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  1. I really need some advice. LONG

    nursecassia replied to beanpod's topic in Nursing Career

    I completely disagree...You made a mistake, an err in judgement..Part of nursing is being accountable for our mistakes, which you did. You didnt abandon anyone, you told that nurse that you needed to...

  2. Wondering what to do next . . .

    nursecassia replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Nursing Career

    I feel the EXACT same way..I dont know what I want to do next...I think of all the areas and NP and I cant make up my

  3. Need suggestions

    nursecassia replied to nursecassia's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for your input...The reason I am asking is we are having a hospital wide competition to see which area can come up with the best team building exercise or event etc etc... Personally I think...

  4. Need suggestions

    nursecassia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on an ortho neuro floor where the morale is not that great....Im trying to come up with some team building excercises or ideas...I need help...what do you think would work to boost moral and...

  5. Routine Tylenol #3 and PRN administration

    nursecassia replied to nurse_clown's topic in General Nursing

    if he is needing a prn with a scheduled I would just get the doc to increase the dosing of the scheduled..It isnt uncommon for us to give 2 t3s regularly, plus give things like hydromorph or morphine...

  6. wrong nursing assessment. help!

    nursecassia replied to wannabenars's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing..you asked another person for help and acted in the patients best interest with the knowledge you had. I would contact the physician and explain the situation and have...

  7. Calling all sane nurses, need your help fast

    nursecassia replied to twinmommy+2's topic in General Nursing

    I would do what you would normally do for a local patient....I would contact the local police department then let them decide how to proceed with any

  8. PCA pump syringe changes

    nursecassia replied to ldudziak's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    we have syringes, we dont change them until they are empty...we dont have any protocol on how often to change them...we change the IV tubing which includes that of the PCA every 72 hours however...

  9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nursecassia replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have answered bells of palliative patients who have rang to ask me who the man in black is standing at the foot of their bed...I ask if the man is scary and they always reply no, but wholly man does...

  10. Am I supernurse or superdud? Or somewhere in between?

    nursecassia replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did an amazing job...and I think that no matter how well we do it is in our nature to go back and reflect and think of how we could have done things differently even though we know we did...

  11. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    nursecassia replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i work on a floor that used to be notorious for this...when I started I made it very clear to the staff I worked with in no uncertain terms that I would not be tolerant of that type of behavior..I...

  12. question re: Picc line

    nursecassia replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    where i work, you can still use a picc that has come out a bit because it essentially just becomes a regular IV line...it is migrating in we were taught that would be a

  13. MRSA in Sputum, didn't know had?

    nursecassia replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you just have to protect yourself from people as if they did have it, dont stand too close in the line of fire and wash your hands...It is everywhere, I know for a fact some nurses I work with...

  14. help with a cheater please!!!!

    nursecassia replied to hollyandsky's topic in General Nursing

    people like this will get theirs, its called Karma...this person will get caught one day be it tomorrow or the next day...have you written your final yet?? one quiz wont determine anything, lets see...

  15. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    nursecassia replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Canada and I can attest to the fact that we do have HUGE staffing shortages with nurses and doctors, our equipment in some areas is older...The wait time was horrible, and we do often have...

  16. thomsons rivers university

    nursecassia replied to Atiyya's topic in International Nursing

    I can assure you that TRU is as reputable as they come..they have the best Nursing School in BC as well as other GREAT programs...the campus is great, the city is great...The degrees are recognizable...

  17. thomsons rivers university

    nursecassia replied to Atiyya's topic in International Nursing

    im familiar!!! I live in Kamloops and Graduated from Nursing last year from

  18. Nursing - changing me for the worse

    nursecassia replied to king red's topic in General Nursing

    it sounds like you have already made up your mind...I think there is this misconception that going from ICU to a reg floor is some sort of step down?? this is not true, it is just a different...

  19. Is nursing like this everywhere?

    nursecassia replied to LEM1234's topic in General Nursing

    I hate following crappy people....that being said, I have had some pretty crappy days and unfortunately left a few things for the night shift, definitely not on purpose and try hard not to...It is...

  20. MedSurg vs. Other.......

    nursecassia replied to PatiencePlease's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated a year ago and I really thought I would specialize and not work just on a regular med surg floor..I too heard all of the talk about how I should work med surg for a couple years blah blah...

  21. PCA pumps

    nursecassia replied to Mbshil's topic in General Nursing

    We run ours at the post operative rate for the night they come back from the OR then in the morning we can decrease it to TKVO depending on if the patient is tolerating their analgesia and not...

  22. Nursing Faculty Shortage and Salaries

    nursecassia replied to Rhilogan's topic in General Nursing

    I am from Canada in BC I work in General Surgery I have my BSN I have been working for one year and I make about 60,000 (Canadian) a year not including overtime, my hourly wage is $31 not including...

  23. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    nursecassia replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    who am I to decide what is moral?? the point is I dont decide what is moral, none of us do....I personally disagree with the fact that those with money can get health care, and I disagree with the...

  24. Can you PLEASE be quiet...

    nursecassia replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    I think this situation was handled poorly Im sorry...we can all agree im sure that sometimes people just dont clue in to what they are doing...I myself have students all the time and they either talk...

  25. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    nursecassia replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    also, I am reading more and more of your posts and I am sick to my stomach...not for the horrific stories because those are to be expected from a private pay system but for those of you that really...