I can think of a lot of different conditions that could drop a BP that low in less than 15 minutes and most are life threatening. It's scary thinking someone so medically unaware is managing care of...
Bullet point 2 absolves you from guilt in my opinion. Hopefully you have nurse practice insurance (we all should always). Perhaps you can get legal aid through your insurance? It sounds like you were...
Thank you for cracking me up with this comment. Way too relatable! I'm currently looking into your nursing personally. Burnout post bedside nursing is real! I do feel like my hospital did a good job...
I know it's very anxiety inducing to make a mistake (and for good reason because that's how we prevent mistakes from recurring!). All in all, it sounds like the baby was just fine. It would be...
Hi guys, just looking for some advice or experiences. I'm fairly new to a facility where I am now acting as a vaccine nurse. I had to transport our vaccines to another facility and, long story short,...
OK an update: All the vaccines were fine to use according to VFC. Holy moly did I dodge a bullet though. Revised my policies and WILL NOT make that mistake again. I found that peripatetic had a good...
I see that this is an old post with some newer request for follow up. So here's my experience: I worked in the hospital on nights for 2.5 years and it felt like I lost that time except for my time at...
I transported the them with cold packs from the fridge and cold water bottles from the fridge. There was a temp logger packed into the lot. I followed an old protocol from the person previously in...