elilbitz

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1. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

   elilbitz replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Actually, I found nurses with 2 - 5 years the worst at doing their best to make you look worse than they! and nurses with more experience to be the ones who have little patience - usually the ones who...

2. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

   elilbitz replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I don't believe there is a 'stigma'. There is a Reality that SOME seasoned nurses eat their young. I don't believe it has to do with nurses forgetting what it was like starting, or lack of compassion,...

3. Suboxone Film: Is it Ethical to Cut?

   elilbitz replied to elilbitz's topic in Patient Medications

   Thanks for your reply ~ I was never alerted that anyone responded. For the record, the facility has no pharmacist. It is a small addictions hospital that is run by an addictions doctor who also takes...

4. Suboxone Film: Is it Ethical to Cut?

   elilbitz posted a topic in Patient Medications

   I am an addictions nurse working with the new Suboxone Film. It comes in only 2mg or 8mg strengths. The administrators of the hospital are requesting the nurses cut the 8mg flim strips into half to...

5. Those nursing students that just don't seem to "get it"

   elilbitz replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Students

   I see it as a great opportunity for leadership! FOR ME if anyone ASKS for help, I DO it if I am able ~ ESPECIALLY if the instructor asks ~ then I don't see where I have the room to decide if I feel...