I miss Falmouth Hospital! I worked the Med-Surg/Tele floor, and even though some days were rough, it was far better than where I ended up. (I moved South, and the hospitals here are verrrry...
Our facility has recently made changes regarding medication transcription (among a million other things, it seems!), and I was curious how other places do it. Who transcribes medication orders where...
I rarely get out on time, but I aim for it every day. As altomga said, it depends on the # of pts I have, and their acuity/needs. I do try to cluster my duties, and I try to chart as I go; ie. meds...
I know an intact male who occasionally gets "yeasties" under the foreskin. He buys some Monistat, applies it for the required time, and *Viola!* Yeasties are gone. Same bug, same
Charissa, I'm going to have to jump to Renerian's defense here. My niece has battled anorexia/bulemia for 15 years. Thankfully, she's doing quite well now, but the 5 or so years while she was...
Actually, the procedure you are refering to is called "infundibulation." "Female circumcision" is the removal of the "hood" over the privy parts, usually when it is too large and hinders sensation...
My oldest son (13) is circ'ed, my youngest (4) is not. I think it's ******** that infants don't "remember" the pain. For the entire time my oldest son was in diapers, he would scream bloody murder at...
Ooops, sorry! :imbar I work on a Med-Surg/Tele floor in an acute care community hospital. We have moved from a system where the unit secretary transcribed orders to the Medex and the charge nurse...
First off, Good luck, Zee! I don't know if this applies to the CCRN exam, but I assume it does. If your CD "guarantees" a passing grade, then your scores on the CD tests are likely to be lower than...
Coug, you obviously don't read things very closely, because this thread wasn't about every time a drug is given, it's about whether a hospital has a policy for double-checking certain drugs. Your...
Gee...I've had patients on 40 units of NPH before, nothing unusual about that. Also, we had an incident not too long ago where the order was transcibed in such a way that the "U" for units looked...
AHarri66 replied to MissdonditaBsn's topic in General Nursing
Our hospital allows direct admits with no trip thru the ER, or even admitting, for that matter. We're trying to change that, however. We have recently been piloting a program that utilizes an...
AHarri66 replied to mom2rosebudbaby's topic in General Nursing
Just a note about the review books & computer disks that guarantee you'll pass if you use them: their tests are harder than the NCLEX. They have to be in order to keep their guarantee. So if...
You all are correct about the non-questioning grad being a law suit waiting to happen... I had the experience of re-orienting a new grad who appeared to be competent & independent, but who had a...
Wouldn't that open up the site for more risk of infection? With the difference in technique, and opening the site to air on a daily basis, I would think
AHarri66 replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing
All white? Yikes! But I guess that wouldn't be as bad as the hats... I never looked good in those things. I do think there should be some type of standard as far as uniform, though. At my...
At this time, the only state that requires a BSN for an RN license is North Dakota. The requirement of a BSN for licensure has been the topic of hot debate for quite some time, and I highly doubt...