Emergency RN

Emergency RN

ED, CTSurg, IVTeam, Oncology

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  1. what nurses do in this situation?

    Emergency RN replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    Remember what the law says. Assuming that he is of sound mind, the patient has the right to refuse, even if it means his death. You may not like it, but you have to abide by it. Period. Notify the...

  2. Have you seen one of these?

    Emergency RN replied to TwilightRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Try the cop shops; those stores usually have a variety of name or badge holders. Failing that, try a full catalog police ems fire or military service supplier like Galls, Inc:...

  3. question about narcotic dispensing

    Emergency RN replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Aside from the waste, the bigger issue is the legality of it. For me, the huge red flag here is obviously the question of why is your unit holding on to narcotics of patients that are no longer...

  4. Code tonight.

    Emergency RN replied to josh1974's topic in General Nursing

    to the op: there is immense personal emotional satisfaction in being able to "bring one back" and you'll likely remember your first, for as long as you put on that uniform. if there is anything that...

  5. staying the night at work due to weather

    Emergency RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    My institution has a snow contingency plan that provides a floor for staff nurses to stay during a snow in. Generally, a floor that has the lowest census is cleared out and housekeeping makes a sweep,...

  6. Short Term RN Job

    Emergency RN replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    yes, the patient's need care, which is generally what nurses strike for; better staffing, better ratios, which means better and safer care. but you see, management needs to pay for that, and it...

  7. Short Term RN Job

    Emergency RN replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    in my life and career's experience, i have never once seen or heard of nurses asking for anything more than they deserved. in essence, nursing strikes only occur when management behavior has proven so...

  8. Trying in vain to get in a vein

    Emergency RN replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    to the op; i used to teach iv classes and your difficulty as describe is probably the number one first time iv starters road block. here is the way around it: first, take a brand new iv needle out...

  9. hippa and criminal trials

    Emergency RN replied to oramar's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I guess it would depend on how a lawyer asks the question. If the question is "what did he say?" it may be HIPAA covered, but if the question is "did he admit to killing his wife?" then it has nothing...

  10. hippa and criminal trials

    Emergency RN replied to oramar's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    while his health care may be private, his statements to health care providers regarding issues not related to his health care is not under any constraint like attorney client privilege. according to...

  11. No worse end to a night shift!

    Emergency RN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, if the drug keys were missing for more than 15 minutes (the projected time that it would take someone to copy them) they were considered worthless. The institution was then required...

  12. Medical Issues-Would Like Your Experiences-Not Advice

    Emergency RN replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Despite your preamble about not asking for medical advice, by offering up a support group type question within a forum of professionals, it is hard for it to remain non-medical so to speak. Besides,...

  13. med error and Sick about it

    Emergency RN replied to hello2you's topic in General Nursing

    you know, i could go the blah, blah, blah about the five rights that they drummed into us from nursing day 1, and wag my finger that you should be more careful and let this be a lesson, ad infinitum...

  14. First time you put your stamp on the world as "RN"

    Emergency RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i read with nostalgia, another thread (michelle123's: i did it!!!) about a person finishing their studies and about to embark on their own nursing career as mine nears closure. talk about memories...

  15. NO PRIVACY: HIPPA? What's HIPPA

    Emergency RN replied to daniedi77's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    hipaa? why bother, we should instead just use facebook as the universal medical record repository. that way we won't even have to bother asking our co-workers, we can just look up everyone else's...

  16. nursing students in Chicago want to go to Haiti

    Emergency RN replied to sallber's topic in General Nursing

    i read both previous responses; and well, yes and no. the main problem is, you need to go with more bang for the buck. suppose if one was given the choice of transporting 300 people to a disaster...

  17. Advice for ED Nurse on orientation

    Emergency RN replied to inkedRN's topic in Emergency

    Forgive me, but allow me to provide an illustration that may help clarify just what many ED managers want; suppose you were in Haiti right now? Do you wait for back up to arrive, or do you immediately...

  18. Too many nurses/chiefs in the room?

    Emergency RN replied to F.E.R.N.'s topic in Emergency

    Things only become chaotic from a lack of supervision. If anything, when you have nurses tripping over each other and getting in the way of medical treatment; my first question is, where's the charge...

  19. What are my options after failing nursing program in CUNY School

    Emergency RN replied to kat252's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Alright, since you tried for LIU (which is a 4year school), then I'm assuming that you failed your third semester of Clinicals in a BSN program. That said, it's very hard to find another program to...

  20. What are my options after failing nursing program in CUNY School

    Emergency RN replied to kat252's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    So is this a 2 year or 4 year program? Generally, the No Credit (NC) grades are automatically considered as failing (F). But since they've already let you take it over, and you got a grade C, which is...

  21. More Doctors work for Nurses

    Emergency RN replied to FinNurse's topic in General Nursing

    So, nurses in Finland can write medical prescriptions in the near future? Is that an advanced practice nurse, like a nurse practitioner or would it be all regular entry level

  22. More Doctors work for Nurses

    Emergency RN replied to FinNurse's topic in General Nursing

    LOL... Was this a Babelfish or Google generated translation? If not, then I'd like to have some of what Helsingin Sanomat was

  23. What are my options after failing nursing program in CUNY School

    Emergency RN replied to kat252's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Can we get some clarification please? Did you fail in the third semester of clinicals or was it the third semester of pre-nursing prerequisites in a 4 year cuny school for the BSN; or was it a 2 year...

  24. Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    Emergency RN replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO, this one's a potential legal time bomb. I would suggest that you send an anonymous note detailing all your concerns to your risk management department, patient representative, and ethics board....

  25. my co-worker set me up

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

    In my institution, all switched shifts are required to have both party's signatures on a request detailing the specifics for the switch, submitted to the office no later than 24 hours before the start...