WhiteFlowerRN replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing
You did what you could do. I would have called the family with that dropping O2 sat. It's a hard call and you called as you saw it. That's really all you can do.
WhiteFlowerRN replied to MustangSallie1997's topic in General Nursing
Hi; I'd say q 4 hours is q 4 hrs. If the patient needs more talk to the doctor and get a plan for the patients break through pain. Although, a few times in my 30 year career I have given narcotics...
WhiteFlowerRN replied to JentheRN05's topic in General Nursing
Hello; The psych nurses posting is dead on right. You can't expect MD's to handle psych issues any more than I would expect a oncologist to run a code in the ER. The local county mental health...
WhiteFlowerRN replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing
Well here it is 0254 and the ER has emptied out so I have a minute to go to allnurses.com. I have never seen nurse/prayer/interaction charted. Imagine, "prayed with patient. patient expressed reduced...
I went with my step sister to the local 25 bed hospital as a support person while she intervied for a nurses aide job. The Sister liked me better and hired me. That was in 1968. I wanted to go to...