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  1. Removing patients from their vehicles

    This situation opens ER nurses up to several legal issues. First, check what your ER's policy and procedures cover in this situation. If there is no policy, your hospital can(and will) say you are acting outside of hospital policy if there is a bad o...
  2. Finally, someone has hit the nail on the head. When any of us start a job, you do agree on a compensation package. Would any of you agree willingly to a paycut? I don't think so. To be angry because someone doesn't pay for health insurance and you do...
  3. I started voluntering on the number 22 Winston (OPPS Now Nextel Cup) race team three years ago. I now work fulltime for Bill Davis Racing as a tire specialist. Even a bad day at the race track is better than the best day I ever had as a RN.
  4. I have worked in the medical field since 1980.Became a RN in 1992. Looking back on it now and seeing how the health profession has taken the downward spiral, I would definitely say I would not become a nurse again. I found a career that brings me th...
  5. RN PA I wish you the best of luck with what ever you do. Have you considered looking for another job? Sounds like your work enviorment is causing you all the stress. Medication can help with the the effects but not the cause. Before taking any benzo'...
  6. Can nurses refuse to care for angry patient?

    Any patient who verbally abuses or threatens you, or sexually harasses or touches you is a criminal! Talk to your supervisor first,but if that does work,call your local police and press charges. Several states now have laws which protect nurses from ...
  7. help re:salaries in N.Carolina

    You should make pretty close to the same salary. I still work per diem in Winston Salem NC occasionally and my base py is 26.00/hr before my perdiem pay. I have 11 yrs experience as an RN. Charlotte has more hospitals, therefore more competition to ...
  8. Subpoenaed To Court?

    I have been both subpoenaed and contacted by attorneys concerning coming to court. Alot of what happens depends on if it is a criminal case or a civil case. In a criminal case, you can be called as a witness to recall events you witnessed. If you are...
  9. Subpoenaed To Court?

    I have been both subpoenaed and contacted by attorneys concerning coming to court. Alot of what happens depends on if it is a criminal case or a civil case. In a criminal case, you can be called as a witness to recall events you witnessed. If you are...
  10. It all depends how bad you want it and how dedicated you are. I went to nursing school in your area, Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford. It was a Diploma program that was completed in two years when I attended. There was also no pre reqs. All the ...
  11. finally had a patient i could almost not tolerate.

    If "she lost control mentally, very similar to psychosis" as you state, she is unable to care for that child or any other and child welfare should be contacted and all the children removed. To excuse unacceptable and criminal behavior on the basis of...
  12. finally had a patient i could almost not tolerate.

  13. California shortage

    Keep in mind, the nurse to patient ratio law goes into effect at midnight Dec. 31st. This has alot of California hospitals scrambling. The hospitals recently tried to have the Med/Surg ratio increased without success. Bottom line, if the hospitals ca...
  14. New Grad sign-on bonus negotiation

    There are very few hospitals anywere in the US that offers true sign on bonus. A true sign on bonus comes with no strings attached(ie. time comitment). Alot of hospitals offer retention bonuses that they try to pass off as a sign on bonus. " We'll gi...
  15. Meds at bedside

    If you have an order to leave these meds at the bedside and the patient can take these meds by themselves, they should not be on the MARS. The only thing which can be legally documented on the MARS are the meds you have witness the patient take. To d...
  16. Meds at bedside

    Call your BON now! If you leave meds at a bedside and chart the meds were given, it could be considered false documentation. Bye, bye liscence.
  17. Doctor Asked For A "Kind" Nurse

  18. Doctor Asked For A "Kind" Nurse

    In order to understand a question such as this, you must look at it from the families point of view and not from yours which is predjudiced by your beliefs and upbringing. This can be difficult if not impossible for some people. The most important pa...
  19. Doctor Asked For A "Kind" Nurse

    Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs but should never force those beliefs on others. Religous beliefs are very personal and should never need explaining. The US was formed on the principal of religous freedom and tolerence, and to deny anyone th...
  20. Nursing Retention/Award Ideas

  21. Living Wills

    3rdShiftGuy, you really need to talk to a lawyer. I have had several bad situations were a patients partner and a patients family have had several run ins with bad results. Laws regaurding family's rights and samesex partner rights vary from state to...
  22. Has Anyone Worked A Strike?

    To say anyone who strikes is not looking out for the patient is unbelievable. Strikes usually mean every effort to ensure patients are well cared for has been tried and this was the only available option left. Anyone who crosses the picket line and r...
  23. Dispense as written....

    If the MD wrote fill as written, the pharmacy can not legal dispense anything else. If the pharmacy dispense anything but the prescribed medication there is no justification. Its practice medicine without a liscence. They should of explained they wer...
  24. Dispense as written....

    What the pharmacy did was illegal and practicing medicine without a liscence. Call your state liscencing board and report them.
  25. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    This only goes to show how inferior your school is by assigning student nurses to hospital staff who are not employeed by your school and have not choosen to become nursing instructors. Staff nurses have enough to do in their job description without ...