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Congratulations on your acceptance to the program. I agree with the previous poster. I would suggest that you request to be PT or PRN. Fortunately, since you mentioned to your manager that your goal was to become an RN working in L&D, she/he is n...

As an older nurse i want to have a simple answer for why it takes so long to chart,but its not always short and simple so perhaps i can take you through an example: A few years back i was involved in a lawsuit against the hospital by a patients famil...

working 7p-7a... hurray for OT

It's an awful feeling when the count is wrong. I have had it happen a couple of times, sometimes because the sheets have been adjusted or because a dose is more than one pill and requires two pills/signatures. The keys should never be turned over unt...

Glad to hear you re-thought the California idea. There are more unemployed new grads here than you can shake a stick at. Its very hard to find a job here without experience, and sometimes challenging for the experienced to get to the areas they pref...

Unfortunately, the bottom line is always about money. I have noticed mostly in nursing homes here they have posted the patient staff ratio. Usually will say something like 40 pt....4 cnas...2 lvn....4 rns. The problem with this is that probably 3 of...

Look at the bright side. Now that you have someone on "the inside" perhaps they can keep you posted about upcoming open positions. It never hurts to have a friend put in a good word or two to a manager. Especially if they are doing well on the unit. ...

This reminds me of a school nurse we had in high school (ms K). The only thing that students got sent home for was if they had a high fever. Any other ailment got the same treatment. The student was sent down to cafeteria for oatmeal, given tylenol ...

It is unfortunate that this behavior continues to be tolerated,but i dont think much will ever be done in these situations because docs generate income and nurses are an expense for the hospital. I worked at a community hospital over a decade ago wit...

I too would vote for staying on the crazy med surg floor. The only reason i make this vote is because i know it is possible. Your description of your unit sounds exactly like my unit (although not med surg). It is not the ideal working condition but ...

Here's an incident that happened at a snf near me recently.....CNA caught having sex with demented pt. Pt was so confused she couldnt have possibly reported it and even after proper authorities alerted pt was no help in giving information about incid...

wow 120.....amazing. My state also requires an RN in building for 100 pts. But i recently had a friend who is new grad RN accepted a job at SNF with 80 pts. A large portion of those had am meds, drsg changes and blood sugars. She found she couldnt h...

Hey all I am angry enough this morning to spit fire. My manager wrote me up today because we had a patient on IVF@100 cc/hr who went into resp distress on my shift and i transferred him to icu. Here is the part she wrote me up for: The patient arrive...

As a previous poster stated i dont think you have much to worry about from the board of nursing if its not in their practice act. However, many employers are doing internet searches and you would be surprised at the things they find. I recently saw a...

Amen!

You are correct Esme. The MD got involved. I think 1 person got fired over this. But even if i had gone back 48 hrs it wouldnt have helped. The order was further back than that.

I have experienced both CNAs and MAs calling themselves nurses. It is very confusing for patients. I have even had the experience of a CNA giving a patient medical advice. When i corrected the information the patient was being given (as RN) the patie...

OMG....cant believe the program closed. I graduated from there over 15 years ago and have run into a couple of other grads in my travels from state to state. It was a great program. Sorry to hear this news.' Hope you can get your arrangements straig...

I have read here a lot of the posts on addiction and have found them to be helpful. Now I have some questions about the development of addiction. Last year I was involved in a auto accident (rear ended on the highway). I was off from work for a few...

I knew i had come to the right place. I thank you all for your replies as well as for sharing your stories. When i have asked other people this question (even other nurses), they look at me as though i am crazy. Some still have the idea of docs as Go...

While i agree nursing is an art/science. I am not so much into the acting. I cant baby talk my patients, they would know in a instant that it is insincere. Have i scared more than a few with worst case scenario....yes and it works very well in gainin...

MIchigoose I really appreciate your input. I understand your recommendation about talking to doc but heres the prob. I am a registered nurse, although i have legitimate pain I am uncomfortable with the way this guy hands out meds as if they were tic ...

I think you are correct in thinking management is setting employees up for a fall. I have worked in psych facilities where we had patients on 15 minute checks. It all works fine to go back and forge charting....until an incident occurs. EX: there was...

I cant give your the research on outcomes with proper body mechanics. But my chiropractor has more nurses on his patient list than any other profession.

I worked agency for seven years trying to avoid the politics of being on staff. It worked pretty well. I have worked both contract and per diem. The worst part of working contract is that with guaranteed hours facilities will often try and have you w...