broosevader

broosevader has 1 years experience.

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1. Nurse selling to patient

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like some input from my colleagues. I work in supervision of home care nurses. I found that a nurse was selling items to one of her patients. Nothing bad and the patient is appreciative of...

2. Dealing with first loss of patient

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Last night I had my first patient go bad, GI bleed it appears at this point, having a hard time dealing with it, keep thinking back to what I should have done or noticed earlier, does it get any...

3. New nervous nurse

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello fellow nurses, I'm coming off of orientation at my hospital and will be on my own tomorrow night. I was just wondering if any of you felt nervous on your first shift by

4. IV start advice

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, nursing student here, wondered if anyone could give me some advice or secrets to successfully starting an IV on patients. I've had a few successes but far more failures. I find what appears to...

5. Blood draw question

   broosevader posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, nursing student here with a question about blood draws for a co-worker. He was wondering why his daughter that suffers from asthma has to have a blood draw taken from her wrist rather than her...