BitterNursesSuck

Thanx 4 that! Sincerely.

Lets be honest here, if dread locks and a nose ring where truly part of your culture you would not need to site here and defend it. We are nurses and need to be culturally sensitive towards the patient's not the other way around. Nursing requires humanistic altruism, and the only image you should be concerned with is being perceived as professional to the patient. I work with people who have dread locks and no special attention is attracted to them because they behave as a professional should. Nursing schools are to instill discipline, and respect for our patients, co-workers, and supervisors. Why would you want to cause such havoc anyway? Find your balance.

I once pushed Lopressor 5mg 23 times, I told the attending I was not comfortable & the Cardiologist was at the bedside teling me that was a proper order, I involved Pharmacy & Nurse educator. No one found any literature to support that it is unsafe so long as the pts lungs are clear, no CHF, & not brady. The MTP didn't even touch the. BP pt. I still think of it cause I don't know if that waas even right. The pt. did live BTW he was on a nitro drip maxed out at 200mcg per min., & with MTP every 5min ATyed like at 200/100 with hr 90ish