Over heard a convo, basically someone stabbed someone else and got away with it. Then the other nurse was talking about true crime shows and patient murders. Can these people lose their license or???...
Is 0.25 mg of morphine enough to cause a death if you administer only one dose and it's the only dose the patient had?
My other coworkers are calling this nurse the angel of death and I think...
The death bath is apparently a myth:
Association between Bathing and Survival in Patients with Advanced Cancer in Their Last Days of Life: A Prospective Cohort
Recently it seems ERs do not want transfers from nursing homes for GI bleeds. Thoughts on how bigger cities can get these patients the care needed? I understand nursing homes can monitor labs but...
It's called charting by exemption. Most SNF's are focusing on the skilled patients for charting and vitals. Outside of this when I give report I don't add extra fluff. If a patient has a coc I call...
thisnurse123 replied to uniteddemclub's topic in General Nursing
Most nurses and doctors have sociopathic personalities/ narcissism according to studies...but not more than the general public. you'll fit in. Keep patients safe. Be respectful.
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Recently more hospice patients have been admitted to the unit. A few nurses have pointed out improper training for care. The director wants morphine 0.25 ml/5mg q 4 hours scheduled for some and PRN...
thisnurse123 replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing
Thanks for teaching :) hopefully another student will find this useful as well and not assume crackles are from the eldery being mostly bed bound :) This feedback defintitely helped me think deeper...
thisnurse123 replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing
Haha yeah urosepsis which isn’t funny? but hard to prevent in elderly https://www.thoracic.org/professionals/clinical-resources/quick-hits/dyspnea-and-recurrent-urinary-tract-infections.php...