rainyann

I am not sure that is ethical... at least in my eyes. Why would you subject the patient to a second stick? If you can't trus the first one, do it yourself all the time. I say the nurse giving the insulin should do the stick

I would love it if they made the nurses do them but they have not where I am. RNs have given too much away. If I am going to give insulin I want to make sure the fingerstick was correct.

I work in Nursing Quality and the answer to all 3 is NO

The one thing I don't understand is how you didn't know the requirement for a second nurse with insulin. That should have been part of orientation. I am in NUrsing Quality and it seems to me that you have had more than your share of occurrences. I do not work in a union hospital but here while you are on probation you can be let go for almost any reason if you are not working out. I would be very careful from now on and seek the advice of a trsuted co-worker to prevent making any errors in the future

I live in NY and we do have some LPNs working in the DR, they scrub for sections and do some other jobs. Otherwise we don't hire LPNs anymore. They do not work in post partum or the nursey.

We will only hire a BSN unless it is a staff member who goes to nursing school. Bedside nurses here have no worries but anyone else who could be expendable has to worry

Years back I also applied for a management job while pregnant. I told them and got the job. Do what you feel is best for you. If you think you should say something, tell them. Good luck!

I think parking is an issue in a lot of hospitals. We have similar issues here. I have friends who actually have to park off campus and take a shuttle to the hospital from a parking lot a mile away. It is so bad that hospitals here are offering valet parking for the visitors.

I worked nights for over 20 years and I was tired all of the time. I think I was used to being tired. I wanted a change and went to days. Although days is much more hectic, I feel better and am less tired. If you have been working nights for quite awhile you may think you are a night person but after a while I am sure you will find that you feel better on days. It took me quite awhile to get used to being awake at 10 am but it was worth it. Good luck.

You can go directly to a NP program without first having an RN. There are programs out there. I am not sure where you are but Case Western in Cleveland has one. AT first I thought it wasn't a good idea, however, you do get a lot of clinical experience. If I am not mistaken you sit for your boards when you reach that point in your education. Case Western's nursing school is superb. I did the traditional route for nursing, diploma school, then went back for my BS, then my masters and now my DNP. So, yes, you can do it.

Why can't you eat and chart in the break room? We don't allow eating and drinking in the nurses' station. We even throw away a doctor's cup of coffee if it is brought into the station.

I don't understand why you would have a hard time getting out of med surg. Look for a hospital that has internships. We have them for both the ED and critical care. You have at least a six month orientation. We even take new grads. I am not sure why you think you will have a hard time. Oncology where I am also takes new grads. You have experience, so uinless you don't get a good reference I don't understand why you think you would have a had time.

When I was a manager I made sure the nurses took their breaks. At break time I told them they had to sit in the break room even if it was to do charting. But at least it was known that the nurse on break did not have to answer the call bells, etc. If they didn't want to eat it was their business but I made them get off the floor and sit down.

Libra, I think perhaps you need to find a job you like. Yes, nursing has many troubles and is not perfect but you sound like you are working in the wrong environment.

We pay up front of the test and hope they pass. We will also pay for the second time around. Our nurses get paid to have it but what happened to personal satisfaction? When I first became certified in Emergency Nursing I did it for me, we didn't get extra money. Now quite a few nurses don't want to do it unless there are monetary benefits.