tigger2sassy

previous poster has excellent advice.. if you are the only nurse and the patient is a full code yell for help and start cpr.. and inservicing your aides frequently on this is an excellent way of having a backup plan.. i have had to do this before and believe me its the best you got .. making sure to know your policy and having that backup plan is the best insurance you have..

Good thinking.. not a good thing to rely on some nurses notes and no orientation.. and this You ought to be able to figure this out thing ... red flag bigtime.. i would have done the same thing.. hope the original poster considers and takes from your experiences.. kudos to you.. well done

I agree with the above poster.. also not trying to sound like a downer but in my honest opinion you just might be risking your license on this assignment.. until you are more seasoned please consider getting experience another way.. sure the money sounds good and it is but not worth taking that big of a risk.. agency nurses generally walk into an assignment cold.. and hit the floor running.. been there and done that for some years and i am a seasoned nurse.. you are setting yourself up for to be the scapegoat if something happens.. please please do reconsider and try to get a job onstaff somewhere.. just my two cents worth

Both the above recent posters have given excellent advice to you.. please think about what they have said.. I have been there before and I am not a new nurse.. For someone like that to bully and intimidate a nurse is just plain wrong.. keep your dignity intact by putting this behind you.. wishign you the best of luck in your endeavors

try to find another job as soon as possible.. all the above posters have good suggestions for you.. read and reread them.. think and rethink

could someone please clarify this-- when an incident report is written up does it become a part of the patient's chart and do you chart " see incident report" in the nurses notes instead of charting the details in the nurses notes? i was always taught that the incident report was used as a tracking tool and not placed in the chart and also you did not chart the word incident report in the nurses notes--BIG RED FLAG-- but now i am seeing it charted in the nursing notes incident report filed and the incident report itself is a part of the record

one of my most embarrassing moments had to come from nursing school-- on our first day of clinicals we had this young girl-- had never seen a male nude before-- she of course had the honors of having a good looking young hunk for a patient-- during bath time-- we all hear her running down the hall screaming-- the thing about it she kept screaming IT"S BLUE, IT'S BLUE over and over-- how embarrassing!!!!!!

well said everyone!!!! please don't stop now-- we need you and your patients need you good luck

my fantasy? to receive all the education that i could ever possibly get so that i could become a writer and have a giant library .... maybe you might think that i'm just dreaming, but as they say dreams do come true oh, oh, time to get up

i have a question that concerns medications in long term care--have been a nurse for 17 plus years, most of it in the long term care setting-- could someone tell me-- in the state of michigan is it legal to "borrow" narcotics from one resident to another-- have been living in the state of michigan for one year and am seeing this as a common practice in the nursing homes-- when one resident runs out of a pain medication such as ES Vicodin it is not unusual to see the nursing staff look in their narcotic lock box to see if there is someone else is on the same med and if there is to "borrow" for the resident that is without. have been told that this is acceptable because the phrase "not available" is a touchy issue with the state-- we are to provide the medication no matter what-- i don't feel comfortable with this because i was always taught that it is against the law to use prescribed medcation for someone else-- it is usually clearly marked on the prescription bottles-- my gut feeling tells me not to borrow-- that this is indeed against the law-- anyone have any comments on this