CWS RN

CWS RN

CWS Certified Wound Specialist

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  1. Lost and confused

    I completed the CDD program in North Carolina( chemical disciplinary dependence program( and did everything I was supposed to do. I worked very hard became very efficient in every way because I knew...
  2. Life Changes

    You are in my
  3. Leaving Nursing

    Great question. Me too on leaving the
  4. Any RNs with a DUIs?

    I'm really sorry you are going through the stress of this. 1. DO NOT REPORT ANYTHING TO TO BON. Look up mandatory reporting requirements. Wrong timing. If you are not guilty in your plea...
  5. Criminal history and BON

    If the charge is dismissed...BON doesn't have means to take action. This includes not guilty and PTI. If u plead no contest or guilty and get PTI with diversion of criminal prosecution..the...
  6. That is a bummer. A good question. Pending misdemeanor charges....innocent til proven guilty...up to each place of employment....but if jail etc is possible it's likely a no. Unless a rough...
  7. Been there done that! No poppy seads, etoh etc. Etc Its Walking a tightrope... 5 yours is a long time to prove yourself. We have to work a hundred times as hard as the next nurse to...
  8. So hard for new nurse

    I am sorry you're going through this. Being a new nurse is so difficult. Nurses tend to eat their young. I've always strived hard to be kind because I remember how difficult it was. My first...
  9. I understand that we all have a different approach to the facts. Some are global. Some polarized. despite facts...keirkegard is correct. "REALITY IS SUBJECTIVITY " I am involved...
  10. Actually, no. They are not. That's why this one has set a dangerous precedent. You speak in error. I never said
  11. based off medical error deaths per annum... Then we have at least 200,000 PLUS physicians, surgeons, nurses etc to criminalize every year. Our legal system will capsize with the strain....
  12. Very well said. Thank
  13. Thank you for your understandable grace. I
  14. I totally concur. Deaths related to medical error have a multitude of statistics. Lower numbers of over 80,000 per year. Higher numbers approaching 500,000 per year. PER YEAR....
  15. I have researched this extensively with my brother who is an RN also and we both live in ohio. He has MS and he recently got his recommendation as well. However, it is up to each...
  16. I am extremely disappointed with the nursing profession. I love being a nurse so much. I dedicate my individual time with each patient and give every effort that I can to improve their life. I treat...
  17. 💔 nurse about to become a dog groomer

    I sure did. And yes I would order apply beneath R pannus (obeses abd fold). Still not good enough. And I'm teaching them in the order.!!! YW! I don't think anyone but a...
  18. You are an intelligent, global thinker. Tks 4 your
  19. There's a whole picture here. And many can't move on. Criminizaling medical errors...oh wow..... Think of the Jessica case from Duke. Just radonda. Polarized
  20. Read the link I previously
  21. Vanderbilt was culpable and contributed to this sentinel event. That is the Swiss cheese model. This could have been prevented, obviously by the nurse, but prevented by the hospital as
  22. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720757/ The Swiss cheese model. Exactly right. Humans make mistakes. All of us. This was catastrophic. She was...
  23. How long will it take to come up negative on a screen? Is a week sufficient if I have been a heavy
  24. I never slam drugs into a patient. However, despite looking, an error can be made. Every nurse has had a drug error. period. This one was