Nurse Pepper

I work in a State Facility and all meds are administered by an LPN or an RN. Each individual has an assessment performed on them to determine their ability for self-medication. Once it has been documented a personalized program based on their s...

I have had patients switched to Topamax when trying to obtain seizure control and each one of them have lost weight.

If protocol wasn't followed the night nurse should have gotten a specific order from the physician. Nursing judgement is one thing but the fact that the protocol was ignored is what would concern me especially since you follow that nurse. What els...

Where I work sleeping while at work is not allowed at all. If a nurse feels they need to sleep on their break then they are to do it in their vehicle. It has happened during a long spell of mandated overtime. The nurse usually has a cellphone wi...