NurseDiane

If this "manager" was so concerned about you going into the separate break room, why didn't she go in the room when you were there to see what you were doing? "Managers" love to exert their "power" any way they know how. Since there is obviousl...

This is not the end of the world, but I would strongly advise that you retain an attorney for any board hearing, any board questioning and any document signing. The BON's goal is to scare you into signing a consent order before speaking to an attorn...

It depends on where you live & what you need an attorney for.

Get a job while you're in nursing school to help pay expenses & stop relying on the school loans to fund your lifestyle. Bad decisions put you in the financial mess you're in now. Loans have to be paid back. Start living frugally, start paying...

While doing a GYN case in the OR while I was a student nurse anesthetist, I was trying to give the patient a bolus of propofol in the IV, but I didn't realize the stopcock was turned the wrong way. So I pushed the plunger on the 60cc syringe as hard...

I don't have a nightmare interview to report, but I wanted to comment on interviews for clinical nursing positions. Places treat interviews for staff nurses like they are interviewing for C-level positions, which is absurd. When I was hired for my f...

"Hematuria" is not a diagnosis. It is a symptom. Blood in urine is a symptom of whatever condition is causing blood in the urine. Your DON needs to go back to clinical practice for a couple of years to learn what correct clinical practice is. It ...

You're right---the BON is not your friend & they attempt to get nurses to implicate ate themselves instead of having adequate evidence to prove their case. I believe it is a violation of an individual's right to due process, even though dealing ...

Whether they still worked at the facility at the time the complaint was filed makes a difference. If they did not work at the facility at the time they submitted the complaint to the BON, the facility has no responsibility over them as far as "vicar...

If what was stated in the complaint is absolutely, 100% untrue, you can sue the hospital/facility and name the manager individually in the lawsuit for defamation, slander & libel---what she wrote (and likely stated) to the BON has affected your l...

How would it be more expensive to transfer to a community college at home for two more years? If you live at home, that saves you a crap ton of money. "Time consuming"? Do you know what time consuming is? Time consuming is working 7 days a week to...

Why can't you get a job now? You can certainly work at least a part time job while going to school. $200K for a nursing degree is ridiculous. Get a job, and transfer to a school that is cheaper. Try to get into a school near your family so you d...

And here is a perfect example of absolute & total waste of health care dollars. If you're laying there eating a bag of Cheetos, your belly pain can't be too bad. No million dollar workup--in fact, it should be immediate discharge with a referra...

Good luck with the "face time" part, and I am not saying that to be snarky or sarcastic. Insurance companies & medical practices have created a "system" where it is difficult to provide the type of care that patients deserve. Your job is differ...

I'm curious about a scrub tech being permitted to be a "laser operator". You don't mean that a scrub tech can actually "use" the laser, do you? I am curious because I know in some states, only MD's can use lasers for dermatology/cosmetic purposes, ...

In this day and age of extreme short staffing, I find it hard to believe that there is no other way to witness waste than to take another nurse away from their own job tasks to watch a nurse waste narcs. Electronic dispensing machines have been arou...

You do? Really? I feel that a cover letter is a waste of time, paper & ink because no matter what is in the letter, it is the application & resume that really makes the decision. Plus, HR Googles every nurse before inviting them for an int...

Working as a team is much different than comparing the practices of various healthcare workers. Just like a nurse can't perform surgery, an MA can't manage a patient on a ventilator or flush a PICC line. To say that everyone's practice is equal is ...

What I find ridiculous is that a BSN, even though they try to say that it is "focused" on nursing, is no different than other majors that have to take all the basic stuff any BS major has to take. Everybody takes 101 level courses---English, math, c...

If an RN is equal to an aide, I'd ask the MA's to do nursing tasks & when they go to the manager to report that they're being told to perform nursing tasks & the manager comes stomping over to you to ask why you are telling an aide to do a nu...

Well, it is true! It's NMFB (not my f****** problem) that the hospital doesn't have a 24 hour pharmacist. I am not going to practice beyond my scope of nursing because the hospital is too cheap to employ someone that can, legally, mix meds. If som...

Ugh---I feel for you, I really do. I have a friend that left nursing when she gave to birth to her 2nd child (she has 4 children total) and now that they are in college, she wants to get back into nursing. She was an ICU nurse when she left, she is...

NO, NO and NO!! That is too much debt to take on at this stage of the game. If you are bored as a CM, remember that when you work in the OR you have NO interaction with patients at all. It is very boring, very stressful & dealing with the per...

No, No, No. Mixing meds so that the ER nurses can administer them is practicing beyond the realm of your license since mixing meds is the job of a pharmacist. I know all about this because once, many moons ago, as the off-shift house supervisor, I ...

Well then, what is the "policy" as far as insulin titration? Unless the practice can produce proof of a policy that you were not following, I can't see how they can throw you under the bus. Plus, the doctor wasn't following "the policy" either. If...