Sodie

Sodie BSN, RN

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  1. 7000 fatal med errors last year-where are theses nurses?

    Sodie replied to supportneeded's topic in General Nursing

    I have made mistakes too. Fortunately, I have not made one that resulted in a sentinal event. I did have a patient respond to a med (the wrong one) that I administered one time. Fortunately, the MD...

  2. Why are emergency nurses not considered critical care nurses?

    Sodie replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    I had this same question regarding the heart cath lab because my cath lab is a high risk one. We do many high risk procedures. Many of our patients fly to us very unstable. We stabalize them, do the...

  3. Pt Threats and Name Badges (again)

    Sodie replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We have a law requiring that our name and title are displayed on our name badges. I actually thought it was naiton wide; maybe it is just a state thing. it is called the Lewis Blackman law. It's...

  4. Does this bother you?

    Sodie replied to Gods child's topic in General Nursing

    In SC, the Associate program that I went to required that you were 18 to go into clinical. Not only was the young age a problem, but I think that some insurances may not want to cover people under 18...

  5. I have really messed up.

    Sodie replied to Heather A.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is great news Heather! I am proud of you that you approached the doctor. Things did turn out well. A preacher friend of mine once preached on being righteous. The difference between doing things...

  6. New Grad Thrown to the Wolves!

    Sodie replied to IttyBittyCritty's topic in General Nursing

    You need to run to the recruiter and nurse manager. This sounds unsafe. You do not want to loose your license before you even get it! It's no wonder so many new gradutes leave their first job within...

  7. I have really messed up.

    Sodie replied to Heather A.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    We all make mistakes. You have to learn to forgive yourself. At least you did own up to it. At least you took that worry away from yourself that the patient had the clamp inside and made sure the...

  8. Drug Testing At Hospitals

    Sodie replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

    We have to do one when we are hired and it may be required at any random time. I believe that there is going to be a day that the testing will be more regular. We also have the right to test students...

  9. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    Sodie replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    I think that she must have been upset about not being able to go the RN route to begin with. She might have been projecting or something. Why else would she tell you that she plans to go to school to...

  10. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Sodie replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    Most of the male nurses I work with seek assistance from a female nurse to protect themselves. Male MD's have female chaperones for the same reasons. Alot could happen behind a closed door as could...

  11. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    Sodie replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a policy that states Sleeping on the job or appearing to sleep on the job is cause for termination. I once had a friend who tilted her head back and closed her eyes for 2 seconds. I...

  12. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    Sodie replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    I think for a nurse, it would be abandoning the

  13. Is ER nursing Floor nursing???

    Sodie replied to zaga21's topic in Emergency

    My ER is considered Critical Care because we get a major amount of MI's coming in. I haven't exactly worked in the ER at my hospital, but I have many friends who have. They love it. They thrive on the...

  14. Date MD's??

    Sodie replied to mindyk04's topic in General Nursing

    This does happen a lot. I have never had a relationship or an affair with a doc, but I know many that have. It is very obvious. I know that I have been suspicious of some of them. If you wait long...

  15. The War with the Floors

    Sodie replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

    I have seen both sides as well. I have also worked in the cath lab. One day I was called in at 2 AM to do an emergency heart cath. I called the unit to give report at 6:30 (we had just finished the...

  16. rules of injections

    Sodie replied to imahobbit's topic in General Nursing

    One time a nurse in my unit gave something that another nurse drew up. It was neosenephrine. It was 10 times the dose that it should have been. Fortunately the patient didn't have any residual...

  17. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    Sodie replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    RN with MSN, as close to 40 hours a week as possible (salaried), 16 yrs of nursing, Days only (no weekend, nights or holidays), Columbia, SC. It is important to note that I have been at the same...

  18. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    Sodie replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

  19. Anyone finish shift and not return to job?

    Sodie replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in General Nursing

    I say give a notice, mainly because you never want to burn bridges if you can help it. Sometimes the problem with units or institutions is the people running certain parts of it. Well, as I have found...

  20. nursing a calling?

    Sodie replied to hTx87's topic in General Nursing

    Check with some of your local hospitals about shadowing oppurtunities. We offer shadowing through my insititution in various areas so that people who are interested or curious in a career in the...

  21. Am I a loser? I couldn't keep up....

    Sodie replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    YOU ARE NOT A LOSER!! The staff who made that assignment should be ashamed of themselves for doing that and the staff who was aware that you had the horrible assignment obviously knew better. What...

  22. Near miss, should I be blamed?

    Sodie replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!! I suppose that you didn't think that shift would ever end. I really shudder the thought that administration is pointing fingers. We have a duty as nurse to advocate for our patients. We also...

  23. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

    Sodie replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We have a policy allowing the numbing, however many nurses do not use it outside of the outpatient surgery area. In my experience (I have had several IV's for surgery, etc), the xylocaine to numb it...

  24. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    Sodie replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    At my institution, we changed the policy recently that anyone who takes an order (LPN, RN or in some instances Repiratory Therapy) has to read the order back to the Physician. The process is to take...

  25. No charge nurse

    Sodie replied to perkines's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was a standard of care that the patient assignment was made based upon the acuity of the patient and the ability or the skills of the nurse. The ward clerk does not assess patients and...