onlyanrn

I'm sure you have some sort of criteria, but I know that it cannot be based all on the letters behind a person's name and how their previous job references check out. What if someone has great credentials, but just doesn't seem like they will fit in with the others? What about someone who has great credentials, but just doesn't give off good vibes? Do you try to pick people who will likely get along with everyone or is it more important that they look good on paper and will be reliable? Just how do you decide?

Why not just go to RN school and do it right? I know that a lot of people think that being an LPN first makes you a better RN. I don't believe that it does. It makes you a better bedside nurse, but RNs are really getting away from the bedside. Sometimes, it also makes you a bit too sympathetic to the LPNs and CNAs that don't want to work or who don't want to do the job right. Soon, hospitals will only use RNs. LPNs and CNAs are quickly becoming a thing of the past.

Rote memoriozation worked for me. Also, most large ers have posters with pediatric vitals, tube sizes, and the liek posted in their trauma bays.

Why not educate people who visit the ER for nonemergent things? How would you feel if your mechanic made fun of you for bringing your SUV in for something silly? It is just as mean to laugh at patients who don't have your knowledege and education!

I agree that only someone who is seeking would worry about how not to look like she is seeking. If you are truly in pain, you are not going to care what others think of you or how you apepar.

Sometimes things are not as they appear. I have seen nurses in action who are a bit grouchy and don't really go by the book, but are beyond excellent when the chips are down. Don't be so quick to judge the nurse you are training with. She may be competent beyond belief when she really needs to be.

I diasgree with most of what has been said. Whatever happened to teamwork and supporting one another? I, for one would have had no problem signing the corrected count. Do you really think someone would lie about a mere to pills? Nurses need to stick together if we expect to remain a profession. Accept her ansewrs and show her that you respect her by giuving her the trust she deserves. TYou ended up being wrong and she right, didn't you?

Why would you even consider lying to a patient? It seems very cruel to me! Think about the poor patient, desparetly wanting to see her mother and jsut being out off and pacified by staff. What a horror! The kind thing to do, is to explain to the patient that she is quite old and that her mother died years ago. Hold her hand and give her postivie feedback when she grieves, but don't ever lie. For uou jesskanurse, orientate is in fact a word and it is proper use of the term. Orient is just as proper. Also, dearheart, the word nurse isn't always caplialized, I see you do that quite often. And it is anyway, not anyways!