Ruth E. Raleigh replied to Ruth E. Raleigh's topic in General Nursing
This was based on a complaint from a patient and her mother. I did specialty infusion with IVIG. Pt was put on IVIG infusion, but the insurance, Medi-Cal (Medicaid), only allowed 2 hours for the...
In November, 2025 I will be off probation. I am extremely lucky to have been kept on at my current job in home health. I LOVE my job and have done home health for almost 30 years, but I admit that...
Ruth E. Raleigh replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing
There are a lot of jobs that will not require you to handle IV's and foley/indwelling urinary catheters. Probably a remote work from home position, telephone triage, etc. where you are not directly...
Ruth E. Raleigh replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing
If this nurse with only 2 years of experience lies and manipulates, that nurse WILL eventually be caught. How long it takes is hard to determine. I remember when I had a tough situation come up I...
Ruth E. Raleigh replied to SentinelTruth's topic in General Nursing
The Boards of Nursing are very stinky in deciding to discipline a licensed nurse. What seems to be a harmless thing could quite possibly turn into something. In the event you do hear from your state...
In 2018 I had a complaint filed against my RN license here in California. At that time
I had practiced 30 years in nursing. This was a malicious complaint, but I was disciplined and placed on...