I"ve seen several articles touting Western Governor's University as an affordable, excellent, accredited college. Here's a link from us news and world reports...
Having working in a jail, hospital, and ambulatory care for a number of years, I have always displayed first and last name on my name badges. I have had one occasion when a patient called me at home...
reneemcsquared replied to mizzou_ivy's topic in General Nursing
I think the facility might be at risk if they are, in fact, letting her give medications. Can she discuss care with doctor? Why not? She doesn't have a nursing license so she is not playing by the...
reneemcsquared replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing
the doctor could take anyone off the street, without a nursing license, and teach them anything he would like and as long as he is comfortable and his malpractice insurance carrier agrees, he can do...
reneemcsquared replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing
I still remember my first clinical as a student nurse. The charge LPN chastised me in front of the group because I didn't give her temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respirations in the "right"...
I agree that training secretaries to only transfer urgent calls to nurse is important. I have seen great success with systems where the secretaries take calls (prescription refills, request for home...
reneemcsquared replied to evbella's topic in General Nursing
When I entered nursing school, they had us fill out a card of what we were worried about. Mine said something like, "I don't like blood,it makes me feel like I am going to pass out. I don't like...