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Interesting discussion...but as with any insurance it's better to have and not need than need and not have! If you've done no wrong NO ONE gives a rip whether or not you have insurance--they're coming after you, that is their right. And if you haven'...

Sorry, but in the real world you will be expected to be correct 100% of the time. I carried a 4-point, passed NCLEX with flying colors, worked for several decades before making "an error" that cost me my job, my career, my dignity, my life. If you ...

Have you made your choice? You've likely already had your interviews so which impressed you most? Did you look at Genesys?

Bottomline, POLICY dictates where, what, why, when, and how you count. Period. In our case CSR/Sterile Services set up our 'system' of counting instruments so it became more of an inventory-management tool than safety issue...with less than positiv...

Not certain what is so great and wonderful about Baker (isn't it a rather new program?), but I agree with Typhanie---get in as many pre-reqs as you can at Baker, keep your GPA at or near 4.0, then transfer to another, at minimum a BSN program, for yo...

Few if any from Havasu seem to post here but if they did I'm sure everyone would say, "Good Luck and welcome aboard!" No unit at HRMC is more in need of help than the E.R.---which is also perhaps why there is such a turnover of staff, especially sinc...

I hear ya', Tracy. We, too, started with just entering specimens and looking up labs. But Pathology refused to come on board (still had to submit full documentation with each specimen) and the lab could send results only to the patient's floor so we ...

To Mary54, the sales person who wants to know more about the O.R.: Check out AORN's certification program for sales reps. Indeed, many O.R.'s require you to present credentials that prove you've taken the AORN course AND kept up to date on area O.R...

In our O.R. we resolved the conflict of when it was okay to drop the mask during a procedure by requiring ALL masks up at ALL times in the room, case ongoing or not. Droplets remain air-borne 30-45 minutes...plenty of time to turn the room over into...

It's not the 'incorrect' counts that cause a problem, rarely do they go unresolved. It's the uninvestigated 'correct' counts that slip through the cracks and come back to haunt us FOREVER! The sponges never found are the ones no one had to search f...

You go, girl! Tough decision, I know, but you won't regret moving on and starting afresh. And now that you're out of there please consider reporting the incident if for no other reason than to CYA! What's to loose?

I think you should try to keep your feet wet, if only one weekend each month. Experience, while helpful, does not mean much if it is not recent and current. Too, even if you meet the required CEU's your certification will be suspended once you rema...

Oh, dear. I must be older than even bratt1. I recall bargaining up from an offered $1.25 to $1.29! an hour back when our stockings were cotton or silk and the hospital laundered and stiffly starched our uniforms so we wouldn't wear them on the stre...

And you're older yet if you remember saving those I.V. bottles (well, not the blood bottles just those from the D5W or NS) for tube feedings which the kitchen whipped up. Baxter used to have a screw 'top' and bigger tubing with a roller-adjust. It ...

I agree, there seems little difference amongst the programs since they all use the same hospitals for clinicals. But Mott is the most affordable and USED to allow you to apply before you actually complete your prereq's so you don't have to languish i...

It has now been two months since RNMommy2 relayed her frightening story. Hopefully she listened to all the solicited advice, especially from Jolie and Linda. And if she did not, indeed, remove herself from her dangerous situation then report the i...

Where does trainer 2070 work? I tried to line up employment in Havasu prior to relocating from Michigan, was offered nowhere near what her new grads make...and I have 37 years experience in the O.R.!!

Good point, river, in regard never leaving the chart unattended. Most patients just want a quick glance at their most recent lab work and to review what the doctor is saying about their progress, anyway. They can get that done while I'm checking th...

burn out seems aptly named. Goodness, what a low opinion of her/his patients' intelligence as well as disregard of their motive to be actively involved in their own or a loved-one's care. Too, burn out's facility appears to have a few outdated poli...

Can't BELIEVE no one has responded to your inquiry before now. Hopefully you have found the position of your dreams...and have by now accepted that the best O.R. nurses have a strong Critical Care background. There's no better place to test your new ...

I agree, Lou, and believe you answered your own question.

cancelled response to question: "what errors?" n/a to forum topic

I agree, the patient SHOULD have access to their chart. But I know that many frown on such a practice. I'd like to take the proposition one step farther: Should the patient be allowed to enter THEIR OWN comments? Case in point: My Mom was readmi...