pedicurn

pedicurn LPN, RN

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  1. Question about HIV and patient confidentiality

    pedicurn replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    What I would do differently - be acutly aware of human error. Interestingly, I wonder how many people who support this law have nursed combative bleeding HIV p'ts or nursed certain p'ts intent on...

  2. Question about HIV and patient confidentiality

    pedicurn replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. I remember some research... from 1980's, I believe. It found that nurses in the US had equal/higher occupational death rates than construction workers. This was mainly related to needlestick...

  3. Question about HIV and patient confidentiality

    pedicurn replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    as an aside, I have worked in an ICU in the late 1980's as the PRIMARY RN taking care of HIV trauma p'ts and have had this information intentially withheld from me, on several occasions. This was in...

  4. Question about HIV and patient confidentiality

    pedicurn replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO it's time we challenged that. We have that law here too and i privately consider it to be a violation of my rights. I am entitled to know if a p't poses any threat to my health/wellbeing in any...

  5. Question about HIV and patient confidentiality

    pedicurn replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    Need to factor in : risk of human error. Easy to make a mistake when an RN is overworked, tired from shiftwork, hasn't had a break, balancing MULTIPLE responsibility. I wouldn't report the RN - sounds...

  6. Nurses Past Their Prime

    pedicurn replied to dialysis12041999's topic in General Nursing

    wondering if some of the ageist attitudes stem from educators in their nursing programs? in the past year, I have been told by young nurses that- - older nurses don't know what 'evidence-based...

  7. Suicide. Please, help me right away. Please.

    pedicurn replied to Ayeloflo's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with the previous poster.... it is inappropriate for you to be giving advice. However - pls have him see a mental health provider ASAP ( make the appointment for him TODAY). You know this...

  8. Noticing a trend here

    pedicurn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also tend to ignore the 'when I was in hospital having my baby' and 'when my mother/child/husband/sister was a patient' ....they are tedious. However, I worry about what some of these posters DO...

  9. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    pedicurn replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A BSN provides more opportunity, and therefore

  10. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    pedicurn replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Am not surprised this hospital has good retention. I would consider working in such an environment where I would no longer have to spend anymore energy dealing with this division. This is the most...