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The other day, a new nurse in our dept. (well-baby nursery) came to work sick (elevated temp and sore throat). The charge nurse wouldn't tell her to go home (didn't want to hurt her feelings ). She said she was going to ask the Dr. to give her a R...

This question was inspired by the thread about what other nurses have done to freak you out? Some of those stories made me wonder. Plus, I hear co-workers tell other nurses "they are going to loose their license." I only know a few nurses who lost...

I am enjoying the philisophical dialogue in this thread. I left off on page 7, but I'll be back to post later once I've finished reading the entire thread.

I'm not the OP, but I want to thank everyone for sharing their experiences. It is a difficult thing to talk about and share with others. For years now, I've felt like I was the only nurse who has ever been fired.

rn2day, I wish I had some magical words that would take all your pain away, but sadly, I don't. Only time can fix this. I too know that sickening, punched in the gut feeling that happens when you are told you just got canned in the early days of yo...

Standing in the station peeing herself!

Like I said, this is only the 2nd nurse I have known (outside of ER) to want the Dr. to look at them and give antibiotic Rx. This nurse wasn't expected to work sick. She has been at our hospital for less than a week so she is in orientation. Once ...

I've seen it done in the ER, and the Dr.'s there don't seem to mind. True, some will say no, but the majority help out. The floor at our hospital is completely different. The only nurse I saw asking for meds was written up repeatedly for it. The...

That's disgusting! I can't really give any better advice than what has already been given. The "squeaker" comment had me laughing! I tend to deal with uncomfortable situations by making jokes. Say if she farted and someone started dry heaving, I'd a...

A vbac gone horribly wrong with a tragic ending.

Please give yourself more time on med-surg. I felt overwhelmed and like I wasn't cut out for med-surg. I transferred to the ER, and that was like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. I asked to be transferred back to med-surg. I trans...

I just checked my state board of nursing's Spring quarterly newsletter. Forty three names were listed with disciplinary actions. Two of them are suspended licenses with fines r/t narc discrepancies. When it comes to narcs, I cover for no one. ...

I had an elderly woman terminal with cancer who had fallen at home and broken her hip. Hip surgery was done, and she was recovering. I came into report one day and noticed her name wasn't on the report sheet (she had been on there when I left the d...

Cotjockey, you absolutely did the right thing by not signing.

I've always had Lovenox in the prefilled syringes and the dose would be for prophylaxis. I'm in the nursery now so I don't see it anymore.

I'm not familiar with this process since I've never been asked to peer review another nurse or group of nurses. I'm looking for insight into how this process works. Is a case scenario of the events given (including nursing interventions both good a...

Thanks for the info Grey Wolf!

I've never worked in a psych unit, but I do work for a small town hospital that functions as the regional medical center. Many times the psych units are full so we must hold psych pts in our ICU until a bed becomes available at an appropriate facili...

Did I phrase my question appropriately? I'm eaten up with anxiety!

This is certainly interesting. You are right to be bothered.

The fact is an RN somewhere in the chain of command on your unit made a one-time "blanket" delegation of patient assignment duties to the unit secretaries, and this is not allowed. Patient assignments can only be made by an RN. This is not a duty t...

I've learned that all facilities have their quirks. Yes, the hospital I work at now can do some things that drive me bananas. I had to laugh when I read your post. That is a funny way to look at it!

You need to speak to your unit director about this problem. Only RN's can delegate to RN's, LPN's, and CNA's. I don't know what state you are in. I would research it on your state board of nursing website and print out the necessary information to...

Thanks for the info!

Hi, I was wondering who has used JU to expand their ADN to BSN. I'm most interested in this program because I have 17 month old twins. One of them has a feeding tube so it is very rare that I can find sitters for her. The all online aspect would f...