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I'm so sorry, I really did mean to add: You were helping him. It's nice to think that his last moments were pleasant and he was laughing and joking with his nurse. :)

That sounds like a vagal response to me. Some people can get it simply from straining to go to have a BM.

Believe me, there is plenty of talk in the pharmacy about dumb nurses who call with ridiculous questions that could have been easily answered by looking in the chart, the MAR, nursing drug reference, etc. I can't tell you how many times we have shaken our heads when an irritated nurse has called to complain that her patient's meds are unavailable, and we go up there to find them right in the patient's bin, where they have been sitting the whole time. We are mystified at how nurses get the Pyxis count so fouled up sometimes. And just how many times are you going to call about the "missing" Pepcid, that is in the refrigerator, where it always is? I could go on and on. There are "idiots" all over the hospital. Just sayin! :)

Using someone's medical diagnosis as a synonym for "stupid" is hurtful and offensive, even when you put "LOL" after it.

I see this less as "reporting someone" than as investigating what happened. Sure it's just Pepcid, the patient might not have been harmed by a few missed doses. However, there is documentation that something was given. My concern would be that the weekend nurse may have made an error and given something that wasn't Pepcid. I wouldn't just shrug it off, either.

I don't think it's very common for nurses to be sued, it's more likely that you could be called as a witness when the hospital or a physician is sued. There is insurance available to protect you. The best way to keep yourself from catching a disease is to practice proper hygiene and wear proper personal protective equipment. I believe it is not how busy a unit is that determines if you get lunch breaks or not, but how well managed and how well staffed it is. Good luck!

I am guessing that the OP had some bad grades in some general ed classes that she took before nursing school that is keeping her GPA low. If that's the case, talk to someone at the college you want to attend. They may have an academic forgiveness policy for old grades. It might include retaking some classes. If that won't work, you will just have to take classes and make good grades to bring your up GPA. Go somewhere inexpensive like a community college and take some classes that interest you or classes that might help you in your career, like learning a foreign language.

I'm not sure about any of the BSN programs, but I do know that OCCC accepts academic forgiveness. If you really want you BSN and can't find a program, you might consider getting an ADN first then doing and RN to BSN. Your GPA won't be so critical for the RN to BSN, plus all the hours of (hopefully) good grades you got in nursing school will have boosted your GPA anyway. Good luck!

I think the real solution to these problems is for more physicians to learn techniques that enable more women to deliver over intact perineums! :)

Could you possibly put sunglasses on him?

Another pharmacy tech turned nursing student here. We always use filter needles for glass ampules. I had never heard of NOT using filter needles until going into nursing. I was discussing this with some of the pharmacists I work with the other day, and they couldn't believe it. My boss was so disturbed he started talking about having an inservice about it. Some drugs are affected by the rubber, latex, or plastic that vials are made with. But I imagine cost is a factor, too.

I know visitors can get in the way and cause problems. But I will be forever grateful that my children and I were able to spend so much time with my dad during the last few weeks of his life. And I know that it was a great comfort to him to have us there so much. We were really fortunate that his illness did not begin a few months later when all the H1N1 restrictions were put in place.

I always think it's funny when people get in a tizzy over these accidental home births. There are women out there who push for hours and hours who think these women who just POOF suddenly have a baby should count themselves lucky!

I just finished my OB rotation, and I did not watch a circ, just because it never happened to occur. Some of my classmates did, though. Although I oppose RIC, I would have willingly observed one. Do you feel like you just couldn't stomach it? If nothing else, witnessing one would give you that much more credibility when advocating against RIC.

I have worked in hospital pharmacy for 15 years and was taught to and always use a filter needle for glass amps. Always!!!! And yes, you have to pull the med up in the filter needle and then switch needles. I have seen pharmacists throw out IV bags when a tech has forgotten to use a filter needle.