Nurse Beth MSN

Tele, ICU, Staff Development

Hi! Nice to meet you! I especially love helping new nurses. I am currently a nurse writer with a background in Staff Development, Telemetry and ICU.

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    From Nurse to Nurse Influencer

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    From Hobby to a Side Job My writing career as a nurse started 4 years ago when I was home recuperating on the couch from an injury. A friend of mine on Twitter asked me "Beth, you have so many...
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    Will SEnior Preceptorship in Clinic Cost me a Chance at ICU ?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm a nursing student. I have one semester left. I just found out my preceptorship is at a urology clinic. All of the other students get to be in the hospital setting. My goal is to...
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    New Nurse Thinking of Quitting

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been an RN for about 6 months now. I am in a residency program and have been on my own for a month now. I am having a really rough time and have been thinking of quitting. I...
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    New Nurse Thinking of Quitting

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been an RN for about 6 months now. I am in a residency program and have been on my own for a month now. I am having a really rough time and have been thinking of quitting. I...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    ~Most errors are committed by good, careful people~ from The Overdose, an excerpt from Bob Watcher's book The Digital Doctor-Hope, Hype and Harm at the Age of Today's Digital Doctor. He tells the...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Since there was no job description for the "help all nurse", no competencies were established for the role. I'm sure creating a job description will be at the top of Vanderbilt's corrective plan of...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    She probably was not familiar with either drug. The patient's primary nurse should have been sent to administer Versed, but she was busy covering another nurse for
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Good point, but I don't think models for stock images can choose. Its actually a great
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    Should New Grad Start in Hospice?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm currently in my fourth semester of nursing school. I was thinking of working in the hospice area of patient care. Should I first get more nursing experience in a hospital setting...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors and nurses constantly click past overrides and pop up alerts Search fields autofill after two characters... Alarms are ignored because they've become white noise Technology is not always as...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    On the one hand, nurses are told to refuse unsafe assignments..... but in reality the pressure is to comply. I've seen MedSurg nurses floated to Telemetry who do not know what they do not know and...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It's really clear what the nurse did was unthinkably wrong. But there were also missteps made in staffing and delegation. Doing a root cause analysis doesn't mean absolving the
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    Reminder why the seven rights are important

    Nurse Beth replied to Triddin's topic in Nursing News

    This. Thank
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    Reminder why the seven rights are important

    Nurse Beth replied to Triddin's topic in Nursing News

    She didn't seem to be familiar with either drug at all. She wasn't the pt's nurse (she was working that day as a "help all nurse") and she should not have been the one sent to administer
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The patient was doing well and what was ordered was a full body PET scan. I agree with several providers who questioned the necessity. Just provides the context and background decisions that led up to...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if there was bar code scanning capability in the PET scan
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the CMS report Not Found | DocumentCloud. Looks like the link does not work here. I read the full CMS Vanderbilt report and it's surprising to read there was no job description for the "help...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse made an EGREGIOUS error that cost a patient her life. But if the only solution is to remove the nurse from the equation then we've lost an opportunity to improve. There's lessons to be...
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    Foreign Graduate Needs Job

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Foreign Graduate, Congrats on passing your NCLEX on the first try! From an employer's point of view, you have no recent work history, and your work history before in another country is...
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    Is this dangerous?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, The new PCU at my place of work will NOT have Bedside monitors. I don't believe the RN's who work there or the Unit should be called Critical Care. We will have BiPap, post-op open...
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    Tips Needed for First Year Nurse

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I really enjoyed your book "Your last Nursing Class: How To Land Your First Nursing Job" Do you Have any advice on for the new grad that landed the job, i.e. Tips on how to succeed...
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    Admin Cuts PCTs in ICU

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I work in a20 bed MICU that decided to lay off our PCT and only have one unit secretary. This means the RNs have to transfer patients, wash down the monitor leads, restock our nurse...
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    Can I Change Specialities After Becoming a CRNA?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I want to make sure that what I am saying is correct. I know that becoming a CRNA requires either a DNAP degree or a DNP with specialization with Anesthesiology degree. The DNAP...
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    New Grad Terrified of Choosing Wrong Job

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I need your help! I am a nursing student graduating in December 2018. I applied to February nurse residencies and didn't get my dream hospital or field. I have two options left...