Infectious

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1. Need info on legal issues, afraid of being sued after pt fall

   Infectious posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I need info. This is what happened: I am a night nurse working on a med-surg unit. The other night I had a patient who was previously admitted for a diagnosis of LLE DVT. She was an elderly...

2. New Nurse...Overcome with Emotions: Bad Sign?

   Infectious replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

   If you're a new nurse and going to be doing oncology, you're going to feel emotion like that quite frequently and not only during a code or death. It's normal to feel overwhelming emotion when you are...

3. CNA: Krappy attitude

   Infectious replied to FinderKeeper's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   My advice to you is if you don't need to work as a CNA before you go into RN school then don't worry about it. You could just get the certification. One of two things could happen-you could like...

4. Does Magnet Status make a difference?

   Infectious replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Nursing

   The hospital I work at is doing the whole "journey to magnet" thing and it is really is a bunch of bull. What trips me out that magnet hospitals are the ones with the money and the prestige. The...

5. First Year RN survey

   Infectious replied to blueherring's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Forgot to add-

6. First Year RN survey

   Infectious replied to blueherring's topic in First Year After Licensure

   1. Why did you enter the nursing profession? I thought I wanted to do psychology but found out that you needed at least a masters if you wanted a decent-paying job. I wasn't too into college and spent...