jojotoo RN

I would think, that fresh out of school, the job that reinforced your new knowledge would be the best. The obs unit - 12 patients and THREE licensed staff - that's a great ratio. And these patients should be relatively stable. This would be a wonde...

I think that we have been "tactful " too long and need to start telling it like it is and start doing some serious boundary setting.

Tazzi is a little more generous than I am. I'd still have made a formal complaint about her behavior whether she changed her mind and helped me or not. While we are all grateful for the assistance that CNAs and techs give us, NO WAY am I going to al...

Removing insects from ears. Can't do it. Can't assist. Can't even be in the same room. Other foreign body removal doesn't bother me.

quote "on another note, my mother is on medicaid, since having colon ca back in 1992. she did have major medical, but the company tried to say that my dad lied (which he didn't) about her having epilepsy and dropped her just before surgery. the firs...

The night charge nurse makes it for the following AM and PM shift. But we're pretty fluid with it. Usually it's not a problem if someone wants to change it.

I'm happy. I'm happy that I don't have to work at McDonalds or Wal-Mart. I'm happy that I make an excellent wage with a two year degree. I'm happy that I can go any place in the country and make a good living. And I'm especially happy on those rar...

Do we know that these residents are being deprived of sleep? Perhaps they're going to bed at 7PM or 8PM. Those times seem odd to me too, but not abusive. If I ever had to go into a nursing home, I would want to get up at 5PM and go to bed at 10AM....

The patient may not have been a pysch case, but it sounds like the charge nurse must be. Is she CRAZY? I have never worked in any ER that tolerated patients having weapons. And that includes peace officers. Even their guns require being secured (b...

I think that some of the posters are being a little hard on the OP. Either they've forgotten what it's like to be at the bottom of the totem pole or they've never been there at all. It's all well and good that a CNA is being advised to be a patient...

As long as we live in a free society, I think that MDs should be able to choose who they will and won't treat in their private practice. For whatever reason that they choose, as long as it doesn't violate the law. If they are affliated with a hospit...

I think that this would only be a HIPAA violation if the patient (the biological father of the OP) objected to the student sharing his clinical information. Did he? But if this is a HIPAA violation, I also think that the punishment is too harsh. Sc...

Some institutions do allow nurses to prepare IVF with certan additives. But I thought that all vials of KCL were kept in the pharmacy now (and not on the unit) due to errors where KCL had been given as a direct IVP.

I would have guesssed PID.

I don't think new grads have realistic expectations about how soon they should be able to function independently. For me to take a new grad in the ER and teach them what they need to know, I would expect that they would need heavy duty mentoring for ...

You only waste ONE day?????

Five second rule?

You're being way too hard on yourself. Was everybody alive at the end of your shift? (And if someone wasn't, was it because of something you did or didn't do?) Two things will come to you as you get more experience. Organizational skills and the a...

What a wonderful place this must be to work!

Scott - This pretty much sums up MANY problems that we have in this country today. When did we (as a nation), turn into such babies and start expecting to be taken care of?

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HM2Viking: I was unable to quote your post (technical problem?), but if I understand it correctly, you are citing a study that compares VHA to Medicare and other "managed care systems". And VA came out ahead. Is this the same VA that in recent years ...

As far as I'm concerned, it is your "right" to stay in school and get an education, not to be a drop-out, not to get pregnant, not to become a substance abuser (of any kind) and then GET A JOB and pay for whatever you want - healthcare, fancy cars, t...

Scottlgarrett - my "thanks" was on purpose. I am opposed to government run Universal Health Care. Unfortunately, no matter what the system, there will always be a few that fall through the gaps. To Miss Chybil - regarding your sister-in-law that ch...

This sounds so bizarre. What would be the motive of a nurse to "slip" a patient Ativan to take home? Could the patient have gotten the Ativan from another patient and is now trying to get the nurse (that was rude and condescending) in trouble?