what is everyone's experience with the above issue? the big part of the nurse's responsibility in my department involves sedation of patients for GI procedures. the common daily practices in this unit are totally contrary to the hospitals written po...
it's a titration. so while there is a limit i've probably never seen it. some people are refractory to it. usually the higher the % of muscle mass the faster it gets chewed up. alcoholics also can take quite a high amount. had a guy on 200 m/k/m for...
good answers. my .02 on the subject and a bit OT. a charge nurse on any patient care unit-floor,icu,er,or whatever should NEVER "take" patients,act as a clerk, social worker,cook or anything else. he/she should be there to run the unit,keep thing mov...
i was around when 12 hour shifts started. i think as an of shoot of the baylor type plans. now,i haven't heard of any standard direct patient care jobs in my part of the state in years. where they exist, they are replaced with a 12 hr slot and not...
absolutely. that stuff isn't restricted to the "young". got some part time extra work in a post op r.r. got the same don't show the newbie where anything is, how to expedite the paperwork,how the docs call schedule works or how to department wants p...
sounds typical and grossly unsafe. the other posters seem to think that refusing to ignore patient care and monitoring to do public relations,secretarial and ancillary functions is the way to go. i agree. administration hearing a bunch of complaints...
in our pre procedure questions is the usual about dentures,hearing aids,glasses etc. most people come for endoscopy pretty up tight and making them laugh seems to help bring them down. after asking one lady, well covered in sheet and blanket, if she...
your fears of men being placed in more management and/or more technically oriented areas are grossly overstated. i have been an RN since '71. if you would like to experience hostility, condescension, discrimination and spiteful malignant behavior i ...