mischaj718

thank you all for your replies. i will stick to my original gut feeling.....i just flat out don't feel comfortable telling them to take any kind of med without the md okaying it first. i told the md i work for and he said "you can always feel free to ask me first." i feel much better now. it's just isn't worth losing my license that i worked so hard for..... heart-felt thank you to all!!!!!

hello all, so i have a question for all you lovely nurses. i tried to find the answer in the nurse practice act, but can't seem to find it (then again, maybe i'm not looking in the right spot). being a fairly new nurse, i am wary of what i can and cannot do (what my scope is). i am even wary to recommend otc drugs. then the nurse that i was training with was telling me that if a patient calls in with chest pain, you can recommend that they try maalox to see if that helps, while you inform the md (i work in ambulatory nursing, but my title is not advice nurse, but, sometimes pts call with sx, so i do a little bit of "triage" - if you will.). i am honestly scared to advise them to take otc's because what if they have some condition that contradicts maalox etc.....i asked the other rn's and they said "yes, you can recommend otc's". so, i accepted this as true. then, today, i was perusing the brn website with the disciplinary actions and came across one where a nurse was disciplined for giving (pt who was c/o chest pain) maalox without an md order to a pt. (however, i believe the more relevant reason for the discipline was that he sent the pt back home telling him to wait for the md in the morning). however, on the list of things he was being disciplined for was "respondent's administration of maalox without a physician's order exceeded the respondent's score of practice". so, i beg the question: can rn's advise/recommend otc's to pts? i worked so hard for this license, i will be struck dead before i lose it to something dumb......... thanks in advance!!!!! :d

Hi Ash - I am a new grad and would like to ask you a few Q's about Good Sam. Could you please contact me here?? I tried to email you, but it disabled me!