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  1. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    BETSRN replied to Mama2-3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The #1 rule you learn (or you should have learned) in nursing school is that you never give meds prepared by another nurse no matter what . The fact that the other nurse pulled out 5 narcs instead of...

  2. Confused on which nursing unit to go

    BETSRN replied to Blackberry2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Go to an area that interests you. You mention OR. OR's usually have lengthy orientation programs: a great idea! if you are happy, your family will be as well. You can loose your license as well in the...

  3. Help! I feel incompetent!!!

    BETSRN replied to nursesandra's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Any chance you could work all through the school year (in a limited way)? You'll haev a difficult tiome gaining confidence when you work so sporadically. Some of the other issues are personal and...

  4. Proud of myself

    BETSRN replied to Sapphy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I once worked with an opthamologist who shook terribly: until he was operating on the eye and then his hands were rock steady!! Your professor had no right to say that to you. Maybe that's why she is...

  5. Doc tells me pt killed her baby

    BETSRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that resident you mention was very crass. I wouldn't have much respect for that. I agree that if the patient was non-compliant and her blood sugars were off the wall and the baby was stillborn...

  6. Urban Myth or Truth?

    BETSRN replied to Aneroo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No truth in that

  7. Discharged after c-section and readmitted next day

    BETSRN replied to sahmof2's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have seen two cardiomyopathies in my career: close together. Sounds like a combination of factors but I am glad everything is good

  8. Calculations, how to make them simple?

    BETSRN replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    Just learn your process of equivalencces and stick with one way of doing the calculatons. It will become very easy. Calculate out every dose: even if it is the same dose you gave yesterday. Ther is a...

  9. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    BETSRN replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    You know, we go on and on about theory and what we bring to the bedside............when did schools stop teaching about disease processes and illness, signs and symptoms, etc. bedside care is also...

  10. Great Delivery / Bad Delivery

    BETSRN replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First, I think you did a great job for where you are. However, I think at your stage of the orientation, your preceptor SHOULD have still been stepping in. Beta Strep status should be one of the FIRST...

  11. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    BETSRN replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I have to day that I hadn't used an actual nursing diagnosis until I began doing per diem work for a local VNA. It is so stupid. I'm not too sure why we have to

  12. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    BETSRN replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I love your responses, Timothy! You're a nurse after my own heart.

  13. Amnioinfusion...pump or no pump???

    BETSRN replied to USA987's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, always a

  14. Was I justified in writing up Nursing Assistant?

    BETSRN replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

    This guy also obviously has a HUGE chip on his shoulder. He probably already feels bad about himself in some way and now feels very inferior. Bottom line is you probably won't change him but I like...

  15. Stuck in LPN mode?

    BETSRN replied to nitengail_2001's topic in General Nursing

    Now what in the world would being rude do for you? That will get you

  16. Stuck in LPN mode?

    BETSRN replied to nitengail_2001's topic in General Nursing

    I think the obvious suggestion wold be to "change teams" and go to a new hospital. You don't have to go to nursing management necessarily. Just go find a new job and get into a different type of...

  17. Different colored scrubs for RNs and LVNs?

    BETSRN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

  18. Failed because of the HESI? Huh?

    BETSRN replied to jeepgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I come from before the days of this test, but it would be my assumption (judging from the students I see coming out these days) that many new grads do NOT have good nursing school backgrounds. They...

  19. New Grad L&D Nurse! Any others out there?

    BETSRN replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The more heads the better when interpreting strips that are a bit out of the

  20. OB Emergencies

    BETSRN replied to ERNURSE4MS's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This might be a good time for a policy change. I work in a small community hospital and EVERY OB (over 20 weeks) is brought directly to OB and we do the triage. You did nothing wrong (and everything...

  21. Patients refusing Pitocin

    BETSRN replied to Minou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sometimes I wonder if people get this idea form the doc telling them how wonderful epidurals are and how they "won't feel

  22. Am I In The Right Place?

    BETSRN replied to el0489's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think this is the reason so many new grads either burn out, quit, or change careers. They are so busy giving all the fluff that no one managers to share information on how it really is when you...

  23. Am I In The Right Place?

    BETSRN replied to el0489's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Did you have a detailed orientation? It does not sound as though you did. I wouldn't keep quitting however. That won't look good on a resume. If you are ovewhelmed, though, maybe you need to start...

  24. Baby Friendly Hospital

    BETSRN replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Best of luck. It is a never ending battle that is hard to win (depending on the kind of hospital you are working in), I might start by speaking with the nurse managers of the specific departments. It...

  25. Enemas, Catheters , and OTHER embarassing things in nursing school

    BETSRN replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    Catheterizing a male is a lot easier than doing a woman, I can assure you. You'll learn.....don't worry. Just take any and every opportunity you can to get all the diverse experiences that are...