I've been an LPN for 10 years and have been wanting to get my RN forever - but "life" has always stood in the way. Anyway I would still like too - are there by any chance any other programs online besides Excelsior, that anyone knows about and If Exc...
Once in the OR the nurse anesthesist was trying to intubate a young woman with down syndrome , they were going to do a tubal ligation, anyway, he couldn't get the tube down , he was so rough and angry and cursing about it and kept trying over and o...
- This reminds me of when I was a nurses aid - I was not in the OR but did take care of a 15 yr old boy that had lost his penis and his hand when a firecracker went off in his hand as he was holding it down by his groin. poor kid - . I was only abo...
- Too funny - it reminded me of this time that a female nursing home patient of mine went into a seizure or a stroke or something (i should remember but it was so long ago ) and the nurse practioner who was in the room with me at the time told me to ...
One time I used my "clout" as a nurse to get out of a cell phone ticket - when I was pulled over I told the officer that I was sorry but that I had just left shift and had to call work to tell the DR something important about the patient that I had ...
- I think it's essential to quote a patient verbatim - especially in a threatening,abusive or angry situation , even if it requires writing the profanity.
pretty cool idea as a nurse that woman knows - even if she has a living will - if she is away from her home hospital and her health care proxy and living will aren't available - she'll be recessitated - on the street for example - and then - it's too...
Sometimes my employers have asked whats wrong and sometimes they don't - I feel if I don't give them at least some symptoms they'll think I'm lying and just want to stay home. Also I would like to hear what everyone has to say about " why do facilit...