TAB_RN

I cannot see where liability insurance has anything to do with this situation. The only advice I can give, is NEVER EVER EVER sign for something that you are not fully aware of what you are signing. If you are signing for meds, then make sure you o...

Where I work, it is against HIPPA to look at charts of patients that you are not directly caring for... She should not be going through your charts if she isn't directly precepting you.

PPPLLLLEEEAAAASSSSEEE!!!! How the heck can you get someone in trouble for "looking" at you. That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. She is going to look like an idiot when she files that complaint. I don't remember seeing anywhere in...

I understand staying home for our sick children, but your sick time is for you - if you are sick. If your children are sick, my hospital says you have to use vacation time or not get paid to be out. Sick time, by policy, is to be used only if the e...

Well if you deserve a raise for that, then I deserve a raise for all the times I have to be in the room as a "witness" for rectals and pelvics! LOL!!!

How about "2L O2 NC" for the tetraplegic patient that has a trach and vented.

I worked on a cardiac thoracic surgical floor for a year. Our patients were up and out of bed the evening of surgery (in a chair). Typically, the patient feels better than before the surgery on day 2. They stay one day in ICU, then back to the flo...

I would let them know, to be sure you are not put in a position to be exposed to medications/illnesses that would put your baby/pregnancy at risk. You will be doing clinical work in hospitals and can be exposed to things you really shouldn't be expo...

Actually, you actually gave less than the ordered dose. If you drew up 2mg/1ml... then added 10 ml ns, and then gave 5ml - that is slightly below the 1mg order. It should have been 5.5ml :) No worries....

Well, I would have to question that order anyway... Oxycodone has tylenol in it - not less than 325mg/5mg pill. That would be 7800mg of tylenol in one day given the full dosage.

Well if you put it that way, we can also say that nursing is comparable to waitressing, working at McDonald's, a department store, etc. I actually had somebody tell me that their job (a Correction's Officer) was very comparable to a nurse. Maybe we...

I was a bartender for many many years... and I am a nurse now. I have to say, with all due respect, the professions are nothing alike. NOTHING.... I find it absolutely mind boggling that you can say that they are at all alike. First off, you don'...

I graduated last December in Massachusetts, as well. It was a bit easier for me because there are very few nursing graduates in December. 42 schools just gradated nurses this past May in Massachusetts. I had worked as a PCA in my last year of scho...

I feel so lucky that I work in a hospital with such a supportive staff. I am a new nurse and working on a Cardiac/thoracic surgical floor. We deal with the CABG patients, valve replacements and a fairly high acuity level of cardiac problems. I thi...

I graduated a two-year RN program in December, worked 32 - 40 hours every week, have two children, 17 and 13, 4 dogs, and a husband. I graduated with a 3.4 average. If I can do it... anyone can do it.

Being a parent takes the highest level of "critical thinking"... doesn't make you a good nurse. Just because you served in war, and was a police officer doesn't make you a good nurse. When I state that experience as a nurse will season you as a gre...

Well, Jon, thank goodness you have so much confidence in your abilities and critical thinking skills. From what I understand, you do not hold a job as a Registered Nurse yet, so you are not experienced yet. Critical thinking skills in nursing are "...

I didn't say you were a bad nurse because you didn't pass the NCLEX the first time. I am simply saying that just because you didn't pass, doesn't make the test a "bad" way of showing competence. Let's just say that you had a say in how they should...

Jon, The passing rate on the NCLEX (overall) is over 80%. That means, most people pass it on the first try. That is huge... and pretty amazing. Only one in my class of 42 failed the first time... everyone else passed. She then passed 45 days la...

The incentive should be ones health. There is plenty of support from our medical professionals, but the problem that seems to rehash over and over is that we live in a society that is not patient. Everybody wants results over night. That isn't goi...

I agree. This conversation usually brings forth the whole "fat discrimination" conversation. I simply cannot believe how unhealthy we as a society are becoming. It is truly sad.

We live in such a excuse driven society. The 23 year old we are talking about is just an example of the obesity in America. We live in a non-active era. It is sad. This is not "fat discrimination", it is time for everyone to wake up. I work on a...

It's quite ridiculous to think that a 23 year old has "no" options as a truck driver to be healthy. That is absolutely ridiculous!

I don't agree with you totally here. Many people feel they can control their symptoms with a pill. Many people also do not want to exercise because it is work and it is hard. Insurance does not promote a healthier lifestyle. Discipline does and ...

This conversation is really getting ridiculous. First off, not every truck driver is a long haul truck driver. This 23 year old may not be at all. People that drive trucks can pack a cooler of food. It is not a job that requires no choices. Secon...