morte

morte LPN, LVN

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  1. Any experience with criminal charges due to medication diversion

    morte replied to DiaMarie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    writing for a family member may be unprofessional, but is it illegal? or is the thought it was for self

  2. Nursing School changing criteria to pass classes

    morte replied to Reese2012's topic in General Students

    you are purposefully miss understanding my use of the word you, it is reference to the school, ie the whol student populace. number one below. please explain your comment on no relation between...

  3. Accused of withholding pain medication

    morte replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    the patient in the OP was a WALKIE TALKIE no where near your

  4. Accused of withholding pain medication

    morte replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    short hand on my part, should have been discharged for going out , not for the

  5. Accused of withholding pain medication

    morte replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    in this case the patient lied, bold facedly so. he should have been discharged on the

  6. Accused of withholding pain medication

    morte replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    why is a patient getting iv/im pain med when he can take po? if a walkie talkie requires an EJ, I am going to be questioning IV drug abuse, so no going

  7. Written warning for a care plan written prior to my employment

    morte replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My point was you don't ask, just put them there and

  8. Night Aides keeping me late

    morte replied to likwit's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    actually, not in

  9. Accused of withholding pain medication

    morte replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am thinking the Demerol should have been label "until po being taken".....then lortab... and yes....going out to smoke with venous access isn't going to make me happy,

  10. Written warning for a care plan written prior to my employment

    morte replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    can you see yourself simply selecting a certain number of charts and putting them on the other MDS nurse's desk and saying "these are yours", and walking

  11. Nursing School changing criteria to pass classes

    morte replied to Reese2012's topic in General Students

    all these letters and numbers are a bunch of ephemera.......it totally depends on the rigor of the program. If your pass rate on NCLEX is 85 %, then the B you passed with means less than the C that...

  12. Would you give PRN percocet and scheduled Oxycodone together?

    morte replied to lunaro16's topic in Patient Medications

    ?suicidal ideation? chewed the

  13. Denied employment due to non-accredited/private school nursing degree!

    morte replied to Ambitious83's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    there has never been a "nursing" shortage, only a shortage of nurses willing to work in bad/less than good conditions. The manufactured shortage allowed the expansion of nursing educational...

  14. Denied employment due to non-accredited/private school nursing degree!

    morte replied to Ambitious83's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    1) may have lost accreditation 2) ? homework

  15. Who can solve this ethical dilemma?

    morte replied to wedwed11's topic in Nurse Management

    yeah, I am thinking homework, but also, I am thinking the OP means the general-on-admission consent to treat....which means the patient should get dressed and leave if they won't

  16. WWYD: Caregiver not home at end of shift?

    morte replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    if the patient is a minor, I might call CPS. it is the mom's (in this case) responsibility to be

  17. Nursing School changing criteria to pass classes

    morte replied to Reese2012's topic in General Students

    they (the program) could have saved themselves all this argument by simply increasing the rigor of the program. If you are losing such a large number of students, they were not properly vetted before...

  18. Does This ED Tech Screening Question Seem Odd?

    morte replied to ambz13's topic in Emergency

    hm,,, scalene IS a

  19. why do nursing boards not recognize federal iop recovery

    morte replied to monicaq's topic in Nurses Recovery

    if no other answer comes to mind, follow the

  20. Does This ED Tech Screening Question Seem Odd?

    morte replied to ambz13's topic in Emergency

    I explained it in my first post. they put in things like this, so that they pick a friend/relative for the job, after every one else "failed" the

  21. yikes! new nurse/old nurse conflict

    morte replied to JoI8815's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    if that nurse is there on a regular basis, you now know why they need regular staff....she runs them

  22. Nursing School changing criteria to pass classes

    morte replied to Reese2012's topic in General Students

    this discussion comes up every once and a while. you can't compare one program to another. passing in mine I think was 70, and the program had a good NCLEX pass rate. this is just an example of...

  23. Does This ED Tech Screening Question Seem Odd?

    morte replied to ambz13's topic in Emergency

    since gabby looked it up I would go with that, I was going from

  24. Concept mapping, client had no true diagnosis!

    morte replied to Friskee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    was the kid npo at the hospital? was she tested for celiac

  25. Sexism in nursing

    morte replied to RNGuy12's topic in Men in Nursing

    women firefighters/cops were told to "get over themselves" it wasn't appropriate then...and it isn't