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  1. Going on shift to previous shift's mess

    I'm sorry this happened but I sure hope you set him straight. It's not in your job description to take the heat for someone else, and you could let him know that you were just coming on and finding...
  2. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    My hospital doesn't appear to be hiring LPNs any more, but the few I've worked with over the years have been just as valuable as any RN in their skill, knowledge level, and expertise thanks to years...
  3. IV Slump

    Ohhh I so feel for you...I've had the same problem since early January! Actually, I ended my bad luck streak a bit more than a week ago, but I was beginning to feel just awful and where normally I...
  4. Nervous over possible termination

    That many patients to provide all those cares for is unsafe and that facility is practically begging for something bad to happen. I wouldn't want to work under those
  5. nursing protocol

    ...and to get back to the other part of the OP, I don't work in an ER but we have had people refuse treatment on the floor. In this case, unless the patient was a DNR, we would have treated her after...
  6. nursing protocol

    I hope this gets thrown out of court. Her family should be ashamed of themselves. So, the doctor should have been dishonest and pretended all they'd do was take a look at her in the ER and send her...
  7. How do you hang tape on a stethoscope?

    I slip it over the earpiece, takes no time or special skill. Can't say as it's ever in any remote danger of touching my mouth. Until a law or policy is passed saying I can't keep my tape there, that's...
  8. Tattoos on patients

    A man with a tattoo of a pair of women's spread legs, with the "crotch" area positioned where his armpit was. classy! An older lady with Pepe Le Pew on on butt cheek and that cat running for her life...
  9. Hey that's MY patient!

    Never heard anyone complain about not getting an admission, ever. Even when there's low
  10. please i need your prayers

    I'm sorry to hear this, all my best to you and your husband.
  11. Pt.'s husband asked to try on SCD's !

    Sequential Compression Devices, stockings that wrap around the legs with velcro and a machine pumps air into them and releases. The compression is to help prevent blood clots (DVTs). Some people just...
  12. Med Errors: Share Your Stories

    Great thread! To my knowledge, the worst I have ever done was missed the "1/2 tab" on the handwritten MAR and gave Lipitor 40mg instead of 20mg. I didn't realize it until the next night when I had the...
  13. Stethoscope dilemma - need advice

    I suggest springing for the Littman right off the bat. I've had mine for ten years (husband got it for me as a present for graduating from nursing school) and I wish I'd had it for nursing school....
  14. How can I prevent myself from having a nervous breakdown?

    Honey I've been doing this for ten years but I would be in tears too if I were you. ELEVEN patients? That is CRAZY!!! If your manager is worried about JCAHO coming and making a good impression, she...
  15. verbal orders

    We are not "supposed" to take verbal orders except in an emergency situation, as Tgirl said. If the dr is there he is supposed to write the order himself. You can imagine how well that goes over when...
  16. Night Shift Neglect.

    I wouldn't write them up, I would speak to them directly--let them know what I found, and that it is
  17. VENT: You mean I still have to work when I'm on the clock?

    Address the problem head-on. I would simply say (and I've had to, more than once) "you're still here until 11:30 so I would like you to be sure this is done before you leave. It's not my job to start...
  18. First Medication Error.....feeling horrible!!

    Glad to see others question how this is an error. Lantus is long-acting and it shouldn't normally be held for a bs of 112 unless the order specifically says not to. Unless you were giving it at the...
  19. Transparent dressing

    Go by policy and the policy depends on what it is you're covering with the dressing. A peripheral IV is different than a PICC or a central line,
  20. Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    There is no way I would have listened to that and not set him straight. Not in an angry manner, because as you said he is a patient and you have to keep it professional, but more in an "are you JOKING...
  21. Found your niche?

    I originally went into nursing because I loved the nurses who helped me with my gestational diabetes. I wanted to go into OB nursing. I was really surprised when in nursing school, I found I hated...
  22. Arguments Disfavoring Hourly Rounding

    At first I was really offended by the idea that I, as a licensed professional, could not be entrusted to do my job and needed to sign a piece of paper to prove I was in the patient's room. I don't...
  23. I was inducted into a den of wolves when I first started orientation. They were absolutely horrible, bad mouthing everyone and even each other when their backs were turned. I thought I'd never make it...
  24. Blanks on MARS

    Not sure about end-of-the-month type thing, are you talking LTC? We have emars now instead of paper mars but even then, nobody would be allowed to leave a blank space. If the nurse before you left...
  25. Want your opinion?

    Yes, we have one that does this and she also tells us she really can't take any admits because she's too tired from watching her kids all day, or her boyfriend wouldn't watch them because he had a...