NurseGloria

I have worked in more than one LTC where I had 50 patients, intermediate care, to pass meds to. They each had probably 9 to 11 meds. I was supposed to pass the meds within an hour before and after 9 AM. In LTC, many of your patients have digoxin. We...

If it is possible to go with a nurse who has done that med pass many times to observe how she does it? You will save steps and save time. If the experienced nurse sees you as a new grad who will be critical of her methods and write her up for not do...

I hadn't worked in critical care for years. I took a hands on ACLS course last summer. Most of it was review. It surprised me that most of the meds are the same. I had to unlearn some things and relearn some new things. The folks who gave the course...

We have more people in prison by per cent of population than any other country in the world. We have a prison system that is becoming privatized. Contractors are having prisoners do work for pennies an hour. Our justice system convicts and exterminat...

Sounds like some long term care facilities I worked for.

I was a CNA before I was an RN. I know how much you care about your patients and how little authority you have about their care. You did the best you could under your circumstances and should not feel guilty about what happened to your patient. A un...

MinnieMomRN, Really cool report sheet. I don't think the time management doc is flexible enough. But it could be used as a guide. I used my own method for v.s., signs and symptoms, etc. that worked well for me. Thanks for sharing. I would probably ha...

When I worked the floor, I constantly prioritized and planned three or four tasks ahead, continuously. It is an acquired skill that they don't teach you in school. Waitresses can also do this. I was a waitress before I was a nurse. Other waitresses...

I know that the full moon thing is fact. It could be true about the vents as well. Battery power only lasts so long.

Leslie: D is correct. Just tell what happened. The HR or administrator knows that nurses are usually given more work than is physically possible to do the way were taught in nursing education. It is a dirty little secret that nurses hide very well. W...

Employers create paper trails in order to pull them out when they need to reduce the payroll by removing employees from the workplace. If the employer can make a case that a nurse was terminated for cause, the nurse does not get unemployment insuranc...

I don't understand your point. What does that have to do with the fact that 10 and 20 years down the road, teachers make much higher salaries and have much better benefits than nurses who have been employed that long. And, teachers were smart enough ...

Cthulhu said, "They told her that they do not share this information with any future employer seeking references or background checks". Do you really believe that? Have you heard of the telephone? Human resources and DONs always call each other to as...

Teresag CNS said, "I fully agree that compensation for nurses is good; it's working conditions that still trouble me". I disagree that compensation for nurses is good. The starting salary is similar to the starting salary of a teacher. But look down...

JoPACURN said, " My hospital is NOT a union based one and we are thriving". But are the nurses thriving and are the patients safe?

By the way, never give up your right to a job. If you are involved in organizing a nursing home or hospital, and the non nurse organizer calls you and says everybody else will get a contract if you give up your right to the job, don't do it. I gave u...

I can't get into the article.

You are a good person who will be a good nurse. But unfortunately, that also makes you a lamb that is vulnerable to those in the health care business that will use you to make profits for themselves at your expense. Think of them as wolves. Protect y...

There are no nurse unions where I live in Illinois. Some hospitals in the Chicago area have nurse unions. This is unfortunate because nurses are not treated as professionals. They are treated as laborers unless they are APNs or educators. But APNs a...

"For anyone who doesn't work in long term care, that means he told me to initial that medications and treatments were done that were not done a week or more after they were supposed to be done." By the way, those weren't my missed treatments that I ...

I know that it is often impossible to do everything that you are supposed to do in one shift in long term care. I have worked where an administrator told me to fill in all the holes in the medication record book and treatment book because we did not ...

Virgo RN; If you haven't heard anything bad and haven't been written up, I am fairly certain you are doing very well. I have a long explanation for why I believe this. Every nurse should understand the unemplyment insurance system and methods employe...

The NCSBN even has developed a model nurse practice act. They came up with the criminal background check and the random drug testing standards. How can that not be influencing legislation when they even write it?

I believe the Michigan Board of Nursing takes direction from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, just as Illinois does. In my opinion they protect malpractice and other insurers instead of the general public. In my opinion and experienc...

medsurg32rn said, "I believe the company manages $60 million dollars worth of business a year - $240K seems to be inline for that type of economic responsibility." I was on a school board that had a $65 million dollar budget. The district had hundred...