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  1. Scope of practice question

    Gldngrl replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    The majourity of the LPN's are new to nursing and are dealing with adjusting to caring for stable patients...they still need experience and education to move away from simply "performing tasks" to...

  2. Scope of practice question

    Gldngrl replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    The BON's decision in regards to questions such as these is to refer to institutional policy. It is quite different than other BON where there are clearly differentiated roles outlined and decisions...

  3. Scope of practice question

    Gldngrl replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    I'll try to clarify...LPNs are operating on their license and they must take competencies and continuing hosp. education to practice in a given area. That being said however, statutorily the RN or...

  4. Scope of practice question

    Gldngrl replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    The RN in charge will also take responsiblity (legally and otherwise) if he/she delegates a patient to the LPN and there's an error that occurs, if it's determined that the LPN did not have the...

  5. medical documentation issue

    Gldngrl replied to basha's topic in General Nursing

    No one knows what the Board of Nursing would recommend in a case such as this because we do not have all the facts. If a future employer finds that the employee has been less than truthful on his...

  6. medical documentation issue

    Gldngrl replied to basha's topic in General Nursing

    Basha-Check your pm's if you haven't already.

  7. Additional pay for being in charge or precepting orientees?

    Gldngrl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I apologize in advance if this has been a previous subject of debate (I looked thru the archives and didn't see anything r/t the subject. My hospital does not provide additional pay for being in...

  8. IV Bolus not so simple

    Gldngrl replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on how fast you need to infuse the bolus, what kind of access you have, your pt's condition and their ability to tolerate a rapid bolus. Normally, I set my pump volume at its highest...

  9. Question about Jackson Pratt Drains & retention sutures

    Gldngrl replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    I've never d/c'd a JP drain, the residents do that in my academic hospital. I did work in a community hosp where nurses d/c'd JP's, pulled sutures, even obtained consents, but I was fortunate to...

  10. Chronic Tardiness

    Gldngrl replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Therein lies the problem shodobe, you can not pick who you will discipline based upon favourable attributes. If you have a policy and choose to actively enforce it, you must enforce it consistently to...

  11. Floating

    Gldngrl replied to Patricia116's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I would look at the floating policy to ensure that it does say that only CCU nurses are floating to certain units and that ICU nurses are exempt from such floating and then I would look to see the...