marlboroking replied to Magnicious's topic in Men in Nursing
We had 60 year olds in our class. Nursing is predominantly female, however there are areas were women don't work and areas were men don't work. Good job getting into nursing school. Just make sure...
marlboroking replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency
Where I work we have about 53 beds and it's busy most of the time. Our triage has only two rooms. There are no cardiac monitors, suction, scopes, beds, etc.. Just a dynamap, chair, weight scale,...
marlboroking replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing
Let me see if I understand this correctly. If an RN is assigned responsibility to a patient and an LPN is assigned to the same patient, the nursing supervisor is in charge of that
marlboroking replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing
The RN is in charge of the LPN providing care to the client even if they are not in house at the same time. The RN is ultimately responsible for the patient's care and well being and is held...
marlboroking replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing
Should an LPN make more than a new grad RN? This RN is in charge of the LPN who is caring for the patient and is ultimately responsibile for the patient care, correct? Yet the LPN should make more?...
marlboroking replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Our call pay is about $2.25. I think they should at least give you base pay for being on call. Why? Because the hospital is asking you to stay in a certain mile radius during call. The rule is...
marlboroking replied to marlboroking's topic in General Nursing
Thanks for the comments. Reading from the above posts it seems like fentanyl may be a better alternative than morphine for patients with low blood pressure? I should have posted this scenario in my...