit fingerprints for a background...

  17. Would this be appealing for an RN?

    VegRN replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, this job sound awesome to me. However, I think this opinion may be affected by the fact that I am unemployed and have been trying very hard to get a job for a few

  18. Any experienced nurses having trouble finding a job?

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse80'sbaby- yup, sounds like we are in the same boat. I never thought it would be like this either, when I was hired at previous jobs, the main requirements were a pulse and a license for...

  19. Scared to go to work, no self-confidence, worse every year

    VegRN replied to zacarias's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi Zacarias, I am sorry that you are going through this, it must be tough. I can really empathize with you though because I have had and still have some of the same problems although now it is to a...

  20. An 'experienced' nurse looking for a job

    VegRN replied to lou12's topic in Nursing Career

    I have less than half of the years of experience as you and am currently having trouble finding a job as well. I have applied for over 40 jobs in the last month alone and and have had one interview...

  21. Any experienced nurses having trouble finding a job?

    VegRN replied to VegRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the replies, it is nice to know that I am not the only one in this situation. My specialty is med surg, maybe that is not the right specialty to be in right now? Critical care...

  22. feeling guilty, anxious about wanting to advance myself...please advice

    VegRN replied to jmeng's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I understand how you feel and am glad to hear that someone else has the same dilemma that I have. I am a med surg RN and am seriously considering going to graduate school. I feel guilty sometimes...

  23. HELLLLPPP

    VegRN replied to br1468's topic in General Nursing

    1. Does your unit use any alternative/contemporary healing? If so what kind? The hospital I used to work at used massage and acupuncture. With Md approval, pts could make appointments for these...

  24. Potential nurse with future limitations

    VegRN replied to mowski1214's topic in General Nursing

    You should go ahead and apply to the program. Nursing is so varied that there I am confident that there would be nursing jobs that you could do despite your limitations. Things that come to mind...

  25. No offer yet but need help deciding what job to take.

    VegRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all. I really need some help deciding what to do. I applied for jobs 2 weeks ago at Hospital A and am excited about the prospect of working there. It has great benefits, excellent pay,...