There are reasons for these policies. Part of being a "good and competent" nurse is not being afraid to ask a co-worker to double check you, especially with medication doses. If a hospital has a policy that a nurse doesn't feel is worth following, ...
Welcome JENZEL75 :) If I may make a suggestion, your posts will be more readable if you do not type in all capital letters. Use all capital letters only to emphasize important words. Typing in all capitals is the equivalent to shouting online. You...
Kathy, Sorry to hear that your brother has been having problems. Post-op infections do unfortunately occur, even with "good" surgeons. Warm thoughts headed your way and to your brother. I hope that he has a speedy and complete recovery. And don't ...
MIL was an LPN for many years and went back to school when an ADN program opened up, graduating in their first class. My wife and I graduated one year later from a diploma program. My youngest brother and his wife graduated from the same diploma pr...
You can PM me too if you'd like. Student from nursing schools and high schools would sometimes come to the ER to ask me if they could interview a male nurse. I think that personal interviews are generally more beneficial for the student, but they m...
Welcome to the board HerEyes73, You didn't mention whether there was any pitting with palpation or whether it was firm to the touch. That would help determine if it is a fluid collection or a tumor, lipoma or whatever. I'm not familiar with CSF le...
Hey RNLou, not to change the subject, but how are you doing these days? Still under house arrest? Uncle Sam helped me through school with the GI Bill. He paid for my schooling, plus gave me $140 a month. I did work at a meat-packing plant between ...
Hanging my head in shame, only 46,692. It's a good thing that I've never been "chemically enhanced" like on the game:D Second try was 57,646, but I think I've done enough damage in there. Chuck
Thank you Melinda for posting this here. Yes, in this case it is too late to prevent any problems, but this facility and hopefully all other transplanting facilities will be more cognizant of the safeties and doublechecks to prevent errors of this ...