Mary R replied to WhirlyGirlNurse's topic in General Nursing
I always teach my patients how to order and definitely would be assisting a flat patient to drink and make sure they have access to their bedside table.
That being said I always get kind of...
Wow, I am amazed at how long of orientation people get. Our new grad program is a year - but that is classes. Actual working with a preceptor is 8 weeks for most units. I personally felt 6 would have...
I didn't think she was consulting cardiology but instead paging a cardiologist already consulted. If cards has seen my patient my hospitalists are going to ask why I am not paging them with any CP,...
Was this the only time? Oddly my hospital had the same thing happen - tech went AMA at night and found sleeping in massage chair - I don't know if they did a work up on her or not. However only a few...
My hospital's policy is draconian. If you use your sick it doesn't count. But you only have 40 hrs a year (if full time) so if you need multiple days off because of illness than you wipe it out all at...
I agree that they are trying to salvage the situation and see if there is something missing that they can do that will make things click for you. That being said I worry about how cavalier you sound...
Honestly, in the hospital I float and I would say like 80% of nurses also refuse to answer the phone regardless of what they are doing (we don't have HUCs). Not going to hold SNF nurses to a higher...
You are allowed access to the info you had. Looking at it - even if just for curiosity - isn't unethical in my opinion. If you clicked into areas you didn't need to to then yes, that is a problem. But...
I don't think this was the MARs fault. It isn't going to have the ability to tell you that you need to wait for another lab. From what I gather in your post the baseline lab was mistaken for the 6hr...