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well...needless to say...the assistant manager standing in the hall..waiting to talk to me..(it was obvious).. I thought he was going to take me in his office...WITH that doc..and the manager....and gang up on me! I refused to go..told him to get a r...

I work occasionally at an Imaging Center...conscious sedation..renal scans...contrast reactions....that sort of thing. Its a great job...usually! Today I go in..and my major tasks is screening people for the MRI. Welllllllll!! Today the Nuclear Med T...

Yes! the author you mentioned...thats the one!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/0962724602/all/ref=dp_pb_a/002-2501946-3558467 and..8.00 used..Amazon! I will get a copy of the one you mentioned though...

or making a lifelong career choice! So much hard work making it thru school...spending all that money, time and effort... Definetly "A READ" BEFORE applying... I enjoyed the part...where they say the hospitals COUNT on nurses feeling "concerned" abou...

Buy one..and for gosh sakes..past it around! Maybe a "lending library"....have them sign it out..and back in..so you can remember who you "loaned" it too...

lolol...IF I knew then..what I know now...would I have chosen nursing? I don't think so! I THOUGHT nursing was about "caring"..but.....the hospitals like you to think that way..while THEY think.."money, profits...and creating an "appearance only" of...

sjoe..Nurse Abuse..the BOOK ..two authors.....with a total of 10 other writers contributing to the book. Excellent resource ....should be mandatory reading for all student nurses..A good prep for what to expect in the hospitals!

I just stumbled across this book yesterday..and spend yesterday and TODAY reading it. OH MY! What a wealth of information..that most of us already know...or were had an idea about..but nice to see it ALL in print. I'm going to look on Amazon..to see ...

All the nurses...and I mean ALL of them do it the same way as Night Owl mentioned....and thats how they get their meds passed...BUT..if caught..there will be consequences! Yes..it defeats the whole purpose of the BCMA ...but then again.....try gettin...

The money..unfortunately will never compensate for the stress! The "supposed nurse shortage".........you know ..the one where they tell you there just isn't another nurse available to staff the unit this shift..... That tune gets old real quick! I le...

I had to laugh about the part "all those report cards I had to hide"!! I was the same way in high school...but NOT in college! We had a candlelight induction ceremony for PTK and...yeah..we had to keep the ole GPA way up there!

Rebel.....if its the narcotic's lockup pixxis..no problem... I like that one.....but if you also get the BCMA one also ....and it may be called something else other then Pixxis..as other companies make these.....then let me know what you think about ...

ah..good point! Personally..I wish they would hire more nurses...for "safe care"..instead of trying to cover their A** with these little rolling computers!

Baseline..there are two totally different things....the PIXXIS..that you retrieve your narcotics from...and the small laptop computers that are on tables that roll from room to room to record ROUTINE med passes. NO paper mar......you use this little...

yep..the pixis that you pull your narcotics from...you don't need to scan the pt's wristband. Its the other computer..on a small table..that you wheel from room to room...with the wand scanner that you use to pass your routine meds that are kept in t...

I think she is talking about passing meds using the BCMA method......which is scanning barcode band around pt's wrist...each patient...then giving ROUTINE meds. Do I have your question relating to med pass correct? Its not JUST getting your narcs fro...

Jammer..see this thread r/t the BCMA system for med passes! https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9886

P.S. I dont' think this nurse was talking about the Pixis system for withdrawing narcotics....but..if so...well THAT IS A WHOLE different story..then doing med passes as I described above. The description I gave was for BCMA (bar code medication admi...

you are SUPPOSED to SCAN the pt's ID bracelet...then pull the med....and scan each one separately...so that means you take the pixis to the room..stand AT the bedside..use the wand and scan the bracelet. Then..you scan the med..AND..if the med comes ...

ah..clarification on that post about PTK and paying my tuition...... The Dean of the college approached me about responding to the invitation I received from PTK. He advised me to join..which I did..then the Nettie Pate Award was granted ....WHICH p...

PTK paid for my tuition...and I wore the gold sash at graduation!

Ok..first of all I'm a "10yr. RN" and things were bad when I came out of school..but nothing compared to what is going on now in the hospitals. This job I have now is a state sponsored "waiver" program. If you want to find out about it..just go to a ...

I've finally "escaped".......and hopefully will never go back to being a hospital employee! I'm working for a company that supplies employees via a waiver state program to assisted living clients. One of my duties is visiting those clients...and ensu...

New job update.... Well...so far I have been following the other case managers. I am NOT stressed by any definition of the word! Its soooooooo different then working in a hospital. My job mainly consists of visiting the handicapped and doing intervie...