I do too but she was busy trying to show me the picture her daughter took of the gas station pavement where she fell and the fact we had a history just made a huge difference. I will NEVER again take...
I've had one patient say to me he didn't feel the medicine I gave him and that's it. I think I take it too personally when they do this and am completely offended because I am an honest person. I...
No medication error was made. There were two one mg syringes of dilaudid and I had two saline flushes the saline flushes come in 10 mL and the policy is 5 to 10 mL saline flush before and after the...
She refused the order 1.5 mg dose originally and only took 1 mg then changed her mind before I left the room I gave her the additional .5 mg as ordered. So no new order needed to be
she claimed I didn't give her her medication and has her husband was there to claim the same thing. Although it was just Celine flush not the medication. That was my
Yes I've been a nurse for 11 years and have been assaulted and battered. I just know this person and to know what kind of character she is and I know she's litigious I just allowed her to make me feel...
Thank you for sharing your story. When I was a new nurse on a med/surg floor I felt the same exact way. What helped me was that I reevaluated my goals and reminded myself why I went into the field...
You did the right thing. Thank you for doing your job and caring for the patient in need. Never allow someone to make you feel less than or that you did the wrong thing. you did the right thing....
Hello all, I am precepting a student in her last class of nursing school on my med/surg/ortho floor for 96 hours. This is the first time I will precept. Any tips or words of wisdom will be greatly...
I'm not sure about the differences in pay regarding LPN's and RN's as all I have ever been is an RN. I have gone to school with LPN's and worked with them too. My current Magnet hospital does not...
My magnet hospital has a PYXIS(machine with drugs in it) where we have to have another nurse witness our withdrawal of insulins. Not only does the witnesser have to have her badge and/or id # but we...
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For me, my first code was traumatic and the patient was admitted for something completely unrelated to the problem at hand. I was not sure what my role and/or responsibility was but I did my job by...