Emergency RN

Emergency RN

ED, CTSurg, IVTeam, Oncology

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  1. Accepting this gift from a patient

    While all of the advice here has good points, I would like to mention that legally and ethically, it should be remember that you should never take control or direct the funds of that check....
  2. RN On-call car plates/sign on cars

    Not really a vanity plate issue, but in a similar vein. I recall once in the military, while running radar, I had an MD LTC speeding ~ 26 MPH over the speed limit. After we pulled him over, he angrily...
  3. Being Sued / Losing License

    Several years ago, I remember once wandering to the web page of New York State's Education Department License Division (they're the ones who grants and disciplines all NYS professional licenses) and...
  4. patient friend request on Facebook

    A patient is NEVER your friend, ever. That said, as far as I'm concerned, the only people you should ever have personal electronic connections to are people who you would not be afraid to eat dinner...
  5. Audio Recordings and Patient Abuse

    Under the TOS, we cannot give legal advice. However whether recording someone is legal or not, if one party is aware of act, may depend on the state or locality in which it occurs. Consult an...
  6. Where are the professionals?

    In my institution, it is considered to be an act of harassment if one professional speaks in a manner that belittles or denigrates a coworker or subordinate. These individuals are then subject to...
  7. Forgive me, but register a complaint with the BON? For what? The institution already knows what the law is, and what the BON's stance is. So would they really go through the motion of making a...
  8. Frankly, it would be the institution who would notify the BON that a nurse "abandoned" their patient. I would love to see the institution bring up such a charge because the next question the BON would...
  9. The legal requirement is to tell the nursing supervisor that the nurse is at the end of their shift and that there are patients that will need coverage; you, as the supervisor, are now responsible for...
  10. New MALE nurse asking for fashion advice! Help please...?

    LOL, ...and not to mention clean underwear. Seriously, it isn't so much that they want to see if you have fashion sense, but rather your willingness to conform to professional expectations. Health...
  11. it is simply amazing to me how little nurses know about what "abandonment" is, and how willing don's are, to use nursing guilt against their own nurses in order to make them work harder. fact: state...
  12. Pt with Unequal Pupils

    lol... another "blame the nurse" scenario; they should have given you a head ct instead. maybe they suspected you of using belladonna on your eyes to artificially dilate them and make yourself look...
  13. First Aid Question

    I stand corrected then, and thanks for the
  14. First Aid Question

    Personally, I think the coach was basically saying "I'm in charge and you're not" and it became an ego thing. Keeping any freshly injured tissue in a solid container risks compartment syndrome...
  15. Almost Fainting

    You experienced the onset of PSYCHOGENIC SHOCK and had a near syncopal episode. Something about the procedure (what you were viewing, hearing, feeling, smelling, et cetera) at that moment, triggered...
  16. PICC with too much resistance

    Doubtful that a clot from a PICC (venous system) would cause a CVA; not unless there was a right to left shift through either an atrial or ventricular septal defect. A venous system embolus would...
  17. Is this abandonment?

    At that link that I had provided earlier: Refusal to do overtime is not unprofessional conduct. Hospitals are required to make a reasonable effort to provide enough staff for the patients that they...
  18. Is this abandonment?

    LOL, sorry, but you're not going out on a date; the unfortunate reality of this profession is, one doesn't get to pick and choose one's patients, not unless one does private duty (even then, you can't...
  19. Gave up in ACLS class

    While working in the ER, ICU, or other telemetry areas helps tremendously, it is not necessary. However, if you don't have that sort of background, then you'd better be a very very quick learner...
  20. HIPAA Violation?

    To the OP, a FB page is hardly "private" as you are not the only one with access to it. The danger here is that your best friend or co-worker can also turn out to be your worse legal nightmare. Like...
  21. Now, if you saw this on a chart, what would YOU think?

    "plantar fashistisis" ??? is that shistosomiasis of the foot? lol... sorry, couldn't resist for my money, i'm more upset with people who don't know the more common differences between you're versus...
  22. Awful Clinical Experience

    You need to call the police and file an assault and battery charge. Depending on the state that you're in, and how they interpret the law, spitting in someone's face is a criminal offense that can be...
  23. Is this common practice or was I in the wrong??

    she's was willing to accept a letter of resignation? i would have told her that i would write one only upon my receipt of her letter of recommendation, first. i would have also reminded her that i was...
  24. Smart Phones Apps

    skyscape, unbound medicine, and medical wizards are probably the three best sellers of pda or smart phone medically related programs on the market today. check out each of their sites. you won't be...
  25. Aside from reluctant families, for unclaimed decedents, their municipality usually disposes of the remains. Years ago, they were interred in "Potter's Field" type of public cemeteries. However as...