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  1. Marian University-Online Accelerated Program

    forgop posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

    If you're interested in pursuing this program, beware that you are going into a program that will leave you scratching your heads as to how unorganized it is. Course content in pathophysiology and...

  2. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

    forgop posted a topic in General Nursing

    Attorney contacted me about a civil suit about a case filed against the hospital. I was not at fault, but they're literally trying to bring everyone involved. This happened over 2 years ago and no...

  3. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

    forgop replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not willing to testify on behalf of anything outside my scope of practice or to anything they don't present to me that I charted about this patient, so any other specifics, I cannot recall or I...

  4. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

    forgop replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    And by the way, I'm not a "she". Spoke with my friend/attorney last night and he supports my position-no talking with either side period until there's an actual subpoena. I'll tell the attorney my...

  5. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

    forgop replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    This case hasn't identified me as being negligent or identified me as a malpractice complaint. Thus is against the MD'S that saw the patient named in the complaint filed in court for failing to...

  6. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

    forgop replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    This is the hospital's counsel. The plaintiff has evidently named every person that documented something as a witness, so meeting with this attorney will do nothing to alleviate getting a subpoena....

  7. What are your pet peeves?

    forgop posted a topic in Emergency

    What do you hate to see/hear the most? Mine: 1. Ambulances for clearly non-emergent conditions (my personal most notables are of dental pain and a "possible UTI" but I know they're used for far more...

  8. New offer today-not sure what to do

    forgop posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN for 3 years now. First 1.5 years was spent in the ER and the last 1.5 years has been in critical care at a different hospital. After spending a full year in critical care, I...

  9. Art line question

    forgop posted a topic in Critical Care

    First and foremost, I don't like art lines. I find them in patients coming from PACU with no real need for them in the first place in almost every instance. That said, I had a patient last week...

  10. So discouraged - a male RN working in a woman's world

    forgop posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a bit of a different track into nursing as I decided after 10 years in a prior career that I wanted to something more meaningful in my life. Admittedly, this prior career was more heavily...

  11. Can you explain what exactly I was exposed to?

    forgop posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at a hospital and was contacted last week about an exposure at work from the occupational health department. After working this past weekend, I was disgusted to find out what happened. As...

  12. Struggling with being my own dads Hospice Nurse

    forgop replied to foudini's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new RN-I changed careers as a way of somehow being able to give back to others for what I was unable to do for my parents. It was 6 years ago (yesterday) that my dad passed and today is every...

  13. Can you explain what exactly I was exposed to?

    forgop replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not asking for medical advice. The only problem with going to my PCP for this exposure is that the visit/co-pay as a result of this comes out of my pocket. I'm told I will see a NP when I go in...

  14. Can you explain what exactly I was exposed to?

    forgop replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

    I should have been more specific. The ICU is on the 3rd floor and cafeteria on the 2nd floor. However it happened, the runoff went into the

  15. What are your pet peeves?

    forgop replied to forgop's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, I don't get the concept of people giving something for every fever. I think our pediatrician doesn't even really encourage meds until you're at least 102. By treating the fever, you're not...

  16. New Grad needs advice for an ER RN interview this week please!

    forgop replied to KGMM's topic in Emergency

    Seems like a stupid HR policy then-giving out free educations and then not recouping their investment. Don't blame them for taking advantage of it. I'm planning on enrolling in NP school and the...

  17. Want to transition to OR

    forgop replied to RachaelRN7's topic in Operating Room

    Hope you have better luck than me. Granted, I'm a relatively new RN, but in all of the OR postings, I always see "must have prior OR experience". It's not like anyone is willing to train

  18. Honestly, what does documentation get you?

    forgop replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    If they said it, quote it as such. If someone calls you out on profanity in the charting, they have issues, not

  19. Honestly, what does documentation get you?

    forgop replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    We all have these patients- They don't pay a dime for their "insurance", they call 911 for the "free ride", and they claim they're having (insert random symptom of the day) with 10/10 pain. They...

  20. New Grad needs advice for an ER RN interview this week please!

    forgop replied to KGMM's topic in Emergency

    Most tuition reimbursement plans would call for you to stay X number of years upon completion or you'll repay it. By saying you want to go back to school, it should indicate they're more likely to...

  21. New Grad needs advice for an ER RN interview this week please!

    forgop replied to KGMM's topic in Emergency

    I would think you should already know what patients they typically see and what their trauma level status is. It shows you're already doing some homework. As far as not mentioning a desire to go...

  22. How long did it take you to master inserting an IV?

    forgop replied to RunawayN's topic in Emergency

    In the ER, it's always best to use the AC in the event they might need a CT scan with contrast or get phenergen. It's a no-brainer if it's

  23. Weekend option-is it going away and never coming back?

    forgop posted a topic in Nursing Career

    In my market, many hospitals have stopped back filling weekend option positions or eliminated them altogether as was the case with me a couple of weeks ago. We work 24 hours every weekend and given...

  24. Overtime Question when single

    forgop replied to EMEddie's topic in General Nursing

    This is too easy. Take your current stub, multiply out times # of pay periods in a year to get yourself an annual salary with a breakdown of your taxes. If you know what the additional pay is for...

  25. Nursing sucks

    forgop replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I said it because it's going to make it even worse. If you think it's going to help the field, you're sadly mistaken. I've never see massive layoffs for nurses in my area until local hospitals...