BabyLady

BabyLady BSN, RN

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  1. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    BabyLady replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Article that details the Quaid case. #1 Lesson in pharmacology 101: Never get used to giving medication from that "blue vial" or that a certain medication is that "little pink pill"...hospitals are...

  2. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    BabyLady replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I disagree, there is a level of responsibility that goes with it. When a physician writes an order for an injection or a medication, teaching has to go with it. Side effects/risk/benefit, so the...

  3. Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

    BabyLady replied to tavia_yeung's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I won't disagree with this at all....which is my ENTIRE point...as often as it happens, they still don't hide behind a name tag with part of it purposely omitted. If you were houskeeping or a cook or...

  4. Blood cultures and antibiotic iv meds

    BabyLady replied to cview110's topic in Emergency

    ...just to clarify...we STILL need an order to send the culture to the lab and the lab will not run it unless there is an order, we just do not need an immediate order to draw it. From our...

  5. PHARMACY PROBLEMS?

    BabyLady replied to pharmacistKAREN's topic in Patient Medications

    I actually can see why they do this...about 90% of the time, when a pharmacist calls me to clarify the order, it boils down to the way the physician wrote it and I usually know what the physician...

  6. PHARMACY PROBLEMS?

    BabyLady replied to pharmacistKAREN's topic in Patient Medications

    My biggest pet peeve with Pharmacy is drug substitutions, which I understand is within their scope of practice, without at least calling the nurse and letting them know the change is being made and it...

  7. Blood cultures and antibiotic iv meds

    BabyLady replied to cview110's topic in Emergency

    The ER at my facility typically draws the blood culture when the IV is started to keep the patient from being stuck twice....it is the responsibility of the nurse starting the IV to draw the culture...

  8. Pulling up your long hair....

    BabyLady replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    If your hair is long enough to where you have to touch it to keep it in place, you are both a hazard to yourself and your patients...if you are putting in a Foley catheter and your hair can fall and...

  9. Frontier in 2012

    BabyLady replied to BabyLady's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I agree, I think that it is a requirement to stay on the campus

  10. Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

    BabyLady replied to tavia_yeung's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Which is exactly why the profession of nursing has not progressed further than it has...we are probably the last group of "professionals" that like to hide their names, why? Because we are a female...

  11. Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

    BabyLady replied to tavia_yeung's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ok...who cares if it is a license or a certification!!!!! In my state, if you call yourself a CNA and you have not passed an exam and are registered with the Board of Nursing, you are guilty of a...

  12. Do you get discipline for not wearing ID badge?

    BabyLady replied to tavia_yeung's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Physician's are licensed by the state. CNA's are licensed by the state. The public, has a LEGAL right to know who they are interacting with. It is that

  13. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    BabyLady replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    wow...just seriously...wow. this post is not meant to be offensive in any way, but it is this very train of thought why ma's should not be the only workers in a physician's office..and it can be a...

  14. Frontier in 2012

    BabyLady replied to BabyLady's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    From my understanding, they try to accept all qualified applicants, so it depends on which class you fall into. It is very, very important to apply early, because if they get an overflow of qualified...

  15. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    BabyLady replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ...and if that was the case, I would change physicians and send a letter to the physician explaining why you are changing. No way, would an MA be explaining drugs or giving injections to my...

  16. Instructors deciding our fate??

    BabyLady replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Students

    Yes, some do. I blame the schools for allowing these egotistical individuals in the educational system to start with in addition to keeping them there. Nursing school is not about a popularity...

  17. I give in to drug seeking patients

    BabyLady replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I look at it this way...I still get paid whether they receive the drugs or not...I do not have prescriptive authority and the person that gets their prescription records audited and can get them...

  18. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    BabyLady replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the big difference between the two is that a physician is not legally responsible for the lpn or rn's actions as they function under their own license. an ma is under the license of the...

  19. Frontier in 2012

    BabyLady replied to BabyLady's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    They have not, they are still putting together the calender. I am looking at about 3 CNM programs, but Frontier is my top pick so

  20. Opinions re: Child's high rate of absences?

    BabyLady replied to Tina, RN's topic in School

    Don't shake your boots because I am in the same boat. My answer to the principal? Your school policy has CREATED the problem, not me or my child. I have two children, one is stays sick no matter what...

  21. Going by your middle name -- problematic?

    BabyLady replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    No, it is not a problem after licensure because my full legal name appears on my nursing license. I also, go by my middle name and I kindly correct people that use my first name and I have never had a...

  22. Dealing With Child Abuse

    BabyLady replied to MeganDM's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same fear as well. It is one of the reasons why many nurses work in the NICU and Labor and Delivery. Granted, we see the results of very poor prenatal care, drug use during pregnancy,...

  23. Sucrose for "fussiness"

    BabyLady replied to dalizard's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sweet ease is a drug and should be treated as such. The only "fussiness" we can treat with Sweetease is for babies that have NAS...this is supported in practice because Sweetease causes a similar...

  24. Grandmas doing kangaroo care?

    BabyLady replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In our facility, grandparents are not permitted to hold the infant unless Mom or Dad is at bedside. So that pretty much nixes the kangaroo

  25. arterial stab policy on your units?

    BabyLady replied to sweet0176's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You are absolutely correct. Doing an art stick for routine labs is L-A-Z-Y nursing. I work in a Level III unit and our policy is very strict: NO ONE accesses an art line except for NNP's and...