NotANewRN

NotANewRN MSN, RN

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  1. I don't think any of the preceptors I've had are good... but no one else seems to see it?

    NotANewRN replied to Guest1158260's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you may have a chaotic orientation with different preceptors which leads me to believe you are in an understaffed unit. Every nurse is not great at precepting. Also every nurse is not...

  2. Using medical terminology as a nurse

    NotANewRN replied to RCHCLVN's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know it's

  3. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    NotANewRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I did re-read. I read the whole case and all her responses. To answer your questions: Transport would transfer the patient because he had floor orders therefore he is a floor patient being held in...

  4. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    NotANewRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't triple ICU patients. A floor patient with transfer orders. He doesn't get continuous

  5. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    NotANewRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    So I went back and read the case and all her statements. The Heart was ambulatory and her concern was that she was a fall risk. That is a legit concern but that is not an ICU patient. After fully...

  6. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    NotANewRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I have only worked in high acuity ICUs over the last 20 years because it has been so few times that I have had a patient be able to call to go to a bathroom. She made it seem like the Heart was...

  7. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    NotANewRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    So 1 patient was a floor patient and the other was a post-op patient that was continent and could request to go the bathroom. Neither of those patients are ICU patients. She refused a 3rd? Why? Her...