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A better preceptor would have explained that stroke response time is kept track of and published and also factors in to the hospital's ability to be stroke certified and be a stroke receiving center. For example, a patient needs to be called a code s...

A nurse with >30 years of experience got turned down from a local hospital because she has "too little experience." Sounded fishy to me.

Was the patient sleeping? What was the rhythm?

Hey Everyone, I have been doing some extensive internet searching but can't seem to find a reputable source that details IV solution compatibility with IVPBs and drips. Specifically, I want to know about LR's compatibility with other drugs. I work in...

Yeah we have a chart but LR is not on it. It's just not realistic for me to look up each drug each time. Our internet is too slow and my patience is too short I guess as a last resort, I'll make my own chart with our common drips and drugs, but some...

If you aren't ready then don't go. A good supervisor wouldn't push you into something like that if you don't feel ready. You sound genuinely scared about it and if it made you hate nursing before, going into it now when you are already so apprehensiv...

I am so upset. A neighbor moved in and one of his friends was telling me that he is wheelchair bound and just got out of a SNF and has no family resources in the community or health care professionals following up. I went over and introduced myself ...

Thanks everyone. Now that I have thought about it and distanced myself emotionally I totally agree with the need to hang back.

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we give mag IVP during codes and emergencies. I don't understand though, was the Mag not programmed into the pump at all?

My new unit is like this too. I feel like every time I turn around, they're gossiping. It drives me crazy. It makes me feel really isolated and paranoid. I just keep to myself and don't socialize with anyone if I can help it, but it sure makes the h...

Yeah that's what I figured. Maybe he refused follow up care. It sounds like he wanted to get out of the SNF at all costs--not that I blame him--so maybe he had to sign out AMA? I dont know.

Oh and according to the friend, he can't even transfer out of the chair without assistance. When the friend left him, he was sitting in the couch and refused help to get back to his chair. That's more why I am concerned, because according to the frie...

Thanks everyone. Yeah I dont know if I made it clear. Although I am worried for him, I have no idea what his level of functioning is and I definitely don't think it would be appropriate for myself to intervene unless in an emergency. Independence is ...

I was assaulted by my patient approximately one year ago and now that it has been the anniversary of my injury, I wanted to share how my life is now and how I am still affected. Summary--original post for further reading One year ago I was attacked ...

This is so true but it's also disheartening. In my state it's supposedly punishable by fining to not have lift help, but they can obviously get around it somehow. There needs to be enforceable laws.

So you're the one I see leaving notes in the chart that say "Dr. So and So please change your charting to reflect blah blah blah?" I always wondered who that was. This sounds very interesting and a great way to use my knowledge and critical thinking....

This is very good advice and I you are right. Once I just admit to myself that bedside nursing is not the best option for me and I can start to grieve that loss of the idea I had in my head of being in the ICU for decades, I can start to see why othe...

holy barnacles! that is insane! see this is what i always try to remind myself: no matter how bad i may feel, i know that there are people out there who have been through so much more and are dealing with much more but are able to go through life w...

I was an avid yogi for years before my injury but now I lack the strength to hold my body up and it just frustrates me, so I've picked up swimming which works miracles for me. I can actually swim to make my pain go away and increase my ROM. The chiro...

thank you so much for the support :) i agree that we need to unite together about this. i think it is a very important issue. nurses are faced with the threat of violence every day. and you're right, that's on top of everything else we have to deal w...

I'm still in ICU but it's a much lower acuity hospital. Many of the patients would be like a tele patient at my old place so the running around is definitely decreased but the lack of resources make it more physical labor. That's true and honestly ...

That is a great idea that I had not thought of. Now I just need to figure out what type of MSN I'd want I did have a PHN course but didn't get certed but maybe I could look into them doing it retroactively. Thank you so much! The patient was n...

I have noticed the same thing. I actually went down in acuity and the nurses here are so much more detailed. Everyone comes in early to look up patient information off the clock and thus you don't really need to give an excessively thorough report, b...

Good advice :)