Was wondering what protocol everone was using out there for triaging our calls concerning children and high temps/muscle aches. We use a book called telephone triage and go by that forgive I don't...
Came onto a 7a to 7p shift and had just come out of report. My report had told me that I had on pt with alzheimers,up abliband had many repeated questions about everything from plueritic chest pain to...
lil-hosp.usa replied to lil-hosp.usa's topic in General Nursing
we are a 25 bed facility without a ICU- we don't do OBs any longer--no surgeon close enough for emergency C-sect. We hang dope and cardiazem insulin heparin nitro to name a few. We have critical...
We have anywhere from 4 to 9 up to 11 depending on the census(25 bed facility). We have 2 nurses on during the day with a float nurse who tends the ER, 3 aides(they're the best) plus our DON.Evening...
lil-hosp.usa replied to sheridan3456's topic in General Students
I met my husband of 4 plus years while doing my pre-reqs. I also had 2 young boys ages 7 and 9. He was the best thing to come along. He helped with my childrens studies as I did mine. When the boys...
lil-hosp.usa replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing
Isn't it funny how so many people think they are better than everyone else. It takes a lot of people to run a hospital and negative behavior just makes it harder on
have been working in a 25 bed facility since I became a nurse and our yearly evaluation is done by 3 anouymous nurses which isn't very secret since there are only 10 nurses for all shifts. Our...
lil-hosp.usa replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing
Ruby great to know there are honest people out there. At my facility it seems that the one that fills out the incident report is the one who gets in trouble and a bad eval for trying to protect and...
I can relate and I have only been a nurse for 4 years. I work in a small 25 bed facility where the nurses that have been there forever make it very difficult for the new ones. There are 10 RNs in all....