pkmom

pkmom has 2 years experience and specializes in critical care.

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1. when to report to the bne?

   pkmom replied to pkmom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   wow, I forgot how heated discussions get around here. perhaps I didn't make myself clear..I DON't want to report anyone. But I don't want my patients harmed. I have carefully considered everything...

2. when to report to the bne?

   pkmom replied to pkmom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   People who have talked to the manager about this have been shut down, the manager has backed this nurse. (Our manager is new and many of our staff don't trust her yet). Right now, we are asking...

3. when to report to the bne?

   pkmom replied to pkmom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Yes, I mean the BON. iti s my business because she is our new charge nurse and could be making decisions that effect my patients. in the instance where she fed the pt that should not have been fed,...

4. when to report to the bne?

   pkmom posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   There is a nurse I work with who just about everyone considers to be unsafe. 3 big time offenses I can think of right away are: dc'ing a central line and starting a peripheral IV for TPN, feeding a...

5. New Graduate Nurse having trouble finding job in Dallas

   pkmom replied to lilk8tob's topic in Texas Nursing

   Try Denton

6. Relocating to Texas

   pkmom replied to nursebear168's topic in Texas Nursing

   I can't offer any suggestions on where to work or not to work, my first day ever will be monday. You may find helpful information on the hospitals websites, some are working toward magnet status, if...

7. Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

   pkmom replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

   My grandpa tried to talk me out of nursing school a while ago, his sister was a nurse and she hurt her back so badly she couldn't work. He's spent a lot of time in the hospital with grandma the last...

8. true or myth about nclex

   pkmom replied to hanniebabes99's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   after my NCLEX, I wasn't sure about the last question so I looked it up. My text books didn't even have a definitive answer! I still

9. question re: informed consent

   pkmom replied to pkmom's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your reply. we found a third party file a complaint and negotiate the situation for

10. question re: informed consent

    pkmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had to take my son to the ER a few months ago and the MD ordered 3 CTs and only told us about 2. The bill is outrageous, our insurance company won't pay all the charges because they are beyond...

11. kicked out nrsing school-would u fight?

    pkmom replied to hotcoffee1's topic in General Nursing

    at my current school, if a student is having a hard time with an instructor, a different, unrelated instructor will follow them for one clinical day to evaluate their skills and rule out difficulties...

12. Pregnancy and Nursing School

    pkmom replied to Daeny's topic in General Nursing

    I think one could probably survive pregnancy and nursing school simultaneously, it has been done, but oh my, I certainly would not plan it that way. I couldn't imagine coming home from the hospital...

13. Did you have to go the scenic route to complete nursing school?

    pkmom replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like me, but I'm working on year

14. DESCRIBE Your IDEAL Nursing Instructor

    pkmom replied to VickyRN's topic in General Students

    I enjoy the instructors who use stories in lecture, it helps break the monotony and let the brain rest for a minute before it goes back to being overloaded. Please don't read out of the book,...

15. Overdoses...

    pkmom replied to rnnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    In clinicals recently a fellow student had a pt who had OD on only God knows what. She was so out of it, had to have a sitter in their all day. Her boyfriend kept bringing food and things in, saying...